I Made an Ancient Greek "Bra"

At 2AM one morning, I went down a research rabbithole: what did the Ancient Greek people do for underwear, more specifically bust support? That led me to learn about the Ancient Greek "bra" (it's not really a bra, well it sort of is. I guess that could be the closest modern equivalent). In this video, I discuss my research and findings, as well as do a little experimental archaeology by recreating the "bra" (strophion) and wearing it myself to see if it actually works as bust support.

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Further reading:

Department of Greek and Roman Art. “Ancient Greek Dress.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grdr... (October 2003)

https://kbender.blogspot.com/2013/01/...

https://moufflon.com.cy/product/ancie...

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/...

https://old-rags.weebly.com/strophium...

https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshel...

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