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