Girl's costume showing linen pantalettes from Godey's Lady's Book 1855

Pantalettes are undergarments covering the legs worn by women, girls, and very young boys in the early- to mid-nineteenth century. Jump to: navigation, search A pair of mens briefs Undergarments, also called underwear, lingerie (undergarments for women), or sometimes intimate clothing, are clothes worn next to the skin, usually under other clothes. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A form of leggings or long drawers, pantalettes originated in France in the 1820s and quickly spread to Britain and America. Pantalettes could be one-piece or two separate garments, one for each leg, attached at the waist with buttons or laces. They were most often of white linen fabric and could be decorated with tucks, lace, cutwork or broderie anglaise. Jump to: navigation, search A woman in black leggings, cir. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events and Trends Nationalistic independence movements helped reshape the world during this decade: Greece declares independence from the Ottoman Empire (1821). ... Jump to: navigation, search KC GLOBAL.COM is coming…… KC GLOBAL.COM is coming…… KC GLOBAL.COM is coming…… KC GLOBAL.COM is coming…… KC GLOBAL.COM is coming…… KC GLOBAL.COM is coming…… KC GLOBAL.COM is coming…… KC GLOBAL.COM is coming…… KC GLOBAL.COM is coming…… KC... Torn linen cloth, recovered from the Dead Sea Linen is a material made from the fibers of the flax plant. ... White lace is often used in collars and other fabric borders. ... Broderie Anglaise is a whitework incorporating features of cutwork and needle lace introduced in England in the 19th century. ...

Ankle-length pantalettes for women were worn under the crinoline and hoop skirt to ensure that the legs were modestly covered. Pantalettes for children and young girls were mid-calf to ankle-length and were intended to show under their shorter skirts. Wikimedia Commons has more media related to: Crinoline crinoline patented Cutaway view of a crinoline, Punch magazine, August 1856 Crinoline was originally a stiff fabric with a weft of horse-hair and a warp of cotton or linen thread. ... A hoop skirt or hoopskirt is a womens undergarment worn in various periods to hold the skirt extended into a fashionable shape. ...

Reference

C. Willett Cunnington & Phillis Cunnington, The History of Underclothes 1951, Dover (ISBN 0486271242)

See also

• Leggings
• Undergarment