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A Century of the Bra: Vogue Invented the Term 'Brassière'
The following is an article from The Independent: The bra was invented by an engineer of German extraction called Onto Titzling in 1912. He was living in a New York boarding house, and one of his neighbours, a voluptuous opera singer called Swanhilda Olafson, complained that she needed a garment to hoist her vast bosom [...]