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Hoorah for the Bra: A Perky Peek at the History of the Brassiere
Cheree Berry
#AX0012
Hardcover, 49 pages; 2006
$15.90
Before you write to tell us you're disappointed that we'd offer Hoorah for the Bra in the pages of Bas Bleu, think about the historical significance of Mary Phelps Jacob's 1914 invention. It's the bra itself, not the burning of it, that ought to be the ultimate symbol of women's liberation. The brassiere freed women from corsets that were suffocating, sometimes even physically harmful. Now, granted, a pop-up book is hardly an academic treatise, but this cleverly engineered volume with all its three-dimensional pages has a structural synergy with the bra itself: it even secures with a standard issue bra-type hook-and-eye elasticized closure. It's a silly little book, of course, but I suspect that women--especially those of a certain age--will be amused by its devotion to a taken-for-granted garment of our everyday lives. Some of the photographs are hilarious--perhaps borderline naughty, but not in the least titillating. As with most bras, this book is not for everyone.
(EE)
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