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Feb 2, 2004 · The year of 1950 will always be remembered by me as the year I discovered Directoire Knickers. Up until then, I had only used my sister’s school knickers, a style called gym knickers, made of a delightful silky material called Rayon. My discovery of Directoire Knickers came about quite by accident. I was staying for a few days with Mum’s ...
Aug 12, 2005 · I was intrigued to see the elasticated legs of her white or sometimes pale blue knickers. These knickers were similar to those that my mother wore, and I later discovered that they were called directoire knickers.
Mar 15, 2005 · However, I discovered that when I overlapped the lacing eyelets at the back, the corsets actually gave me some idea of the feel of wearing corsets. I was absolutely thrilled and delighted! I wore my corsets at night under my pyjamas and all went very well for a week or two.
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Pantaloons
The Empire fashionsat the turn of the 19th century were often little more than sheer nightgowns. The practical solution to the discomfort of lighter clothing was to simply adopt the warm undergarment called pantaloons which were already worn by men. Women's pantaloons were made of light stockinet in a flesh toned nude colour and reached to just below the knee, or even all the way to the ankles. This is why Empire women often appear to be wearing no underwear when seen in paintings of the era....
Knickerbockers
The term knickers comes from the book written by Washington Irving in 1809 and called History of New York. He used the pen name Diedrick Knickerbocker. Herr Knickerbocker was supposedly descended from the original Dutch settlers in New York and was lampooned by the well-known caricaturist George Cruikshank. You can see from illustrations in the book that the Knickerbocker men were dressed in loose breeches, strapped or tied at the knee. From the 1820s onward the breeches were known as knicker...
Victorian Drawers to Combinations and Knickers Drawers 1840-76
Queen Victoria's standards of propriety were so stringent that she soon ensured that the fashion for knickers became a staple of every Victorian woman's wardrobe. In her younger days she was a leader of fashion, for example, her hairstyle was much copied. Other styles she favoured such as tartan fabrics in clothing were also followed. Such was her long term influence on Victorian knickers that by the dawn of the Edwardian era in 1901only the poorest women went without underwear simply due to...
Drawers Merge Into Knickers
In the 1840s Victorian drawers were plain and reached well below the knees. In the 1850s they became more embellished so that by 1868 decoration on knickers was usual. Often the lower leg edges of Victorian knickers were trimmed with lace and had 5 or 6 tucks above it. Left - French cambric and broderie anglaise lace Victorian drawers of 1867 and still open-legged. By 1876 the drawer legs of knickers merged to become closed. That is, the open nature of the crotch was closed and an opening of...
Combinations Arrive in 1877
From 1877 onward the popular Victorian drawers had new competition from combinations. Just as today women wear panties, knickers, thongs, briefs, g-strings, boy-shorts, bodies etc., so women sought the perfect underwear for their sense of self in Victorian times. The undergarment competition came in the form of a new underwear item called combinations. Combinations were first developed as a Victorian undergarment in 1877. They were initially made from linen, silk, merino, calico, cambric or n...
This 1939 open seat vest (C) had a back opening and was all-in-one with legs from thigh to knee. They appear to be called vests in the advert and defined by having either closed or open seats (as in astronaut/airman fighter parachutists suits), yet they still seem to be in effect modern ladies combinations. The decades change and so do the undergar...
Designer knickers, which were very functional pieces in wash and wear materials, became usual with designer brand names suddenly getting attention. Sloggi and Calvin Klein were popular panty brief names of the 1980s to the extent of letting show the designer woven waistband. CK underwear became a known brand name worldwide as it was constantly adve...
Directoire Knickers and Bloomers are highly erotic long, traditional knickers from the 19th and early 20th century. Made in Cotton, Wool, Rayon or Nylon.
Aug 1, 2017 · From the early-1900s, the growth of sports prompted a preference for modest closed drawers or ‘knickers’ and these grew briefer, rising above the knee during the 1920s. Improved artificial rayon fabric enabled ordinary women to wear glamorous silk-like knickers or ‘panties’/‘pants’ by the 1930s, both camiknickers combining slip and ...
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Nov 22, 1998 · By the 1920s, some women still wore drawers but many found knickers more practical. Wide frilly versions became known as French knickers and the closer fitting Directoire knickers sported ...
