Question about drawers

[frualeydis]

I have a question I hope somebody who reads this can answer. Where do you wear your drawers in the late 1850s, outside or inside your corset? If I wear them inside the corset quite a lot of bulk will be gathered at the waist, _under_ the corset, which I presume will be uncomfortable. If I wear them outside the corset there will be bulk over the hips and belly, which probably won't matter since I'm going to have flounced petticoats there anyway.
For later periods when you wear combinations it's perfectly clear that you wear them under the corset, and they have much less fabric at the waist, but how did they do it in the 1850s?
I need to know this before I cut my drawers since my uncorseted waist measurement, which will have to be used if I wear the drawers under the corset is at least 2 inches bigger than my corseted measurement.

Comments

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

But the discussion that koshka_the_cat posted shows some evidence that they put the knee-lenght (or shorter) chemise _inside_ their drawers to mak ethem puff out more. It is very interesting.

Eva

[guyelfkin.livejournal.com]

Well, I won't argue that they didn't but I will say that it doesn't sound like the most comfortable arrangement - and it would really really get in the way of going to he toilet even with a split crotch on the drawers!)

Teddy