It was in 1914 that Mary Phelps Jacob set women freeÂfrom the prison of the corset. With a little help from her ladyÂs maid, this ingenious New York socialite stitched together two handkerchiefs and a long pink ribbon to fashion the worldÂs first-ever brassiere. (Jacob later sold her patent for $1,500Âto a company that went on to make $15millionoff her invention.) The rest, as they say, is historyÂa history thatÂs amply, titillatingly documented by designer Cheree Berry inHoorah for the Bra. The 20s flat-chested flappers, the 50s bullet-bosomed bombshells, the eye-gouging cones of MadonnaÂsBlonde AmbitionÂtour bustier: this provocative pop-up book reveals it all. The straps and the cups. The underwire and the padding. The elastic and the Lycra. The demure pink satin and the racy midnight lace.Hoorah for the Bratells a tale that doesnÂt sag and presents a cast of charactersÂmail-order moguls, brassiere-torching womenÂs-libbers, sweater-clad movie starsÂwho never let you down. Sure to be a bust-out hit, the bookÂs the perfect gift for any Wonderbra dreamer or FrederickÂs of Hollywood vamp. To view the pop-ups, you just lift and separate!