Young George Bush explained the disappearance of knickers, in this scholarly study in 1960: “On the disappearance of knickers: Hypotheses for the functional analysis of the psychology of clothing.” George Bush and Perry London, Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 51, no. 2, 1960, pp. 359-366. The paper begins: “There are those of us for whom […]
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A particular effect of laundering on knickers
Tanya Dann, in completing her studies for a masters degree in clothing and textile science from the University of Otago, wrote this thesis, which has more than a touch of the forensic about it: “The tearing behaviour and effect of laundering on knicker fabrics,” Tanya Jayne Dann, thesis, Master of Science, University of Otago, 2011. (Thanks […]
A new twist in forensic knicker-testing
A study in New Zealand tested the tearing of knickers, and found that meaningful results are not easy to obtain if one examines only the fabric itself: “Tearing of Knicker Fabrics,” T.J. Dann, D.J. Carr, R.M. Laing, B.E. Niven and J. Kieser, Forensic Science International, 217 (2012) 93–100. (Thanks to investigator Erwin Kompanje for bringing this […]