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A nightshirt is a special kind of shirt used in sleeping.
As a purely bedtime garment, the nightshirt is the successor of an undergarment
used by Europeans through the 19th Century. This undergarment was worn all day
under outer clothing. At night the outer clothing was removed, and men and women
slept in the long shirt-like garment. This smock was longer for women than for
men. Upon arising in the morning, the outer garments were again put on.
The major difference in the use of the nightshirt is that it replaces all clothing
worn during the day. It is removed after arising and put away for use during
the next sleeping period.
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Written by morgan
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Wednesday, 28 June 2006 |
A nightgown (also called a nightdress) is a loosely hanging item of nightwear
nowadays solely for women, Its length may vary from hip-length (babydoll) to floor-length
(peignoir) but is typically knee-length. A nightgown is manufactured of e.g. cotton,
silk, satin, or nylon. It may be decorated with lace appliqués or embroidery
at cups and hem. Optionally, panties (UK - knickers) are worn under the nightgown
(nightdress).
A short nightgown is often called nightie. A slip nightgown may be used as
a nightgown or as a full slip.
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Wednesday, 28 June 2006 |
The negligee is a form of womenswear intended for wear at night and in the bedroom.
It is a form of nightgown; first introduced in France in the 18th Century, where
it mimicked the heavy head-to-toe style of women's day dresses of the time.
By the 1920s it began to mimic women's satin single-layer evening dresses of
the period. The term "negligee" was used of a Royal Doulton run of
ceramic figurines in 1927, showing women wearing what appears to be a one-piece
knee-length silk or rayon slip, trimmed with lace. The word comes from the French
négliger, meaning to neglect, to disregard or to overlook. Although the
evening-dresses style of nightwear made moves towards the modern negligee style
(translucent bodices, lace trimming, bows - exemplified in 1941 by a photo of
Rita Hayworth in Life), it was only after World War II that nightwear changed
from being primarily utilitarian to being primarily sensual or even erotic;
the negligee emerged strongly as a form of lingerie.
Modern negligees were often much looser and made of sheer and semi-translucent
fabrics and trimmed with lace or other fine material, and bows. Multiple layers
of fabric were often used. The modern negligee thus perhaps owes more to women's
fine bedjackets or bed-capes, and up-market slips than to the nightgown. It
spread to a mass market, benefiting from the introduction of cheap synthetic
fabrics such as nylon and its finer successors. From the 1940s to the 1970s,
the trend was for negligees to become shorter in length (e.g. the babydoll of
the 1970s). Negligees made from the 1940s to the 1970s are now collectible items.
In the UK at 2004, negligees account for only four per cent of women's nightwear
sales, women's pajamas having dominated since the mid 1980s. However, UK negligee
sales are said to have been the fastest increasing sector of the market since
1998 (Source: BBC, Dec 2004).
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Written by morgan
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Wednesday, 28 June 2006 |
A Naughty & Nice is a matching 3 piece ensemble consisting of undergarments,
babydoll nightgown and peignoir made of diaphanous chiffon with shoulder puffs,
ruffles, bows, lace, ribbons, etc. The peignoir may or may not have shoulder
puffs.
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Written by morgan
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Wednesday, 28 June 2006 |
A merry widow is a short, strapless corset with half-cups for the breasts and
long garters. It was first made by the lingerie company Maidenform in 1952,
to coincide with the 1952 film, The Merry Widow, starring Lana Turner. The original
Merry Widow foundation garment was a full-length corselette, cut with attractive
panels of black and white lace, incorporating slim panels of black elastic yarn
net. A heavy-duty zip was inserted behind a velvet-backed hook-and-eye flange,
and the whole garment was lined with nylon voile. Nine long spiral wires were
cased in black satin. Turner is reputed to have said, "I am telling you,
the Merry Widow was designed by a man. A woman would never do that to another
woman." To this day, merry widow is the generic term for a corselette bra
in the United States. This type of lingerie is also know as a Torsolette and
is used in Bridal Lingerie and used like a Bustier
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