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

What did our grandparents wear in a beach?

In ancient times, no one was bathing at sea in front of others. Ladies and gentlemen went to the beach at different times and were bathing in a sea water in a special cabins that nobody could see them. Nobody was tanning in the sun, because sunburnt skin was considered to be a symbol of commoners. Beach fashion is a new thing that appeared at the beginning of the 20th century. It radically changed since then, didn't it?

1910

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/boobob92/3537376376/

1910s

Source: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ve9JXjBy1WNhm7o76coFkXJB9qO6kS1qQMx-b0YvgsC-RIcSDf07skIj4goOwEZTd5IWsU8WWw28Pqey4K-imXjuvn3VTQ3Pl4S7t6EtK8flo37YC8NZemDF-h3b9UexpKl7YRc1D2g/s1600-h/3162882264_2b97492423_o.jpg

1927

Source: http://blog.stylesight.com/vintage/sonia-delauney-textile-maverick?utm_source=calivintage&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tumblr

Sonia Delaunay, 1928

Source: http://www.curatedobject.us/the_curated_object_/exhibitions_nyc/

1929

Source: http://www.vogue.es/belleza/galerias/looks-de-belleza-para-la-playa-inspirados-en-iconos-retro/8841/image/628672

1929

Source: http://fuzzylizzie.com/swimsuits.html

1930s

Source: http://www.craftfoxes.com/galleries/vintage-swimwear

1930s

Source: http://so30s.tumblr.com/post/13869176805/beach-fashion-1933

Paris, 1937

Source: http://greeneyes55.tumblr.com/post/53739350912/paris-1937-photo-anonymous

1940

Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/83384

1940s

Source: http://vintageclothinglove.blogspot.com/2011/08/more-1940s-swimsuits.html

1940s

Source: http://theyroaredvintage.tumblr.com/post/26382744591/a-1940s-handkerchief-swimsuit

1948

Source: http://weheartvintage.co/2013/02/04/young-women-of-naples-in-their-swimsuits-italy-1948/

House of Schiaparelli, 1949

Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/86470

Life Magazine, June 1949

Source: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/317363104964105859/

Marilyn Monroe, 1950

Source: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/317363104964364500/

Hermès, 1950s

Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/79718?rpp=20&pg=1&ft=bathing+suit&pos=12

1953, photo by Horst. P. Horst

Source: http://hotparade.tumblr.com/post/17279097916/horst-p-horst-1953

1956

Source: http://jeanpatchett.tumblr.com/page/3

1965

Source: http://yeoldefashion.tumblr.com/post/8789943332/a-gold-lame-bathing-suit-by-cole-of-california

Serendipity 3, 1967

Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/102828 

Editorial from Vogue Womens Magazine, May 1975




Source: https://www.myfdb.com/editorials/119101-vogue-womens-editorial-there-s-more-to-a-bathing-suit-than-meets-the-eye-may-1975/image/378476

  1980s

 Source: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/317363104964952342/

 1990s

Source: http://80s-90s-supermodels.tumblr.com/post/36966181878/niki-taylor-claudia-schiffer-mid-90s

2014

 

Source: http://www.anthropologie.eu/anthro/index.jsp#/&cm_mmc=CJ-_-Affiliates-_-rewardStyle-_-11292623&utm_medium=rewardStyle&utm_source=AFFILIATES&utm_content=rewardStyle

2014

Source: http://www.asos.com/ASOS/ASOS-Reindeer-Print-Swimsuit/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=4176432&cid=2238&sh=0&pge=1&pgesize=36&sort=-1&clr=White