bloomers

A type of underwear, similar to male boxers, but worn by women. Most bloomers, unlike boxers, are gathered at the bottom of the legs. Often bloomers will be decorated with ribbons or frills at the waist and legs. In Japanese they are sometimes translated as kabopan or "pumpkin pants".

Not to be confused with buruma, an English to Japanese to English translation of bloomer, but which are worn in public as gym shorts.

While bloomers originally served as underwear, they are not necessarily considered underwear now. Traditional bloomers can go all the way to the knees or shins, and don't resemble typical underwear in the present day. Shorter bloomers can be worn as regular shorts or safety shorts. These shouldn't be tagged as underwear nor pantyshot. Note that this doesn't mean they can't be sensitive, rating:S and tags like upskirt still apply.

Examples

As safety shorts

As underwear

As shorts

Long bloomers

See also

• buruma
• panties
• Tag Group:Attire

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