Holding up

It’s not every day, or as in this case, every year that we get to celebrate something as delicate or fashionable or as sensual as this. It has been a part of every woman’s life and fantasy – and in every man’s fantasy too – from adolescence to old age.

It’s the bra; and according to this article, ‘Holding Up’, by Samantha Gilewicz in the latest issue of Nylon Magazine, the bra turns 100 this year.

Apparently, says Ms Gilewicz, “While it was Parisian couturier Paul Poiret who first convinced Vogue that the corset was no longer cool, American socialite Mary Phelps Jacob fashioned the first patented brassiere in 1913 from two silk handkerchiefs and spare ribbon.”

Handkerchiefs and ribbon? Hmm. Nice improvisation.