By Paige Freshwater Women have been wearing bra-like garments since the Greco-Roman period – but it wasn’t until around 1,500 years later that the clasp was invented. American writer, adventurer, and inventor Mark Twain, also known as Samuel Langhorne Clemens, patented the clasp used on bras today in 1871 – intending it to be used to tighten shirts at the waist and used as a replacement for suspenders, which he hated with immense passion. But while the clasp never caught on for its intended purpose, it became a standard item for bras and is still used today. However, it got one Quora user wond…