I grew up knowing that most men adored women’s bloomers, and of course, girl’s knickers, too, and I soon discovered that life in a remote, country village was far more knickers-orientated than any town or city, anywhere! Around that time, when skirt fashions had started getting shorter, we couldn’t bear to put our favourite knickers aside for briefer knickers, so wherever we were during the day, when the men were at work we relaxed and enjoyed exposing our knicker-legs to each other. The "peeping tom" framing device for this video is genuinely pretty creepy/weird, but around the 3:00 minute mark, the fashion part starts.

Here is a group of older, village women out helping with the harvest, just as they did all around my remote farming area when I was young. Before Victoria's Secret, Frederick's of Hollywood was the lingerie name on the tip of everyone's tongue. Women in the 1920′s and 30′s were trading their long underwear and petticoats for scandalous tap pants and chemises. Other highlights for me include the 'petal' tap pants and bandeau bralette (fast forward to about 1:38 to see). What's so strange about this video is that these women are presumably alone yet still expected to undress in an alluring manner, and the connection between being fuller-figured and lacking in "feminine wiles" couldn't get more obvious.

As a fan of a floaty nightie or a cute pair of PJs, Susie specialises in vintage nightwear and lingerie from all eras which she showcases at her own fashion shows, Pop-Up Boutiques and in themed photoshoots. Other famous faces include Stacey Solomon, Nadia Sawalha and Saira Khan as the slogan reads: “A campaign to prove every body tells a story. Today, these lovely longer length knickers are perfect for vintage photoshoots and fashion events, and for me, there’s nothing nicer to wear under full skirts and dresses, especially for dancing (or in case of a Marilyn moment on a breezy day! In my village, Mrs B did our laundry, apart from our intimate underwear, and she was always undressed to her knickers whenever I went to collect or deliver our washing.

While there aren't as many vintage lingerie videos as there are for, say, "regular" fashion, I thought these 12 were worth a look. During the Second World War, necessity became a big factor in how fashion evolved; material was rationed, the Utility scheme was introduced, and a pair of knickers would have cost you 3 clothing coupons.The commentary on this video is so incredibly bizarre; it's worth listening to, just very obviously from a different place and time.

and also in the form of the frothiest, frilliest knickers and pants in all the colourful shades you could imagine, as opposed to the basic whites, pinks, and popular peach shades of previous decades.Back home after the walk we would often remove our dresses and sit in the garden, admiring each others’ knickers and other underwear in the sunshine.

I actually adore fuller cut swimsuits like this, but I also think the strappy back details are surprisingly modern. By the 1920s, skirts had shortened to the knee, the body shape to aspire to was boy-like with no curves and fabric had become sheerer so lingerie styles progressed accordingly which is where our ‘French Knickers’ style comes in, alongside Camiknickers which combined the bodice and knickers into one garment.Ever since I was very young, a pair of directoire knickers (‘bloomers’ for those ladies who love that sexy word for their elastic-leg knickers) has never failed to get the rapt and excited attention of every woman I have ever known, and a lot of nice, sexy men, too. Judging by the age of the photo, it is probable that each of those women is wearing a similar pair of knickers, but the correct size knickers, of course, if I had anything to do with them! This young woman is clearly posing for the camera as her knickers are briefer than most of us liked to wear in reality, but in most other ways she is typical of my day.