On #NationalUnderwearDay I want to talk about the ancestor of the bra: the strophion!
In #GreekRomanArt the goddess #Aphrodite can sometimes be seen putting it on or taking it off but mortal women are depicted wearing it too.
It is uncertain what the Greek strophion looked like but the Roman adaptation, the strophium, was a breast band, a strip of cloth wrapped around the upper torso.
It was a normal but optional piece of feminine clothing.
Here is a photo of a woman replicating the Roman Strophium, inspired by the Greek Apodesme. It was folded from a single piece of fabric, as in the figure of Aphrodite above.
🪷 5 Aug is National Underwear Day. Here's how to gird up your loins. This time-honored loin-girding technique works with any caftan, galabeya, nightshirt, sarong etc, depending on what you happen to be wearing when suddenly called upon to go into battle. #NationalUnderwearDay.🪷