2025, മാർ 23, · But a hundred years ago, that wasn’t the case: many women in Africa and Polynesia, as well as some Indigenous American and Korean women, went about with …

Some evidence suggests that during the Greco-Roman period, women had developed specialized bra-like garments to support their breasts. By the 14th century CE, the proto-bra was in …

2025, ഒക്ടോ 16, · It has been claimed that in ancient Rome, women with large breasts were considered unattractive. Thus, in everyday life, the strophium was a normal, though optional …

Christian influence led to a shift toward modesty and concealment of the female body. Females' clothing covered the breasts entirely, with high necklines and tightly fitted bodices.

2016, നവം 2, · Since the Romans regarded large breasts as comical, or characteristic of aging or unattractive women, young girls wore breast bands (fascia) secured tightly in the belief that …

2025, ഫെബ്രു 21, · The women wore high-necked gowns and layered clothing to obscure the chest entirely. Their bodices were tightly laced to flatten the chest, aligning with the ideal of a …

2016, മാർ 15, · Not sure if it's simply Hollywood fiction but in so many movies/tv shows set during Roman times it's not uncustomary to see women wearing clothes that are either very …

2023, ഏപ്രി 20, · Women were expected to cover themselves modestly, with long dresses and high collars that concealed their bodies. Breasts were considered highly sexualized, and were …

2023, മാർ 27, · Women also wore a strophium that was tied around their breasts. While there is no direct evidence of underwear in the Middle Ages, we know that both men and women wore …

French priest Oliver Maillard said women who exposed their breasts would be "strung up in hell by their udders". Monarchs like Charles VII of France ignored the church.