| Underwear is everywhere, and it seems
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| | was also mostly a time of war, when
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| that it has always been that way. It has
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| | supplies of everything from basics to
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| an extensive past that spans millennia;
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| | luxuries were scarce. For this reason,
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| in fact, the history of lingerie can
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| | the corsets and stockings of the past
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| actually be traced to its inception in
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| | could not be had, and instead there was a
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| the ancient civilizations of the Greek
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| | reliance on very basic under garments. By
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| and Egyptian peoples.
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| | the time the two world wars were over,
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| The history of lingerie begins in ancient
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| | the glamour of the 50s took over, and the
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| Greece and Egypt, when women wore an
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| | hourglass shape was once more desirable.
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| early prototype of the corset for support
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| | The history of lingerie has a blip on the
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| of the breasts; the garment reached just
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| | radar of time, which is the 60s and 70s.
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| under the breast bone. From there, it
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| | Freedom, equality-these were at the
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| moved through time to Europe, when the
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| | forefront of society's mind. Corsets,
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| nobility, both men and women, wore
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| | brassieres, stockings-implements of
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| underclothing, much like the modern day
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| | restraint and symbolic of suppression,
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| slip or chemise, to keep the outer wear
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| | these were abandoned, literally. Women
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| from becoming soiled.
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| | burned their bras, but by the 80s, they
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| As regular bathing became more
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| | needed them back. In fact, the final two
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| commonplace, full bodied lingerie was no
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| | decades of the 20th century saw a
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| longer necessitated, though underwear did
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| | resurgence in femininity, and the corset
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| persist. Also, the corset became a means
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| | came back. Now used for more romantic
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| of achieving a cinched waist, a
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| | purposes, lingerie became a symbol of
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| silhouette that proved incredibly
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| | sensuality.
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| uncomfortable but highly desired. The
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| | In the long history of lingerie, there
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| corset utilized bones to ensure no
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| | have certainly been drastic changes.
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| movement, and it had the effect of making
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| | Today, lingerie includes chemises, robes,
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| the breasts and hip area protrude, which
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| | underwear, brassieres, and stockings,
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| is known as the hourglass figure. Topping
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| | from the modestly feminine look to the
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| this contraption would be layers of
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| | overtly risqu choices. Gone are the days
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| petticoats, chemises, and stockings.
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| | of whale-boned corsets that squeezed the
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| As time moved forward, the history of
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| | breath out of women; now, there are also
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| lingerie took another turn. The early
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| | girdles, support hose, tummy-control,
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| decades of the twentieth century saw the
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| | thigh-control, and derriere-lifters;
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| invention of the brassiere, as well as a
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| | there are push-up bras to lift and sports
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| change in the ideal body image.
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| | bras to stifle; there are panties that
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| Dancing-the kind that required the body
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| | show no lines and panties that are only
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| to move-necessitated an unlacing of the
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| | meant to be shown; the list goes on and
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| corset and an adoption of a more
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| | on. Certainly, never before in the
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| androgynous fashion sense.
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| | history of lingerie have women had so
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| Of course, the first half of that century
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| | many choices.
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