<story><title>What we learned from 3 years of bra engineering, and what&apos;s next</title><url>https://bratheory.com/what-we-learned-and-whats-next/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>yodon</author><text>This seems like a good time to mention the history of the Apollo space suits, which were made for the manliest of men in the highly gender normed 1950&amp;#x27;s by the largest corset and bra maker in the country. Why? Because bras and girdles require incredibly high skill design and fabrication engineering, as bra theory is discovering and as no other garment manufacturer of the day could equal.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mentalfloss.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;82726&amp;#x2F;how-playtex-helped-win-space-race&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mentalfloss.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;82726&amp;#x2F;how-playtex-helped-win-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Isamu</author><text>I highly recommend the book:&lt;p&gt;Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo
by Nicholas de Monchaux&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;How the twenty-one-layer Apollo spacesuit, made by Playtex, was a triumph of intimacy over engineering.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mitpress.mit.edu&amp;#x2F;books&amp;#x2F;spacesuit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mitpress.mit.edu&amp;#x2F;books&amp;#x2F;spacesuit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It has an interesting behind-the-scenes look at how Playtex succeeded where other contractors failed, how they were almost cut out of the deal anyway, and ended up being awarded the contract as a subcontractor to another company that was able to provide the necessary government-compliant documentation.</text></comment>
<story><title>What we learned from 3 years of bra engineering, and what&apos;s next</title><url>https://bratheory.com/what-we-learned-and-whats-next/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>yodon</author><text>This seems like a good time to mention the history of the Apollo space suits, which were made for the manliest of men in the highly gender normed 1950&amp;#x27;s by the largest corset and bra maker in the country. Why? Because bras and girdles require incredibly high skill design and fabrication engineering, as bra theory is discovering and as no other garment manufacturer of the day could equal.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mentalfloss.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;82726&amp;#x2F;how-playtex-helped-win-space-race&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mentalfloss.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;82726&amp;#x2F;how-playtex-helped-win-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>girvo</author><text>That’s fascinating, but makes sense! Considering how unique everyone’s bodies, and especially breasts can be, it’s amazing that mass produced even gets to “almost good enough”; I can’t wish Bra Theory enough luck!</text></comment>