Luxury Lingerie Stories; The History of the Bra

By Naomi Attwood How bras were invented and evolved to the luxury lingerie of today . . .  If you’ve ever browsed luxury lingerie brands, looked at the luxury lingerie UK market, or wondered which is the best luxury lingerie to buy, did you stop and think who created the bra as we currently know it? As inventions go, brassieres and lingerie have an incredibly long and varied history, with as many twists and turns as there are bra sizes. Below are some of the highlights of their history, but for more information, check out the The Exploress Podcast on the subject. Ancient bras As far back as our knowledge of civilisations go, there’s evidence of bras. From Minoan art from the Bronze Age, to the Ancient Greeks, whose Goddess Aphrodite wore a girdle ‘into which all her charms had be
By Naomi Attwood How bras were invented and evolved to the luxury lingerie of today . . .  If you’ve ever browsed luxury lingerie brands

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