It is important for every woman to wear a bra; this is being said because wearing a bra also keeps our breasts shapely. Also, bras protect the breasts from any kind of injury. Bra always supports our upper body and those women who have heavy breasts need it more.

But there are some facts related to bras which women do not know and they always ignore them. For example, most bras have a bow, which most women do not pay attention to. Have you wondered why this is so? These days, a post on the information-sharing website Quora is going viral in which information about this fact has been given.

Why is there a bow in the bra?

In olden times, when women used to wear corsets, it contained a piece of whalebone called a busk. It was placed in the front part of the corset and then tied with the help of a bow. Busk is gone, but Bo is still there.

There is a similar reason for underwear because before elastic was made, people used to tie their underwear in the shape of a bow.

This is the easiest place to place a bow, so it is placed there. This was Quora's historical explanation. But there is another reason for the presence of this bow in the bra. However, many companies have now started removing it, but it will still be found in most bras.

This is also a sign of breast cancer awareness. Its presence in bra can be seen from the perspective of awareness which is for a serious disease like breast cancer.

Where was the modern bra born?

Since we have already started talking about the history of bras, then why not tell about the story of its making also? The bra was invented in France in the 1890s. Although even before this there used to be corsets and other things for the breasts, the modern bra is the gift of France only.

During this time, a revolution was going on everywhere in fashion and it was during this time that the corset was divided into two parts. Although it took time to become fully popular, it is still considered to be the beginning because it was the first time that the bra was taking shape.

After this, cup size was invented in the 1930s. SH Camp and Company created cup sizes for the first time. This system was very similar to the one used today.

Gradually it was divided into categories from A to D and then gradually the modern bra was born.

Now after so long, such bras have started coming which can fit according to different bodies and can understand the needs of women. If we look at it, the history of bras is not more than 150 years old and looking at the fashion before that, it seems that a lot of changes have been seen in such a short period.

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