The chastity belt has been in the news because of Tiger Woods' wife Elin Nordegren. CS brings you some trivia about this sensational item of clothing
The chastity belt has been in the news because of Tiger Woods' wife Elin Nordegren. CS brings you some trivia about this sensational item of clothing:>>The first known mention of chastity belts was in Konrad Kyeser von Eichstu00e4tt's book Bellifortis in 1400.u00a0 The book includes a drawing accompanied with a text ("These are hard iron breeches of Florentine women which are closed at the front.")
>>In 1889, a leather-and-iron belt was found by Anton Pachinger, a German collector of antiquities, in Linz, Austria, in a grave on a skeleton of a young woman. The woman was reportedly buried sometime in the 16th century.
>>In 1998, racial riots against the ethnic Chinese in West Java prompted the production and sale of 'anti-rape corsets'. The belts had a solid crotch strap without holes, and were intended only for brief outings.
>>In April, 2002, the Uwe Koetter Jewellers company of Cape Town, South Africa, delivered a spectacular diamond and pearl-encrusted chastity belt made of gold to a British customer. The belt reportedly cost R160,000 and was a wedding gift from a husband-to-be for his bride to wear at their wedding.
