Bohemian style was not really until the First World War that "many working women ... embarked on a revolution in fashion that greatly reduced the weight and restrictions imposed on them by their clothing". Some women working in factories wore trousers and the brassiere (invented in 1889 by the feminist Herminie Cadolle and patented in America by Mary Phelps Jacob in 1914) began gradually to supersede the corset. In shipyards "trouser suits" (the term, "pantsuit" was adopted in America in the 1920s) were virtually essential to enable women to shin up and down ladders. Music hall artists also helped to push the
Carissa Phelps September 12, 1976, in Fresno, California. She is the daughter of Richard Phelps and Sharol Macleod. Phelps had five brothers and sisters, including older sisters Emily, Sophie, and Sky; older brother Richie; and younger brother, Jacob. Phelps' mother was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses church and raised her children in those beliefs. While her husband, Richard, did not consider himself a member, she attended services and events together with her children on a regular basis. As members of the Jehovah's Witnesses church, the Phelps family did not celebrate holidays, including birthdays, Christmas, and Easter. Phelps' parents were divorced when