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  • The bra is commonly thought to be little more than 100 years old as corseted women abandoned rigid fashions and opted for the more natural look
  • timeline is about to be revised with the discovery of four brassieres from the Middle Ages in a debris-filled vault of an Austrian castle
  • formally announced Wednesday July 18, 2012
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  • archeologists found four linen bras dating from the Middle Ages in an Austrian castle
  • find as surprising because the bra had commonly been thought to be only little more than 100 years old as women abandoned the tight corset.
  • One specimen in particular "looks exactly like a (modern) brassiere
  • unearthed in 2008, they did not make news until now
  • carbon dating them to make sure they were genuine took some time
  • delivered a lecture on them last year but the information stayed within academic circles until a recent article in the BBC History Magazine.
  • the four bras were among more than 2,700 textile fragments
  • found intermixed with dirt, wood, straw and pieces of leather
  • intricately decorated with lace and other ornamentation
  • Women started experimenting with bra-like garments in the late 1800s and the first modern brassiere was patented in the early 19th century
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