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2006-09-14 23:49:21 · 25 answers · asked by sameer 1 in Family & Relationships Singles & Dating

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Not many pieces of clothing can draw as strong a reaction, either positive or negative, as the bra. But then this particular undergarment has always been something of a special case. It's been ogled by fans and burned by detractors. And through it all, bras evolved from mere "supporting" players into full-fledged stars of the fashion world.
A French woman named Herminie Cadolle was the genius behind the cups and straps. Cadolle came up with the concept in 1889, originally dubbing it the "corselet gorge." Her creation premiered at the Great Exposition in Paris and was a smash with the ladies, propelling the budding entrepreneur into a life-long career in lingerie.

Madame Cadolle led a pretty amazing life. She was a very successful businesswoman in a time women rarely worked outside the house. Cadolle set up shops in Argentina and brought over the best French seamstresses to train her staff. She traveled the world, outfitting the rich and famous, while watching her business grow into a bust-ling enterprise. The company still exists today as Cadolle Lingerie.

We bet that's one secret Victoria didn't know.

2006-09-14 23:50:07 · answer #1 · answered by lover b 1 · 1 2

Who Invented The Sports Bra

2016-11-07 00:55:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Many authors claim that the bra was invented by one Otto Titzling. However, it turns out that this story first appeared in the book Bust Up: The Uplifting Tale of Otto Titzling by Wallace Reyburn (the same guy that wrote the humorous book that describes how Thomas Crapper invented the toilet). The book claims that Titzling invented the bra with the help of his assistant Hans Delving in 1912. They designed the bra for a Swedish athlete named Lois Lung. Titzling then sued a Frenchman named Phillipe de Brassiere for patent infringement in the 1930's. As you can see from these names, the story is probably pure fiction (especially since, as we will see below, Mary Phelps Jacobs takes credit for the first documented use of the name brassiere in 1914).

If you check most current literature, you will find the following story:

The first modern bra was invented by a New York socialite named Mary Phelps Jacob way back in 1913 (I'm sure that a lot of women want to believe that a man invented this torturous device, but it was a woman).

2006-09-14 23:52:30 · answer #3 · answered by crissyll22 4 · 0 1

Lover b beat me to the AskYahoo answer - lol (at least I would have referenced where I cut and pasted it from....)

And I've always thought it was an evil and twisted man with a warped sense of humor.

And the sport bra was invented by a young woman with elastic arms... so that female soccer players could strip on national television and no one would freak totally out....

2006-09-14 23:57:55 · answer #4 · answered by thegirlwholovedbrains 6 · 0 0

They were invented around 1400 BC by the Minoans, an early Mediterranean civilization. Later on around the 15th Century AD the Han Chinese used them during the Ming Dynasty.

2016-03-17 21:31:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Herman Titswell

2006-09-14 23:53:00 · answer #6 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 0 0

Albert Titsling

2006-09-14 23:54:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It appears that a woman named Marie Tucek patented the first brassiere in 1893

2006-09-14 23:54:06 · answer #8 · answered by The_answer_person 5 · 0 0

early on refered to as the "gert" : in 1927 marshall l. bra put together some cotton cloth to help support the 48DD's of his lovely wife gertrude, who suffered with back pain because of the load she bared; after meeting with the sucess of her back pain being eliminated she quickly told all of her lady friends of the support she felt. through the years with rapid growth the name was later changed to bra.

2006-09-15 00:02:26 · answer #9 · answered by sonjack 1 · 0 0

Otto Titzling

2006-09-14 23:51:29 · answer #10 · answered by just browsin 6 · 0 1

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