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Lingerie is a term for women's fashion undergarments. It derives from the French word 'lin' for linen. While the term in the French language applies to all undergarments for either sex, in English it is applied only to those women's undergarments designed to be visually appealing or erotic, typically incorporating materials such as lace and silk, and not applied to functional cotton undergarments.

The concept of lingerie being visually appealing is relatively recent. Up through the first half of the 20th century women selected underwear for three major purposes: to alter their shape (first with corsets and later with girdles or bras), for reasons of hygiene, or for modesty. Women's underwear was often very large and bulky. As the 20th century progressed underwear became smaller and more form fitting. In the 1960s 'controversial' lingerie manufacturers such as Frederick's of Hollywood begin to glamourise lingerie and the idea of lingerie having a sexual appeal slowly developed.

Before recent times, women's underwear were made with the primary function of body contortion. In the 1940s, Fredericks of Hollywood opened shop in Hollywood and began selling corsets and lingerie with a much more fashionable appeal to them. These new styles of women's undergarments possessed a greater sexual feel, made even more glamorized by models such as Bettie Page.

Colorful, bright and flashier fashions of women's lingerie were becoming available. More fabrics such as satin, lace and silk began to be incorporated into the makeup of women's lingerie, making them more desired by females and more sensual to males. This is perhaps the great turning point when panties became more then simple hygiene products and developed into an icon of sexuality worldwide.

Since then, women in flattering lingerie have become a staple of several functions of men's popular culture. Several men's magazines such as Maxim and Lowrider often use images of attractive females in sensual lingerie to capture mainstream appeal.

During the 1960s, there was a stir among the old, traditional views of women's undergarments that they wanted to look more like females anatomies. Female anatomy was largely misunderstood due to censorship of the subject. Some feminist women were proclaiming how traditional women's undergarments were created to impose control and distort the appearance of women's figures. This movement caused many females to have a new outlook on how they viewed their undergarments. The underpants began to have themselves made more like woman anatomy.

Not long after, in the 1970s, a new chapter in women's taste opened. In the 70's, women's undergarments became even more sexualized due to the sexual revolution going on at that time. The underpants got smaller and skinnier and began to sexualize themselves more up front.

In today's society, panties have become an entity in themselves. Considered by some to be taboo, the lingerie industry has boomed. Lingerie chains such as Victoria's Secret and Frederick's of Hollywood, hold annual modeling shows to showcase new varieties of panties and other assorted lingerie.

Several non-nude pornography websites survive off selling photo sets of women posing in panties and other lingerie.

In most modern cultures, panties have become a bit of a cultural icon describing sexual mischief and a fun way of life, especially for high school and college age girls who are more likely to enjoy them than the woman who grows up wearing granny panties. In Japan, panties (pantsu) are commonly depicted as being a highly flirtatious, naughty element to a female's persona.

When a girl's skirt comes up high enough for her panties to be seen, it is called a 'panty shot'. Many websites on the internet make profits from selling the aforementioned kind of pornography or voyeurism.

When a male or female wears clothes without undergarments, it is often referred to as Going Commando or, in the male version, Free Balling.