Until recently it was thought the bra as we know it evolved in the 1900s as a garment known as a bust improver. But a surprising discovery was made that pushed back the existence of the bra 600 years. In the 1910s the first official brassiere was patented by Mary Phelps Jacob.
Until recently it was thought the bra as we know it evolved in the 1900s as a garment known as a bust improver. But a surprising discovery was made that pushed back the existence of the bra 600 years. In the 1910s the first official brassiere was patented by Mary Phelps Jacob.
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