On the scale of clothing trauma bike shorts rate nowhere near bathing suits but I can't say that bike short shopping was all that fun.
A couple of fun quotes from Frances E. Willard on clothing (recall she was learning to ride around 1895)
"If women ride they must, when riding, dress more rationally than they have been wont to do...A woman with bands hanging on her hips, and a dress snug about the waist and chokingly tight at the throat, with heavily trimmed skirts dragging down the back and numerous folds heating the lower part of the spine, and with tight shoe, ought to be in agony."
"It is needless to say that a bicycling costume was a prerequisite. This consisted of a skirt and blouse of tweed, with belt, rolling collar, and loose cravat, the skirt three inches from the ground; a round straw heat, and walking shoes with gaiters."
I wonder what she'd think of my new nylon, spandex and polyester number? I also got a fun pair of socks. The girl is flexing her muscles and saying "grrr".
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