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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