#and if you want to make it ‘risqué’ just remove a couple petticoats and let the stays and chemise show

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Weird request but I never see anything about the types of underwear they would wear in GOT and HOTD as someone who’s interested in historical fashion I can never quite figure out what support garments they’re wearing, especially in some of the more risqué dresses. Any chance you could make a post about that?

Historical underwear is my passion anon and I hate when period dramas disregard it

Okay so the first layer would always be a chemise/shift, which is both a nightdress and an undergarment. It protects the clothes from any oils the skin might produce. It also makes it so that the stays/corset don’t rub against your skin. In ASOIAF, especially in the risky outfits, I assume the shift is still there, just with shorter sleeves and lower neckline.

Next is what’s known as the stays (better know as a corset today), which is a support garment with some type of boning inside and laced in either the front or the back. I know they wear these in GOT because there’s a shot of Sansa wearing one, but she isn’t wearing a shift underneath which pisses me off bc that’s just impractical. But anyways this is a vital piece for bust support in any historical era

Third is what’s known as a farthingale or hoop skirt (this part is specific to the current ASOIAF time bc I headcanon them to have mid-1500s fashions which is when these hoop skirts became popular) and it’s just a skirt made of boning that gives life and volume to the over skirts. I don’t think I’ve seen any in the ASOIAF adaptions but that’s because the fashion seems to be flatter and longer skirts.

Fourth would be the bum roll. Again, doesn’t appear in GOT or HOTD but if you headcanon the fashions to be anything past the late 1400s, then you need a bum roll. It goes over the hoop skirt/farthingale just to give u a little bit of a booty and some hip definition. Not present in ASOIAF but I like to think that the prostitutes like them

And finally, over everything else, lies the petticoat. This is just to give the dress more volume as well as smooth out any lines or bumps that might occur from the other undergarments. They could be thick or light depending on the seasons, and some women might wear multiple if they want more volume. These are definitely present in GOT and HOTD! You can especially see them in Margarey’s costumes, where she has an overdress that has a cutaway part to reveal her petticoat/underdress. These are vital to both modesty and practicality, so it makes sense that the costume designers didn’t skimp out on them.