She patented the first modern bra at the age of 19 in the year of 1910 and married Harry Crosby after scandal and divorce. They joined the expatriate crowd in Paris in the 1920s where they published early works of twentieth century greats at Black Sun Press. Theirs was an unconventional and fraught alliance, the best account I’ve read can be found here: Amazon.com: Black Sun: The Brief Transit and Violent Eclipse of Harry Crosby (New York Review Books Classics) […]

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