Yeah for the UK

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And what is more, when the breach was finally made - or rather, covered - and the first female drawers, and soon after pantalettes, appeared at the beggining of the nineteenth-century, they were considered grossly immodest, an unwarranted provocation upon man; which is no doubt why they so swiftly became de rigueur

From A Maggot by John Fowles

Is there an idea for a historical erotica?

John Fowles was wrong. Knickers did not become 'de rigeur' until the cage crinoline/hoop skirt became fashionable in the 1850s. Inadvertant flashing was not possible with a dozen petticoats. It was when a hoop crinoline was tilted in an energetic dance.

The French Ambassador to the UK was delighted when on a country house weekend an English Lady caught her crinoline on a stile and revealed all. French Ladies had adopted knickers with the crinoline. English Ladies preferred fresh air and ventilation.

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