During recorded history, women have used garments and devices to cover, restrain, or lift their breasts. In the Minoan civilization era, around 1400BC, female athletes could be depicted wearing braziers or bikini like undergarments.
Did you know that the Greek really liked the breasts? In fact, women would wear all sorts of things to push them up or exposed them and show how big they were. Now the Romans on the other hand, they were male oriented, so the women would actually bind their breasts to keep them closer to their chest to keep them minimized.
The word brazier, in old French, literally means arm protector. The word brazier was used as a chest plate, kind of like a suit of armor. As time developed, the corset, which was similar to that same chest plate was then referred to as brazier.
The first bra was invented in 1813 by Mary Phelps Jacobs. She called her invention the Carr say Crosby. Why? I don’t know because it’s much easier to say bra.
A man actually invented the padded bra to protect female athletes during sporting events. Who would have known that today we like padded bras to enhance our bust lines?
Did you know that you can get a job as a professional bra fitter? There are a number of stores where you can be a certified professional bra specialist.
Over the past 15 years, the average bra size has gone from a 34B to a 36C.
Not only are women wearing bras these days, some men are as well. They may suffer from a medical condition known as gynecomastia, or it could possibly be because of obesity. The men chose to wear these bras for support and comfort.
Breast cancer is the lead cause of death for women in the US with cancer. Something you may not know is that men and women have the same type of breast tissue. So men can get breast cancer as well.
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