T-front

The T-front is a garment generally worn as either underwear or as a swimsuit where the string reaches also the front part. It provides no coverage while still maintaining the basic hygienic underwear functions. T-fronts leave part or most of the genitals uncovered. The back forms usually a thong which typically consists of a thin waistband and a thin strip of material, designed to be worn between the buttocks, that connects the middle of the waistband with the front string of the garment.[1] It is also used as a descriptive term in other types of garment, such as a bodysuit or leotard in the context "T-front thong".

T-front history

T-front underwear originates to traditional clothes of ancient human cultures, where intercrural cords had a physical ground to protect the most sensitive and unprotected part of the women body.[2]- e.g. among Brazilian tribes such garment was called uluri [3], obtaining a maximum protection for the mucous membrane with a minimum of concealment. Among the Eskimo the corresponding intercrural cord was so thin as it was practically invisible[4]

Modern T-front
T-front and regular thong and g-string comparison

Modern T-front underwear has been offered first in Japan where this design (Tフロント) is quite popular. In German-speaking countries the name "overklit string" [5] is used. Some contemporary designs cover the string with pearls for decoration and stimulation reasons.[6] The pearl version of the T-front thongs become mainstream lingerie after its appearance in the HBO TV series Sex and the City[7] in 2008. T-front underwear is usually built by strings only, sometimes with more fabric or lace around the waist:

  • T-front thong
  • T-front g-string

Other T-front garments

Also bodysuits and leotards are available in T-front design, usually thong-backed. The T-front cut leotards are usually worn under leggings, pants, shorts or long skirts because of its quite revealing nature. However, in dance schools that prepare burlesque and cabaret dancers with no issues with possible indecent exposure, the T-front leotards are used for trainings and performances uncovered by any other piece of clothing:

  • Two ladies practicing in black T-front leotards

See also

References
  1. "Thong". Online Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
  2. Letourneau, Charles Jean Marie (1894). L'évolution de la morale; leçons professées pendant l'hiver de 1885-1886 (in French). New York Public Library. Paris, L. Battaille et cie. p. 146.
  3. "Vanishing and Emerging Cultures". Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  4. Ellis, Havelock (26 November 2016). Studies in the psychology of sex - the complete collection (in Italian). Havelock Ellis. ISBN 9788822870186.
  5. "Overklit String Bikini RT-WS". tangaland24.de (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  6. "I Wore a Pearl Thong for a Whole Day". cosmopolitan.com. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  7. "Own Samantha's Pearl Thong". trendhunter.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
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