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Click here for more information." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/19px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/29px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/39px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Brassiere with curved wire inserts to support and define the breasts</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brassiere-white.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Brassiere-white.jpg" decoding="async" width="254" height="197" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="254" data-file-height="197" /></a><figcaption>An underwire <a href="/wiki/Demi_bra" class="mw-redirect" title="Demi bra">demi bra</a></figcaption></figure> <p>An <b>underwire bra</b> (also <b>under wire bra</b>, <b>under-wire bra</b>, or <b>underwired bra</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Brassiere" class="mw-redirect" title="Brassiere">brassiere</a> that utilizes a thin, semi-circular strip of rigid material fitted inside the brassiere fabric to help lift, separate, shape, and support a woman's <a href="/wiki/Breast" title="Breast">breasts</a>. The wire may be made of metal, plastic, or resin. It is sewn into the bra fabric and under each cup, from the center gore to under the wearer's armpit. Many different <a href="/wiki/Brassiere_designs" class="mw-redirect" title="Brassiere designs">brassiere designs</a> incorporate an underwire, including <a href="/wiki/Cupless_bra" class="mw-redirect" title="Cupless bra">shelf bras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brassiere_designs" class="mw-redirect" title="Brassiere designs">demi bras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nursing_bra" title="Nursing bra">nursing bras</a>, and bras built into other articles of clothing, such as tank tops, dresses and swimsuits. </p><p>The concept of an underwire can be traced to an 1893 patent that describes a breast supporting device using a rigid plate under the breasts for stability. The modern underwire bra was designed in the 1930s, and gained widespread popularity by the 1950s. As of 2005, underwire bras were the largest and fastest growing segment of the bra market. A bra without an underwire is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_brassiere_designs" class="mw-redirect" title="List of brassiere designs">softcup bra</a>. </p><p>Underwire bras are occasionally linked to health conditions including <a href="/wiki/Mastodynia" class="mw-redirect" title="Mastodynia">breast pain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mastitis" title="Mastitis">mastitis</a>, and metal allergies. Women wearing an underwire bra have in a few rare instances been subjected to extra scrutiny when their bra set off <a href="/wiki/Metal_detector" title="Metal detector">metal detectors</a> at security checkpoints in airports or prisons. There have been a few recorded incidents where the underwire deflected a bullet or other weapon that struck the woman's chest.<sup id="cite_ref-Akbar-deflect_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Akbar-deflect-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stokes_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stokes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Underwire_bra&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USpatent494397b1893.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/USpatent494397b1893.png/220px-USpatent494397b1893.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/USpatent494397b1893.png/330px-USpatent494397b1893.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/USpatent494397b1893.png/440px-USpatent494397b1893.png 2x" data-file-width="1479" data-file-height="847" /></a><figcaption>Marie Tucek's "Breast Supporter"</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_bras" title="History of bras">History of bras</a></div> <p>The precursor to the underwire bra can be traced back to at least 1893, when <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New Yorker</a> Marie Tucek was granted a patent for a "breast supporter". The breast supporter was described as a modification of the <a href="/wiki/Corset" title="Corset">corset</a>, and was very similar to a modern <a href="/wiki/Push-up_bra" class="mw-redirect" title="Push-up bra">push-up bra</a> designed to support the breasts. It consisted of a plate made of metal, cardboard, or other stiff material, shaped to fit against the torso under the breasts, following the contour of the breasts. It was covered with silk, canvas, or other cloth, which extended above the plate to form a pocket for each breast. The plate curved around the torso and ended near the armpits, held in place and adjusted to a snug fit by shoulder straps that crossed the back, forming an X-shape. It was secured with <a href="/wiki/Hook-and-eye_closure" title="Hook-and-eye closure">hook-and-eye closures</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Tucek_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tucek-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The underwire bra design emerged and took hold in the United States starting in the 1930s. Helene Pons received a patent in 1931 for a brassiere design that incorporated an "open-ended wire loop" that lay flat against the chest, encircling the bottom and sides of each breast.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 1932 patent describes a U-shaped piece of wire used between the cups to keep the breasts separated.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A patent issued in 1938 to Pauline Boris describes a "breast support" which used pieces of wire to entirely encircle each breast.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1940, Walter Emmett Williams was issued a patent which described a wire framework, shaped like a <a href="/wiki/Spiderweb" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiderweb">spiderweb</a>, that encircles and covers each breast to provide support.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although development of the underwire bra started in the 1930s,<sup id="cite_ref-Napoleon_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Napoleon-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it did not gain widespread popularity until the 1950s, when the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> freed metal for domestic use.<sup id="cite_ref-Kanner_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kanner-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Seigel_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seigel-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1940s, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Hughes" title="Howard Hughes">Howard Hughes</a> had an underwire push-up bra designed for <a href="/wiki/Jane_Russell" title="Jane Russell">Jane Russell</a> to emphasize her breasts in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Outlaw" title="The Outlaw">The Outlaw</a></i>. According to Russell, the "ridiculous" contraption was painful and she secretly wore her own bra during the movie. The brassiere is now in a <a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood</a> museum.<sup id="cite_ref-Seigel_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seigel-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Selection_of_underwire_bras_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Selection_of_underwire_bras_2006.jpg/220px-Selection_of_underwire_bras_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Selection_of_underwire_bras_2006.jpg/330px-Selection_of_underwire_bras_2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Selection_of_underwire_bras_2006.jpg/440px-Selection_of_underwire_bras_2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>A selection of underwire bras in a retail store</figcaption></figure> <p>With the popularity and widespread use of the underwire bra that started during the 1950s, the underwire was incorporated into many <a href="/wiki/List_of_brassiere_designs" class="mw-redirect" title="List of brassiere designs">bra designs</a>, and underwire bras were built into other articles of clothing. By 1990, Norma Kamali had incorporated underwire bras into both one- and two-piece (<a href="/wiki/Bikini" title="Bikini">bikini</a>) <a href="/wiki/Swimsuit" title="Swimsuit">swimsuits</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Schiro_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schiro-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scott Lucretia was granted a patent for a <a href="/wiki/Camisole" title="Camisole">camisole</a> with an integrated underwire bra in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Underwire bras accounted for 60% of the United Kingdom bra market in 2000<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 70% in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001, 500 million bras were sold in the United States, of which approximately 70% (350 million) were underwire bras.<sup id="cite_ref-Tucek_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tucek-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goo_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goo-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2005, underwire bras were the fastest growing segment of the market.<sup id="cite_ref-Mintel_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mintel-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Underwire_construction">Underwire construction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Underwire_bra&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Underwire construction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_brassiere_designs" class="mw-redirect" title="List of brassiere designs">List of brassiere designs</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Underwire_USpatent_6468130_1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Underwire_USpatent_6468130_1.png/220px-Underwire_USpatent_6468130_1.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Underwire_USpatent_6468130_1.png/330px-Underwire_USpatent_6468130_1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Underwire_USpatent_6468130_1.png/440px-Underwire_USpatent_6468130_1.png 2x" data-file-width="445" data-file-height="518" /></a><figcaption>Underwire design in <span class="nowrap">S & S</span> Industries' patent</figcaption></figure> <p>Underwire bras are built with a semi-circular "underwire", "bra wire", or "wire" embedded in the wire channel that circles the bottom and sides of each cup. One end, or head element, of the underwire is close to the front and center of the bra, and the other close to the armhole. The underwire can be made of metal or molded plastic; most are metallic. Plastic underwire has a very small share of the market because it does not provide the same support and rigidity offered by metal underwire.<sup id="cite_ref-Goo_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goo-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A metallic underwire is a thin strip of metal, usually with a nylon coating at both ends.<sup id="cite_ref-madaras_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-madaras-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Metals used include steel<sup id="cite_ref-The_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Nickel_titanium" title="Nickel titanium">nickel titanium</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Shape_memory_alloy" class="mw-redirect" title="Shape memory alloy">shape memory alloy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Brady_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brady-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GailJones_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GailJones-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to underwire manufacturer <span class="nowrap">S & S</span> Industries of New York, which supplies underwire for bra makers such as <a href="/wiki/Bali_(lingerie)" title="Bali (lingerie)">Bali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Playtex" title="Playtex">Playtex</a>, <a href="/wiki/VF_Corporation" title="VF Corporation">Vanity Fair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria%27s_Secret" title="Victoria's Secret">Victoria's Secret</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warner%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner's">Warner's</a>, and other bra labels, about 70 percent of women who wear bras wear steel underwire bras.<sup id="cite_ref-Goo_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goo-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because underwire can tear through cloth, most women hand-wash underwire bras or machine-wash them on a delicate cycle. Bra wash bags, usually zippered mesh pouches, can also be used to protect bras and prevent the underwire from separating from the bra during machine washing.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century_patents">21st century patents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Underwire_bra&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 21st century patents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2002, <span class="nowrap">S & S</span> Industries obtained a patent for an underwire design that includes a spring-loaded plastic cushion tip on one or both ends. The spring is designed to keep the wire from poking through the bra.<sup id="cite_ref-Tucek_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tucek-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, Scott Dutton of <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> invented the "Bra Angel", a simple device to repair a bra when the underwire pops out of its channel. It is a barbed plastic cap that fits onto the end of the underwire, which is then inserted back into the bra and held in place by the barbs.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health">Health</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Underwire_bra&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Worn_bra_with_protruding_metal_underwire_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Worn_bra_with_protruding_metal_underwire_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Worn_bra_with_protruding_metal_underwire_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Worn_bra_with_protruding_metal_underwire_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Worn_bra_with_protruding_metal_underwire_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Worn_bra_with_protruding_metal_underwire_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Worn_bra_with_protruding_metal_underwire_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2298" data-file-height="2164" /></a><figcaption>Metal underwire protruding from a worn bra</figcaption></figure> <p>Underwire bras can rub and <a href="/wiki/Pinch_(action)" title="Pinch (action)">pinch</a> the breast, causing skin irritation and <a href="/wiki/Mastodynia" class="mw-redirect" title="Mastodynia">breast pain</a>, and the wire of a worn bra can protrude from the fabric and scrape or cut the skin.<sup id="cite_ref-legato_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-legato-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the fabric of worn bra exposes an underwire, skin contact with nickel and other metals may cause contact dermatitis in a few women.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Effect_on_lactation">Effect on lactation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Underwire_bra&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Effect on lactation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Underwire bras, like other constrictive garments, may contribute to clogged <a href="/wiki/Milk_ducts" class="mw-redirect" title="Milk ducts">milk ducts</a> during the nursing period.<sup id="cite_ref-LynnaLittleton_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LynnaLittleton-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NancyHatfield_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NancyHatfield-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fluctuating breast size during pregnancy poses another problem. Because underwire bras are rigid, they do not easily accommodate changes in breast size, and an ill-fitting bra that does not support the breasts correctly can cause discomfort and pain.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For several days after a <a href="/wiki/Mastectomy" title="Mastectomy">mastectomy</a>, or as long as the breast is tender, a woman is advised not to use an underwire bra.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Defibrillator_use">Defibrillator use</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Underwire_bra&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Defibrillator use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Use of an <a href="/wiki/Automated_external_defibrillator" title="Automated external defibrillator">automated external defibrillator</a> on a patient in a metal underwire bra can cause burns, and the bra should be removed by the first responder before the AED is applied.<sup id="cite_ref-Nursing_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nursing-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In their <a href="/wiki/MythBusters_(2007_season)#Shocking_Defibrillator" title="MythBusters (2007 season)">2007 season</a>, the television program <i><a href="/wiki/MythBusters" title="MythBusters">MythBusters</a></i> tested the possibility of burns resulting from using a <a href="/wiki/Defibrillator" class="mw-redirect" title="Defibrillator">defibrillator</a> on a patient who is using an underwire bra, and concluded that while it is possible, it is not likely unless the metal underwire is exposed and paddles of the defibrillator are very close to it.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_issues">Legal issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Underwire_bra&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Legal issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The United States <a href="/wiki/Transportation_Security_Administration" title="Transportation Security Administration">Transportation Security Administration</a> recommends that women do not wear underwire bras because they can set off metal detectors.<sup id="cite_ref-Goo_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goo-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though most women travelers wear them without any problem, it can depend on the material of the underwire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation_security">Transportation security</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Underwire_bra&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Transportation security"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On Sunday, 24 August 2008, film maker <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Kates" title="Nancy Kates">Nancy Kates</a> set off a metal detector during security screening. She objected when the agent attempted to pat-down her breasts. She said she told the agent, "'You can't treat me as a criminal for wearing a bra." A TSA supervisor told her she had to either submit to the pat-down search in a private room or not fly. Kates offered to take off her bra, which the TSA accepted. She went to the restroom, removed her bra, and walked through the airport and security screening braless. She said that a supervisor told her that underwire bras were the leading cause of metal detector false alarms.<sup id="cite_ref-Fargen_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fargen-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2010, cancer survivor Cathy Bossi, an on-duty <a href="/wiki/Flight_attendant" title="Flight attendant">flight attendant</a> for <a href="/wiki/U.S._Airways" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Airways">U.S. Airways</a>, was passing through security screening at <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Douglas_International_Airport" title="Charlotte Douglas International Airport">Charlotte Douglas International Airport</a> on the way to her next flight. Due to the radiation involved, she reluctantly passed through a full-body scanner. "The T.S.A. Agent told me to put my I.D. on my back," she said. "When I got out of there the agent said because my I.D. was on my back, I had to go to a personal screening area." During what she described as an "aggressive" pat-down search, <a href="/wiki/Transportation_Security_Administration" title="Transportation Security Administration">security screening personnel</a> forced her to remove and show her prosthetic breast.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their action violated TSA guidelines, which state that agents do not need to touch or inspect a mastectomy prosthetic.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October, 2010, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> employee Rosemary Fitzpatrick was subject to a personal search after her underwire bra set off a metal detector. The TSA security official applied an invasive "hand-sliding inspection" during which she "ran her hands around her breasts, over her stomach, buttocks and her inner thighs, and even touched her most private areas."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fitzpatrick said that she cried during the experience. "I felt helpless, I felt violated, and I felt humiliated."<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response, <a href="/wiki/Triumph_International" title="Triumph International">Triumph International</a>, a Swiss company, launched what it called a "Frequent Flyer Bra" in late 2001. The bra uses metal-free clasps and underwires made of resin instead of metal that are guaranteed to not set off metal detectors.<sup id="cite_ref-Goo_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goo-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Siskos_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Siskos-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bras were not available in the United States, and in 2004 a Canadian spokeswoman did not know whether they were still manufactured.<sup id="cite_ref-Goo_16-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goo-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Correctional_facility_rules">Correctional facility rules</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Underwire_bra&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Correctional facility rules"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some correctional facilities, like <a href="/wiki/San_Quentin_State_Prison" class="mw-redirect" title="San Quentin State Prison">San Quentin State Prison</a>, require visitors to either cut their bras and remove the underwire, or temporarily use a soft cup bra provided by the institution before being granted entry. The result can be embarrassment and consternation for unsuspecting visitors.<sup id="cite_ref-Comfort_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Comfort-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other facilities require women to remove their underwire bras in a bathroom, pass through the metal detector, and return to the bathroom to put their bras back on.<sup id="cite_ref-Sullivan_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sullivan-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2010, attorney Britney Horstman was barred from visiting her client in the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Detention_Center,_Miami" title="Federal Detention Center, Miami">Federal Detention Center at Miami, Florida</a> when her underwire bra set off the metal detector. Although she reminded guards of a detention center memo that permitted female attorneys visiting clients to wear an underwire bra, the guard refused her entry. That memo existed as a result of an agreement negotiated by the Federal <a href="/wiki/Public_Defender" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Defender">Public Defender's</a> Office, which represents <a href="/wiki/Prisoner" title="Prisoner">inmates</a> held at the institution before trial. That agreement allows female lawyers entry if her underwire bra is detected by a metal-detecting wand. Horstman removed her bra in a bathroom and returned to the security checkpoint braless, but was then turned away because she did not meet the facility's <a href="/wiki/Dress_code" title="Dress code">dress code</a>. Horstman had previously worn an underwire bra into the facility without problems. Warden Linda McGrew later promised the incident would not happen again.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MiamiHerald-20100612_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MiamiHerald-20100612-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accidents_and_attacks">Accidents and attacks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Underwire_bra&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Accidents and attacks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There have been several cases where the underwire from a bra has helped deflect bullets or other objects, saving the wearer's life. </p><p>In 1996, a girl was impaled on a railing and, according to hospital personnel, the underwire from her bra probably saved her life by helping deflect the spike from her heart.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There have been multiple incidents where bullets were deflected by the underwire of a woman's bra, either keeping her entirely from harm, or directing the bullet away from the heart to another part of the body.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One such incident occurred in 2004 when a stray bullet shot by a member of the <a href="/wiki/Ghetto_Boys" title="Ghetto Boys">Ghetto Boys</a> hit the narrow metal wire in Helen Kelly's bra and was deflected away from her heart.<sup id="cite_ref-Akbar-deflect_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Akbar-deflect-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, a robbery victim was saved from being stabbed in the chest when the attacker's knife was caught and deflected by the underwire of her bra.<sup id="cite_ref-Stokes_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stokes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Underwire_bra&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lingerie" title="Lingerie">Lingerie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wonderbra" title="Wonderbra">Wonderbra</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Underwire_bra&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAkbar2005" class="citation news cs1">Akbar, Arifa (2005-10-08). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090201015454/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/underwired-bra-saved-shooting-victims-life-510048.html">"Underwired bra saved shooting victim's life"</a>. <i>The Independent</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/underwired-bra-saved-shooting-victims-life-510048.html">the original</a> on February 1, 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-22</span></span>. <q>Helen Kelly's underwired bra deflected the bullet which doctors believe was heading towards her heart. The narrow piece of metal wiring, which snapped under the impact of the shot, bounced the bullet away from her heart and through her right breast.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=Underwired+bra+saved+shooting+victim%27s+life&rft.date=2005-10-08&rft.aulast=Akbar&rft.aufirst=Arifa&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk%2Fcrime%2Funderwired-bra-saved-shooting-victims-life-510048.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Stokes-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Stokes_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stokes_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFStokes2008" class="citation news cs1">Stokes, Paul (2008-09-07). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3397141/Barmaid-saved-from-stabbing-by-6-Asda-bra.html">"Barmaid saved from stabbing by £6 Asda bra"</a>. <i>The Daily Telegraph</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-22</span></span>. <q>During a struggle the youth thrust the weapon at her chest, the point puncturing her skin. But the blade's serrated edge snagged on the wire under the cup of the cheap supermarket bra and prevented it penetrating further.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Barmaid+saved+from+stabbing+by+%C2%A36+Asda+bra&rft.date=2008-09-07&rft.aulast=Stokes&rft.aufirst=Paul&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fnewstopics%2Fhowaboutthat%2F3397141%2FBarmaid-saved-from-stabbing-by-6-Asda-bra.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Tucek-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tucek_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tucek_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tucek_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFRiordan2002" class="citation news cs1">Riordan, Teresa (2002-10-28). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090423032636/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/28/business/patents-in-bra-technology-an-incremental-improvement-can-translate-into-comfort.html?sec=technology&spon=&pagewanted=all">"Patents; In bra technology, an incremental improvement can translate into comfort"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/28/business/patents-in-bra-technology-an-incremental-improvement-can-translate-into-comfort.html?sec=technology&spon=&pagewanted=all">the original</a> on 2009-04-23<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-21</span></span>. <q>Professor Farrell-Beck said the antecedents for underwire in bras date to at least 1893, when Marie Tucek of New York City patented a <i>breast supporter,</i> a sort of early push-up bra made of either metal or cardboard and then covered with fabric.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Patents%3B+In+bra+technology%2C+an+incremental+improvement+can+translate+into+comfort&rft.date=2002-10-28&rft.aulast=Riordan&rft.aufirst=Teresa&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2002%2F10%2F28%2Fbusiness%2Fpatents-in-bra-technology-an-incremental-improvement-can-translate-into-comfort.html%3Fsec%3Dtechnology%26spon%3D%26pagewanted%3Dall&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation patent" id="harv"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldwide.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=US494397">US patent 494397</a>, Marie Tucek, "Breast Supporter", issued 1893-03-28</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Apatent&rft.number=494397&rft.cc=US&rft.title=Breast+Supporter&rft.inventor=Marie+Tucek&rft.date=1893-03-28"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><span class="citation patent" id="harv"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldwide.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=US1798274">US patent 1798274</a>, Helene Pons, "Brassiere", issued 1931-03-31</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Apatent&rft.number=1798274&rft.cc=US&rft.title=Brassiere&rft.inventor=Helene+Pons&rft.date=1931-03-31"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><span class="citation patent" id="harv"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldwide.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=US1970920">US patent 1970920</a>, Roth, "Brassngre", issued 1934-08-21</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Apatent&rft.number=1970920&rft.cc=US&rft.title=Brassngre&rft.inventor=Roth&rft.date=1934-08-21"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><span class="citation patent" id="harv"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldwide.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=US2104725">US patent 2104725</a>, Pauline Boris, "Breast Support", issued 1938-01-11</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Apatent&rft.number=2104725&rft.cc=US&rft.title=Breast+Support&rft.inventor=Pauline+Boris&rft.date=1938-01-11"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><span class="citation patent" id="harv"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldwide.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=US2222523">US patent 2222523</a>, Walter Emmett Williams, "Ijldrs Health Brassiere And Health", issued 1940-11-19</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Apatent&rft.number=2222523&rft.cc=US&rft.title=Ijldrs+Health+Brassiere+And+Health&rft.inventor=Walter+Emmett+Williams&rft.date=1940-11-19"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Napoleon-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Napoleon_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFNapoleon2003" class="citation book cs1">Napoleon, Anthony (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=AyJLqNcfM3IC&q=history+underwire+bra&pg=PA130">"Wardrobe"</a>. <i>Awakening Beauty: An Illustrated Look at Mankind's Love and Hatred of Beauty</i> (Illustrated ed.). Virtual Bookworm Publishing. pp. 31, <span class="nowrap">130–</span>131. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58939-378-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-58939-378-3"><bdi>1-58939-378-3</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-21</span></span>. <q>Warner standardized the concept of "cup" size in 1935, and the first underwire bra was developed in 1938.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Wardrobe&rft.btitle=Awakening+Beauty%3A+An+Illustrated+Look+at+Mankind%27s+Love+and+Hatred+of+Beauty&rft.pages=31%2C+%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E130-%3C%2Fspan%3E131&rft.edition=Illustrated&rft.pub=Virtual+Bookworm+Publishing&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=1-58939-378-3&rft.aulast=Napoleon&rft.aufirst=Anthony&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DAyJLqNcfM3IC%26q%3Dhistory%2Bunderwire%2Bbra%26pg%3DPA130&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kanner-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Kanner_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKanner1983" class="citation journal cs1">Kanner, Bernice (1983-12-12). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KdgBAAAAMBAJ&q=history+underwire+bra+1938&pg=RA1-PA29">"The Bra's not for Burning"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_(magazine)" title="New York (magazine)">New York Magazine</a></i>. <b>16</b> (49). New York Media: <span class="nowrap">26–</span>30. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0028-7369">0028-7369</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-21</span></span>. <q>In 1938, strapless and under-wire bras were invented, but neither hit it big until the 1950s, when exaggerated, pointed bras—with cups that bore more resemblance to those from paper-cup dispensers or Brünnhilde's breatplate than to the human body—were also popular.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+York+Magazine&rft.atitle=The+Bra%27s+not+for+Burning&rft.volume=16&rft.issue=49&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E26-%3C%2Fspan%3E30&rft.date=1983-12-12&rft.issn=0028-7369&rft.aulast=Kanner&rft.aufirst=Bernice&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DKdgBAAAAMBAJ%26q%3Dhistory%2Bunderwire%2Bbra%2B1938%26pg%3DRA1-PA29&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Seigel-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Seigel_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Seigel_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSeigel2004" class="citation news cs1">Seigel, Jessica (2004-02-13). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/13/opinion/the-cups-runneth-over.html?pagewanted=all">"The Cups Runneth Over"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2013-05-09</span></span>. <q>The new lift and separation evolved into the torpedo shape of the 1940s, which went nuclear with underwire in the 1950s, when the war's end freed metal for domestic use [...] The struggle to buttress what is naturally low-lying has produced its own mythology, like the legend that in the 1940s Howard Hughes used airplane technology to build a better bra for Jane Russell in <i>The Outlaw.</i></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=The+Cups+Runneth+Over&rft.date=2004-02-13&rft.aulast=Seigel&rft.aufirst=Jessica&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2004%2F02%2F13%2Fopinion%2Fthe-cups-runneth-over.html%3Fpagewanted%3Dall&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Schiro-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Schiro_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSchiro1990" class="citation news cs1">Schiro, Anne-Marie (1990-05-13). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/13/style/fashion-half-a-yard-or-so-of-nylon-and-spandex-and-voila.html">"Fashion; Half a Yard or So of Nylon and Spandex, and Voila!"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-24</span></span>. <q>The big news this year is the return of the bra. Norma Kamali pioneered the swimsuit with underwire bra, and the idea has caught on with manufacturers like Too Hot Brazil, La Blanca and Karla Coletto that cater to the daring young woman</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Fashion%3B+Half+a+Yard+or+So+of+Nylon+and+Spandex%2C+and+Voila%21&rft.date=1990-05-13&rft.aulast=Schiro&rft.aufirst=Anne-Marie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1990%2F05%2F13%2Fstyle%2Ffashion-half-a-yard-or-so-of-nylon-and-spandex-and-voila.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><span class="citation patent" id="harv"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldwide.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=US4798557">US patent 4798557</a>, Scott M. Lucretia, "Camisole underwire bra garment", issued 1989-01-17</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Apatent&rft.number=4798557&rft.cc=US&rft.title=Camisole+underwire+bra+garment&rft.inventor=Scott+M.+Lucretia&rft.date=1989-01-17"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200425080842/https://www.just-style.com/analysis/charnos-takes-the-plunge-with-a-brand-new-bra_id92918.aspx">"Charnos takes the plunge with a brand new bra"</a>. UK: Aroq Ltd. 2000-10-25. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=92918">the original</a> on 2020-04-25<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-22</span></span>. <q>The underwired bra accounts for 60 per cent of the market, but women with average or fuller busts must wonder why it is so popular. It is uncomfortable, non-machine washable, and difficult to make, but there has been nothing to replace it</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Charnos+takes+the+plunge+with+a+brand+new+bra&rft.place=UK&rft.pub=Aroq+Ltd&rft.date=2000-10-25&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.just-style.com%2Farticle.aspx%3Fid%3D92918&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16236813&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=boom-in-bras-as-women-go-busty-name_page.html">"Boom in Bras as Women Go Busty"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Record_(Scotland)" title="Daily Record (Scotland)">Daily Record</a></i>. 2005-10-12<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-22</span></span>. <q>Demand for the underwired bra is up by 12 per cent in the last two years and now makes up 70 per cent of the bra market.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Daily+Record&rft.atitle=Boom+in+Bras+as+Women+Go+Busty&rft.date=2005-10-12&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyrecord.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ftm_objectid%3D16236813%26method%3Dfull%26siteid%3D66633%26headline%3Dboom-in-bras-as-women-go-busty-name_page.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Goo-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Goo_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Goo_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Goo_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Goo_16-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Goo_16-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Goo_16-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGoo2004" class="citation news cs1">Goo, Sara Kehaulani (10 December 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080724195910/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53612-2004Dec9.html">"Functional Fashion Helps Some Through Airport Checkpoints"</a>. <i>Washington Post</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/12/10/AR2005033112495_pf.html">the original</a> on 24 July 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 April</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Washington+Post&rft.atitle=Functional+Fashion+Helps+Some+Through+Airport+Checkpoints&rft.date=2004-12-10&rft.aulast=Goo&rft.aufirst=Sara+Kehaulani&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2004%2F12%2F10%2FAR2005033112495_pf.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mintel-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Mintel_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://reports.mintel.com/sinatra/reports/display/id=125741">"Lingerie – UK – September 2005 – Market Research Report"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mintel" title="Mintel">Mintel</a>. September 2005<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-21</span></span>. <q>Sales of underwired bras have been growing at a faster rate when compared to both soft bras and sport and maternity (12% between 2003 & 2005)</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Lingerie+%E2%80%93+UK+%E2%80%93+September+2005+%E2%80%93+Market+Research+Report&rft.pub=Mintel&rft.date=2005-09&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Freports.mintel.com%2Fsinatra%2Freports%2Fdisplay%2Fid%3D125741&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-madaras-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-madaras_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFMadaras2007" class="citation book cs1">Madaras, Lynda (2007). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/whatshappeningto00mada_1"><i>The "what's happening to my body?" book for girls</i></a></span> (Third ed.). <a href="/wiki/Newmarket_Press" title="Newmarket Press">Newmarket Press</a>. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/whatshappeningto00mada_1/page/48">48</a>–50. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-55704-764-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-55704-764-9"><bdi>978-1-55704-764-9</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-21</span></span>. <q>Underwire bras have a flexible wire sewn into the lower edge and sides of the cup for support. They also lift the breasts for a fuller look.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+%22what%27s+happening+to+my+body%3F%22+book+for+girls&rft.pages=48-50&rft.edition=Third&rft.pub=Newmarket+Press&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-55704-764-9&rft.aulast=Madaras&rft.aufirst=Lynda&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwhatshappeningto00mada_1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-The_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHessler2008" class="citation book cs1">Hessler, Peter (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cAlrv3WvB-UC&pg=PA29">"China's Instant Cities"</a>. <i>The Best American Magazine Writing 2008</i> (Illustrated ed.). <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University_Press" title="Columbia University Press">Columbia University Press</a>. p. 29. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-231-14714-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-231-14714-9"><bdi>978-0-231-14714-9</bdi></a>. <q>Previously, he had manufactured the steel underwire for women's brassieres</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=China%27s+Instant+Cities&rft.btitle=The+Best+American+Magazine+Writing+2008&rft.pages=29&rft.edition=Illustrated&rft.pub=Columbia+University+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-231-14714-9&rft.aulast=Hessler&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DcAlrv3WvB-UC%26pg%3DPA29&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Brady-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Brady_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBradyHenry_R._ClauserJohn_A._Vaccari2002" class="citation book cs1">Brady, George Stuart; Henry R. Clauser; John A. Vaccari (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vIhvSQLhhMEC&q=%22nickel+underwire%22&pg=PA633"><i>Materials Handbook</i></a> (15 ed.). <a href="/wiki/McGraw-Hill_Professional" class="mw-redirect" title="McGraw-Hill Professional">McGraw-Hill Professional</a>. p. 633. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-07-136076-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-07-136076-0"><bdi>978-0-07-136076-0</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-05-09</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Materials+Handbook&rft.pages=633&rft.edition=15&rft.pub=McGraw-Hill+Professional&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-07-136076-0&rft.aulast=Brady&rft.aufirst=George+Stuart&rft.au=Henry+R.+Clauser&rft.au=John+A.+Vaccari&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DvIhvSQLhhMEC%26q%3D%2522nickel%2Bunderwire%2522%26pg%3DPA633&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GailJones-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GailJones_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJonesMichael_R._FalvoAmy_R._TaylorBethany_P._Broadwell2007" class="citation book cs1">Jones, Gail; Michael R. Falvo; Amy R. Taylor; Bethany P. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-05-09</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Nanomaterials%3A+Memory+Wire&rft.btitle=Nanoscale+science&rft.pages=109&rft.edition=Illustrated&rft.pub=NSTA+Press&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-933531-05-2&rft.aulast=Jones&rft.aufirst=Gail&rft.au=Michael+R.+Falvo&rft.au=Amy+R.+Taylor&rft.au=Bethany+P.+Broadwell&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DpVWw-ZcEaDIC%26q%3D%2522nickel%2Bunderwire%2522%26pg%3DPT92&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121104204723/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-137353734.html">"Time saving tricks. (The Best of Everything: Testing From the Good Housekeeping Institute)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Good_Housekeeping" title="Good Housekeeping">Good Housekeeping</a></i>. 2005-10-01. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-137353734.html">the original</a> on 2012-11-04<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-22</span></span>. <q>You can protect bras and hosiery with Woolite's new double-compartment Bra Wash Bag [...] In our tests, the padded pouch prevented twisting and snagging</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Good+Housekeeping&rft.atitle=Time+saving+tricks.+%28The+Best+of+Everything%3A+Testing+From+the+Good+Housekeeping+Institute%29&rft.date=2005-10-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.highbeam.com%2Fdoc%2F1G1-137353734.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><span class="citation patent" id="harv"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldwide.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=US6468130">US patent 6468130</a>, Ajit Thakur, Joseph Horta, "Underwire for brassiere", issued 2002-10-22</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Apatent&rft.number=6468130&rft.cc=US&rft.title=Underwire+for+brassiere&rft.inventor=Ajit+Thakur%2C+Joseph+Horta&rft.date=2002-10-22"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090430092545/http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_7752000/7752479.stm">"Bra repair invention strikes gold"</a>. BBC. 2008-11-28. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_7752000/7752479.stm">the original</a> on 2009-04-30<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-24</span></span>. <q>Scott Dutton, from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, came up with a simple DIY device to fix his wife Laura's bra when the underwire popped out of the seams</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Bra+repair+invention+strikes+gold&rft.date=2008-11-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fnolpda%2Fukfs_news%2Fhi%2Fnewsid_7752000%2F7752479.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBlake2008" class="citation news cs1">Blake, Aled (2008-12-10). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business-in-wales/business-news/2008/12/10/bra-angel-launched-to-save-underwear-from-the-bin-91466-22442716/">"Bra Angel launched to save underwear from the bin"</a>. Wales Online<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-24</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Bra+Angel+launched+to+save+underwear+from+the+bin&rft.date=2008-12-10&rft.aulast=Blake&rft.aufirst=Aled&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walesonline.co.uk%2Fbusiness-in-wales%2Fbusiness-news%2F2008%2F12%2F10%2Fbra-angel-launched-to-save-underwear-from-the-bin-91466-22442716%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-legato-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-legato_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFLegatoCarol_Colman2005" class="citation book cs1">Legato, Marianne J.; Carol Colman (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=XJqmvFOrq5AC&q=underwire&pg=PA33"><i>What Women Need to Know</i></a>. E-Reads. pp. <span class="nowrap">33–</span>34. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7592-5444-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-7592-5444-3"><bdi>0-7592-5444-3</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-21</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=What+Women+Need+to+Know&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E33-%3C%2Fspan%3E34&rft.pub=E-Reads&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=0-7592-5444-3&rft.aulast=Legato&rft.aufirst=Marianne+J.&rft.au=Carol+Colman&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DXJqmvFOrq5AC%26q%3Dunderwire%26pg%3DPA33&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged April 2017">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-92282680.html">"Boobs! an owner's guide"</a>. <i>Girl's Life</i>. Monarch Avalon. 2002-10-01<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-05-08</span></span>. <q>If you are sensitive to nickel and other metals, it could cause contact dermatitis when you sweat [...] The metal comes in contact with the skin due to the moisture connecting the two</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Girl%27s+Life&rft.atitle=Boobs%21+an+owner%27s+guide&rft.date=2002-10-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.highbeam.com%2Fdoc%2F1G1-92282680.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged February 2019">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFLauersenEileen_Stukane1998" class="citation book cs1">Lauersen, Niels H.; Eileen Stukane (1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=x6VtyjYb4goC&q=%22leading+to+skin%22"><i>The Complete Book of Breast Care</i></a> (Illustrated ed.). Ballantine Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-449-91241-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-449-91241-8"><bdi>0-449-91241-8</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-05-08</span></span>. <q>Sometimes the material covering the underwire deteriorates, exposing the metal underwire, leading to skin irritations, perhaps due to an allergic reaction to metal</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Complete+Book+of+Breast+Care&rft.edition=Illustrated&rft.pub=Ballantine+Books&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=0-449-91241-8&rft.aulast=Lauersen&rft.aufirst=Niels+H.&rft.au=Eileen+Stukane&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dx6VtyjYb4goC%26q%3D%2522leading%2Bto%2Bskin%2522&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LynnaLittleton-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-LynnaLittleton_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFLittletonJoan_Engebretson2002" class="citation book cs1">Littleton, Lynna Y.; Joan Engebretson (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9_pPwUWFpzgC&pg=PA915"><i>Maternal, Neonatal, and Women's Health Nursing</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Cengage_Learning" class="mw-redirect" title="Cengage Learning">Cengage Learning</a>. p. 915. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7668-0121-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-7668-0121-7"><bdi>0-7668-0121-7</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-05-05</span></span>. <q>Avoid tight clothing, underwire bras, infant carriers that may block milk ducts or prevent breasts from emptying adequately</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Maternal%2C+Neonatal%2C+and+Women%27s+Health+Nursing&rft.pages=915&rft.pub=Cengage+Learning&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=0-7668-0121-7&rft.aulast=Littleton&rft.aufirst=Lynna+Y.&rft.au=Joan+Engebretson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D9_pPwUWFpzgC%26pg%3DPA915&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NancyHatfield-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NancyHatfield_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHatfieldViolet_Broadribb2007" class="citation book cs1">Hatfield, Nancy T.; Violet Broadribb (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=d1YRx5d6_K8C&pg=PA194"><i>Broadribb's Introductory Pediatric Nursing</i></a>. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 194. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7817-7706-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7817-7706-3"><bdi>978-0-7817-7706-3</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-05-05</span></span>. <q>... and to avoid constricting clothing or bras, including underwire bras.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Broadribb%27s+Introductory+Pediatric+Nursing&rft.pages=194&rft.pub=Lippincott+Williams+%26+Wilkins&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-7817-7706-3&rft.aulast=Hatfield&rft.aufirst=Nancy+T.&rft.au=Violet+Broadribb&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dd1YRx5d6_K8C%26pg%3DPA194&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2001/dec/30/features.review17">"To underwire or not to underwire, that is the question"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. 2001-12-30<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-24</span></span>. <q>The reason the advice is conflicting is because your breast size (as you are finding out) fluctuates a great deal during pregnancy and it is essential that you are properly fitted for a bra, otherwise you will be uncomfortable and your breasts won't be well-supported</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=To+underwire+or+not+to+underwire%2C+that+is+the+question&rft.date=2001-12-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ftheobserver%2F2001%2Fdec%2F30%2Ffeatures.review17&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBurden2000" class="citation book cs1">Burden, Nancy (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ambulatorysurgic0000burd_j6d0/page/742"><i>Ambulatory Surgical Nursing</i></a>. W.B. Saunders. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ambulatorysurgic0000burd_j6d0/page/742">742</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7216-6847-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7216-6847-5"><bdi>978-0-7216-6847-5</bdi></a>. <q>Most surgeons recommend that patients wear a brassiere, without underwire, to provide support for several days postoperatively.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ambulatory+Surgical+Nursing&rft.pages=742&rft.pub=W.B.+Saunders&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-7216-6847-5&rft.aulast=Burden&rft.aufirst=Nancy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fambulatorysurgic0000burd_j6d0%2Fpage%2F742&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGatesRegina_M._Fink2007" class="citation book cs1">Gates, Rose A.; Regina M. Fink (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAeLUdYOq64C&pg=PA240"><i>Oncology Nursing Secrets</i></a>. Elsevier Health Sciences. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-323-04457-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-323-04457-8"><bdi>978-0-323-04457-8</bdi></a>. <q>Women should avoid underwire support postoperatively and during radiation therapy, when the breast is tender and edematous.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Oncology+Nursing+Secrets&rft.pub=Elsevier+Health+Sciences&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-323-04457-8&rft.aulast=Gates&rft.aufirst=Rose+A.&rft.au=Regina+M.+Fink&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DZAeLUdYOq64C%26pg%3DPA240&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Nursing-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Nursing_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCraig2006" class="citation journal cs1">Craig, Karen (Spring 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nursing2004.com/pt/re/nursing/abstract.00152193-200604003-00008.htm;jsessionid=J5NXvJsL1ry2XmQ8Y6lGjpyLxpdy2pZvY6myhT07Dqhpf7xDLPR1!928310026!181195629!8091!-1">"Take charge with an automated external defibrillator"</a>. <i>Nursing</i>. <b>36</b> (Cardiac Insider): <span class="nowrap">24–</span>26. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1097%2F00152193-200604003-00008">10.1097/00152193-200604003-00008</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16641690">16641690</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-30</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Nursing&rft.atitle=Take+charge+with+an+automated+external+defibrillator&rft.ssn=spring&rft.volume=36&rft.issue=Cardiac+Insider&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E24-%3C%2Fspan%3E26&rft.date=2006&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1097%2F00152193-200604003-00008&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F16641690&rft.aulast=Craig&rft.aufirst=Karen&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nursing2004.com%2Fpt%2Fre%2Fnursing%2Fabstract.00152193-200604003-00008.htm%3Bjsessionid%3DJ5NXvJsL1ry2XmQ8Y6lGjpyLxpdy2pZvY6myhT07Dqhpf7xDLPR1%21928310026%21181195629%218091%21-1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged September 2010">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFScott2008" class="citation web cs1">Scott, Shana (2008-03-19). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080508220445/http://www.scienceontv.com/2008/03/19/mythbusters-shocking-defibrillator/">"Shocking Defibrillator"</a>. b5media. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scienceontv.com/2008/03/19/mythbusters-shocking-defibrillator/">the original</a> on 2008-05-08<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-05-22</span></span>. <q>the team will test whether a defibrillator can burn someone if the electricity connects with: 1. an under-wire bra 2. a nipple piercing</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Shocking+Defibrillator&rft.pub=b5media&rft.date=2008-03-19&rft.aulast=Scott&rft.aufirst=Shana&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scienceontv.com%2F2008%2F03%2F19%2Fmythbusters-shocking-defibrillator%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFScott2008" class="citation web cs1">Scott, Shana (2008-03-20). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080505011434/http://www.scienceontv.com/2008/03/20/underwire-bra-results-mythbusters/">"Underwire Bra results"</a>. b5media. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scienceontv.com/2008/03/20/underwire-bra-results-mythbusters/">the original</a> on 2008-05-05<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-05-22</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Underwire+Bra+results&rft.pub=b5media&rft.date=2008-03-20&rft.aulast=Scott&rft.aufirst=Shana&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scienceontv.com%2F2008%2F03%2F20%2Funderwire-bra-results-mythbusters%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511230241/http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/screening/index.shtm">"TSA Travel Assistant"</a>. Transportation Security Administration. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/screening/index.shtm">the original</a> on 11 May 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=TSA+Travel+Assistant&rft.pub=Transportation+Security+Administration&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tsa.gov%2Ftravelers%2Fairtravel%2Fscreening%2Findex.shtm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Fargen-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Fargen_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFFargen2008" class="citation news cs1">Fargen, Jessica (18 August 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090430101108/http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1115547">"Heavy metal: Underwire bra trips up airport cops"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Herald" title="Boston Herald">Boston Herald</a></i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 April</span> 2009</span>. <q>A California woman is crying gender discrimination after she claims she was forced to strip off her bra and walk through airport security without support after being busted when the underwires in her lingerie set off a metal detector</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Boston+Herald&rft.atitle=Heavy+metal%3A+Underwire+bra+trips+up+airport+cops&rft.date=2008-08-18&rft.aulast=Fargen&rft.aufirst=Jessica&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bostonherald.com%2Fnews%2Fregional%2Fgeneral%2Fview.bg%3Farticleid%3D1115547&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHendricks2008" class="citation news cs1">Hendricks, Tyche (26 August 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111117112502/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2008%2F08%2F25%2FBA2812HVK3.DTL#ixzz1M4iFltQt">"Delayed by her bra, air passenger is indignant"</a>. <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/25/BA2812HVK3.DTL#ixzz1M4iFltQt">the original</a> on 17 November 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 May</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=San+Francisco+Chronicle&rft.atitle=Delayed+by+her+bra%2C+air+passenger+is+indignant&rft.date=2008-08-26&rft.aulast=Hendricks&rft.aufirst=Tyche&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Farticle.cgi%3Ff%3D%2Fc%2Fa%2F2008%2F08%2F25%2FBA2812HVK3.DTL%23ixzz1M4iFltQt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFMolly_GranthamBrad_Hyatt2010" class="citation news cs1">Molly Grantham; Brad Hyatt (Nov 18, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180717022227/http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13534628">"After removing prosthetic breast, flight attendant says TSA goes "too far"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13534628">the original</a> on 17 July 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 January</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=After+removing+prosthetic+breast%2C+flight+attendant+says+TSA+goes+%22too+far%22&rft.date=2010-11-18&rft.au=Molly+Grantham&rft.au=Brad+Hyatt&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wbtv.com%2FGlobal%2Fstory.asp%3FS%3D13534628&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111229205209/http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/specialneeds/editorial_1370.shtm">"Assistive Devices and Mobility Aids"</a>. Transportation Security Administration. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/specialneeds/editorial_1370.shtm">the original</a> on 2011-12-29.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Assistive+Devices+and+Mobility+Aids&rft.pub=Transportation+Security+Administration&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tsa.gov%2Ftravelers%2Fairtravel%2Fspecialneeds%2Feditorial_1370.shtm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1010/29/ltm.03.html">"American Morning"</a>. <i>CNN</i>. October 29, 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 January</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=CNN&rft.atitle=American+Morning&rft.date=2010-10-29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftranscripts.cnn.com%2FTRANSCRIPTS%2F1010%2F29%2Fltm.03.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBarnett2010" class="citation news cs1">Barnett, Jim (October 28, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111121040536/http://articles.cnn.com/2010-10-28/travel/airline.security.pat.down_1_pat-down-tsa-statement-random-screening?_s=PM:TRAVEL">"TSA to phase in new pat-down procedures at airports nationwide"</a>. <i>CNN</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://articles.cnn.com/2010-10-28/travel/airline.security.pat.down_1_pat-down-tsa-statement-random-screening?_s=PM:TRAVEL">the original</a> on 21 November 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 January</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=CNN&rft.atitle=TSA+to+phase+in+new+pat-down+procedures+at+airports+nationwide&rft.date=2010-10-28&rft.aulast=Barnett&rft.aufirst=Jim&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.cnn.com%2F2010-10-28%2Ftravel%2Fairline.security.pat.down_1_pat-down-tsa-statement-random-screening%3F_s%3DPM%3ATRAVEL&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Siskos-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Siskos_44-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSiskos2002" class="citation journal cs1">Siskos, Catherine (July 2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Pv4DAAAAMBAJ&q=underwire+bra+metal+detector+airport&pg=PA26">"Please be Seated"</a>. <i>Kiplinger's Personal Finance</i>. <b>50</b> (7). Kiplinger Washington Editors: 26. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1528-9729">1528-9729</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-21</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Kiplinger%27s+Personal+Finance&rft.atitle=Please+be+Seated&rft.volume=50&rft.issue=7&rft.pages=26&rft.date=2002-07&rft.issn=1528-9729&rft.aulast=Siskos&rft.aufirst=Catherine&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DPv4DAAAAMBAJ%26q%3Dunderwire%2Bbra%2Bmetal%2Bdetector%2Bairport%26pg%3DPA26&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Comfort-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Comfort_45-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFComfort2008" class="citation book cs1">Comfort, Megan (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MHDuIycGGLAC&q=underwire+bra+metal+detector&pg=PA54"><i>Doing Time Together: Love and Familyin the Shadow of the Prison</i></a> (Illustrated ed.). University of Chicago Press. p. 54. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-226-11463-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-226-11463-7"><bdi>978-0-226-11463-7</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-21</span></span>. <q>The regulation of garments during visitor processing even encompasses undergarments, and virtually every woman on her first visit is sent away to remove the wire from her underwire bra so that she can pass through the metal detector without triggering the alarm.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Doing+Time+Together%3A+Love+and+Familyin+the+Shadow+of+the+Prison&rft.pages=54&rft.edition=Illustrated&rft.pub=University+of+Chicago+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-226-11463-7&rft.aulast=Comfort&rft.aufirst=Megan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DMHDuIycGGLAC%26q%3Dunderwire%2Bbra%2Bmetal%2Bdetector%26pg%3DPA54&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sullivan-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Sullivan_46-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSullivanLarry_Tifft2006" class="citation book cs1">Sullivan, Dennis; Larry Tifft (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=u-apPNMIJNEC&q=underwire+bra+metal+detector&pg=PA266"><i>Handbook of restorative justice: a global perspective</i></a> (Illustrated ed.). Routledge. p. 266. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-415-35356-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-415-35356-4"><bdi>0-415-35356-4</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-21</span></span>. <q>Women with an underwire bra can trigger the metal detector, requiring them to go into the bathroom with a paper bag, remove their bra, place it in the bag, return bare breasted under often revealing blouses, suffer the stares of the correctional officers, take back the bag and redress.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Handbook+of+restorative+justice%3A+a+global+perspective&rft.pages=266&rft.edition=Illustrated&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-415-35356-4&rft.aulast=Sullivan&rft.aufirst=Dennis&rft.au=Larry+Tifft&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Du-apPNMIJNEC%26q%3Dunderwire%2Bbra%2Bmetal%2Bdetector%26pg%3DPA266&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-attorney-barred-from-jail-over-bra-then-for-taking-bra-off/">"Florida Attorney Barred From Jail Over Bra, Then for Taking Bra Off"</a>. Fox News. 12 June 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 October</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Florida+Attorney+Barred+From+Jail+Over+Bra%2C+Then+for+Taking+Bra+Off&rft.date=2010-06-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fus%2Fflorida-attorney-barred-from-jail-over-bra-then-for-taking-bra-off%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MiamiHerald-20100612-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-MiamiHerald-20100612_48-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJay_Weaver2010" class="citation news cs1">Jay Weaver (June 12, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/12/1676299_wrong-bra-no-bra-jail-bars-lawyer.html">"Wrong bra, no bra: Jail bars lawyer"</a>. <i>Miami Herald</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Mum Patricia said yesterday: "The hospital told me the spike was probably deflected from Caroline's heart by her underwired bra."<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Bra+saves+girl%27s+life&rft.date=1996-07-05&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.highbeam.com%2Fdoc%2F1G1-61313163.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnderwire+bra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wisn.com/news/19244438/detail.html">"Police: Bra Deflects Bullet, Saves Woman – Milwaukee News Story – WISN Milwaukee"</a>. Internet Broadcasting. 2009-04-21<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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