The department store said a nationwide analysis of the most popular lingerie styles from October 2009 to April 2010, revealed that women over 40 have given the more seductive side of the lingerie industry a big boost.

　　据这家百货公司介绍，一项对2009年10月至2010年4月间英国最流行内衣款式的分析发现，40多岁的女性消费者促使内衣制造业大走性感路线。

　　"Positive female role models in this age group such as the women in the Sex and the City movies and Courteney Cox in TV's Cougar Town are giving the women confidence to splash outon themselves," Debenhams head lingerie buyer Annette Warburton said in a statement.

　　德本汉姆公司的内衣采购部经理安妮特 沃伯顿在一份声明中说：“这一年龄群体中积极的女性榜样让女性朋友们树立起信心，开始花钱打扮自己，比如《欲望都市》系列影片中的女星，以及电视剧《熟女镇》中的柯特妮 考克斯。”