Essentially, a woman's costume consisting of a dress or a skirt over long loose breeches or trousers fastened closely at the knees or ankles, bloomers have indeed come a long way as a must-have ...

The audience was exclusively women, since the bloomers worn in public by the players were considered immodest and inappropriate for the eyes of men. For the 2004 reenactment, the teams were composed ...

decades before women gained the vote. Made to wear the same garb as male gardeners so as not to distract their colleagues, their brown woollen bloomers soon made the news. As the satirical ...