She Went to Prison for a Revolution, Then Invented the Bra

Herminie Cadolle spent her twenties on the barricades of the Paris Commune and did time in a Versailles prison for it. Sixteen years later, working out of a lingerie shop in Buenos Aires, she cut a corset in two and invented the garment that would become the modern bra — patented in Paris in 1898, and still made by her own family six generations on. This episode covers her disputed birth records, her ongoing life as a Communard radical through the 1880s, the actual 1889 unveiling (the same World's Fair that debuted the Eiffel Tower), and the house she built. More on this over on Substack, where this week's post is a full profile of Louise Michel, the schoolteacher-turned-anarchist icon whose Montmartre committee Cadolle served on: thefashionmemoir1.substack.com Prefer to listen? The Fashion Memoir is also on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5hAxuFR05MaeT2dRuDkJSZ ------------- Find our Podcast on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music or where ever you listen to your podcasts. We have a Substack as well - https://thefashionmemoir1.substack.com/ ------------- Watch our other videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM3OqLHVo6eGkl86dsCJlWdQg9UNuNoWm https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM3OqLHVo6eH5hSfUOdjVzGLZxfJOKbeG -------------- 💬 Which fashion icon should we explore next? Let me know what you think in the comments. 👍 Like, 🔔 subscribe, and click the bell so you never miss an icon. https://www.youtube.com/@TheFashionMemoir ✨ Remember: in fashion as in life, be