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Women's panties or knickers
Men's boxer shorts
Underwear are clothes worn under other clothes, often next to the skin. They keep outer clothes from being made dirty by sweat. They also shape the body and provide support for parts of it, and in cold weather help the wearer to keep warm. Underwear can be used to protect the wearer's modesty, as well as to make them look sexy. Special types of underwear have religious importance. Some items of clothing are made to be worn as underwear, while others such as T-shirts and certain types of shorts can be used both as underwear and as outer clothing. If made of suitable fabric, some types of underwear can serve as nightwear or swimsuits.
Items of underwear commonly worn by women today include brassieres (bras) and panties (also known as knickers), while men wear briefs, boxer shorts or boxer briefs. Items worn by both women and men include T-shirts, sleeveless shirts, bikini underwear, thongs and G-strings. In countries where the weather is cold, long underwear can be worn to keep warm.
Contents
1 Different words
2 Function
2.1 Religious uses
3 Types and styles
4 Fashions and trends
4.1 Designers and retailers
4.2 Exposed underwear
4.3 Not wearing undergarments
5 Notes
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[change] Different words
There are a number of different words for underwear. "Underclothes", "underclothing" and "undergarments" are more serious words. In casual situations, underwear may be called "undies". In Australia, one may hear underwear being called "Reg Grundys" (rhyming slang for "undies") or "Reginalds", while in the UK the word "smalls" is sometimes used.
Different types of women's undergarments are known together as "lingerie" (pronounced LAWN-zhur-ray). They may also be called "intimate clothing" or simply "intimates".
An "undershirt" is a general word for a piece of underwear covering the torso, while "underpants" (in the UK, often simply "pants"), "drawers", or "shorts" cover the part of the body where the sex organs are. Words for different types of underwear are set out in the table below.
[change] Function
Underwear is worn for many reasons. They keep outer clothes from being made dirty by sweat. Women's brassieres (bras) provide support for their breasts, and men's briefs do the same thing for the male sex organs. Some people wear corsets to make their torsos a certain shape. For more support and protection when playing sports, men often put on underwear that fits more tightly, such as jockstraps and trunks (which are a type of boxer shorts). Women may wear sports bras which give them more support. This is more comfortable, and lessens the chance of damage to the ligaments of the chest during vigorous exercises such as jogging.
In countries where the weather is cold, underwear is one more layer of clothing that helps the wearer to keep warm. Underwear can be used to keep the wearer modest for instance, some women wear camisoles and slips (petticoats) under clothes that are see-through. A camisole is an item of clothing without sleeves that covers the top part of a woman's body, while a slip or petticoat is a kind of skirt that is worn underneath an outer skirt. On the other hand, underwear can also be worn to make a person look more sexy. It is possible to buy underwear made specially to excite another person in a sexual way, such as underwear that can be eaten (it is usually made of small sweets stuck together) and underwear with holes cut into them.
Some items of clothing are designed to be worn as underwear, while others such as T-shirts and certain types of shorts can be used both as underwear and as outer clothing. Whether underwear can be used as outer clothing depends on a number of things, such as how warm it is indoors and outdoors, what other people in society find acceptable, fashion, and what the law allows. Some types of underwear can be used for sleeping in or as swimsuits, if they are made of suitable fabric.
[change] Religious uses
Underwear can also have religious use:
Judaism. Some types of Jews wear a prayer shawl (a piece of cloth wrapped around the shoulders) called a tallit katan. It has four corners which have tzitzit (fringes) attached to them. Because people who are not Jews do not usually walk about wearing prayer shawls, a Jewish person will often wear a tallit katan beneath a shirt so that it cannot be seen. However, as the shawl is not supposed to touch the skin, an undershirt is worn under it.[1]
Mormonism. Most members of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) wear special temple garments under their clothes after they have gone through special rituals in a temple. They believe that such clothes help them remember the teachings of the temple.[2]
Sikhism. Sikh men believe that they should wear the panj kakaar (five articles of...(and so on)
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