Why, when the story is that Howard Hughes invented the brassiere for Jane Russell, is it called by a French name? If we were to change it to an American name, what

Answer (1 of 2): The word Brassiere in France derived originally from a type of cotton shirt worn by women and derived from at least the 17/18th century. It has nothing to dobwith modern brassieres; though it later did become more fitted . The word “ bras” means “ arm” in French, so it probably m

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Why, when the story is that Howard Hughes invented the brassiere for Jane Russell, is it called by a French name? If we were to change it to an American name, what

Why, when the story is that Howard Hughes invented the brassiere

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