In films women always wear petticoats to tear up for such purposes.

She wore no corset or petticoats in this place.

I had to learn to do the chores, embroider, even to wear petticoats to church.

The practice of wearing petticoats as undergarments was well established by 1585.

Also, people who dress in period costumes have begun wearing petticoats for a more authentic look.

She and her companions wore short petticoats and a kind of tippet on their shoulders.

For hundreds of years, women had worn only petticoats.

They tell me the women wear enormous petticoats.

Under our summer dresses we wore full petticoats with hoops and white high heels.

Women's clothes were well stitched, and some wore petticoats.