Today's random research topics:
History of Lingerie--Women's undergarments have undergone a complete revolution since the 1960's (they've gotten a lot smaller, basically). The idea that underwear should be sexually oriented is completely created by the current generation. Before the 60's it was designed to be functional and/or comfortable.
Pocket Watches--They've been around much longer than lingerie (which kind of seems odd if you think about it). Pocket watches are recorded as far back as 1462. The original ones only had hour hands, the minute hand didn't come around for another couple hundred years.
Cities--Ancient Rome had a population of over 1,000,000 peoples. . . before Christ. Basically, really huge cities have been around for a really long time. This surprises me because I didn't think the ancient infrastructures could support that many people. How did they supply all the food?
2 comments:
From a broader historical viewpoint, the story changes again-- bustles and corsets are hardly "functional and comfortable".
How did they supply all the food? volumes have been written. My first guesses would be that they either bought it by being rich, or took it by conquering lots of farmers.
Yeah, one of the other functions of underwear was/is shaping the body. But all those things like corsets and stuff were never meant to be seen. Today's lingerie is specifically designed for that purpose.
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