Buy cheap, get cheap, as my father always said.
Corsetry is comparable to shoemaking in the complexity of the product and the finesse required to produce exceptional results. Fine brassieres require more handwork than any other item of standard apparel in order to properly exploit the technical properties of various materials. Modern bras are a remarkable structural achievement. This seems to have become clear around the middle of the twentieth century. In the January, 1959 issue of CAPER, a second-string men’s magazine, we find this: