The History of Underclothes Quotes

“The fact that (respectable) women began to wear ‘attractive’ nightwear only after the introduction, in the early eighties of last century, of the practice of birth-control, has an obvious implication. In the days of unlimited birth-rate the feminine nightdress was markedly unappealing: perhaps a calculated discretion.”
― C. Willett Cunnington, The History of Underclothes

“The changes associated with the Tudor regime were sufficiently profound to affect the nature and purpose of underclothes. Ceasing to be merely a layer serving to protect the skin, they now began to assist the external costume of both sexes in expressing class distinction.”
― C. Willett Cunnington, The History of Underclothes