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Young woman in 1980 wearing a low-cut spaghetti strap dress. The early 1980s witnessed a backlash against the brightly colored disco fashions of the late 1970s in favor of a minimalist approach to fashion, with less emphasis on accessories. In the US and Europe, practicality was considered just as much as aesthetics.
Pantyhose, sometimes also called sheer tights, are close-fitting legwear covering the wearer's body from the waist to the toes. Pantyhose first appeared on store shelves in 1959 for the advertisement of new design panties (Allen Gant's product, 'Panti-Legs') [1] as a convenient alternative to stockings and/or control panties which, in turn, replaced girdles.
A man wearing nude pantyhose and nylon leggings. Some people experience sexual excitement from the look or feel of women's stockings and pantyhose. Stocking fetishism may include other feminine clothing which contributes to enhancing the fantasy. Some men find it arousing to collect and wear stockings, panties, and suspender belts.
A modern Vanity Fair full slip Design of a slip in 1916 by the House of Worth. A modern-day half slip. A slip is a woman's undergarment worn beneath a dress or skirt.A full slip hangs from the shoulders, usually by means of narrow straps, and extends from the breast to the fashionable skirt length.
Panties are women's underwear. Panties are form-fitting. Typical components include an elastic waistband, a crotch panel to cover the genitalia (usually lined with absorbent material such as cotton ), and a pair of leg openings that, like the waistband, are often made of elastomer. Various materials are used, but are usually chosen to be ...
Lingerie displayed on women's mannequins. Lingerie ( UK: / ˈlæ̃ʒəri, ˈlɒn -/, US: / ˌlɒnʒəˈreɪ, ˌlænʒəˈriː /, [ 1] French: [lɛ̃ʒʁi] ⓘ) is a category of primarily women's clothing including undergarments (mainly brassieres ), sleepwear, and lightweight robes. The choice of the word is often motivated by an intention to ...
Colleges for men, such as those operated by the Jesuits, ended nude swimming when they admitted women in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [78] Public universities, such as the University of Wisconsin–Madison , [ 79 ] Iowa State University [ 80 ] and the University of Maryland [ 81 ] required nudity for male swimmers until the 1970s.
French knickers (also called tap pants in the United States) are a type of women's underwear or lingerie. The term is predominantly used in the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia [citation needed] to describe a style of underpants that look similar to a pair of shorts. French knickers are worn from the hip, concealing some of the upper thigh and ...