Did you know that a man invented the bra!!!?

by **egann** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:09 pm

1893: Marie Tucek patented the first brassiere. It looked similar to the modern brassiere and was called a "breast supporter". It included separate pockets for the breasts, straps that went over the shoulder which were fastened by hook-and-eye closures.

1889: corset-maker Herminie Cadolle invented the 'Well-Being' or 'Bien-être', a bra-like device sold as a health aid. The corset's support for the breasts squeezed up from below. Cadolle changed breast support to the shoulders down.

1914: Mary Phelps Jacobs device was patented on November 3, and was called a "brassiere". She may have had the name correct, but she didn't have the design. Her patent was for a device that was lightweight and flattened the breasts. Her bra did not have cups to support the breasts.

by **boyce** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:14 pm

1893: Marie Tucek patented the first brassiere. It looked similar to the modern brassiere and was called a "breast supporter". It included separate pockets for the breasts, straps that went over the shoulder which were fastened by hook-and-eye closures.

1889: corset-maker Herminie Cadolle invented the 'Well-Being' or 'Bien-être', a bra-like device sold as a health aid. The corset's support for the breasts squeezed up from below. Cadolle changed breast support to the shoulders down.

1914: Mary Phelps Jacobs device was patented on November 3, and was called a "brassiere". She may have had the name correct, but she didn't have the design. Her patent was for a device that was lightweight and flattened the breasts. Her bra did not have cups to support the breasts.

FORREAL!!!!!!!!!
DANGGGGGG GURL.

by **demarco** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:17 pm

Thank god... otherwise we'd have a bunch of women running around looking like pics from National Geographic, with their bosoms hanging down to their navels.

by **ring** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:20 pm

Yes. I also know that he had a fetish with women's clothing and loved to fondle breasts. Quite an odd man.

by **felabeorbt** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:25 pm

Didn't know that! Very fascinating.

by **lintun** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:31 pm

Didn't know that! Very fascinating.

Usually it's the people answering who have a compulsion to share knowledge...

by **gabrielo19** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:41 pm

Do you know that we don't care?

by **motega** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:42 pm

Wellll... Actually not by golly! It was Marie Tueck in 1893!

The first modern (different than Marie Phelps Jacob) 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).

Mary had just purchased a sheer evening gown for one of her social events that poor people like myself will never get to attend.

She had a problem.

At that time, corsets that were stiffened with whaleback bones were the accepted undergarment. Unfortunately, whaleback corsets and sheer evening gowns just don't go together well.

Read the patents here...

Marie Tucek:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=amd2AAAAEBAJ&pg=PA2&dq=marie+tucek+patented+the+breast+supporter&hl=en&ei=WxXLTu76F-nfiALYqKHqCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=marie%20tucek%20patented%20the%20breast%20supporter&f=false

Recemt Mentiones of Herminie Cadolle:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=SGCAAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&source=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

And... Mary Phelps Jacobs...
http://www.google.com/patents?id=saFqAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&source=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Enjoy!

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