Victorian Women Wore The Most Hilarious Underwear

If you think pajamas with a trap door look ridiculous, you should see what Victorian women wore under their skirts.

She couldn’t jump into a hot shower because they hadn’t been invented yet. And a bath was out. Bathing was once a week and she shared the bathwater with her family. They’d heat water on the fire to fill the tub and then they would all take turns bathing. In the same water.

So when she woke up, she just got up and got dressed. Which sounds a lot easier than it actually was, because she was born in the Victorian Era.

Here’s how the process of getting dressed went. Every. Day.
At least until Lucy decided to do something about it.

After pulling off her cotton nightgown, the first garment Lucy put on was bloomers. Some women slept in their bloomers, but laundry was a two day event as it was. Heating water on the fire. Easier not to sleep in them.

Also? Notice the button? Elastic hadn’t been invented yet.

Shorter or longer, wider or narrower. With frills or without. Some people called them bloomers, others called them drawers.

To-may-to, to-mah-to.
Same thing.

Next, she pulled on her chemise. No one went without a chemise because trust me, you did not want sweat and skin oils on…

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