Bloomers, a poufy pant with a feminist history, have found wider appeal. By Misty White Sidell Misty White Sidell reported for All Consuming, a column about things we see — and want to buy right now.

Several members of the Bloomers cast including Amanda Bello (left), Morgan Singer, Hope Brindle, Alex Goldstein, and Alison Yarto (right) perform a bit as part of the Bloomers spring show. Credit: ...

You don’t have to go very far back in history to understand how large a role undergarments play in the lives of women. When Caitlyn Jenner presented herself to the world for the first time on the July ...

The Louisville Slugger Museum is celebrating the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote.The exhibit is called "Bloomer Girls: Baseball, Bikes and the Battle for Ballots."It tells the story of ...

We have hit peak trouser. In the past year, designers have given us pants with waists high and low, with voluminous pleats and second-skin fits, designs that barrel and flare and taper and crop.

“Intemperance is the great foe to (women’s) peace and happiness,” Bloomer wrote in January 1849. “It is that above all that has made her home desolate and beggared her offspring … Surely, she has the ...