Historically, the economy has been a driving factor in breast size. The trend toward smaller, flatter breasts, both in the 1920s and in the 1960s through the 1970s, occurred simultaneously with a healthy economy.
Here’s a little brassier history lesson for your enjoyment:
Late 1800s to 1920s: the “monobosom”
The flapper style of the 1920s turned the female silhouette into the approximate shape of a Hershey’s chocolate bar and breast flattening contraptions were a girl’s best friend.
1930s to 1950s: Divide and Conquer
Marilyn Monroe, Gina Lollobrigida, Elizabeth Taylor…need I say more? Everyone on screen looked ripe and luscious in their DDs.
Gina Lollobrigida, 1950s
Elizabeth Taylor, MGM photoshoot 1950s
1960s to 1970s: bra bonfires!
Chests flattened out again with Twiggy’s arrival and bras took a nosedive with the era of sexual and social freedom. Breasts were relieved of their bras, which were (supposedly) symbolically burned in bonfires.
UK 1967-Twiggy Lawson
1980s TO 200s: The choice is yours!
Breasts returned to a focal point in the 80s and started to get gussied up. By the 1990s we were busting out of our bras as boob jobs became as common as a haircut. As for the twenty first century: enhance or reduce them- the choice is now yours!
Playboy's book of Lingerie 1990
Present day bra, by Aubade
The future: LED bras
Complete with LEDs, glow in the darkest dark and comes in different colors!
In the future we’re just hoping for a healthy attitude toward breast size and shape no matter if the economy is booming or going bust.
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