Hoorah for the Bra: A Perky Peek at the History of the Brassiere

Berry, Cheree

ISBN 10: 1584795271 / ISBN 13: 9781584795278

Published by "Stewart, Tabori and Chang", 2006

About this Item

Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York, 2006. FINE in illustrated/pictorial boards, as issued. Has the bra clasp to keep the book closed. Clever pop-ups throughout. First Edition, First Printing. As New. Unread. Seller Inventory # 2210090036

Bibliographic Details

Title: Hoorah for the Bra: A Perky Peek at the ...

Publisher: "Stewart, Tabori and Chang"

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

Dust Jacket Condition: Like New

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

It was in 1914 that Mary Phelps Jacob set women free - from the prison of the corset. With a little help from her lady's maid, this ingenious New York socialite stitched together two handkerchiefs and a long pink ribbon to fashion the world's first-ever brassiere. (Jacob later sold her patent for $1,500 - to a company that went on to make $15 million off her invention.) The rest, as they say, is history - a history that's amply, titillatingly documented by designer Cheree Berry in Hoorah for the Bra. The twenties' flat-chested flappers, the fifties' bullet-bosomed bombshells, the eye-gouging cones of Madonna's Blonde Ambition-tour bustier: this provocative pop-up book reveals it all. The straps and the cups. The underwire and the padding. The elastic and the Lycra. The demure pink satin and the racy midnight lace. "Hoorah for the Bra" tells a tale that doesn't sag and presents a cast of characters - mail-order moguls, sweater-clad movie stars, brassiere-torching women's-libbers - who never let you down. Sure to be a bust-out hit, the book's the perfect gift for any Wonderbra dreamer or Frederick's of Hollywood vamp.

About the Author:

Cheree Berry is a designer who specialises in wedding invitations, baby announcements and personalised stationery for a growing clientele. Formerly a designer at Kate Spade in New York, she has just launched her own personal paper line, Cheree Berry Paper. She lives in St. Louis' Central West End.