became chief executive and took over the business which was still active into the 2020s. Reger wrote an autobiography, Janet Reger: Her Story (1991). Career After Leicester, Reger found a job in Margaret Street, "heart of the rag trade" as she said in her autobiography. She worked there as the sole designer and pattern cutter. Reger later started working as a designer at Marks & Spencer in Somerset, Slix swimwear in London, and Daintyfit. In 1966, Reger decided to set up her own lingerie business with her husband, Peter Reger. It began as a small backstreet store and quickly turned into a recognised international company. With a lot of scepticism that she received for her bold designs for undergarments, in the 1970s Reger took part in the revolution for lingerie becoming a fashion statement rather than just an undergarment. In 1974 Janet opened a factory in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, where she made underwear and had a factory shop in London's West End at 12 New Bond Street, Mayfair W.1 until the 1980s. References Reger, Janet (1991). Janet Reger: Her Story. "The queen of lingerie". Jewish Chronicle 18 March 2005 p. 41. External links Daily Telegraph Obituary of Janet Reger BBC News obituary notice for Janet Reger Complete Story of Janet Reger and her designer lingerie English fashion designers British women fashion designers English Jews 1935 births 2005 deaths Alumni of De Montfort University 20th-century English businesspeople