The “chemiloon,” or union suit as it was often called, was the predecessor of long johns and today's onesie—the one-piece pajamas you reach for before settling in with a cup of hot chocolate.

No one wants ... for the long haul. A great many of us have been working in our underpants all along. Onesies were at the Prada collection as well. Here they were referred to as long johns.

Though the history is murky, the invention of the long ... union suit isn’t exactly true. For one, being a base layer, it was highly uncommon for people in Victorian times to be seen in their ...

When Annette Kellerman stepped out onto Revere Beach in 1907 wearing a one-piece bathing suit that ended in shorts ... dresses worn over bloomers with long black stockings, bathing slippers ...