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<p>[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 74366, member: 106"]Hi, Ascot! </p><p>I always referred to these type of bloomers as 'tap pants' or even 'tap shorts' .... but ... I'm not a clothing expert or anything ... It's just what Mother and her sisters called them ... so I follow suit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I just want to add that chlorine bleach dissolves silk fibers rather quickly (it is one of my destructive methods to figure out the composition of mystery cloth). I do not know if <i>any</i> dilution of bleach is safe for use on silk- you might want to avoid chlorine bleach until you know what type of cloth they are.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 74366, member: 106"]Hi, Ascot! I always referred to these type of bloomers as 'tap pants' or even 'tap shorts' .... but ... I'm not a clothing expert or anything ... It's just what Mother and her sisters called them ... so I follow suit. Also, I just want to add that chlorine bleach dissolves silk fibers rather quickly (it is one of my destructive methods to figure out the composition of mystery cloth). I do not know if [I]any[/I] dilution of bleach is safe for use on silk- you might want to avoid chlorine bleach until you know what type of cloth they are.[/QUOTE]
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