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Yup .............................. I could tell by it's bark.
(sorry - couldn't resist)

cheers, (anyway)
dr geep
;=]

Heh! It's bark is worse than it's byte.
Gordon

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooo....................

... and I'll bet it took more than 8 bits of kibble, too, n'est pas?

cheers, etc
dg

It's a bit ruff, but I like it, hehe

Thank you! I had a number of those when I lived in North Carolina, but the shape of them was somewhat different.
Gordon

 Wonder if Dagwood liked this toon as much as I did?

Hope so! I'm glad you liked it!
Gordon
:laugh:

And I thought that it was going to be something about checking out Women's Bloomers.  Ah well, me and my perverted mind! ;=D
DO keep up the good work.
DPH

Bloomers (clothing)

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1850s fashion bloomers

Bloomers is a word which has been applied to several types of divided women's garments for the lower body at various times.

[edit] Fashion bloomers (skirted)

1851 caricature of fashion bloomers as being similar to Turkish attire

The original bloomers were an article of women's clothing invented by Justin Duffy but popularized by Amelia Bloomer in the early 1850s (hence the name, a shortening of "Bloomer suit"). They were long baggy pants narrowing to a cuff at the ankles (worn below a skirt), intended to preserve Victorian decency while being less of a hindrance to women's activities than the long full skirts of the period (see Victorian dress reform). They were worn by a few women in the 1850s, but were widely ridiculed in the press, and failed to become commonly accepted (see 1850s in fashion). These early bloomers were partly an attempt to adapt young girls' short skirts and pantalettes to adult women's attire, and were partly influenced by middle-eastern clothing styles (or what was thought to be middle-eastern styles) — hence the name "Syrian costume".[1]

The word "bloomers" was sometimes used for the wearers of the garments, rather than the garments themselves.

In 1909, fashion designer Paul Poiret attempted to popularize harem pants worn below a long flaring tunic, but this attempted revival of fashion bloomers under another name, did not catch on.

[edit] Athletic bloomers (unskirted)

An example of late 19th-century / Edwardian athletic bloomers: the Smith College class of 1902 basketball team

During the late 19th century, athletic bloomers (also known as "rationals" or "knickerbockers") were skirtless baggy knee-length trousers, fastened to the leg a little below the knees; at that time, they were worn by women in a few narrow contexts of athletic activity — such as bicycle-riding, gymnastics, and sports other than tennis — only (see 1890s in fashion). Bloomers were usually worn with stockings and after 1910 often with a sailor middy blouse. Bloomers became shorter by the late 1920s and when it started to become respectable for women to wear pants and shorts in a wider range of circumstances in the 1930s, styles imitating men's shorts were favored, and bloomers tended to become less common. However, baggy knee-length gym shorts fastened at or above the knees continued to be worn by girls in school physical education classes through to the 1950s in some areas. Some NYC and Sydney, Australia Schools still wore them as part of their uniforms into the 1980s [2].

[edit] Undergarments

1890s caricature of athletic bloomers as leading women to adopt masculine habits

Women's baggy underpants fastened to just below or above the knee are also known as "bloomers" (or as "knickers" or "directoire knickers"). They were most popular in the 1910s and 1920s but continued to be worn by older women for several decades thereafter. Often the term "bloomers" has been used interchangeably with the pantalettes worn by women and girls in the mid 19th century and the open leg knee length drawers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The modern Japanese version of bloomers

The modern Japanese version of bloomers consist of the entire legs exposed and are pronounced burumā (more popularly called as buruma) in Japanese. Many Westerners confuse Japanese bloomers with panties since their designs are almost the same in Japan, but bloomers are worn over panties, are a bit thicker, and come in bold colors.

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Well, there was that implication! Thanks!
Gordon
:biggrin:

very informative