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ancient lingerie textile hoard found 15 century bras!
Sew Whatever   Expert/Couture UNITED KINGDOM Member since 5/24/10 Posts: 410	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 8/27/12 12:21 PM Not sure if you have heard about this, but I thought it was very exciting! Great finds for costuming and lingerie references. online article The actual article is in the current BBC History Magazine. ------ Sandy in the UK A practitioner of the Chop, Chop, Sew, Sew method of sewing (otherwise known as Make It Up in Your Head!)
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1254	Login to reply to this post In reply to Sew Whatever << Like this post Date: 8/27/12 12:44 PM Totally, utterly interesting! I'm going back to read the whole thing... Isn't it amazing: it wasn't ALL THAT LONG AGO, yet we still don't know many of the details about historical dress! j. -- Edited on 8/27/12 12:45 PM --
AdaH   Intermediate IA USA Member since 11/21/09 Posts: 2157	Login to reply to this post In reply to Sew Whatever << Like this post Date: 8/27/12 12:45 PM Very interesting article. Thanks for posting it. I still wonder if there wasn't some kind of panty thing going on even way back when? ------ Ada
Maia B   Advanced Beginner IL USA Member since 10/27/10 Posts: 3514	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 8/27/12 2:33 PM Interesting. I'm pretty sure I have a bra like that, lol. ------ 🌸 Plenty of machines, mostly Berninas 🌸
Franksdottir   Intermediate Member since 4/25/08 Posts: 2529	Login to reply to this post In reply to Maia B << Like this post Date: 8/27/12 9:32 PM Quote: Maia B Interesting. I'm pretty sure I have a bra like that, lol. And if you don't, Madonna probably does! ------ Barb
Elona   Advanced CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 7457	Login to reply to this post In reply to AdaH << Like this post Date: 8/27/12 9:55 PM Quote: AdaH Very interesting article. Thanks for posting it. I still wonder if there wasn't some kind of panty thing going on even way back when? The author does go into that a bit, further down the page. In fact, there's a picture of an ancient and tattered string bikini bottom!
jynclr   Advanced Beginner TX USA Member since 12/20/11 Posts: 839	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 8/27/12 10:38 PM Well, "bra" is certainly better than "breastbag." Gives new meaning to "the ol' bag," eh? ------ Evelyn: Pfaff Creative Performance Helen V: Babylock Companion BL1550
kathi s Beginner CA USA Member since 1/23/03 Posts: 1665	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 8/27/12 11:33 PM I have some underwear that belonged to my great grandmother and her sisters. The underpants are basically two legs joined by a drawstring waist band. There is no crotch piece which made it possible for ladies to attend to their toileting without having to deal with all the petticoats they wore. Both the underpants or pantaloons and the petticoats have been embellished by hand crocheted lace. Brassieres were not worn in the 1890s- instead, women wore a corset which pushed the breasts into shape and reduced the waist circumference. It was covered by a lacy cover. My grandmother wore a corset until she died-
Elona   Advanced CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 7457	Login to reply to this post In reply to Sew Whatever << Like this post Date: 8/28/12 0:19 AM As a seamstress, I like this particular find very much. The story you read is that the first bras as such came into use in the early part of the twentieth century, but as people who sew, didn't we really, really know that smart women in ages past must have designed cool, lightweight little garments with shaped cups to keep the girls from flapping around?
Michelle T Intermediate BC CANADA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 4191	Login to reply to this post In reply to Sew Whatever << Like this post Date: 8/28/12 1:08 AM Fascinating. Thank you for sharing. ------ Proud parent of a Dwight International School Honour Roll Student

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