Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Costume (hierarchy name)
5. costume (mode of fashion)
6. clothing
7. underwear
8. [underwear and accessories for shaping and supporting]

Narrower term/s

• bandeaux (brassieres)[+]
  • strophia
• nursing brassieres

Anotations

Scope note:

Women's close-fitting underwear worn for bust support and varying greatly in style, ranging in width from a band to a waist-length bodice, made with or without cups or straps and often boned or wired for additional support or separation.