emmadelosnardos:

On Sylvia Tietjens and Train Sex.

Did she or didn’t she wear underwear? And what kind?

I’m trying to figure out the logistics of having sex in a moving train while wearing Edwardian clothes.

Obviously, this is a pressing problem that requires me to do more background research than I would like just to write a sex scene! I bet that the Downton Abbey fandom could help me out with this but I’m not sure where to start.

My suspicion is that she was wearing what are called ‘French knickers’: loose-fitting short knickers that would have been worn under petticoats. The advantages of such garments (at least from the perspective of trying to write Edwardian erotica) is that they were loose enough to be pushed to the side, if need be.

If you catch my drift…

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    elementary…
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    I decided, for brevity and simplicity, that...would have a slit in her pants,
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    link http://tfirah.blogspot.com/2012/01/edwardian-skivviesnaughty-naughty.html
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    As taken from Survey...Historic Costume: 3rd edition… Beginning
  15. trickybonmot said: In the days of hoop skirts, you would actually wear split drawers, where the legs were simply not attached together at the crotch. No idea if that was still the thing in the Edwardian period, though.
  16. earthtojane reblogged this from theolddictionary and added:
    I have been thinking about this too and thank god I’m not alone :)
  17. theolddictionary reblogged this from emmadelosnardos and added:
    The plagues me as well. I imagine her going against ploite society...underwear at all. The...
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  19. storyqdayx5d reblogged this from emmadelosnardos and added:
    Yeah, but it’s Sylvia. My bet? No undergarments at all.
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  22. kingaofthewoods said: This is very valid research xD
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