Bras were invented by a man named Voto Tizlin. The earliest record of Tizlin's invention of bra is Juarez rayburn's "Stand Up: A History of Voto Tizlin's Development". The book claims that Tizlin invented the bra in 1912 with the help of his assistant Hans Delven. They were designed for a Swedish athlete at that time. It is said that Tizlin also sued a Frenchman named Phillipe de Brassiere in the 193s, accusing him of infringing his patent rights. However, the far-fetched social writing trace of this story is too strong in the future (Brassiere is the English name of bra), and many people have questioned it. If we look through the relevant materials of modern history, we will find another true and credible story:
The first modern bra was invented in 1913 by a new york socialite, Mary phelps edin dzeko. That year, Mary just bought a new evening dress and was going to wear it to attend her frequent social activities. But she encountered a problem. At that time, the underwear worn by women was all corsets tightened by whale bones. And Mary's new evening dress is very thin, and this kind of hard underwear obviously doesn't match it. In a hurry, Mary, who has always been ingenious, suddenly came up with a wonderful idea. She asked her French maid for help, and together they designed a simple backless bra with two handkerchiefs, some ribbons and strings.
it goes without saying that Mary cut a dash at the party. For a time, among the women, the original bra she wore became the focus of discussion. Since then, some relatives and friends have always asked Mary to help them sew bras, and Mary is very happy to help. One day, she received a letter from a stranger asking her to make a bra, and put a dollar in the letter as a reward. Mary was enlightened and immediately took her bra design and ran to the patent office to apply for a patent.
in November, 1914, Mary obtained the patent of "backless bra".
Mary then made hundreds of bras, but unfortunately not many people knew about her new invention, so the business could not go on. Fortunately, bras have not disappeared because of this. Mary sold the patent right of the bra to Warner Bros. Corset Company in Connecticut. The transfer price is only $1,5.
In fact, the best reference book to reveal the true and complete face of bra history is The American Sex Machine written by Hogg Levis. Haug made an in-depth investigation and study of all the patents registered in the United States Patent Office on appliances, and found several patents on bra invention. Haug came to the conclusion that Ms. Mary Tuck was the first to apply for a bra patent. In 1893, she obtained the patent right of what she called "breast support dress", and its appearance is very similar to that of modern bras. The design of the "breast support device" includes two separate bras and two straps buckled with buttonholes over the shoulders. While the name of the bra patented by Mary edin dzeko in 1914 is consistent with that of the current patent, but it is somewhat far from the modern bra in design. The bra she registered and designed is lightweight, and there is no cup to hold the breasts, so wearing it will make women's breasts look flat.
Since then, there have been other subtle innovations in the development of bras, which are getting closer to modern bras. Such as elastic suspenders, standard cup sizes, and the use of strapless bras. In the 192s, flat-chested bras were very popular. Ida Rosenthal, a Russian woman who immigrated to the United States, is determined to resist this trend of feminization. With the help of her husband, she set up a bra production company, which classifies women according to their bust sizes and designs bras into several categories with different cup sizes. But also design appropriate bras for women of all ages from adolescence to maturity.
the sixties were a period of suffering for bras. The sexual liberation movement began, and the bra was burned because it was regarded as a symbol of bondage and conservatism by women. However, the bra did not quit the women's world because of this catastrophe. The objective requirement of sex for solemnity and the need of old women to protect their breasts all depend on bras. Therefore, after the 196s, bras quickly made a comeback, and their unshakable status has continued to this day. There are more and more kinds of bras, which are more and more suitable for different needs of women in different occasions. A woman can't live without a bra.
Nevertheless, people's controversy about bras has never stopped. In 1994, the book Dressing for Death, co-written by Sydney Ross Singer and SOMA Grace Mayeling, caused a panic among women. They pointed out in the book that wearing a bra may hinder the normal function of the breast and the surrounding lymphatic system, which will lead to a decrease in the amount of toxins removed from the breast and an increase in the incidence of breast cancer. According to the survey of 473 women, they concluded that women who don't wear bras are 21 times less likely to suffer from diseases than women who wear bras. Critics immediately responded, pointing out the book's achilles heel-the author did not take personal lifestyle (smoking, drinking, exercise, weight and other factors) into account, so this conclusion was unconvincing. However, it is acknowledged that the book does raise some questions worthy of discussion.
It was not until 1913 that Crosby, a new york socialite, finally lost it because she couldn't stand the constraint of Cambodia's abdomen. In addition, she asked the maid to sew two handkerchiefs together and connect them with a pink belt. It was really much easier after wearing them, and it was widely circulated in society. (According to another record, the earliest "bra" in the world began in 1886, which was created by the British, and the chest was tied with silk to meet the needs of life and action. We generally think that the first generation bra was founded in 1912 and formally applied for a patent. Its characteristics are mainly cloth, fixed shoulder straps and buttons, which are the embryonic form of the bra we see today. Detailed explanation: In 1886, there was a new invention made of steel wire and silk in Britain, which was very attractive in the female world. It was a cup that set off the beautiful curves of women's breasts. The second important figure in the history of bra invention is a woman named Christine Hart from West Germany. She thinks that the main purpose of women's upper body underwear is to support the chest. Why not change it into a bra? Thus, this virtuous housewife with the talent of invention, Miss Hart, invented a bra that was not tied tightly with a belt, but only buckled, which immediately caused a shock in the field of women and men! Is the ancestor of new underwear. In this way, underwear continued to develop. In the following year, Simon Lindau, an underwear manufacturer in West Germany, decided to apply for a patent for this kind of underwear without straps. The idea originated from the inconvenience of too many suspenders and buttonholes in the underwear worn by the bride when he spent his honeymoon in Paris. )