Bandeau soft fabric and delicate trimmings providing little support or shaping. The design was patented in 1916 in the United States by Edgar Guggenheim and resembled the contours and wrapping effects of the scultetus binder used in hospitals. It was sometimes made from an elastic material to flatten or suppress the breasts in the style of the period. When the "boyish" silhouette went out of fashion, the word "brassiere" or later "bra" became the term for more shapely support garments. The term bandeau also refers to the thin headband traditionally worn—until recently—underneath and supporting the veil by the nuns of many
St Michael and All Angels Church, Shelf, West Yorkshire St Michael and All Angels Church, Shelf, West Yorkshire St. Michael and All Angels Church in Shelf, West Yorkshire, England, is dedicated to Saint Michael. The church was endowed by John Hardy, a majority share holder in the Low Moor Ironworks, and was consecrated on the 14th June 1850. The church was extended in 1984. On 1st April 1994 the Parish of St Michael and All Angels, Shelf, joined with the parish of St Aidan, Buttershaw. The two churches are both designated as parish churches in Shelf with Buttershaw Parish. Services are held on Sundays and during the week. The