Undergarment
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In 1877, French artist Édouard Manet exhibited "Nana", a life-size portrayal of a courtesan in undergarments, standing before her fully clothed gentleman caller. The model for it was the popular courtesan Henriette Hauser.
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Undergarments, also called "underwear", "underpants," "lingerie", or "panties" (undergarments for women), or sometimes "intimate clothing", and "pants" or "knickers" in British English, are clothes worn next to the skin, usually under other clothes. They are also known as 'Katch' or 'Katchie' and worn under Indian traditional clothing.
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See also
- Underwear fetishism
- Beachwear
- Corset controversy
- Diaper
- Hosiery
- Social aspects of clothing
- Trousers – Law – laws on underwear exposure
- Underwear as outerwear
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