(Oriental Clothing and Modern Fetishism, changeable authors, ed. Partho Shanner, 1996, Yeti, Hong Kong). While they first arose in the Ming Dynasty, were also common in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). In English they are conscious as 'stomach protectors' or 'tummy covers'

Breast pads, commonly hackneyed as "falsies," "cookies" or "chicken fillets", are sometimes worn between the breasts and the bra to erect the illusion of a mythical cup size. Push-up bras in particular are designful to enhance the cleavage and Sexy Bras cause padding and the cut of the pattern to achieve this effect.