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The French Word Lingerie
Let’s start with the word Lingerie itself. What does it mean? Where is it coming?
The word itself is the derivation in French and originally meant “property lin.” The same word can be traced back in history as coming from “Linum” the word used for flax.
Now “linen” not bring to mind images of scantily clad women we see today, it seems that if it went through a sort of transition. In the 18th and 19 century England, it was considered inappropriate for a woman openly refers to her underwear in normal conversation and polite euphemisms were used instead.
The French of the time called “women’s underwear” with the French word lingerie as a substitute for what you do not openly discuss. Lingerie at that time was the sole purpose of absorbing body fluids sweat and others in an attempt to preserve a lot more worn. The clothes of the day there was not mass produced in China, they were mostly by hand to order from a family member or a professional seamstress, etc. The point is, outerwear was considered too expensive, hard to find, and had cared for and kept clean . Underwear is made of cheap linen that could be washed often and replaced much easier and cheaper. Read the rest of this entry »
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