Discovered the oldest bra that was used 600 years ago

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Linnell brassieres with cups were thought to have been invented in the late 1800s, but found a brassie that was used 600 years ago in the castle in Austria.

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This is an amazing discovery from the history of fashion, Hilary Davidson, fashion department manager of the London museum, commented, "It really is like a contemporary bra". This bra is discovered in 2008, but it seems that it was overlooked until now. This discovery surprised fashion historians. The bra is believed to be a new thing invented by a woman tired of a tight corset a little while ago 100 years ago.

"We could not believe ourselves", found a braUniversity of InnsbruckThe archaeologist Beatrix Nutz says. "I thought it was natural that things like brassieres were not in the 15th century." In Austria, the four braids found in the Remberg Castle in Tirol are in the debris of more than 2700 textiles mixed with cotton in linen and linen, dusty, covered with leather, leather and wood, and a piece of cloth It was made with. The bra has a cup like today's underwear, there was a shoulder strap with a wide shoulder strap and a back strap. According to the University of Innsbruck, the brassiere is not only functionally made, but once it is decorated with races etc, there seems to be a purpose to please the marriage.

This is that bra.


In the history chronology of fashion, it is said that the bra was invented in the late 1800s after the corset began to get out. And the French "bra" was the first magazine in 1907VogueMary Phelps Jacob in the United States got a patent on bra design. Her bra is a strap with two handkerchie sewn together with the ribbon. But this discovery means that the woman was wearing a bra first. The latter brassiere was simply sent out by the corset and only revived as "fashion change" in the 1800s.

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Researchers also said they found Linnell underwear in the castle.


This underwear was for men, women in the Middle Ages had not attached anything under the skirts. According to Nutz, "Pants were considered as a symbol of men's rule and power."

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