By Layla L’Obatti
600 Year Old Bra and Panty Discovered in Austrian Castle

Although history was a subject that may have made most fall asleep at their desks, it seems the history of undergarments holds some mysterious allure. Perhaps it’s because we divorce all historical figures from their sexuality, that a discovery like that of intimates predating all known examples should create such a buzz.
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Several years ago I had the opportunity to visit my daughter while she was studying textiles at The Glasgow School of Art in Scotland. Having never been there before, my pre-conceived notion led me to believe that I would spend my vacation in a rain smitten enclave while conjuring up fantasies of Brigadoon. I imagined myself in the gloaming, that grey-blue twilight just before sunrise and after sunset. I was … 