Young Brunette Girl With Long Hair And Green Eyes Reveals Her White Petticoat In The Pond With Flowers

English typically referred to the Indian lehenga as a petticoat; it is the main undergarment worn with a sari. Sari petticoats usually match the color of the sari and are made of satin or cotton. A notable difference between the western petticoat and sari petticoat is that the sari petticoat is rarely shorter than ankle length.
Petticoats in popular culture
The phrase Petticoat Government has referred to women running government or domestic affairs. The phrase implying the threat to appropriate government by males was mentioned in several of Henry Fielding's plays. An Irish pamphlet Petticoat Government, Exemplified in a Late Case in Ireland was published in 1780. Frances Milton Trollope wrote Petticoat Government: A Novel in 1850. Baroness Emma Orczy wrote Petticoat Government, another novel, in 1911.