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Ira De Ver WARNER

Warner Bros. Co., Bridgeport, Conn.
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"...After unsuccessfully lecturing against the deleterious effects of tightly cinched corsets, Doctors Ira and Lucien Warner pioneered a “health corset.” It was made of flexible fabric, and instantly became the most popular model available on the market... The Warner Brothers, or “Warnarco” employed over a thousand seamstresses and produced over 6,000 corsets daily at their Bridgeport factory. This facility, like its product, did a lot to better the lives of women. The Warners arranged for free housing across the street from the factory for the female immigrants who worked for them. A school was also opened on the grounds where the employees could be educated in English and civics.

The corset fell out of fashion, and the bra industry became too competitive. The Warner Brothers Corset Factory closed and stood abandoned for a decades before being converted into swanky loft apartments..." atlasobscura.com



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