This article is getting some discussion in other places. It's a shame the
author (or whoever provided the information to the author) makes so many
assumptions. For instance, the pictured garment described as a "bra" appears
to be fragments of a much larger item -- look at the part surviving at the
lower left side of the garment (right side of the photo) with eyelets at the
side and a waist-level edge at the bottom, which might have been attached to a
skirt. (The shaped cups are cool, though! I can see that in 15th c. German
costume.)
And as Heather Rose Jones pointed out in a conversation elsewhere, the
string-bikini "knickers" bear a strong resemblance to men's underwear seen in
15th c. German artwork. The article, however, assumes they belonged to women,
although there's no context to determine the wearer.
--Robin
On 7/17/2012 9:55 AM, Linda Rice wrote:
Just read this really interesting article on a discovery of 15th century
undergarments in Austria. Never say never.... things really are being dug up
every day!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2174568/Found-castle-vault-scraps-
lace-lingerie-rage-500-years-ago.html
::Linda::
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