Among the many types of lingerie available at department stores and women’s apparel stores all over the world, the babydoll lingerie may intrigue you the most simply because of its short yet appealing design. The history of babydoll lingerie is equally short because the babydoll has been in existence for less than 100 years to date.
The first versions of the babydoll lingerie came into existence during the 1930s and the 1940s. The ancestors of the babydoll lingerie were the lace-trimmed bed jackets plus the frilly bed capes that women were known to use back then. The usual babydoll nightgown at that time sported a hemline ending at about six inches above the knee. That length is the usual one that babydoll lingerie have today.
The name “babydoll” for this type of lingerie is said to be derived from the nightgown worn by Carroll Baker in the 1956 movie entitled “Babydoll”. The example shown by Baker in that movie led to the growth in popularity of the babydoll lingerie among the general public.
Eventually, the babydoll started to be used as a type of daywear. But soon they re-evolved into a bedroom-type of nightwear because the babydoll lingerie were re-designed to become more provocative in appearance. The lingerie started showing more of women’s buttocks to entice the men to engage in sexual foreplay with their women.
Nowadays, modern babydoll lingerie are often sold with matching panties in the same color and style as the tops. If the tops have frilly lace at the edges, you can expect the panties to either have frilly lace as well or be designed as G-strings to further entice the menfolk. For the more conservative type of wearer, the babydoll lingerie may be more low-key in appearance, and used as a regular nightgown rather than look like sexy undergarments. Read more... (532 words, estimated 2:08 mins reading time)