Talking underwear, LOL. Was this during the Depression? Just trying to figure out why one would not change one's underwear after one day. I can see not washing your bras every day though. That would suck.
during any time that laundry day was once a week (and no more often than that) because doing laundry was an all-day job, and if you did not have 8 sets of unders (one for each day and an extra to wear on wash day)...it could happen.
however, this looks like a bra, slip, and girdle. all of those could be worn gently twice if the weather was not extremely warm, or if one was not being terribly active. (sports day at school, for example!)
to hand-wash a bra? the EASIEST, FASTEST way to do so is to wear it into the shower at the end of the day. wash, rinse, take it off and hang it up, it's dry by morning. there ya go. :D
oh TRUST me. i get it. not only are the girls too big, but i have psoriasis issues as well, especially underneath. gahhhh.
the front door closes, and i'm whipping off my upper clothing to get that torture device off.
i have, in moments of great desperation, grabbed bandage scissors and cut the damn thing off. (the hook-and-eye gizmo jammed. i COULD NOT get it off.)
TheEngineer's final judgement on THAT fiasco was "ok, it wasn't one of the ungodly expensive ones, right? no? ok, one less layer to peel off you!"
(mama took me to the Really Good Boutique. i came out with 2 bras, $167 dollars lighter, on no-tax weekend. it took me 3 weeks to work up the nerve to tell him how much i spent LOL)
I know nothing about bras. However, I see a lot of women wearing ones that look ill fitting and just suck. I say if it cost that much and your wearing them for10 hours a day, then yeah, spend the money.
Very Special Occasion bras. and i will admit, they make things look like they hadn't looked since i was in my 30's! (and i still looked pretty good then *G*)
but yeah. that's one of the places that you go in, a saleslady walks around you once, asks what sort of underpinning you need for what occasion, nods, takes you to a fitting room, and brings you bras that fit. period. WITHOUT ASKING YOUR SIZE. it's amazing.
if a female bodied person can walk around without the tortures of bras? go for it. seriously. otherwise, get good bras that fit well.
My guess is also that people bathed less frequently, depending on what kind of facilities they had access to, and might also not have used deodorant as religiously as we all now tend to. Or perhaps they were less effective; I'm seeing that the modern antiperspirant formulation wasn't patented until 1941.
according to my grandmother (because i asked, and she would have been 100 last year) while you didn't take a FULL bath except once a week (generally saturday night to be clean for church on sunday), you *did* "freshen up" and wash your face and under the arms and the "sweaty parts". (yes, she did say it exactly like that, hee!)
so some expectation of non-stinkiness was expected all along. plus, in times when deodorant, etc., were not available, heavier perfumes were used to cover up indiscreete odors.
User kincajou referenced to your post from Lux - Talking Panties. (http://kincajou.livejournal.com/3555226.html) saying: [...] Оригинал взят у в Lux - Talking Panties. [...]
And maybe if she would douche with Lysol a bit more often, her panties would shut the hell up!
Speaking of tags, if I had posted this ad, I definitely would have added the fear mongering and paranoia tags! It's bad enough if you have to worry about what your friends are saying about you, but if you're worrying about your clothes gossiping while you sleep, there's some major problems there.
i created the stinky britches tag cuz uh, yeah, i'm weird that way! :) this ad SCREAMED IT! :)
fearmongering and paranoia would be good ones to add....i believe fear mongering is a tag....perhaps the OP will consider adding that one cuz it certainly fits!
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Date: 2014-02-04 12:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-02-04 12:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-02-04 02:47 am (UTC)however, this looks like a bra, slip, and girdle. all of those could be worn gently twice if the weather was not extremely warm, or if one was not being terribly active. (sports day at school, for example!)
to hand-wash a bra? the EASIEST, FASTEST way to do so is to wear it into the shower at the end of the day. wash, rinse, take it off and hang it up, it's dry by morning. there ya go. :D
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Date: 2014-02-04 03:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-02-04 03:24 am (UTC)the front door closes, and i'm whipping off my upper clothing to get that torture device off.
i have, in moments of great desperation, grabbed bandage scissors and cut the damn thing off. (the hook-and-eye gizmo jammed. i COULD NOT get it off.)
TheEngineer's final judgement on THAT fiasco was "ok, it wasn't one of the ungodly expensive ones, right? no? ok, one less layer to peel off you!"
(mama took me to the Really Good Boutique. i came out with 2 bras, $167 dollars lighter, on no-tax weekend. it took me 3 weeks to work up the nerve to tell him how much i spent LOL)
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Date: 2014-02-04 03:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-02-04 03:38 am (UTC)but yeah. that's one of the places that you go in, a saleslady walks around you once, asks what sort of underpinning you need for what occasion, nods, takes you to a fitting room, and brings you bras that fit. period. WITHOUT ASKING YOUR SIZE. it's amazing.
if a female bodied person can walk around without the tortures of bras? go for it. seriously. otherwise, get good bras that fit well.
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Date: 2014-02-04 03:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-02-04 03:42 am (UTC)so some expectation of non-stinkiness was expected all along. plus, in times when deodorant, etc., were not available, heavier perfumes were used to cover up indiscreete odors.
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Date: 2014-02-04 01:56 am (UTC)Lux - Talking Panties.
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Date: 2014-02-04 05:29 pm (UTC)No one will hang out with you, Joan, because of your Cooch Stank.
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Date: 2014-02-04 06:40 pm (UTC)Speaking of tags, if I had posted this ad, I definitely would have added the fear mongering and paranoia tags! It's bad enough if you have to worry about what your friends are saying about you, but if you're worrying about your clothes gossiping while you sleep, there's some major problems there.
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Date: 2014-02-04 11:06 pm (UTC)fearmongering and paranoia would be good ones to add....i believe fear mongering is a tag....perhaps the OP will consider adding that one cuz it certainly fits!
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Date: 2014-02-05 12:42 am (UTC)