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...

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[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what made sense to me too, with the undies. The bra looks like it was about waist-length originally (the piece hanging down has eyelets), so I guess it's proof that at least one person, in that particular area, was wearing a support garment in c1480! I don't know enough about pre-16thc clothing to know how much that rocks some people's world, haha.