She spent a lot of time in prison.” Upon release, Herminie “decided to liberate the woman from the corset, and she patented the very first bra ever made, in 1889, presenting it at the World Fair where they built the Eiffel Tower.” She points to a high shelf where this, the very first bra ever made, watches over the room: imperious, cream, covetable.
“Working with Galliano last year for the show, they were adding fake bottoms, extreme ones, and since then I’ve seen in the street in Paris recently, some girls, not always that chic, with fake ones too.” She chuckles remembering a story about a pop star (redacted) she made lingerie for, who “was singing on a show and her bottom blew up!
Uplifting fashion: the secret to lingerie house Cadolle’s long success Herminie Cadolle created the first ever bra in 1889.
What they usually say they need is, ‘A good bra.’ Which means, first it looks good and second that she doesn’t need to remove it as soon as she gets home.” Downstairs, a messy atelier is lined with boxes and wooden plan chests, each containing customers’ patterns – among them, four young women chuckle and sew carefully.
AFP PHOTO PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP via Getty Images)] Poupie loves lace and mourns lingerie of the past, mourns a bow, mourns a ruffle.
