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8. Modesty? I'm thinking utility myself...

Reply to Gormy Cuss (Reply #6)

Wed Jul 18, 2012, 08:58 PM

Jul 2012

(keeping them, erm, unsweaty in warm weather or under heavy clothing)

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600-year-old linen bras found in Austrian castle [View all] Starry Messenger Jul 2012 OP

i thought that coco channel invented the bra. iemitsu Jul 2012 #1

I think the rocket bra came later, 1940's. Starry Messenger Jul 2012 #2

Mary Phelps Jacob is usually credited with inventing the modern bra REP Jul 2012 #4

I love this but would like to know why they think women didn't wear LaurenG Jul 2012 #3

They swear that medieval women went commando. Starry Messenger Jul 2012 #5

I know, I guess they were all just sent to the barn for a week each month to LaurenG Jul 2012 #15

They must have worn diapers. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2012 #21

That's interesting. LaurenG Jul 2012 #24

My grandmother described something similar in her autobiography. Crunchy Frog Jul 2012 #33

So did mine Gormy Cuss Jul 2012 #37

Yep. nt LaurenG Jul 2012 #39

Were they underwires? Gormy Cuss Jul 2012 #6

They almost look like it, don't they? Starry Messenger Jul 2012 #7

Modesty? I'm thinking utility myself... REP Jul 2012 #8

Yes, linen would be good for that. Gormy Cuss Jul 2012 #9

Not really 'good thinking' - it's the main reason I wear an Iron Maidenform myself! REP Jul 2012 #10

Yup. FloridaJudy Jul 2012 #11

I would love a linen bra. Starry Messenger Jul 2012 #12

lol! robinlynne Jul 2012 #26

Somebody should do reconstructions and put them on the market. Crunchy Frog Jul 2012 #34

I wonder if the woman that invented the bra ever got any credit or compensation Zorra Jul 2012 #13

Are you kidding? Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #16

Not true at all - women were allowed inheritances they were just last in line for property, money, Hestia Jul 2012 #18

I keep forgetting the rights of women have fluxuated. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #23

Wasn't the bra invented by Harry Titsling? ahg Jul 2012 #14

According to Trivia Pursuit. I always thouight that answer was thrown in for lumpy Jul 2012 #31

For those thinking this is really "modern" Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #17

The description calls those a bikini. Starry Messenger Jul 2012 #19

Actually what this discovery informs us about Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #20

I've always associated corsets more with the Victorian era. Crunchy Frog Jul 2012 #35

That's a spoof. Gormy Cuss Jul 2012 #38

I'm sorry, but is that a wardrobe malfunction I'm seeing there? Thor_MN Jul 2012 #22

And the old german word for those bras would be "Holds 'em from flopping." Botany Jul 2012 #25

Die Brustenhalter is the German word, I believe. mysuzuki2 Jul 2012 #27

Danke Botany Jul 2012 #29

Bitteschoen meine gute Freund(in). mysuzuki2 Jul 2012 #30

and in related news, mysuzuki2 Jul 2012 #28

There's no written history of "unmentionables" ? Gee, I wonder why ... nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2012 #32

Somebody must have invented the bra and panties LONG AGO. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2012 #36