2006-10-10 00:05:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Fashion & Accessories
You must be very young if you need to ask this.........
2006-10-10 00:08:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems Otto Titzling (no kidding!) developed the bra in 1912 for
Swanhilda Olafsen. Swanhilda was a singer of majestic proportions
who lived in the same boarding house in New York as Otto, who
worked in the garment business. Her need for a supporting garment
was the inspiration for Otto's breakthrough design. Over the years,
Otto's company developed the first "falsies", and padded bras,
adapted a sports protector from 1929 into the inflatable bra, and
developed a front-fastening bra, among others.
In the early 30's a Frenchman Phillipe De Brassiere began producing
undergarments blatantly based on Otto's designs. Being a much more
fashionable gentleman who had been a dress designer before the
Crash of 1929, he enjoyed considerable success. Otto sued.
Mountains of documentation were presented during the four year
court case.
But alas, Otto had neglected to patent his original 1912 design,
though he had patented all the modifications. It was a difficult
case and although Titzling did receive some damages relating to
certain details of manufacture, the court was ultimately
unsympathetic, and Brassiere really won.
During the trial both sides presented their designs on live models.
Phillipe's model was stunning and got a lot of publicity, among
which was a large blow-up of her in 'The Police Gazette' in a
revealing pose under the headline "I did it all for the Bra". And
the name entered the mainstream, appearing in the Dictionary of
American Slang in 1938, the year the case ended. Sad to say, Otto's
firm never recovered from the financial and emotional set-back.
2006-10-10 00:16:25 · answer #2 · answered by Saket K 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Short for "brassiere", a bra is a female garment used to support women's breasts...(in French it is called "soutient", that means "support")...however, if you're a man, a bra is not a garment but a fetish...lol
2006-10-11 02:50:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An extremely lucky article of clothing
2006-10-10 00:13:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
over the shoulder boulder holder :)
2006-10-10 00:32:43 · answer #5 · answered by Judy L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go in see in a victoria secret magazine LOL
2006-10-10 00:13:01 · answer #6 · answered by start 6-22-06 summer time Mom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, right...have your cake and eat it too...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassiere
Oh, but here's more:
http://www.007b.com/bra-men.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_Bra
http://www.85b.org/
2006-10-10 00:14:14 · answer #7 · answered by magnamamma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you've got to be kidding me!
2006-10-10 00:13:37 · answer #8 · answered by Bethany 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask your mother
2006-10-10 00:08:40 · answer #9 · answered by Dr Dee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hehehe her name is boooby..
2006-10-10 00:13:18 · answer #10 · answered by Maziar S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋