Raba (circa 5th century) and Nathan the Babylonian (circa 2nd century) measured the appropriate size of the cleavage as "of one hand-breadth between a woman's breasts". Roman women wore breast-bands during sport, such as those shown on the Coronation of the Winner mosaic (also known as the "Bikini mosaic").Ī silver coin that was found in South Arabia in the 3rd century BC shows a buxom foreign ruler with much décolletage and an elaborate coiffure. Women wore an apodesmos, later stēthodesmē, mastodesmos and mastodeton, all meaning "breast-band", a band of wool or linen that was wrapped across the breasts and tied or pinned at the back. Wearing a garment to support the breasts may date back to ancient Greece.
Among these mamillare was a particularly strict leather corset for suppressing women with big busts. Women in Greek and Roman civilizations had at times used breastbands like taenia in Rome to enhance smaller busts but more often, women of the masculine Greco-Roman world, where unisex clothes were often preferred, used breastbands like apodesmes in Greece, and fascia or mamillare in Rome to suppress their breasts. The ancient Greek goddess Hera is described in the Iliad to have worn something like an early version of a push-up bra festooned with "brooches of gold" and "a hundred tassels" to increase her cleavage to divert Zeus from the Trojan War. Īncient Greek women adorned their cleavage with a long pendant necklace called a kathema. Another set of Minoan figurines from 1500 BC show women in bare-bosomed corsets.
By that time, Cretan women in Knossos were wearing ornamental fitted bodices with open cleavage, sometimes with a peplum. In 1600 BC, snake goddess figurines with open dress-fronts revealing entire breasts, were sculpted in Minos. One of the better-known features of ancient Minoan fashion is breast exposure women wore tops that could be arranged to completely cover or expose their breasts, with bodices to accentuate their cleavage.
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In ancient Minoan culture, women wore clothes that complemented slim waists and full breasts. In 2600 BC, princess Nofret of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt was depicted wearing a V-neck gown with a plunging neckline that exposed ample cleavage that was further emphasized by an elaborate necklace and prominently protruding nipples.
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