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. Also known as 'Katch', and 'Katchie' and worn under [Indian traditional] clothing.

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• 1 Uses
• 2 History
  • 2.1 Ancient history
  • 2.2 Middle Ages and Renaissance
    • 2.2.1 Male undergarments
    • 2.2.2 Female undergarments
  • 2.3 Enlightenment and Industrial Age
  • 2.4 1900s
  • 2.5 1910s
  • 2.6 1920s
  • 2.7 1930s
  • 2.8 1940s
  • 2.9 1950s and 1960s
  • 2.10 1970s till the present day
• 3 Religious significance
• 4 Underwear styles and function
• 5 Not wearing undergarments
• 6 Underwear exposed above trousers
• 7 Designers / Retailers of Underwear
• 8 Underwear events
• 9 References
• 10 Further reading
• 11 See also
• 12 External links