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419:, respectively), mention "breast bags" or "shirts with bags" that women used to contain their breasts. Stolle called these inventions "indecent". A 15th-century anonymous German writer said many women made and wore these garments, noting the benefits for one woman: "All the young men that look at her, can see her beautiful breasts..." In this era, women of status wore clothing that required specialized undergarments with separated cups that lifted and separated the breasts.
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The 2000s brought two large design changes to the bra. The molded one-piece, seamless bra cup became ubiquitous. These bras are heat-molded around round synthetic fibers or foam forms that keep their rounded shape. This construction can include padded bras, contour bras, and "T-shirt bras". Floral or
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Poirier for Canadelle, a Canadian lingerie company. It has 54 design elements that lift and support the bustline while creating a deep plunge and push-together effect. First-year sales for the Wonderbra were approximated at US $ 120 million ( $ 11,788,841 in today's
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Advertising of the times, typically in periodicals, stressed the advantages of bras in health and comfort over corsets and portrayed garments with shoulder supports in a mono-bosom style and with limited adaptability. Their major appeal was to those for whom lung function and mobility were priorities
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or "the well-being". Her garment cut the traditional corset in two: The lower part was a corset for the waist, and the upper part supported the breasts with shoulder straps. Her description reads, "designed to sustain the bosom and supported by the shoulders." She patented her invention and showed it
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In 1876, dressmaker Olivia Flynt was granted four patents covering the "True Corset" or "Flynt Waist" which was designed for larger-breasted women. Reformers probably purchased and helped create a demand for these early garments on "hygienic" grounds over health concerns about the corset. Initially,
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has suggested that the association between feminism and bra-burning was encouraged by individuals who opposed the feminist movement. "Bra-burning" created an image that women were not seeking freedom from sexism but attempting to assert themselves as sexual beings. Some saw the bra burning women as
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issued the first U.S. patent for the "Backless Bra". Crosby's patent was for a lightweight, soft, and comfortable device that naturally separated the breasts; in contrast with the corset, which was heavy, stiff, uncomfortable, and had the effect of creating a "monobosom". Crosby secured some orders
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bras began to find new respectability, and the increasing use of washing machines created a need for more durable products. While girdles gave way to pantyhose, the bra continued to evolve. Marketing campaigns like those for the "Snoozable" and "Sweet Dreams" promoted wearing a bra 24 hours a day.
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was a seamstress at Enid Frocks, a small New York City dress shop. She and her husband, William
Rosenthal, and shop owner Enid Bissett changed the look of women's fashion. They noticed that a bra that fit one woman did not fit another woman with the same bra band size. They developed bras for all
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symbolically threw several feminine products into a "Freedom Trash Can". It was reported that bras were included, which the protestors called "instruments of female torture. A local newspaper story reported that bras and other lingerie were burned at least briefly that day, noting, "As the bras,
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The war presented unique challenges for the industry as material shortages limited design choices. As in World War I, there was concern about the use of badly needed steel in corsets; in 1941, the
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figure, then in style, downplayed women's natural curves through a bandeau bra, which flattened breasts. It was relatively easy for small-busted women to conform to the flat-chested look of the
Flapper era. Women with larger breasts tried products like the popular Symington Side Lacer that, when
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stiffened with whalebone. Mary had large breasts and found the whalebone visibly poked out around her plunging neckline and from under the sheer fabric. Dissatisfied with this arrangement, she worked with her maid to fashion two silk handkerchiefs with a pink ribbon and cord.Her innovation drew
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had a significant impact on clothing. In the United States, women were enlisted in the lower ranks of the military for the first time and were fitted with uniform underwear. Women's occupations shifted dramatically, with far more employed outside the home. Willson
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women-owned 1.2 bras (housewives 0.8 and agricultural workers 1.9)." Many manufacturers only survived by making tents and parachutes in addition to bras. However, the war also freed the
American industry from European influences, particularly French, and became more distinctive.
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said later. "I often say that if they had called us 'girdle burners,' every woman in
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With the growing popularity of jogging and other forms of exercise, there was a need for an athletic garment for women's breasts. The first commercially available sports bra was the "Free Swing Tennis Bra", introduced by Glamorise Foundations, Inc. in 1975.
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became fashionable in the early 20th century, a bra or "bust supporter" became a necessity for full-busted women because the straight-fronted corset did not offer as much support and containment as the Victorian styles. Early bras were either wrap-around
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encouraged the demise of the corset, and most fashion-conscious women in Europe and North America were wearing bras by the end of the war. The bra was then adopted by women in other parts of the world, including Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
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ages with $ 4,500 invested in their new business. Their innovation was designed to make their dresses look better on the wearer by increasing the shaping of the bandeau bra to enhance and support women's breasts. They named the company
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Bras became more common and widely promoted throughout the 1910s, aided by the continuing trend towards lighter, shorter corsets that offered increasingly less bust support and containment. At the beginning of the U.S. involvement in
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American media-dominated culture objectifies breasts before such a distancing glance that freezes and masters." Academic Wendy Burns-Ardolino wrote in 2007 that women's decision to wear bras is mediated by the
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manufacturing safety equipment for manual workers, is believed to have introduced the plastic "SAF-T-BRA", designed to protect women on the factory floor. Dress codes appeared – for example,
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immediate attention that evening, and she made more of her new device for family and friends. When a stranger offered her a dollar for one, she realized that her device could turn into a viable business.
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CE. During this period, the lifted, separated "apple breasts" look of the Middle Ages, began to go out of fashion and was replaced with the look of a compressed bust. The corset was originally called a
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instead of reeds. Some of these bodies were made in one piece but retained the same general shape and did not feature cups like a bra. This style remained unchanged until the end of the 18th century.
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encouraged the end of the corset. When the war ended, most fashion-conscious women in Europe and North America wore bras. From there, the bra was adopted by women in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
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with a campaign against breast flattening. The emphasis shifted from minimizing the breasts to uplifting and accenting them. Women, especially the younger set, welcomed the bra as a modern garment.
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and padded bras. At the same time, the popularity of brands like Victoria's Secret decreased significantly. In 2017, the sales of cleavage-boosting bras fell by 45%, while at
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created a need for bigger and more supportive bras. Models and celebrities donned fashionable and extravagant bras, so showing these at red-carpet events became the norm.
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are used to indoctrinate girls into thinking about their breasts as sexual objects and to accentuate their sexuality. In 2007, Young wrote that women are subjected to "
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15th-century playing cards and illustrated manuscripts provide visible evidence of these garments. In 2008, fragments of four bra-like undergarments were discovered in
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and television provided new promotional opportunities. Manufacturers responded with new fabrics, colors, patterns, styles, padding, and elasticity. DuPont created the
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asked women to stop buying corsets to free up metal for war production. This was said to have saved some 28,000 tons of metal, enough to build two battleships.
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and bands only as wide as the ribs or shorter, instead of waist-length. Around this time, the French started to refer to stays as corsets.
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that women without bras shock and anger men because men "implicitly think that they own breasts and that only they should remove bras."
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and the cities brimmed with tailors who specialized in the tight fitting of these garments. The half-sleeved tight bodice or
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1515:. Although the yếm's popularity died out in the 20th century due to
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and soft bras started gaining in popularity, to the detriment of
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Fashion of the 1920s included the "boyish" silhouette of the
2677:"Lingerie from History We Would (Probably) Never Wear Again"
1663:"The girdle of Aphrodite-Venus...or was it her 'wonderbra'?"
325:, dating back to the 14th century BCE, depict women wearing
186:, dating back to the 14th century BCE, depict women wearing
3689:"Motherhood, Feminism and the Graveyard of Unwearable Bras"
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Push-up bras prove a bad fit for women in the era of #MeToo
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in 1889. By 1905, the upper half was sold separately as a
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were first marketed during the 1950s. Before introducing
1940:"Constance Lloyd: The Tragic Life of Oscar Wilde's Wife"
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2952:"History-Changing Garment Born in Theater Costume Shop"
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740:. At that time, the only acceptable undergarment was a
190:-like garments. Some evidence suggests that during the
2970:"History of the Bra, Bra Histories - UK Lingerie Blog"
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1884:"Medieval lingerie from Lengberg Castle, East-Tyrol"
4039:"Hanfu History of Ancient Chinese Underwear - 2021"
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1207:patterned prints also became popular in the 2000s.
732:In 1910, Mary Phelps Jacob (known later in life as
197:From approximately the 16th century CE onward, the
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4254:Bound to Please: A History of the Victorian Corset
3484:
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2010:"Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement"
1195:, and Courtaulds controlled 34% of the UK market.
1090:A Canadian brand, Wonderbra, plunge, push-up bra,
2810:"Rudi Gernreich's 'No-Bra ' Bra… Comes in Threes"
4270:. Bridgeport, Connecticut: Warner Brothers,1948.
4124:. Cultural Association of Vietnam. February 2011
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1245:Bralettes have also become popular during the
571:Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association
373:mosaic, also known as the "Bikini Mosaic", at
3974:. USA: Oxford University Press. p. 192.
3926:. Snopes.com Urban Legends. 27 November 2000.
3433:"Bra-burners blitz boardwalk." Atlantic City
1191:controlled most bra manufacturing., Gossard,
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2357:The Cramoisy Queen: A Life of Caresse Crosby
1238:", while others suggest a connection to the
1039:as a romantic, fashionable, and sexy brand.
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140:Y-shaped breast bands on a bronze statue of
3631:"Search for Male Contraceptive Makes Gains"
3491:. University of California Press. pp.
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2441:The Complete Idiot's Guide to Breastfeeding
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1686:Body, Dress, and Identity in Ancient Greece
1415:. Other similar items of clothing include:
565:. Historians refer to it as a "proto-bra".
537:, notable figures in the movement included
4065:"History of Chinese Undergarments, Part 1"
3553:"Pageant Protest Sparked Bra-Burning Myth"
3551:Greenfieldboyce, Nell (5 September 2008).
2845:. University of Michigan Business School.
2561:"Maidenform Collection, 1922–1997 No. 585"
575:Cotton States and International Exposition
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1296:. "The media picked up on the bra part,"
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577:in Atlanta from 1884 to 1885, and at the
108:Learn how and when to remove this message
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3874:Feminism Has a Bra-Burning Myth Problem
2870:. New York: Prentice Hall. p. 70.
2651:. Berg Publishers. pp. 800 pages.
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693:The word "brassiere" was first used in
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3968:Young, Iris Marion (27 January 2005).
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2319:from the original on 29 November 2010.
1927:from the original on 15 November 2006.
1894:from the original on 20 December 2016.
1813:from the original on 13 December 2021.
1321:and the feminist movement in general.
405:, writing over a hundred years apart (
4196:Farrell-Beck, Jane and Gau, Colleen.
3643:from the original on 17 February 2015
3009:from the original on 9 November 2010.
2728:from the original on 16 November 2011
2458:from the original on 16 November 2017
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3168:from the original on 18 August 2011.
3130:from the original on 10 January 2007
3069:Seigel, Jessica (13 February 2004).
2897:Trailblazing Women & LGBTQ Folks
2759:. Victoria and Albert Museum. 1965.
2504:Peterson, Amy T. (30 October 2008).
2479:"Edwardian Corsetry Fashion History"
2380:Jenkins, Simon P. R. (1 July 2005).
1944:Trailblazing Women & LGBTQ Folks
1921:"Fashion Era: Rational dress reform"
1736:
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1683:Lee, Mireille M. (12 January 2015).
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4182:Ewing, Elizabeth and Webber, Jean.
3944:from the original on 18 August 2011
3605:"The so-called "Ginsburg standard""
2790:from the original on 9 October 2015
2782:Foreman, Katya (20 February 2015).
2763:from the original on 6 October 2013
2645:Steele, Valerie (9 November 2010).
2485:from the original on 28 August 2010
2202:Riordan, Teresa (28 October 2002).
1222:In the late 2010s and early 2020s,
1076:New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
977:created a demand for maternity and
4015:Jiggle: (Re)Shaping American Women
3803:Spongberg, Mary (September 1993).
3749:Loughran, Jane (1 November 2005).
3340:"The pandemic didn't kill the bra"
3026:British Journal of Sports Medicine
2822:from the original on 18 March 2015
2665:from the original on 12 July 2014.
2612:Apsan, Rebecca (20 October 2006).
2438:Mark, Anne P. (15 November 2000).
2339:from the original on 26 June 2014.
2335:. Literary Enterprises Inc. 1979.
2313:"Brassiere - Clothing and Fashion"
2283:"A double anniversary for the bra"
2214:from the original on 23 April 2009
1570:from the original on 10 March 2018
1499:were worn by young girls as well.
1019:In October 1964, fashion designer
889:, Spencer, Twilfit, and Symington.
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4287:Berry, Cheree: Hoorah for the bra
4098:from the original on 21 June 2017
3784:from the original on 17 July 2018
3753:. News & Star. Archived from
3611:from the original on 16 June 2018
3585:from the original on 16 June 2018
3338:Tsapovsky, Flora (5 April 2021).
3179:Casselman, Anne (November 2005).
3156:Seigel, Jessica (May–June 2003).
2710:from the original on 27 May 2012.
2540:from the original on 18 June 2017
2530:"Ida Rosenthal, Brassiere Tycoon"
2118:from the original on 27 June 2014
991:for pre-teens and girls entering
518:their roles in society. Reformed
3776:Williams, Ginny (October 1996).
3516:Duffett, Judith (October 1968).
3399:Duffett, Judith (October 1968).
2891:Polat, Guy (15 September 2020).
2818:. October 1965. pp. 32–35.
2683:from the original on 6 June 2015
2593:from the original on 6 July 2017
2400:from the original on 12 May 2015
2359:. Southern Illinois University.
2281:Fink, Sharon (4 December 2007).
2245:Sawhney, Anubha (15 July 2007).
2016:from the original on 21 May 2015
1778:from the original on 3 July 2019
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4321:"Bra – A Century of Suspension"
4240:The Corset: A Cultural History.
4212:The Female Eunuch. 2nd edition.
3118:King, Stephanie (2 June 2005).
1938:Polat, Guy (27 November 2021).
1589:Waugh, Norah (6 October 2017).
1400:: 肚兜, 兜肚, or 兜兜; also known by
507:Victorian dress reform movement
399:King Phillip the Fair of France
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4013:Burns-Ardolino, Wendy (2007).
3607:. heuriskein. 9 January 2006.
1843:The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1715:The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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4242:Yale University Press, 2003.
3924:"Red Hot Mamas (bra-burning)"
3840:Journal of Australian Studies
3716:Rhetoric & Public Affairs
3664:Sociology in a Changing World
3366:Rhetoric & Public Affairs
3219:Dyett, Linda (31 July 2019).
2702:Foundation, Internet Memory.
2648:The Berg Companion to Fashion
2301:– via Internet Archive.
2265:– via Internet Archive.
1965:"The Possibility of Mobility"
1742:"Ancient Roman Undergarments"
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3483:Campbell, W. Joseph (2010).
2784:"The Bra: an Uplifting Tale"
2383:Sports Science Handbook: A-H
2147:"House of Cadolle, Histoire"
579:World's Columbian Exposition
337:The Roman adaptation of the
4309:Bra Story: A Tale of Uplift
4198:Uplift: The Bra in America.
4169:The History of Underclothes
3980:10.1093/0195161920.001.0001
2149:(in French). Archived from
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1268:In 1968, protestors at the
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3472:. New York: HarperCollins.
3077:. New York. Archived from
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4256:. Berg Publishers, 2003.
4161:Cunnington, Cecil Willett
3910:10.1080/10510979909388481
3852:10.1080/14443050509387992
3824:10.1080/09612029300200036
2587:"Maidenform Inc. History"
1349:In 2005, feminist author
775:U.S. War Industries Board
748:On November 3, 1914, the
702:Oxford English Dictionary
552:Early designs and patents
314:Women at the Thesmophoria
3938:"German Greer Biography"
3579:"Rush Blasts Greenstone"
3038:10.1136/bjsm.2005.025171
2863:; Waters, James (1984).
2757:"The "No Bra" Brassiere"
2355:Hamalian, Linda (2005).
2098:Stanley, Autumn (1993).
1290:burned their draft cards
1139:scratchy lace. Notably,
1133:silicone breast implants
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639:or boned, close-fitting
371:Coronation of the Winner
231:Coronation of the Winner
144:, (mid-4th century BCE).
4325:San Francisco Chronicle
3071:"The Cups Runneth Over"
2920:Roberts, Jacob (2017).
1888:University of Innsbruck
1003:without cups or darts.
763:Bridgeport, Connecticut
632:straight-fronted corset
375:Villa Romana del Casale
4268:Always Starting Things
3810:Women's History Review
3464:Collins, Gail (2003).
2247:"100 years of the bra"
1591:Corsets and Crinolines
1564:"Evolution of the bra"
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4184:Fashion in Underwear.
3898:Communication Studies
3728:10.1353/rap.2003.0028
3448:(Atlantic City) Press
3378:10.1353/rap.2003.0028
3181:"The Physics of Bras"
2616:The Lingerie Handbook
2420:US patent 1115674
1711:"Ancient Greek Dress"
1074:, and another by the
1068:University of Vermont
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4165:Cunnington, Phillis.
4092:"Ancient brassieres"
4090:Kamat, Dr. Jyotsna.
3879:23 July 2018 at the
3757:on 27 September 2007
3695:on 27 September 2011
3518:WLM vs. Miss America
3401:WLM vs. Miss America
3140:See Victoria Hiley,
3107:on 14 November 2006.
2536:. 20 December 2007.
2184:US patent 494397
1998:on 14 December 2006.
1746:Early Church History
1319:Miss America protest
1308:Author and feminist
1270:Miss America protest
1264:Second-wave feminism
1210:In 2008, pop singer
936:Military terminology
678:, from the original
663:, from the original
651:20th-century designs
581:in Chicago in 1893.
295:) around her chest.
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4354:History of clothing
4281:Ancient Indian Bras
3778:"Women of Goodwill"
3687:Shearer, Violet A.
3191:on 29 October 2005.
3020:McGhee, DE (2006).
2679:. 2 February 2012.
2481:. Fashion-Era.com.
2153:on 4 February 2015.
2104:. Scarecrow Press.
1566:. 29 January 2015.
1534:List of bra designs
1485:Vijayanagara empire
1345:Third-wave feminism
1232:Marks & Spencer
1218:The 2010s and 2020s
1145:Alessandra Ambrosio
1126:The 1980s and 1990s
934:in 1945) and teens
531:Mary Edwards Walker
395:Henri de Mondeville
323:Minoan civilization
244:Girdle of Aphrodite
184:Minoan civilization
4327:. 28 October 2007.
4148:Hoorah for the Bra
4071:. 17 February 2011
3309:The New York Times
3225:The New York Times
3142:Bra-burning a myth
3075:The New York Times
2567:on 16 October 2012
2257:on 5 November 2012
2208:The New York Times
1247:COVID-19 lockdowns
1165:Helena Christensen
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761:Corset Company in
750:U.S. Patent Office
723:Böblingen, Germany
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563:Camden, New Jersey
559:Brooklyn, New York
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4306:Hollander, Anne.
4298:History of Bras (
4238:Steele, Valerie.
4210:Greer, Germaine.
4045:. 15 January 2020
4024:978-0-7391-1299-1
3989:978-0-19-516192-2
3673:978-1-111-30157-6
3636:Los Angeles Times
3162:Lifetime Magazine
2843:"Wonderbra Story"
2658:978-1-84788-592-0
2534:Who Made America?
2515:978-0-313-33395-8
2393:978-0-906522-36-3
2293:on 23 August 2009
1919:Thomas, Pauline.
1748:. 3 November 2016
1696:978-1-316-19495-9
1378:Asian equivalents
1351:Iris Marion Young
1335:Susan Brownmiller
1330:The Female Eunuch
1275:Freedom Trash Can
1141:Victoria's Secret
870:Hollywood glamour
261:, written in the
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