Medieval "lingerie"

[mandie_rw]

Saw this floating around Facebook - what do you guys think of it?

Discovered in a castle vault, the scraps of lace that show lingerie was all the rage 500 years ago

My knowledge of pre-16thc clothing is sketchy at best, but after a good look, I think saying the find "totally rewrites" fashion history is a bit of a stretch. A fascinating find? Yes, definitely. But it hasn't totally blown my mind and made me question everything I know about the history of women's undergarments!

Of course, it is the Daily Mail...

Comments

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Agreed! On the "bra", you can see the strip with eyelets hanging down to the waist, and a waist-length support garment would make perfect sense as a precursor to the garments we know existed acentury or so later.

And same with the undies. Kind of funny that the article's screaming about bikini undies, whereas I'm like, makes perfect sense on a bodily function level to me?

If someone uses this for justification for Ren Faire bikinis I'll have to hit them... ;)