We've seen picket, wrought iron, chain link, and barbed wire fences...but ever see one of underwear?
A public road reserve in Central Otago, New Zealand, once boasted what became known as the Cardrona Bra Fence, a rural fence that one day in early 1999 sported four women's bras, for no apparent reason. By the end of February, it had accumulated about sixty, when they were anonymously removed. At this point the story reached the New Zealand media, causing more bras to appear. By October 2000, the bras had amassed again to about 200 when the fence was cleared once again. By early 2006, nearly 800 bras had been attached to the fence and the story spread as far as Europe. Some locals welcomed the fence as a quirky tourist attraction but others thought it was distasteful and even insulting. Although it became the most photographed place in the area, and most of the letters regarding the fence were positive, the city council ruled to remove the fence in April 2006.
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