Everyone wears it at least part of the time.
They started out as just the bits of clothing that are under the outside most visible bits. From there, we learned to use underwear as foundational garments, giving shape and support to both our bodies and the clothes we choose to wear. Queen Victoria got involved and panties became hygenic and a sign of sexual chasteness. Once the sexual revolution got underway, our underwear became something else entirely.
From sexy boudoir outfits to utlitarian shapewear, underwear has become an important part of our sex lives.
Get this image: hot, sweaty jock, stripping off his clinging tee after a rousing game of touch football in the park. His pants have started to slip a bit, and you can see the waistband of his boxer-briefs. Doesn’t that just make you want to see more?
Or this one: ingenue dressing for her date bends over and adjusts the garter strap and the way her thigh high lays against her leg. As she straightens, you realize her bra matches her panties, which coordinates with the garter belt… Whoever gets to undress her later is in for a happy surprise!
Underwear has become iconic, and like any icon, it’s a part of our collective unconsciousness now.
When you slip on that matching bra and panty set, tucking yourself back so no bulge will show and savoring the feel of the seamed thigh highs on your shaven legs, you’re participating in a ritual that countless others have performed before you. The things you wear under your outer clothes can be more important to you than those outer clothes! Right up next to your skin like a secret letter to yourself, telling you with each movement who you ~really~ are.
I am almost ashamed of the years I went without indulging myself in the finer aspects of feminine apparel. On the one hand, it “is” just underwear and nobody’s business what I like to wear. Including those unfriendly airport screeners. 😉
But having worn nothing but panties for the last twenty years, (except a couple hours a year when I have my annual physical), I have come to believe that panties are just a natural part of me. Now, if I didn’t live in Florida where anything more than a thin t-shirt looks out-of-place, I would be wearing my matching bras a lot more often.
I don’t really understand it completely but I know I feel a lot better when I’m dressed properly. Funny how just a wispy piece of material can make all the difference in the world.
I think it’s the self confidence that comes from being true to yourself, Davina, that makes all the difference in the world. On the one hand, it’s just clothing, and on the other hand, that wisp of fabric is way more than ‘just’ clothes.
😉 Happy Valentine’s to you too!
BTW: Happy Valentine’s Day 😉