There were many cases of an application of engineering to bra design brought by an aerospace engineers.

1. Spacesuits & Underwear
Busts & Boosters

2. There were many cases of an application of engineering to bra
design brought by an aerospace engineers.

3. An aircraft designer invented the
underwire bra
• The invention of the
push-up bra is attributed
to aerospace
industrialist and movie
mogul Howard Hughes.

4. For Jane Russell to wear
in The Outlaw

5. • Hughes fabricated a relative new – rods
of curved structural steel – that are
sewn into the garment below each
breast and which connect to the bra's
shoulder straps.

6. • Smart Memory Bra
was originally
designed by NASA to
make safer aircraft
cushions.
• The "smart" foam,
which has the unique
quality of retaining or
remembering its
shape after pressure
is applied, is the key
ingredient in a new
kind of bra.

7. • S’Top sports bra was
developed from a NASA
scientist with spacesuit
technologies.
• "This bra helps stop boobs
from bouncing and
prevents chafing".

8. • Amoena Lingerie
Outlast technology
was originally
developed for NASA
to protect astronauts
against temperature
fluctuations in
space.
• Technology that was
built for space has
now been inserted
into a high-tech
version of the
humble bra.

9. Bra as a "second brain"
• Space Bra being developed by First Warning Systems would
continuously monitor the wearer for the early signs of breast
cancer.
• This daily-use garment has an "intelligent" built-in monitoring
system which makes early diagnosis possible.

10. The brassiere company International Latex
Corporation (also known as Playtex) was
awarded the contract to build the A7L suit that
performed interrelated functions.

11. • In 1962 NASA asked private
companies to create a suit
that could withstand the
demands of walking on the
moon.
• ILC proposed a clothing-style
suit with rubberized flexible
joints that protected
astronauts while allowing
freedom of movement.

13. Big dreams

14. Inspiring forms

15. The only thing as limitless as the universe itself is the
human imagination…