More “WTFashion?” Ads from Delineator: Bust Confiners (1900s) to Brassieres (1920s)

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As discussed in the wonderful book Uplift, for centuries the breasts were supported from below, by a corset which pushed them up. In the mid-twenties the uplift brassiere was invented, which supported the breasts from the shoulder (with the combination of bra straps and an elastic band below the breasts.) But until the modern brassiere…

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