Biography of the bra

How and who thought of such a practical thing as a bra, and what transformations have occurred with the most popular subject of women's linen? The prototype of the bra protrude by the prototype of the bra can be considered a variety of dressings on the chest that women used in antiquity and in the Middle Ages. The goal is to give a special shape of the chest.

In Egypt and ancient Greece, these were tapes that wrap the chest, from dense fabric, silk or leather. Raising the bust, such dressings made it more attractive. Frescoes with images of women are also preserved, on which objects of underwear are put on, which in shape resemble modern bras. In the Middle Ages, the ribbons and bandages had to change their purpose and instead of maintaining squeeze, squeeze the chest, making it more flat yes, such a fashion was at that time.

Another sketch to modern bras can be considered corsets. Depending on their cut, material and shape, many lifted the chest, making it more seductive. Corses are a special story that deserves a separate article. They changed, following the fashion and trends of time: they reduced the waist, lifted or made flat breasts, could be from leather, fabric and even metal. For many centuries, women, of their own free will, under the influence of society and fashion, suffered torment in uncomfortable corsets, sometimes literally crippling their body and shifting the internal organs in the name of the existing canons of beauty.

The very first bra, which already looked like a modern cut, appeared not so long ago - about the years ago, in the year. I presented to the public the public Ermin Kadol, at the World Exhibition in Paris. It consisted of sewn cups and straps and could already rather bend the chest, giving it an attractive shape. It came to the first patent - it was received in Germany by Christina Hardt in the fall of G.

From that time to this day the question, France or Germany is the "homeland" of the bras, is controversial. How the laundry changed over time in the year the first photos of the new subject of women's linen in Vogue magazine, which was called Brassiere. The fashionistas of the beginning of the age were delighted, they also reduced the name of the novelty to BRA. Bra was a luxury subject, sewed to order and it could afford quite wealthy girls and women.

However, she was enough entrepreneurial talent only to sell it for 1.5 thousand. The buyer was the Warner Corset Company corset production company. Having launched mass production, this company literally became ozostle, having earned $ 15 million for 30 years. A whole decade at the peak of popularity were cups in the form of a cone - Bullet Bra. Sharp "peaks" gave the exciting seduction of the chest under any outfit, especially under light summer dresses.

And so that the chest seemed even more elastic, the tops of the fashionable cones were filled with cotton wool.

What did it look like? Remember the Madonna, who, looking for new ways to shock the audience, returned to life with the help of designer Jean-Paul Gauthier this form of a bust, even on the stage. In the middle of the th century, the time has come for more convenient and functional models of bras. Sharp cones remained in the past and they were replaced by rounded cups, which gave women a sense of softness and comfort.

The most popular model in those years is Sweet Dreams. The first attempts to lift the breasts and give it volume with the help of special lodge pads. Thus, the prototype of the modern fur -up was born, which was preferred by the idol of millions - Marilyn Monroe. In the USSR, the lucky one who managed to get such a bra, and those who only dreamed of him called him "Angelica" this folk name was preserved in the alliance until the end of the x.

Exciting the open upper part of the chest, raised by a special shape of the cup with a dense base and bones - it was a real dream, especially for open wedding dresses. Dense cups temporarily lost their positions, and gentle models from the finest elastic lace became fashionable and desired. Flowers and tenderness - this is the style of bras a la. These models did not go to everyone - they looked good and "worked" on a small elastic chest.

But voluminous forms of light, supple lace kept poorly. Therefore, formed cups on foam rubber of varying degrees of density again returned their part of the market. And not just returned, but gave women another original model of the bra - Wonderbra, designed on a deep neckline of dresses. This is a complicated bust that perfectly supports the breast and at the same time leaves a chic "review".

Now the market of lower women's linen is less conservative than in past periods, and gives the main choice. In the chests of drawers, girls and women of different ages and complexions are usually not one model, but at least different - for everyday socks, special cases, sports and other moments of life. Catalog of goods.