Tirana, Albania, Aug 12 (UNI) Few people give much thought to where what they wear beneath their clothes really comes from, and so it was for Elizabeth Gowing, until a recent visit to an underwear factory run by women in northern Albania, said a BBC News report.
Bras slither from a table, a heap of knickers are piled in a corner. Am I in a brothel? A teenager's bedroom?
When I came to Albania I was warned there was an underworld I might all too easily find myself in, but this is nothing like I was expecting. It's an airy, well-lit industrial unit where 40 workers are intent on combining the intimate details that make up the perfect undergarment.