Only after the advent of rubber did elastic bands worthy of the name.

The word "elastic band" has actually been around for a long time. An advertisement in 1812 once mentioned "elastic band round caps". However, the steel springs are still installed in those hats. To break hats and clothes, elastic bands made of rubber were invented in the 19th century.

Rubber products have been known since their discovery, but it wasn't until 1736 that Dela Condamine brought samples of rubber from Peru to Europe. People found that rubber can erase the words written in pencil, know that rubber comes from Indian, and thus created the word rubber in English.

The invention of the elastic band should be attributed to the chemist Marson Tosh and the inventor Hancock, who studied various solvents for rubber around 1820. Ma Shengtosh was the first to use the properties of rubber to invent the waterproof tape by placing the rubber between two layers of fabric. Hancock patented the original elastic band in 1820, and his elastic band was actually a rubber band for clothes or boots, held in place with glue.

In 1876, elastic bands were applied to women's underwear. A report article published in the same year said: "In Paris, you can see several recent inventions, one of which is the elastic band made of rubber. People use elastic bands instead of shoulder straps, Copper spirals for gloves and women's corsets, it works well without scratching clothes or growing a patina like wire springs do.