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Thursday, 19 July 2012

Medieval lingerie discovery pushes invention of the bra back by 500 years



15th century bra

A team of Austrian archaeologists have discovered four bras from the 15th century. It reveals that women wore the garment some 500 years before fashion historians thought it was invented.


About 2,700 textile fragments were found in Castle Lengberg in Tyrol, Austria, by researchers from the University of Innsbruck. Alongside fragments of a male codpiece, lots of shoes, and some shirts, archaeologists discovered four linen bras.


By: Mark Brown,


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via Wired.co.uk



http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-07/19/medieval-bras

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