" Think Pink"
- designer, Victoria Adams Brown
- collection of L. Hartley-Hoover
An amazing discovery in 2008, in an old castle vault in Austria has just been brought to light. The earliest documented bras, along with other female undergarments - 600 years old and a cause to change the history of fashion for certain. The information has just been published in a well written, highly detailed article by Beatrix Nutz, a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology, University of Innsbruck, and which can be accessed here:
http://www.historyextra.com/lingerie
The Art Bra ladies have had quite a lively discussion regarding this finding and one in particular, who has a marvellous sense of humor,commented that she had some lingerie that resembled those in the photos and perhaps it was time to sort her undies drawer out. Cracked us up!
But in a more serious vein, it is fascinating to see the similarities in this medieval bra to the modern day bras and to comprehend how women from that era coped with support, style and hygiene.
"Little Miss Dynamite "
- designer - Léonie Hartley-Hoover
- property of Somerset County
Health Dept. Westover, MD
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