The first bra was patented in 1914 by Mary Phelps-Jacobs an American. Mary Phelps-Jacobs patented her bra design under the patent name of Caresse Crosby. Phelps Jacobs couldn't get much interest for her idea and sales were minimal, so for $1500 she sold the rights to Warners...and a few years later just change that fifteen hundred patent valuation for fifteen million dollars...