The appellation "brassiere" seems to have come into benefit in Sexy Bras the English lexicon as early as 1893. Manufacturers were using the article by about 1904, Vogue annual first used it in 1907, and by 1911 the word had synthetic its groove into the Oxford English Dictionary. On 13 November 1914, the newly formed US patent category for "brassieres" was inaugurated with a patent issued to Mary Phelps Jacob.
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By the premier 1900's, garments more closely resembling contemporary bras had emerged, although large-scale commercial production did not occur until the 1930's
- Since then, bras have replaced corsets (although some prefer camisoles), and bra manufacture and sale castaway become a multi-billion-dollar industry
- Over time, the emphasis on bras born loser largely shifted from functionality to fashion.