TIL: Victorian dresses were crotchless

[MaxWasTaken 522]

Not sure where to post this but i found it to interesting to not share.

It also never occurred to me that the whole "peeing from under the skirt" can be done with a full blown dress as well. Maybe some of you will be a naughty disney princes on next Halloween xP.

I screenshottes the relevant part but here is the link to the full article: https://medium.com/history-of-women/victorian-women-wore-the-most-hilarious-underwear-ec2cc1ecf848

[Alfresco 11,631]

I believe they also used to sometimes stand with their legs apart hidden by their volumous skirts and pee straight down onto the ground or over a drain.  Nobody would see anything and if any of their pee didn't make it straight to the ground there were layers of underskirts as well as the bloomers (or more accurately "pantalettes") mentioned above would absorb the stray drops and nothing would be visible at the outer layer, thus preserving the ladies' modesty.  

https://www.thecut.com/2013/12/victorian-women-could-pee-standing-up.html

There is also various information on the web that indicates women didn't wear underwear at all until the late 1800s - before that the wide and copious skirts were considered sufficient modesty protection and some places mention that underwear was first introduced for ladies when bicycling became a thing - if they fell off then the underwear protected their modesty - but they were crotchless garments so that they could still pee unimpeded.

 

[Foobar 786]

They also used a Bourdaloue, coined after a priest who's sermons were long, to relieve themselves during church without having to miss any part of the sermon.

I'm not a churchgoer but I don't think many churches would allow that practice today.

[wannawatchuwiggle 131]

25 minutes ago, Foobar said:

They also used a Bourdaloue, coined after a priest who's sermons were long, to relieve themselves during church without having to miss any part of the sermon.

I'm not a churchgoer but I don't think many churches would allow that practice today.

On the other hand practices like this might make a churchgoer out of me yet again.. 

[wannawatchuwiggle 131]

Sorry about that, that image didn't upload. The one I meant to post is of a lady with a Bourdaloue.