It is said that the word "bra" first appeared in the American Vogue of 65438-0907. Does this mean that women before 1907 don't wear bras? Throughout history, women used to have all kinds of clothes and devices to cover and lift their breasts. As early as the Minoan civilization in14th century BC, clothes similar to bras or bikinis were already used by women.
The real "bra" was actually invented by an American woman named Mary Phelps Jacob.
19 14 One day, when preparing for the ball, the socialite couldn't stand the bondage of corset, and she lost it when she got angry. Then she asked the maid to sew two handkerchiefs together and connect them with pink ribbons to make the first real bra. And named it "backless bra", which aroused the strong interest of the participants at the dance.
Yes, the first bra in the world was made of two handkerchiefs …
After Mary attended the dance, her bra aroused the envy of others and quickly set off a wave of imitation. One day, she received a letter from a stranger asking her to make a bra with 1 USD as a reward. So she had an epiphany and immediately took her bra design to apply for a patent.
1914165438+1On October 3rd, Mary applied for the registered patent of "backless bra" in the name of Alfred crosby. Therefore, she is also considered as the originator of modern bras. But later, Mary, a silly child, sold the patent right of the bra to Warner Bros. for 1500 dollars. It is estimated that the later value of the bra should be followed by at least four zeros.
As you can see, there are still some gaps between the bra invented by Mary and the current bra. So in the next hundred years, bras began to look more and more like "bras". Concepts such as elastic suspender, standard cup size, steel bra, padded bra, conical cup, "no bra" and magic bra were invented and designed one by one, and finally became what it is today.
It can be said that every evolution of bra is just to understand women better.