August 5 is National Underwear Day, so let us just brief-ly say why we love underwear. It keeps us from “jiggling” in public by covering our unmentionables! Plus, underwear appears in nearly every culture.
During the Middle Ages, men wore linen shorts or “braies”. Women wore a “shift” under their dresses. In Britain, pants were long drawers covering the whole leg. (In fact, the word, “panties” evolved from a shortened version of the word, pants.) But women’s knickers didn’t appear until the 19th century.
Today, underwear comes in all colors, sizes and fabrics. So, all hail our underwear on National Underwear Day!
