600 Year Old Undergarment Discovered! Theories of the first
known female brassiere coming into existence approximately
100-120 years ago has been shattered. During renovation of
Lemberg Castle in Austria’s East Tyrol, four linen women’s bras
were discovered amongst over 2,700 textile fragments, reports
the Huffington Post. Beatrix Nutz, an archeologist from the
University of Innstruck, was responsible for the discovery which
occurred in 2008 but was just recently reported. Carbon testing
confirmed the bras are 600 years-old from around the 15th
century. From a telephone call, Nutz says, “From what we knew,
there was no such thing as bra-like garments in the 15th
century.” The bras have been described as functional and
decorated with lace and other ornamentation. There were also
reports of a linen garment similar to panties being part of the
discovery. However, Nutz claimed they were in fact men’s
underwear, “Underpants were considered a symbol of male
dominance and power,” Women did not wear panties.