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Do you know why bows have appeared on women’s underwear for years?
Have you ever wondered what the little bow on the front of panties is for?
Is it just decoration?
It may seem so, but the truth is elsewhere. Because the ribbon has a special use that few people know about.
Although it is now only decorative, it used to be truly necessary. Why? Because it allowed women to distinguish the front from the back of their underwear. Without it this wouldn’t have been so easy, considering there was no electricity and the house had to be supplied before sunrise. Wearing such underwear in the dark is undoubtedly not easy!
What are the bows on women’s underwear for?
Many women have no idea about this interesting fact. Information about the bow on panties was posted on Reddit and immediately caught the attention of curious internet users who did not know about it until then. Did the little bow on panties have any other use?
“The bow may come from the times before “elastic bands”, when underwear was kept in place by a ribbon threaded through lace with eyelets at the top. The bow marks the place where the ribbon was tied. Placement at the front is obvious because it’s the easiest to tie,” wrote one user online.
Bows also appeared on men’s underwear
Underwear was held in place thanks to a ribbon that was tied through holes in the bow. Interestingly, in the Middle Ages bows on pants also appeared on men’s underwear. That way men were sure that their pants wouldn’t fall down.
Nowadays bows on underwear are purely decorative.
