Panties: German underpants
(Unterhosen) made from American sugar sack twine (1945/46)
Various menstrual underpants and panties (and
sanitary napkin belts), 1946-47 (page from Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog,
U.S.A.)
Kotex "Panti" (clasp and band to hold
pad in crotch; 1970s?, U.S.A.)
Kotex New Freedom towel & pantie ad (date?
publication? U.K.)
Modess "Sanitary Shield" (two-band pad
holder in crotch; 1970s; U.S.A.)
Modess "Panti-kini" (two-band holder
to hold pad in crotch; 1960s-1970s, U.S.A.)
Many more women's underpants
for menstruation
See also Ads for Teens
Booklets menstrual hygiene companies made
for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine
- a list of books and articles about menstruation
- videos
 
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COMFO-GARD Pantie
(1950?, Malen Mfg. Co, New York, U.S.A.)
Ad in unknown magazine or newspaper
panties, underpants, sanitary
napkin, tampon, pad,
belts, menstruation
Pantie, of course, means panty - or panties or panti
- just another way to spell the short underpants. The COMFO-GARD somewhat
resembles a later pad holder, the Modess "Sanitary
Shield."
American panties specially designed for menstruation date to at least
to 1922 (commercial belts
came earlier). Since then numberless styles appeared on the market (see
more) and perhaps before then around
the world. Stopping leaking menstrual blood from escaping the pad or
tampon or sponge or cup has been an important industry.
Bikini-like underpants for women appeared
in the early Olympics as you can see at the bottom
of the page.
I thank the donor!
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Below:
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Below: The arrow points to what seems to
me to be the model's ear from behind.
But in my house only the cats can turn their heads this far. Maybe shame
at being caught in just her COMFO-GARD and bra,
as suggested by the hands across her head, gave her the energy.
I hope she got it back forward again!
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Below: As a bonus for having gotten this
far I show you what is probably an
early modern version of the bikini. The ladies
are English swimmers in the
1912 Olympics and visibly - visibly but not
risibly - wear them under what seems to be a transparent outer suit.
I suspect the scowling woman in the center is a chaperone
or coach. The person second from right might have muscled her way
into the picture.
The very poor copy is of a picture from the Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung, a German newspaper, dated 12 April 1996.
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Below: The risible aspect is this happy
male swimmer apparently from the same Olympics.
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