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Discover how a 15th century brassiere challenges the history of undergarments and reshapes our understanding of medieval lingerie. Until the modern invention of the brassiere with cups, women had to ...

The Victorian Era corset is a heavy duty clothing apparatus, capable of constricting a person's waist down to a dainty 17 inches. A slim midsection and an hourglass figure were all the rage in 19th ...

You don’t have to go very far back in history to understand how large a role undergarments play in the lives of women. When Caitlyn Jenner presented herself to the world for the first time on the July ...

Nearly 100 years before tennis legend and four-time Olympic gold medalist Serena Williams dared to wear a sleek black catsuit at the French Open, tennis player Suzanne Lenglen caused a stir at ...

If you are looking for a clothing item that doubles up as a torturing device, look no further than the corset. Corset: If you are looking for a clothing item that doubles up as a torturing device, ...