What did they wear under their clothes?

Girls, believe me, the kind of comfort and freedom we have today is marvelous comparing to what our great-grandmothetrs had instead :)

Steel corset, 16th century

Source: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/slideshow/A-history-of-lingerie-46210/photo-3214126.php

Corset, 1750-1775

 Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/82450?rpp=60&pg=9&ft=*&deptids=8&when=A.D.+1600-1800&pos=506

Side hoop, 1778

Source: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O13863/side-hoop-a-schabner/

Petticoat, early 19th century

Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/81577

Brasserie, 1800s-1810s

Source: http://www.kci.or.jp/archives/digital_archives/detail_40_e.html

Sleeve puff, 1830s

Source: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O224503/sleeve-puff-unknown/

Underpants, 1840s

Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/108984?rpp=20&pg=1&ft=drawers&deptids=8&pos=16

‘Papillon’ cage bustle, 1872

Source: http://www.lingerietalk.com/2013/07/05/lingerie-news/undressing-history-the-louvre-looks-at-the-mechanics-of-fashionable-shapes.html

Crinoline shop, 1880

Source: http://vintagevision.tumblr.com/post/8411380251/ornamentedbeing-the-crinoline-shop-1880

Corset, 1880s

Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/85416?rpp=20&pg=6&ft=corset&pos=101

Corset, 1910

Source: http://a-harlots-progress.tumblr.com/post/43145071327/corset-american-ca-1910-black-silk-with-steel

Corset, 1917-1919

Source: http://metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/157626?pos=270&rpp=20&pg=14&rndkey=20111201&ft=*&deptids=8

Early 1920s

Source: http://metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/81738?img=2

Wedding lingerie, 1929

Source: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/317363104964633572/

Knitted underwear, 1930s

Source: http://smartchickscommune.tumblr.com/post/40916353383/mudwerks-via-keeping-warm-in-the-1930-s-knit

Girdle, 1940s

Source: http://www.melamela.co.uk/1940s-vintage-girdle-peach-floral-embossed-pattern.html#.U7g31LEn2dY

Brasserie, 1940s

Source: http://metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/84262?rpp=20&pg=9&rndkey=20120713&ft=*&when=A.D.+1900-present&what=Costume|Underwear&pos=168

 Model displaying the wires used in the strapless bra, designed by Jack Glick, 1946

Source: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/slideshow/A-history-of-lingerie-46210/photo-3214128.php

1952

Source: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/317363104964718115/

1956

Source: http://hoodoothatvoodoo.tumblr.com/post/48260446722

1967

Source: http://www.stylist.co.uk/fashion/a-brief-history-of-underwear#item-21
1988

 

Source: http://periodicult.tumblr.com/image/43494605968

1995

Source: http://www.fashiongonerogue.com/throwback-thursday-christy-turlington-calvin-klein-underwear-1995-ads/

2014

Source: http://www.laperla.com/fr/cfilpd0017795.html