I understand the there is no evidence one way or the other about women
wearing underpants in pre-16th century Europe.
but what about during their menses?
I haven't done any research, but I would speculate that they would need to wrap
or tie something around them in order to keep the linen pads in place.
I defer to those that know a lot more than I do about such things to enlighten
me. :)
On a personal note, having managed to trip over a tent-rope at an event and end
up with my kirtle about my head, I'm very glad that I don't conform to
commando practices.
- Tori
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Actually, I'm part of the generation that found pantyhose a Much more
comfortable option than stockings, garterbelt (or girdle) and garters.
(Of course, this begs the question of stockings to begin with.)
Patty
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Anyone who thinks that people wear clothing for comfort and practicality
should contemplate the wearing of pantihose.
Janet
It is surely interesting to think logically about such a problem,
but,
just as you say, we can never rely on it, and, as we all know, people
didn't always act very logically and didn't choose the most
comfortable
garments they could. Think of all those corsets and hoop petticoats
and
cage crinolines - the latest being worn even by lower-class working
women
that would surely need a more practical dress than the bourgeoise and
nobility.
While it's certainly true that some fashions are more inconvenient
than
others on a purely practical level, I think that saying that people
acted
illogically and chose uncomfortable garments is misleading. We tend
to
think that our current fashion is the most logical, comfortable, and
lovely one, but people in the past thought the same thing
So I must agree with Heather that it's dangerous to use modern ideas
of
what is comfortable to evaluate historical clothing practices.
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