A fun quick look at the history of underwear. We start at the first pairs of underwear and end with the convenience and necessity of underwear for women, men and kids!

1. THE HISTORY OF UNDERWEAR
BRIEFLY.

2. IT ALL STARTED BETWEEN (1323 - 1341 BC )
A "Loincloth" was found in King Tut's tomb. The loincloth is in essence
a piece of material, bark-bast, leather or cloth, passed between the legs
covering the genitals. Despite this simpleness of function the loincloth
takes many forms and was used around the world.

3. THE RENAISSANCE & MIDDLE AGES BROUGHT SOME
INTERESTING PIECES FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN.
( 1350-1450 BC )
The Codpiece.
Looser fitting underwear.
And Chastity Belts.

4. CELEBRITIES, SUPER HEROES & PRESIDENTS
STILL WEAR CODPIECES.

5. THE INVENTION OF
THE SPINNING JENNY & THE COTTON JIN
ALLOWED FACTORIES TO MASS PRODUCE UNDERWEAR IN THE MID 18TH
CENTURY. PEOPLE NO LONGER HAD TO MAKE THEIR OWN UNDERWEAR.
FROM THAT POINT ON EVERYTHING CHANGED.

6. THE EARLY (1900'S ) SPAWNED COMPETITION AND THE FIRST UNDERWEAR
COMPANIES LIKE HANES, PEABODY AND JOCKEY WERE BORN.
THE FIRST UNDERWEAR PRINT AD
IN THE US RAN IN THE
SATURDAY EVENING POST IN 1911.
THE FIRST PAIR OF BRIEFS WERE SOLD
IN CHICAGO BY COOPERS INC.
ON JANUARY 19,1935.
BY THE END OF THE 1910'S, CHALMERS KNITTING COMPANY SPLIT THE
UNION SUIT INTO UPPER J& LOWER SECTIONS, EFFECTIVELY
INVENTING THE MODERN UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWER.
Emerging competition and new styles made advertising necessary.

7. BY THE LATE 19TH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY THE UNDERGARMENT
INDUSTRY WAS BOOMING AND INNOVATION HAS BEGUN.
FUN FABRICS BRIGHT NEW
LINGERIE
& MATERIALS COLORS
SPECIALTY PRODUCTS
4 BILLION DOLLAR
ABUNDANCE OF
RETAILERS A YEAR US MARKET
TRENDY CUTS VARIETY OF SIZES
LOUD PATTERNS FASHION
DIFFERENT NECESSITY
PRICE POINT$ EDGY STYLES

8. IN THE 70'S, 80'S & 90'S IS WHEN UNDERWEAR AS FASHION MATURED AND
ADVERTISERS FORGOT ABOUT COMFORT AND DURABILITY AND FOCUSED ON
SEX APPEAL.

9. THIS WAS ALSO THE TIME LINGERIE WAS INTRODUCED.
Lingerie is a term for fashionable and possibly alluring undergarments. The term in the
French language applies to all undergarments for either gender. In English it is applied
specifically to those undergarments designed to be visually appealing or erotic.

10. IN THE LATE 90'S INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM THE UNDERWEAR MARKET
ALSO VENTURED GREEN USING ALL NATURAL AND ORGANIC MATERIALS.
SOY
BAMBOO
ALPACA
CORN
ORGANIC COTTON

11. IN LATE 2010-2011BRIEFLY MADE UNDERWEAR MORE
CONVENIENT COMPACT COMFORTABLE

12. "A FRESH PAIR, ANYWHERE"!