I constantly marvel at technology. Just this morning I was reading about robotic parking garages. The cars are parked by computer and a moving garage floor. Imagine that!

And medical technology advances by leaps and bounds, along with automotive technology that in the near future one could program their destination and the vehicle will drive itself. The advancements are mind-boggling.

So, here is my question: Why, with all the technology and knowledge available, has no one perfected bra straps?

I’m not kidding. I have yet to find a bra that, once the straps are adjusted for my comfort, will stay that way. They may start out OK, but eventually the adjustable clips will slip and down go my girls. Plop!

I understand that with age there is less muscle tone and things sag more than they once did. I understand that gravity is a compelling force. I just don’t understand why it’s not possible to create a bra with straps that can overcome those issues.

I suppose I should be grateful that the garment industry and women’s fashions have gone light years beyond the corset.

Throughout history women’s breasts have endured everything from being pushed up and forced out to being bound flatter than a pancake. The corset was a device designed to narrow an adult woman’s waist to as small as 10 inches.

As hard as it is to believe, this horrible contraption of whalebones, steel rods and midriff torture was designed at the behest of a woman! Catherine de Medicis, the wife of King Henry II of France, decreed in the 1550s that no thick waists were allowed in court attendance. And, this horrible undergarment in one form or another was the norm for more than 350 years.

A New York socialite named Mary Phelps Jacobs changed all that in 1913. The corset of the era was box-like and made of whalebone and cordage. It was very uncomfortable and impeded movement.

However, it wasn’t discomfort that prompted Mary to create a new fashion sensation; it was a new dress. Mary had purchased a sheer evening gown to wear to a society affair and because of the sheerness of the dress, the corset was fully revealed and whalebones stuck out in the most unflattering places.

Well, necessity being the mother of invention and Mary not about to give up her new dress took two silk handkerchiefs and some pink ribbon and viola . . . the bra was born.

Needless to say that was the beginning of the end of the whalebone corset. It was also the beginning of many trials and tribulations in brassiere design.

With all the technology available today maybe someone will create a bra with a microchip that will automatically shape the bra and straps to perfectly fit the body of the wearer. Good-bye sag, so long bag.

That would be a great evolutionary breakthrough, and the way I see it, it would be something that all the girls would support.