The origins and evolution of the bra

This thesis marks the first biography of the evolution of the bra from a designer and patternmaker’s perspective. Although the bra has a very long history, it only became a truly iconic garment in the latter half of the Twentieth Century. To some extent this transformation was driven by rapid social...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shin, Woo Kyung
Other Authors: Young, Robert
Published: Northumbria University 2009
Subjects:
700
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.530144