Chinese Man Gathers Over 5,000 Bras, to Open Bra Museum

56-year-old Chinese man, Chen Qingzu, ahealth worker from South China’s Hainan province, has been collecting brassieres over the past 20 years and has now amassed over 5,000 of various colours, shapes and sizes, according to Chinanews.com. He is now warming up to start a museum to display his entire bra collection – a rare feat.



“It’s my job to educate the public about the importance of health checkups, but my special interest is as an advocate for female health relating to their breasts and this was a good way of going about it,” he said. “Many women wear tight or smaller-size bras to show off their figures, which would do harm to their breasts.”

Chen said that most of his bras were donated to him by college girls after he visited their campuses to talk about breast health. He told the girls about the dangers of wearing ill-fitting bras and asked them to give him theirs. “Many girls thought I was a bra fetishist. But when I explained that I was only trying to promote well-fitting bras, the students were convinced and handed over their ill-fitting ones to me,” he said.

An internship experience in the 1980s inspired Chen to take up the cause of women’s breast health. “I’ve seen many women suffer from breast disease and lose their breasts. Some of my friends think my hobby is a bit strange but I don’t see it as odd at all. The bras reflect the changes in society in the past 20 years and I hope the serious message of breast health and cancer prevention will come across for the people who visit it,” he said.