Knickers!: An Intimate Appraisal - Hardcover

Did you know that before 1800 no nice women wore knickers at all? That underneath their crinolines Victorian women wore knickers with separate legs? That before the advent of elastic, knickers were held up with buttons, tapes and even shoulder straps? That until World War II many poorer people made knickers out of flour bags? That during the War women made hand-knitted knickers? That '60s women enjoyed a craze for throwaway paper panties? That in the USA you can buy edible, cherry-flavoured knickers? This is the book that gets to the bottom of what is worn next to nothing.