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During the war, Ned sends Rose four sets of exquisite French camiknickers, enabling her to replicate the tender pose of a Bonnard engraving given to her by her lover.

Everything about those fictional camiknickers – the luxurious scarcity of French silk in wartime, their delicate shoulder-straps, their understated glamour – makes them impossible to replicate in the real world, especially as camiknickers in the 21st-century have been largely replaced by the godawful teddy, apparently a cheesewire/string-bag hybrid made of 100% crackling polyester.

Or, put we the case, those complicated combinations, camiknickers?