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[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 9 months ago (1 child) I swear the conical bras were popular because of Madonna! I don’t know if that’s actually the case but that’s what I always associated them with, lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago Madonna is a well known, more modern wearer of those kinds of bras, but... they were actually a pretty common type of bra going back to the 40s - 60s, worn by Marilyn Monroe and many other actresses and models / pin up girls. Behold, the 1950s 'Bullet Bra' fashion trend: https://classiccriticscorner.com/vintage-1950s-bullet-bras-history-of-the-bizarre-trend/ So... Madonna too was actually doing a retro callback, as Gen Zers are now doing with 'mom jeans'. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago Madonna is a well known, more modern wearer of those kinds of bras, but... they were actually a pretty common type of bra going back to the 40s - 60s, worn by Marilyn Monroe and many other actresses and models / pin up girls. Behold, the 1950s 'Bullet Bra' fashion trend: https://classiccriticscorner.com/vintage-1950s-bullet-bras-history-of-the-bizarre-trend/ So... Madonna too was actually doing a retro callback, as Gen Zers are now doing with 'mom jeans'. permalink fedilink source parent