24 July 1973: The counters of men’s underwear departments are a blaze of colours and patterns such as briefs,shorts, and see-through slipsUnderwear goes on present at the Victoria and Albert Museum[br]There was a time when the things a man wore under his outer clothing were white, or shapeless,and woolly. Their sole purpose was to keep him warm. They were unseen and therefore their appearance was subordinate to their practical application.
Things have changed. The previously blanched counters of the underwear departments are a blaze of colours and patterns. Mundane nouns like combs and underpants have given way to briefs, shorts, or,yes, slips – French slips, and mini-slips,and see-through slips. A slip is apparently not something nice ladies wear any more, it is a handful of nylon slit into the smallest bikini that a mans anatomy will allow and stretched round his hips like a “G” string. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com