The V&A has an impressive collection of underwear. Some pieces are sophisticated, others are plain odd!

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has a numerous collection of artifacts from different historical eras and corners of the world. Practically any period, fashion style, direction in art, country is presented in the V&A. But this time, let’s talk about underwear. We’ll show you a few interesting undergarments from the museum’s collection that will amaze you by their beauty and because some of these items look weird to a modern onlooker. But at one time, people considered this lingerie absolutely common and necessary.

These undergarments were displayed at the exhibition “Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear” at the V&A Museum in 2016-2017.

A lot of these pieces are corsets from different eras, but there are also other curious undergarments.