Today I'm bringing you an extant piece from the Purfylle collection.
It appears to me that these were made but never worn.
The fabric shows aging marks.
The label reads:
Martha W Moyer, Evening School 11/17/25 27
There are openings on both sides.
The openings have buttons holes back and front on both sides.
Each opening has a placket.
The plackets appear to be hand stitched into position.
Front and back use the same strip of fabric for it's placket. The placket encloses the back opening as you would with bias binding and faces the front opening.
There is also a button hole in the center of the waistband at both the back and the front. The inside of the waist band shows the french seams.
Care is taken where the seams intersect to fold them in opposite directions to reduce bulk.
Although the garment is hand finished the seams appear to have been machine stitched. Early sewing machines stitched chainstitch. Chainstitch would appear as straight stitch on the top and chainstitch underneath.
The stitching on the inside of the waistband.
The leg holes were a simple round hole without any slits.
Inside the leg opening you can see both machine and hand stitching.
The fabric for the garment appears to be linen.
Likewise for the stitching and lace.
Would you be happy wearing these unmentionables?
Fantastic, I love period clothing and looking into it all. And never even though about pant. Makes you wonder what people will say about pants of today in 80 years time x
ReplyDeleteAnd of course in 80 years time it will only be the poorly fitting ones that have survived. I want to know what the comfy ones were like in the 20's.
Delete*whistles* Hubba hubba! Wonder how many models would want to be photographed in those!! ;)
ReplyDeleteI dunno, personally, I think I could rock them. Then again, I'm at the point in my parenthood where I'll do just about anything to embarrass my oldest so I can't really say the decision comes from sound judgement :P
Thanks for sharing these! Very cool to see throwback fashion.
Nice to connect with you on The Art of Better Monday Mash-Up!
I bet you'd rock them in amazing style. I think they'd be quite comfy if they were made in the right size. I laughed thinking of all the ways you could embarrass your kids with these :D
DeleteHow interesting! I never even thought about what they would wear. My "unmentionables" look a lot more comfy that theirs. Thanks for linking up at Snickerdoodle Sunday! Hope to see you on Saturday!
ReplyDeleteGive me comfort every time!
DeleteLinen? Oh heck, no!! And the crotch in between the legs seems really wide!
ReplyDeleteGotta have all ctton- I guess I'm spoiled!
Linen gets comfier the older it is. We don't get beautiful fine linens like this these days. They do seem to be a very strange shape, I think she probably didn't get that quite right and that's why they are still in existence instead of worn out.
DeleteGood golly, imagine the time and effort women spent making their undergarments... Nowadays you can click a button and have a five - pack for each person in the family shipped to your door the next day. But I bet handmade lasted a lot longer!
ReplyDelete*Groan* I would hate to have to make all of my undergarments! But you're right, they probably would last a lot longer =)
DeleteGood golly, imagine the time and effort women spent making their undergarments... Nowadays you can click a button and have a five - pack for each person in the family shipped to your door the next day. But I bet handmade lasted a lot longer!
ReplyDeleteI could not wear these, I'm so used to my stretch cotton. These would realy take getting used to.
ReplyDeleteIt would certainly be strange to wear now. It's funny how we get used to our favs. I'm seeing a change in modern styles now too, at least cotton knit isn't going to go away any time soon.
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