Friends,
WHY are individual ladies underpants referred to as "a PAIR of panties??"
yours, satx
Friends,
WHY are individual ladies underpants referred to as "a PAIR of panties??"
yours, satx
It's actually because pants and under garments came in in two separate pieces that had to be tied around the waist. One was pulled up over one leg and tied and the other done the same way. The term just stayed even after someone got the idea to sew them together.
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The question is, would they be called a pair if there was only one leg hole?dArmi_Beretta; ALL.
SPOT ON & 100 PERCENT CORRECT.
(Since you knew that answer, "WHAT did ladies wear under outer garments before "pairs" of panties were invented?)
yours, satx
That's explains "he split his britches", but means britches were one piece?
PfffftdArmi_Beretta; ALL.
SPOT ON & 100 PERCENT CORRECT.
(Since you knew that answer, "WHAT did ladies wear under outer garments before "pairs" of panties were invented?)
yours, satx
.....but, why is it not called a pair of bras?
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Pfffft
That's easy. Women did not wear panties until the 19th century. They usually wore a smock and a corset or a "stay" under their outer garments.
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My understanding is that those were worn by noble women and the wealthy. Peasants or any woman below wealth would tie cloths around the waist and upper thighs when they were on their cycle, but they wore nothing otherwise. They wouldn't until the mid 1700s when the "pantaloons" would be extended to all women.dArmi_Beretta,
Well, you're HALF right anyway. = MOST of the year women wore nothing that resembled underpants but in some VERY COLD areas, women wore what looked somewhat like the 2-piece below the KNEE-length trousers that men wore then under their dresses. = AKA: KNEE PANTS, that buttoned below the knees, like AWI-era trousers.
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The question is, would they be called a pair if there was only one leg hole?
Did he buy it that way?Does a one-legged man simply wear a pant?
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My understanding is that those were worn by noble women and the wealthy. Peasants or any woman below wealth would tie cloths around the waist and upper thighs when they were on their cycle, but they wore nothing otherwise. They wouldn't until the mid 1700s when the "pantaloons" would be extended to all women.
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