How Did They Pee in Those Dresses? A Superficial History of Underwear

*[2:19] In the English-written sources I've found so far. Unfortunately I can't presently speak for primary accounts written in other languages.
FURTHER READING:
Portraits of ladies not wearing underwear but that I couldn't include in the video for Proprietary Reasons, lol
Mid-18th century: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bei_der_Toilette.jpg
Mid-18th c, "La Jupe Relevée" Francois Boucher https://p6.storage.canalblog.com/68/02/388090/22611666_p.jpg
Full analysis of the 15th century Lengberg Castle finds: https://www.academia.edu/27335143/The_Lengberg_Finds_Remnants_of_the_Lost_15th_Century_Tailoring_Revolution
Extra special thanks to Izabela at Prior Attire for permission to use her demonstration video! She has also just put out a video discussing how Victorians dealt with needing to pee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED-wKZBAl5w
Abby Cox on 18th Century periods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV2TgwjjhOE&t=954s
Karolina Żebrowska on Victorian periods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d_QP7D77is

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