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History of underclothes
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From the humble loin cloth, which is probably the beginning of briefs, early fashions moved from the boned bodice of the ancient Minoan ladies in 1600 BC through to the first bra and brief set seen on a 4th century mosaic in Sicily. By the late 14th Century, European women wore a linen smock or shift, a forerunner of the Victorian chemise and a new garment, a stiff linen underbodice called a 'cotte' which roughly translated means a 'rib-sticking garment'. In the fifteenth century this had another name: it was known as a body or more correctly a pair of bodies since it was made in two pieces fastening at the back and front. The period of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars began with the waistline already raised and the emphasis placed on the bosom.
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Title: History of underclothes
Words: 644
Rating: None
Pages: 2.6
submitted by: LusciousLiyah
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