The Victoria and Albert Museum (http://www.vam.ac.uk/) in London is a world class collection of art and design. It is especially noted for its fashion collections going back hundreds of years. You can see where I'm going with this, right?
If you click on the collections tab at the top, click on search collections and then put underwear in the search field you get this (http://collections.vam.ac.uk/indexplus/result.html?_IXFIRST_=4&_IXSS_=_IXFIRST_%3d1%26_IXINITSR_%3dy%26%2524%253dIXID%3d%26_IXACTION_%3dquery%26%2524%253dIXOBJECT%3d%26_IXMAXHITS_%3d15%26%252asform%3dvanda%26%2524%253dIXNAME%3d%26_IXSESSION_%3dmtb5396xNQt%26%2524%253dIXPLACE%3d%26_IXadv_%3d0%26search%3dsearch%26%2524%253dIXMATERIAL%3d%26%2524%253ds%3dunderwear%26%2524%253dop%3dAND%26_IXFPFX_%3dtemplates%252ft%26%2524%253dsi%3dtext%26%2524%253dIXFROM%3d%26%2524%253dIXTO%3d%26%2524%253ddelflag%3dy&_IXACTION_=query&_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXSR_=58gPXEzYtC5&_IXSPFX_=templates%2ft&_IXFPFX_=templates%2ft) and this (http://collections.vam.ac.uk/indexplus/result.html?_IXFIRST_=5&_IXSS_=_IXFIRST_%3d1%26_IXINITSR_%3dy%26%2524%253dIXID%3d%26_IXACTION_%3dquery%26%2524%253dIXOBJECT%3d%26_IXMAXHITS_%3d15%26%252asform%3dvanda%26%2524%253dIXNAME%3d%26_IXSESSION_%3dmtb5396xNQt%26%2524%253dIXPLACE%3d%26_IXadv_%3d0%26search%3dsearch%26%2524%253dIXMATERIAL%3d%26%2524%253ds%3dunderwear%26%2524%253dop%3dAND%26_IXFPFX_%3dtemplates%252ft%26%2524%253dsi%3dtext%26%2524%253dIXFROM%3d%26%2524%253dIXTO%3d%26%2524%253ddelflag%3dy&_IXACTION_=query&_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXSR_=58gPXEzYtC5&_IXSPFX_=templates%2ft&_IXFPFX_=templates%2ft) amongst others. I should mention that the British meaning of vest is undershirt, and what Americans refer to as a vest would be referred to as a waistcoat.
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Date: 2009-08-24 03:35 am (UTC)If you click on the collections tab at the top, click on search collections and then put underwear in the search field you get this (http://collections.vam.ac.uk/indexplus/result.html?_IXFIRST_=4&_IXSS_=_IXFIRST_%3d1%26_IXINITSR_%3dy%26%2524%253dIXID%3d%26_IXACTION_%3dquery%26%2524%253dIXOBJECT%3d%26_IXMAXHITS_%3d15%26%252asform%3dvanda%26%2524%253dIXNAME%3d%26_IXSESSION_%3dmtb5396xNQt%26%2524%253dIXPLACE%3d%26_IXadv_%3d0%26search%3dsearch%26%2524%253dIXMATERIAL%3d%26%2524%253ds%3dunderwear%26%2524%253dop%3dAND%26_IXFPFX_%3dtemplates%252ft%26%2524%253dsi%3dtext%26%2524%253dIXFROM%3d%26%2524%253dIXTO%3d%26%2524%253ddelflag%3dy&_IXACTION_=query&_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXSR_=58gPXEzYtC5&_IXSPFX_=templates%2ft&_IXFPFX_=templates%2ft) and this (http://collections.vam.ac.uk/indexplus/result.html?_IXFIRST_=5&_IXSS_=_IXFIRST_%3d1%26_IXINITSR_%3dy%26%2524%253dIXID%3d%26_IXACTION_%3dquery%26%2524%253dIXOBJECT%3d%26_IXMAXHITS_%3d15%26%252asform%3dvanda%26%2524%253dIXNAME%3d%26_IXSESSION_%3dmtb5396xNQt%26%2524%253dIXPLACE%3d%26_IXadv_%3d0%26search%3dsearch%26%2524%253dIXMATERIAL%3d%26%2524%253ds%3dunderwear%26%2524%253dop%3dAND%26_IXFPFX_%3dtemplates%252ft%26%2524%253dsi%3dtext%26%2524%253dIXFROM%3d%26%2524%253dIXTO%3d%26%2524%253ddelflag%3dy&_IXACTION_=query&_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXSR_=58gPXEzYtC5&_IXSPFX_=templates%2ft&_IXFPFX_=templates%2ft) amongst others. I should mention that the British meaning of vest is undershirt, and what Americans refer to as a vest would be referred to as a waistcoat.
Hope that helps.