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There's a ton for designers to enjoy in today's New York Times--from David Pogues Brilliant Ideas That Found a Welcome to Julie Iovine's High-Design Makeover for an Old Italian Firm. The real materials and structures folks (and probably some other folks too) will want to rush on over to Stephanie Rosenbloom's An Annual Letdown: The Strapless Bra. Apparently, this is the time when women are running around shopping for these things, so let's examine the design challenges in and around them.

Unlike other incredible feats of engineering--the Golden Gate Bridge and the Statue of Liberty--the strapless bra is an imperfect design. Just ask the legions of women who hook, wrap and suck themselves into such bras each New Year's Eve, then pray they do not drop like the crystal ball in Times Square.

Yikes.