Lady in pannier.
By 1760, the modern panty as we know it had still not been invented!
People were wearing other things on that region of the body such as:
A Cork Rump is a large, crescent-shaped pad stuffed with cork; used in the late 18th century to extend the buttocks. From 1770 to 1780 it decreased in size. It was short lived, however, rumored that no one could sit down while wearing it. (Imagine that! Today if you have a huge rump, sitting is no problem. It's getting up that's the challenge!) It lasted for only 20 years. It is not known if the phrase "pop the cork" has anything to do with trying unsuccessfully to sit down on a hard-backed settee while wearing a "cork rump," but we suspect not.
Also during this time, from the 1770's to the mid-19th century, men wore breeches. Breeches went below the knee and were commonly referred to as "unmentionables," "inexplicables," and "ineffables."
Soon there after, women were wearing Panniers, frames made out of whalebone, wire or other material used to distend the skirt of a woman's dress at the hips. From the French word for "breadbasket."
