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2012-07-20 -Short Attention Span Theater-

600-Year-Old Linen Bras Found In Austrian Castle

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Posted by Fred 2012-07-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 The picture i saw looked like the tattered top of a blouse ow whatever. I think when the dust settles and jounalistic malpractive set aside we will find this story is less than it seems.

Posted by Rjschwarz 2012-07-20 09:55|| 2012-07-20 09:55|| Front Page Top

#2 There's a statue from Pompeii showing Venus adjusting her sandal; the remaining paint on the statue (they painted them life-like colors) shows she was wearing something very much like a bikini.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2012-07-20 12:06|| 2012-07-20 12:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Rjschwarz, in the 1400s women didn't tend to wear unbleached linen as outer garments. They did however wear unbleached linen shifts or slips beneath outer garments, so I'd suggest the likelihood is that these are indeed the equivalent of bras or perhaps bras-slips rather than dress tops.

Posted by lotp 2012-07-20 13:40|| 2012-07-20 13:40|| Front Page Top

Posted by European Conservative 2012-07-20 14:13|| 2012-07-20 14:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Roman bikini girls

Posted by European Conservative 2012-07-20 14:14|| 2012-07-20 14:14|| Front Page Top

#6 The tattered top of undergarments would fit just as well. Comparing to bikinis is somewhat different, the romans were a bit less prudish with their public baths and all. The concept of a bra, seperate from a nightshirt or night clothing doesn't fit in with my knowledge of the times.

Posted by rjschwarz 2012-07-20 14:36|| 2012-07-20 14:36|| Front Page Top

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