Ella Hunt, star of Hulu's upcoming comedy *Not Suitable for Work*, recently described her current creative chapter as one of playful ease - a lightness she hasn't always allowed herself. For a museum devoted to the history of lingerie, this shift in attitude echoes a broader cultural unbuttoning: the move from structured, restrictive undergarments to pieces that celebrate movement and self-expression.
Hunt plays AJ, a Bostonian navigating finance and a love triangle in New York City. The actress, who broke out in 2018's *Anna and the Apocalypse* and Apple's *Dickinson*, notes that her character is "intense and quirky and weird" - hardly a conventional leading lady. This embrace of the non-typical mirrors how lingerie has evolved from the corseted silhouettes of the 19th century - where brands like Warner's (founded in 1874) pioneered the "health corset" - to the bralettes and bodysuits of today, designed for the woman who refuses to be pinned down.
Hunt is also releasing her debut album, *Blindspot*, a meditation on grief following the loss of her half-sister. She speaks of a newfound "don't give a f - k" attitude, a looseness that feels liberating. Historically, lingerie has often been a metaphor for what we hide or reveal. In the 1920s, the flapper's bandeau - a precursor to the modern bra - signaled a rejection of Victorian repression. Today, Hunt's dual launch of a comedy and an album, shot while she performed a residency at the Café Carlyle, suggests a similar refusal to be boxed in.
"It was a real 'pinch me, I'm spinning all the plates at the same time and it's working' moment," Hunt says. For The Lingerie Museum, this is the essence of modern allure: not a single, rigid ideal, but a wardrobe of possibilities, each piece chosen for the story it tells - or the one it leaves untold.
Originally reported by WWD