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Bloomers and Beyond: A History of Underwear

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Victorian Style Bloomers - Is There a Split Crotch?

There is a lot of fabric in Victorian style bloomers. So that large amount of fabric kind of fills in so that even though there's a split there, you're usually not exposed. If you're standing up in the bloomers, you wouldn't see anything because the fabric kind of gathers around and makes a protective wall between you and your clothes. A lot of what we have is kind of come to us by chance almost. And we'll talk more about one really cool recent find that came completely by chance.

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