It is said that the world’s first bra was invented by an American woman named Phil Marie. One day in 1914, in order to compete for the title of queen of a grand ball in Paris, Philmarie made a sudden impulse and used two handkerchiefs and ribbons to tie up a simple bra that could support the breasts. It really aroused the strong interest of the attendees at the ball. The owner of a corset company paid a high price for the patent. From then on, the bra came out and soon spread among women all over the world, becoming one of the necessities for women's health care and body fitness. Another theory is that as early as 1859, a man named Henry from Brooklyn, New York, applied for a patent for the "symmetrical spherical bra" he invented, which is considered to be the prototype of the bra. In 1870, a tailor in Boston placed an advertisement in a newspaper selling "breast braces" for women with large breasts. By 1907, French designer Paul Poiret, who specialized in designing robes, claimed: "In the name of freedom, I announce the decline of the corset and the rise of the bra." Although it is not known what he designed, it is considered to be a bra. the inventor of.