Talk:Lingerie/Archives/2021

Request to add mention of historical evidence of 15th century lingerie.

It's not surprising that the article describes lingerie as dating back to the late 19th century and chiefly begun in the 20th century because it seems that's what many people believe.
But that is an inaccurate picture of its history.
In fact, the design and use of lingerie goes much further back than the 19th century and has been the subject of scholarly investigation. In July 2008, a team led by Innsbruck University began archaelogical research at Lengsberg Castle in the Austrian Tyrol. The team made discoveries that included a number of items of underwear which, by form and use, could only be called medieval lingeries. Some 5 items were obviously brassieres. The link below goes to a paper produced at the Innsbruck University which describes lingerie being dated to at least the 15th century and cites a supporting (no pun intended) contemporary account of the perceived use of what were essentially brassieres.
Could somebody add a section to the article please?

The paper is at https://web.archive.org/web/20160206041713/http://www.uibk.ac.at/urgeschichte/projekte_forschung/textilien-lengberg/medieval-lingerie-from-lengberg-castle-east-tyrol.html
2600:1700:EA01:1090:9839:3E2C:891F:A5F2 (talk) 07:31, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

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