Panties: German underpants (Unterhosen) made from American sugar sack twine (1945/46)
Various menstrual underpants and panties (and sanitary napkin belts), 1946-47 (page from Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog, U.S.A.)
Kotex "Panti" (clasp and band to hold pad in crotch; 1970s?, U.S.A.)
Kotex New Freedom towel & pantie ad (date? publication? U.K.)
Modess "Sanitary Shield" (two-band pad holder in crotch; 1970s; U.S.A.)
Modess "Panti-kini" (two-band holder to hold pad in crotch; 1960s-1970s, U.S.A.)
Many more women's underpants for menstruation


See also Ads for Teens

Booklets menstrual hygiene companies made for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine - a list of books and articles about menstruation - videos
Ads for teenagers
Many more PADS, BOOKLETS - See TAMPONS, MENSTRUAL BELTS, CUPS, SPONGES, UNDERPANTS
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COMFO-GARD Pantie
(1950?, Malen Mfg. Co, New York, U.S.A.)
Ad in unknown magazine or newspaper
panties, underpants, sanitary napkin, tampon, pad, belts, menstruation

Pantie, of course, means panty - or panties or panti - just another way to spell the short underpants. The COMFO-GARD somewhat resembles a later pad holder, the Modess "Sanitary Shield."

American panties specially designed for menstruation date to at least to 1922 (commercial belts came earlier). Since then numberless styles appeared on the market (see more) and perhaps before then around the world. Stopping leaking menstrual blood from escaping the pad or tampon or sponge or cup has been an important industry.

Bikini-like underpants for women appeared in the early Olympics as you can see at the bottom of the page.

I thank the donor!


Below: The arrow points to what seems to me to be the model's ear from behind.
But in my house only the cats can turn their heads this far. Maybe shame
at being caught in just her COMFO-GARD and bra,
as suggested by the hands across her head, gave her the energy.
I hope she got it back forward again!
Below: As a bonus for having gotten this far I show you what is probably an
early modern version of the bikini. The ladies are English swimmers in the
1912 Olympics and visibly - visibly but not risibly - wear them under what seems to be a transparent outer suit.
I suspect the scowling woman in the center is a chaperone or coach. The person second from right might have muscled her way into the picture.
The very poor copy is of a picture from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a German newspaper, dated 12 April 1996.
Below: The risible aspect is this happy male swimmer apparently from the same Olympics.

End - Kotex "Panti" (clasp and band to hold pad in crotch; 1970s?, U.S.A.)
Kotex New Freedom towel & pantie ad (date? publication? U.K.)
Modess "Sanitary Shield" (two-band pad holder in crotch; 1970s; U.S.A.)
German underpants (Unterhosen) made from American sugar sack twine (1945/46)

Many more women's underpants
Many more
BOOKLETS - See TAMPONS, MENSTRUAL BELTS, PADS, CUPS, SPONGES, UNDERPANTS

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