Mark Twain’s Hilarious Hatred of the Bra’s Inventor
While Twain intended his 1871 invention to replace cumbersome suspenders for vests and trousers, the design mechanics—featuring two adjustable ends with fasteners—eventually mirrored the standard functional structure of the modern bra, which rose to prominence in the late 1910s, according to the Smithsonian Magazine. The Inventor Behind the Literary Icon Samuel Clemens, known globally as … Read more