Pumpkin Pants
Pumpkin pants are also called bloomers, invented by Ms. Elizabeth Smith Miller in the mid-19th century. Pumpkin pants were popularized in the 19th century by Ms. Amelia Bloomer, the pioneer of the women’ liberation movement, so the English name of the pumpkin trousers was named after the name of Ms. Bloomer. At that time, the bloomers were the sweatpants of the independent avant-garde women. Wearing to ride on a bicycle and playing basketball were the landmark symbols of new women of liberation and advanced.
Now it is more to weaken the function of the sweatpants. Gradually transformed into a must-have item for the Lolita girls to prevent upward airflow and increase the natural fluffy of the skirt.
The bloomers are written in Japanese as “ブルマ” and in some cases will as “drawers.” Short sports pants in Japanese school uniforms are also called “bloomers.”
It’s just the sportswear that evolved from American volleyball sportswear in the 1960s. In the early years, it was labeled with underage pornography. The people think that the customs and education of the society will be corrupted so that this sports pants gradually disappear in the wave of history.
Silk Stockings
Although stockings are not exclusive to Lolita girls, they are inextricably linked to Lolita fashion. However, it is necessary to discuss the socks before the silk stockings. The earliest record of socks in Europe appeared around the 8th century AD when it was considered to be the clothing that the aristocratic class would wear.
After the appearance of the knitting machine in the 16th century, the tighter socks began to appear. The socks with a wool texture are worn by civilians, while those with the silk texture are dressed by nobles. This difference continued until the advent of nylon stockings in the early 20th century.
Fast forward to 1937, DuPont, the US industrial giant, invented nylon, a tough, wear-resistant material that immediately changed the status of socks. The combination of low-cost raw materials and industrialized production coincided with a feminist movement in full swing in the early 20th century, which made nylon stockings very popular in American society.
During the Second World War, nylon was listed as a necessity in wartime, so stockings became a luxury item in short supply. A pair of women’ stockings can be fired to a pair of $3,000 on the black market. However, most people have no money, the women who couldn’t afford it came up with the idea of painting a suture on the leg with paint, brushing the legs into a color close to the silk stockings, and pretending to wear stockings.
The birth of the post-war Leica has greatly increased the elasticity, texture and service life of the stockings so that the stockings have truly changed from noble clothes to popular clothing.
In modern times, the development of technology makes socks more likely. Prints, cutouts, and a variety of colors greatly beautify the leg lines and can collocation with clothing better.
