KESTOS

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Kestos is a British lingerie[1] brand founded in London in 1925 by British designer Rosamund Lilian Klin, (1899-1949) the wife of a Russian artist living in London.[2][3] Kestos' major innovation[4] to the feminine underwear in the 1930s was the development of the two separate cups model.[5][6] Rosamund Klin, director of the Kestos Corset Company, started experimenting with a pair of hankies, just like Caresse Crosby[7][8] back in 1913. Kestos' bra was the first commercially produced brassiere that had two distinct and defined cups[9] and "the Kestos" became a generic trademark bra.[10][11][12] Kestos was distributed in the US,[13] UK, Canada, Australia, France as well as some other European countries[14] and was popular through the 1930s, 1940s and into the early 1950s. The Copmpany went into liquidation in 1967 prior to the death of the Chairman Leo Klin (1877-1967).[15]

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  1. ^ "Bra, Kestos 1364421 | National Trust Collections". nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  2. ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  3. ^ http://www.siwcostumers.org/newsletterarchive/VirtCostV8-I3-2010/VirtCostV8-I3-2010_15-bra.pdf
  4. ^ "Vintage Bras Inspire Modern Lingerie Designers on Lingerie Briefs". lingeriebriefs.com. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  5. ^ "Where oh where is the underwear?". Independent.co.uk. 28 August 1997.
  6. ^ "100 years of the BRA; WE INVITE YOU TO RAISE YOUR CUPS AND TOAST.. - Free Online Library". thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  7. ^ http://www.iffti.com/downloads/past_conferences/Ryerson,%202007/2.3-Proctor.pdf
  8. ^ "Hoorah for the bra!". smh.com.au. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  9. ^ "Partial Coverage - The Kestos Brasierre: The First Of Its Kind". dollhousebettie.com. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  10. ^ Pauline Thomas. "Bra History - Bras and Girdles - A Fashion History". fashion-era.com. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  11. ^ "100 YEARS OF THE BRA - Mirror Online". mirror.co.uk. 9 April 2007. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  12. ^ "http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1062&context=constructing". digitalcommons.iwu.edu. Retrieved 2015-07-08. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  13. ^ "The New Yorker Digital Edition : Dec 07, 1935". archives.newyorker.com. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  14. ^ "Museum of London Blog Is that Aristoc or Kira sheer? » Museum of London Blog". blog.museumoflondon.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  15. ^ Farrell-Beck, J.; Gau, C. (2002). Uplift: The Bra in America. University of Pennsylvania Press, Incorporated. p. 78. ISBN 9780812218350. Retrieved 2015-07-08.

Bibliography[]

  • Uplift: The Bra in America, Jane Farrell-Beck, Colleen Gau, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002 - Health & Fitness - 264 pages
  • The Garden Book, Brian Castro, Giramondo Publishing, May 1, 2005 - Fiction - 324 pages
  • The encyclopaedia of fashion, Georgina O'Hara Callan, H.N. Abrams, Oct 1, 1986 - Design - 272 pages
  • The Story of Lingerie, Muriel Barbier, Shazia Boucher, Parkstone International, May 8, 2012 - Design - 272 pages


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