National Underwear Day is on August 5, so let us brief-ly tell you why we love underwear. It keeps us from ‘jiggling’ in public by covering our unmentionables! Plus, underwear appears in nearly every culture. Today, it comes in all colors, sizes, and fabrics. So all hail our underwear on National Underwear Day!
Semper ubi
Sub ubi
Always wear under wear
National Underwear Day was originally created by the brand Freshpair in 2003, as a campaign promoting a positive body image. Although men were part of the initiative as well, the focus was more on women, and how society perceives their body image. This was during a time when being confident in one’s bare skin was somewhat a new concept, and market trends were rapidly changing. The movement went viral, and National Underwear Day has been celebrated on August 5 every year since.
The first underwear dates back to prehistoric times — with humans wearing a loincloth. During the Middle Ages, men wore linen shorts or ‘braies.’ Women wore a ‘shift’ under their dresses. In Britain, pants were long drawers covering the whole leg. (In fact, the word, ‘panties’ evolved from a shortened version of the word ‘pants.’) But women’s knickers didn’t appear until the 19th century.
While underwear is primarily for protecting clothes from getting stained, the rising demand for lingerie led to more fashionable varieties of underwear. Lady Duff-Gordon of Lucile was the first to create lingerie that freed women from tight corsets. Breakthrough brand Victoria’s Secret was founded in 1977 and made underwear and nightwear both fun and functional for daily wear.
National Underwear Day celebrates boxers, briefs, sports bras, and even some swimsuits. If it is worn underneath your clothing, it is an undergarment worth celebrating!
National Underwear Day was originally created by the brand Freshpair in 2003, as a campaign promoting a positive body image. Although men were part of the initiative as well, the focus was more on women, and how society perceives their body image. This was during a time when being confident in one’s bare skin was somewhat a new concept, and market trends were rapidly changing. The movement went viral, and National Underwear Day has been celebrated on August 5 every year since.
The first underwear dates back to prehistoric times — with humans wearing a loincloth. During the Middle Ages, men wore linen shorts or ‘braies.’ Women wore a ‘shift’ under their dresses. In Britain, pants were long drawers covering the whole leg. (In fact, the word, ‘panties’ evolved from a shortened version of the word ‘pants.’) But women’s knickers didn’t appear until the 19th century.
While underwear is primarily for protecting clothes from getting stained, the rising demand for lingerie led to more fashionable varieties of underwear. Lady Duff-Gordon of Lucile was the first to create lingerie that freed women from tight corsets. Breakthrough brand Victoria’s Secret was founded in 1977 and made underwear and nightwear both fun and functional for daily wear.
National Underwear Day celebrates boxers, briefs, sports bras, and even some swimsuits. If it is worn underneath your clothing, it is an undergarment worth celebrating!
Underwear riffs:
*Diphthong-a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side ).
*Dipthong–where your thong disappears into your crack.
*Q: Mr. President, do you wear boxers or briefs? A: Depends.
- I see Paris, I see France, I see someone’s underpants.
- What kind of underthings to math teachers wear?
Algebras.
- Why does a pirate wear underwear?
To hide his booty
*What are your dogs names ?”
“Calvin and Klein”
“Like the underwear?”
“They are boxers.”
Hehe didn’t know that there was such a day..thanks for the info!😁
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It’s a fun bit of trivia.
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How did I miss this?😁
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Guess ’cause Bernie is only shown in mittens (thank heavens for that). Don’t think he would make it as an underwear model. 😉
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You do come up with some good ones, Pat. I didn’t suspect that underwear has its own day. But this reminded me that “pants” in Britain means underwear; if you’re talking about the outer garment, you say “trousers.”
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An interesting addition to the topic, Audrey. I like reading M.C. Beaton and her Agatha Raisin cozy mysteries. I did notice that Agatha wore trouser suits as do the women in Michael Higgin’s Sean Dillon series.
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Well, I’ve learned new things today, not just that a national underwear day is celebrated but the history of underwear as well. Well done Pat!
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Francisco, I didn’t know this before hearing Phlash Phelps on Sirius ’60s on 6 mentioning it. It seemed like too much fun to not use. Glad you enjoyed it.
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Sure did!
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😉
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I love this one, “*Q: Mr. President, do you wear boxers or briefs? A: Depends” 😄
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Judy, although both Trump and Biden have been older than Reagan while in office, this joke originated during the Reagan administration so it’s been around for a while. It is a clever joke.
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It’s hilarious 😆
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Agreed which is why I resurrected it.
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💜 I Used to Wear White Y-Front “UnderWear” EveryOne; due to Skid Marks I Switched to Dark Coloured “Boxers” and SomeTimes Go Commando
…💛💚💙…
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TMI.
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Good fun. I have noticed a distinct lack of underwear in Olympic athletes – reminding me of a comment cried out in a cinema during a film in which Nureyev was dancing: “He’s got his bollocks hanging out”.
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You are correct, Derrick. You would think it would get uncomfortable in a distance race.:)
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🙂
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The jokes are funny, but especially the dog joke at the end!
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Glad you liked it, Priscilla. That was one of my favorites also.
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Such an interesting post! I loved all of it 🙏🙏🙏
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Thank you, Luisa. It was fun to pull together. Once I heard such a day existed I wanted to write about it.
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I didn’t know there was such a day, but your post cracked me up 🙂
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If you bending over so that your crack is up, Malc, I hope you have CYA (covered your ass).
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I am in Kleine’d to do that occasionally
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Well played, Malc.
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The replies seemed to fit the post – now if only the boxers fitted just as well 🙂
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Sure didn’t think anything about Underwear could be interesting and fumy. Good post, Pat
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Glad you liked it. I was riding my stationary bike when I heard that so I had plenty of time to think of PG-level underwear riffs.
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Wow! some interesting info. Never thought that even “Under garments” things will arrive with history…
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I’m really biting my tongue not to write about the historic traces on undergarments. Thanks for commenting and liking the lighthearted look at our unmentionalbles.
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Cute:)
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Thanks, Becky. I tried to be brief. 😉
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Mermaid undies is my style.💦
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LOL. Love your style. Other than seashell bras, I didn’t know that mermaids could wear undies (deliberate obtuseness).
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Some of us wear them on the end of our tails. The lower end that spreads out. <
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Lol
Never knew that
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