Kate Sullivan, Allure magazine

Bras are busy undergarments: Lifting, separating-even seducing. Below, a peek at their well-rounded history.

100: Number of tassels on the breast covering that Hera, the Greek goddess, wore to distract Zeus from the Trojan War in Homer's The Iliad.

1858: Year a Brooklyn woman invented an insert, made of coiled wire and padding, for a corset that made the breasts look bigger. She filled the pads with bark, grass, or curled hair, which she believed would be sweat-resistant.

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1950s: Decade training bras for adolescents were first made.

1907: Year the word "brassiere" first appeared in Vogue, in reference to a breast-shaping garment worn in addition to a corset.

4: Years later that Macy's opened a brassiere department.

22: Actress Clara Bow's age when she went braless in the 1927 film It. "She's top-heavy with 'It,'" a character remarked in a scene where Bow's nipples are visible through her shirt.

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We've come to terms with the fact that for all of Fashion Week's excitement and glamour, it also demands long hours, little to no sleep, and an implicit expectation to look our best even when we're not exactly feeling fresh as a daisy. This is something you might not be able to glean just from a glance at Buro 24/7 editor Miroslava Duma (pictured), who tends to impress no matter the conditions, but we're convinced she's sticking to a strict code of on-point styling and Darwinian-adapted methods. Not to worry, after seasons of crammed schedules, late nights, and more than one shoe-related mishap, we've certainly worked out many of the secrets of Fashion Week-goer success. With New York's Spring 2013 mayhem kicking off in a couple of weeks, we're here to share our foolproof survival tips straight from the Lincoln Center-Milk Studios-and everything in between battlefield.

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• Get back to basics. Every college girl needs a few style staples in her wardrobe: classic t-shirts in white, black, and gray, a great pair of dark-wash jeans, and a perfectly fitting blazer. Whether you have a presentation, interview, or just need to add some polish to your look, a black blazer like this shrunken one from Topshop ($80) will save the day.
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