Ladies, ladies. When it comes to lingerie shopping, you can forget gel padding and multi-way straps – they’re soooo last year.

On top of every twenty-first century woman’s list of bra must-haves in 2008 should be the ability to power an iPod.

And thanks to the international lingerie brand, Triumph, it’s not beyond the realms of possibility.

Yup, bizarre as it may sound, you can now add ‘photovoltaic’ to your list of demands when shopping for a new bra.

I haven’t quite got my head around the refillable water pouches and whether they allow you to adjust your bust size according to your thirst levels, but what works for the camel…

The eco-bra is likely to have limited appeal in its current form because putting clothes on over your lingerie renders the solar panel useless. So not great for those women missing the exhibitionist gene.

But it certainly gives an entirely new meaning to the phrase ‘girl power.’

Add it!