“Rows and rows of built-in drawers. She opened them smoothly, stepped
aside, gesturing with her hand like a wrongly accused smuggler sneering
at a cusoms agent. G-strings, silk panites, bikini briefs, garter
belts, teddies, camisoles, cotton panies in a dozen colors. Panty hose
still in the original wrappers. Stockings from fishnet to sheer.
Push-up bras, front-opening bras, bras with holes for nipples to poke
through, bras with straps that crossed over the back. Red, black,
white, and a pastel rainbow.”

—Andrew Vachss, Hard Candy, 1989.