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The History of Lingerie

Lingerie, that ubiquitous genre of under fabric to make elaborate under dressings;
garments that range from the mundane to even stockings became, at least for women
the risqu, has been around for longer workers, a thing of luxury. Of course,
than you may imagine. The history of after the wars, by the 1950s, the
lingerie begins with the ancient hourglass was back in style, and so back
Mediterranean's and encompasses both came the corset, though in a much more
genders and all eras. comfortable girdle form, along with
The history of lingerie has its roots in seamless brassieres.
ancient Greece, when women wore what The history of lingerie has a blip on the
amounts to a corset for support. As time radar of time, which is the 60s and 70s.
progressed, there are known instances of Freedom, equality-these were at the
the medieval English nobles wearing forefront of society's mind. Corsets,
undergarments for the sole purpose of brassieres, stockings-implements of
keeping clothing from absorbing filth restraint and symbolic of suppression,
from bodies in an era when regular these were abandoned, literally. Women
bathing did not happen all too often. burned their bras, but by the 80s, they
As regular bathing became more needed them back. In fact, the final two
commonplace, full bodied lingerie was no decades of the 20th century saw a
longer necessitated, though underwear did resurgence in femininity, and the corset
persist. Also, the corset became a means came back. Now used for more romantic
of achieving a cinched waist, a purposes, lingerie became a symbol of
silhouette that proved incredibly sensuality.
uncomfortable but highly desired. The In the long history of lingerie, there
corset utilized bones to ensure no have certainly been drastic changes.
movement, and it had the effect of making Today, lingerie includes chemises, robes,
the breasts and hip area protrude, which underwear, brassieres, and stockings,
is known as the hourglass figure. Topping from the modestly feminine look to the
this contraption would be layers of overtly risqu choices. Gone are the days
petticoats, chemises, and stockings. of whale-boned corsets that squeezed the
Over the years, the history of lingerie breath out of women; now, there are also
evolved with the times. By the 1920s, the girdles, support hose, tummy-control,
era of the flapper and the very popular thigh-control, and derriere-lifters;
boy-shape, the hourglass figure was there are push-up bras to lift and sports
shunned, and the corset was temporarily bras to stifle; there are panties that
abandoned. At this point, an early bra show no lines and panties that are only
had been invented, too, so the full-torso meant to be shown; the list goes on and
chemises were being ignored as well. on. Certainly, never before in the
The early and mid parts of that century history of lingerie have women had so
were also war times, which meant there many choices.
was not much in the way of money and




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