Cadolle's corselet-gorge (forerunner of the brassiere)
Corselet-gorge de Cadolle (precursor del sujetador)
- Date
- 1889 · confidence medium
- Place
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Credited to
- Herminie Cadolle
- Field
- Tools
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
A two-piece corset with the bust support separate and held up by straps, shown at the 1889 Exposition Universelle. It moved bust support to the shoulders and loosened the waist corset.
Cadolle presented the corselet-gorge in 1889; priority for the modern brassiere is disputed between her and Mary Phelps Jacob's 1914 patent.
What it led to
- bras distinct from the corset in the early 20th century
- industrial women's lingerie
- the House of Cadolle, still active in Paris