Biography of styles panties
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Biography of styles panties for women
Roman women sometimes wore panties called subligaculum. However, after the fall of Rome, women did not usually wear panties until the end of the 18th century. Their only underwear was a long linen garment called a shift, which they wore under their dress.
In modern times women’s panties were invented again at the very end of the 18th century. (At first, they were called drawers). In the 19th century, panties came to below the knee.
Today we still say a pair of panties.
That is because in the early 19th century women’s underwear consisted of two separate legs joined at the waist. They really were a ‘pair’. At first, panties were usually very plain but in the late 19th century they were sometimes decorated with lace and bands.
Biography of styles panties
In the 1860s some women began to wear colored drawers although white remained very common. In the 19th century, panties were usually made of cotton though some women wore wool in the winter.
In the 19th century, panties were sometimes called bloomers.
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