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The market for bras jumped in 1917, during the First World War,

when the U.S. War Industries Board asked American women to forgo
their corsets (which required significant amounts of metal to
construct) and switch to the less-demanding bra. The ladies did their
part for the cause, freeing up 28,000 tons of metal and changing
female fashion from that moment forward.

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