undervest

Richard Jones had set off his dapper little form in a frock of bottle-green, with bullet-buttons, by one of which the sides were united over his well-rounded waist, opening above, so as to show a jacket of red cloth, with an undervest of flannel, faced with green velvet, and below, so as to exhibit a pair of buckskin breeches, with long, soiled, white top-boots, and spurs; one of the latter a little bent, from its recent attacks on the stool.

Outsize undervests, guaranteed unshrinkable, were 1/- while outsize knickers in all shades and of perfect quality were 1/3.

He guessed that was the door to the club, especially since they were almost completely naked; most of the girls were wearing heels, bikinis, undervests or bras.

By the end of the decade Whitmarsh also carried a wide assortment of cravats, handkerchiefs, hosiery, suspenders, collars, undervests, and drawers - "a splendid collection of Goods in his line," that line now being distinctly men's wear.(21)