The article was in the Daily Mail. It was probably right next to an article about seeing the Virgin Mary on a pancake and having an alien as a brother in law. Teena
________________________________ From: Linda Rice <vm...@cox.net> To: 'Historical Costume' <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 11:32 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Interesting Underwear find What you say is certainly true... even the article's title is misleading. I see no lacey lingerie, but I suppose that's what it takes to grab the average reader today. But it's still interesting, and I'd love to see photos of other pieces in this discovery. Any leads on that? ::Linda:: -----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Robin Netherton Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 11:20 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Interesting Underwear find This article is getting some discussion in other places. It's a shame the author (or whoever provided the information to the author) makes so many assumptions. For instance, the pictured garment described as a "bra" appears to be fragments of a much larger item -- look at the part surviving at the lower left side of the garment (right side of the photo) with eyelets at the side and a waist-level edge at the bottom, which might have been attached to a skirt. (The shaped cups are cool, though! I can see that in 15th c. German costume.) And as Heather Rose Jones pointed out in a conversation elsewhere, the string-bikini "knickers" bear a strong resemblance to men's underwear seen in 15th c. German artwork. The article, however, assumes they belonged to women, although there's no context to determine the wearer. --Robin On 7/17/2012 9:55 AM, Linda Rice wrote: > Just read this really interesting article on a discovery of 15th century > undergarments in Austria. Never say never.... things really are being dug up > every day! > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2174568/Found-castle-vault-scraps- > lace-lingerie-rage-500-years-ago.html _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
