Underwear is garments worn under other clothing only. Underwear in the modern sense was unknown in the ancient world. Garment is the closest in form and purpose to the modern underwear, was a loincloth, with a warm climate it was a major and independent part of the primitive vestments of ancient man. In ancient Egypt, this type of underwear was the main and often the only item of clothing men. There were loincloths, resembling modern linen: while, as a broad canvas of the covered buttocks and tied the ends around the waist, a narrow part passed between the legs and tied the same way. Women covered hips narrow belt to which was fastened between the legs of missed tissue - similarly dressed dancers and slaves in Egyptian frescoes. Roman to appear slimmer, bandaged chest and hips, and playing sports, wear leather loin and chest bandage. The bandage also acted as a bra. Worn under a shirt and pants were the main types of underwear and the Renaissance, unlike some medieval complicated cut and degree of finish. Pants worn under of the Renaissance in contrast to the baggy pants of the medieval rather fit snugly to the body and got close to the modern line of cut. Most often, they were sewn from a light fabric. Linen cloth with a color pattern met too. Characteristic features of men's and women's shirts have been cut smooth lines, the use of leaf light shades - cream, white or saffron, a skilled embroidery (in particular were popular floral motifs and geometric designs made with black silk), sleeves with cuffs, square or round neckline, and neck, gathered pleats, or issued a stand-up collar. A bra is the subject of women's underwear, which covers supports and lifts the breast. At the end of the XIX century it replaced the corset from the standpoint of the most common method of breast support. Nowadays, bras are made of different shapes and types. In the Middle Ages bra was forgotten. Women from Europe wore heavy armor corset with metal inserts for lifting the chest for a long time. It is known, Spanish fashion palace in the Middle Ages favored women's absolutely flat profile, for which the girls from an early age entered in the lead plates that prevented the growth of the bust. Ordering that all women support breast Cord dress was issued in Strasbourg in 1370. In the modern sense bra appeared in 1889, when Hermine Kadol exhibited in his corset shop product. Caliciform of the bra support two satin ribbons and behind all this construction was attached to the corset.
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