"Jane Farrell-Beck and Colleen Gau have collaborated to produce a minor miracle: an informal yet comprehensively researched work of history and sociology that isn't dull, isn't pretentious, isn't politically correct (or incorrect), and that's fun to read as well as being instructive."-Robert Gottlieb, New York Observer"In this good-humored yet careful examination, Farrell-Beck and Gau illuminate women's experience of this most everyday garment. . . . A fun, punchy book."-Publishers Weekly"Uplift is extremely well-researched, and is significantly better than previous histories of the brassiere."-Valerie Steele, Fashion Institute of Technology
