Rant about bras

[Guest]

Blowing my own trumpet;

Speaking of inventions, you would have thought that only a man could come up with that instrument of female torture, the brassière. No, we owe that to one of the sisterhood, a New York socialite, Mary Phelps Jacobs. In 1909, our Mary was going to a grand ball in a sheer evening gown and realised she couldn't wear a boned corset underneath. With a couple of handkerchiefs, a bit of ribbon and some cord she created the first backless bra.

Why she called it a brassière when she got her US patent, goodness knows. The word means children's reins in French and, in Quebec, women wear a soutien gorge (support the throat!). Perhaps a term like 'breast support' didn't sound quite right in polite American society. - My Cute Stumpy Thick End

wonderful
all my preconcepts blow to hell
i really thought it was Phillipe D. Brassière
im going back to my dissillusionment...
the management thanks you.

 

[elfin_odalisque]

wonderful
all my preconcepts blow to hell
i really thought it was Phillipe D. Brassière
im going back to my dissillusionment...
the management thanks you.

Je t'en prie.

 

[SensualCealy]

What is worse is when you buy the $40-$50 dollar bra, hand wash them in the special handwashing detergent (soap, what ever its called) hang them to dry. Then low and behold, two or three weeks later the under wire pops up out of your cleveage while you are talking to someone important or hot. It looks like you are bugged and recording your conversation!
Better yet, it pops out the side under your arm and stabs your armpit everytime you move!

I know they make side boning to keep the sides from rolling for the plus sized bra wearers but come on, now I have that sticking into my sides- I feel like a flippin vodoo doll! lol

I will stick to my $17 comfy cotton ones for every day and when I wear the fancy ones he damn well better be ready to go! lol
C

 

[elfin_odalisque]

What is worse is when you buy the $40-$50 dollar bra, hand wash them in the special handwashing detergent (soap, what ever its called) hang them to dry. Then low and behold, two or three weeks later the under wire pops up out of your cleveage while you are talking to someone important or hot. It looks like you are bugged and recording your conversation!
Better yet, it pops out the side under your arm and stabs your armpit everytime you move!

I know they make side boning to keep the sides from rolling for the plus sized bra wearers but come on, now I have that sticking into my sides- I feel like a flippin vodoo doll! lol

I will stick to my $17 comfy cotton ones for every day and when I wear the fancy ones he damn well better be ready to go! lol
C

Way to go, Sensual

 

[amicus]

Best informational thread yet!

Although without historicity for confirmation I would suspect that if the Chinese could invent 'foot binding' thousands of years ago, they would also have invented a device to keep those accoutrements from dipping into the porridge and rice pudding.

If not the Chinese then surely the Persians or the Greeks or even native americans to keep from flavoring venison stew as they bent over a cooking fire.

Perhaps the Retarded Cannibal has some input.

amicus...

 

[dreampilot79]

you mean those things are supposed to go on a girl?

Here I thought they were double barrled sling shots!!!!!

 

[Guest]

I love bras.

Not much to say on the subject really, except I own about twenty. All different colours, cuts and styles. But mostly black and a few red.

There's nothing like being stripped down to my underwear, and he begins kissing my neck... moving down... He reaches my bra and slips the straps off my shoulders, allowing the cups to fall away. His mouth moves down to my erect nipples, his warmth replacing that of the lacy material. His hands run down my sides, to my hips, as he takes each nipple in turn into his mouth, his tongue flicking at them, exciting me. One hand grabs my ass and squeezes, as his mouth clamps down onto my tit, sucking on it, biting it, leaving his mark. His other hand moves around to the front, slipping down, into my knickers. My legs part slightly and his fingers probe, then one slips into me, entering me... Yet still I'm wearing my bra.

 

[lucky-E-leven]

The middle part is supposed to touch your chest? I don't think that's possible for women who were DD or larger.

Supposed to? Yes

Possible? No

~lucky (understand your pain, beautiful)

 

[matriarch]

Supposed to? Yes

Possible? No

~lucky (understand your pain, beautiful)

Moi aussie, cherie.

 

[lucky-E-leven]

Moi aussie, cherie.

-es all over your ample breastesses...

~lucky

 

[scheherazade_79]

I think bras should be made available on the NHS. They're a total rip off. I once experimented by buying an ultra-cheap one in Fordham Road, New York. I lived to regret it. After a particularly rough landing back in Heathrow, the underwire dislodged and shot into me like a hypodermic syringe.

I detest buying bras almost as much as I detest buying replacement razor blades for about £10 a box.

 

[lucky-E-leven]

I detest buying bras almost as much as I detest buying replacement razor blades for about £10 a box.

So now probably isn't the time to begin about how fun bathing suit shopping is...

~lucky

 

[impressive]

So now probably isn't the time to begin about how fun bathing suit shopping is...

~lucky

I would, quite honestly, rather walk around stark naked than in a bathing suit.

 

[Guest]

So now probably isn't the time to begin about how fun bathing suit shopping is...

~lucky

sweetie... here we can go natural... no need for the bathing suit

 

[matriarch]

-es all over your ample breastesses...

~lucky

 

[matriarch]

I think bras should be made available on the NHS. They're a total rip off. I once experimented by buying an ultra-cheap one in Fordham Road, New York. I lived to regret it. After a particularly rough landing back in Heathrow, the underwire dislodged and shot into me like a hypodermic syringe.

I detest buying bras almost as much as I detest buying replacement razor blades for about £10 a box.

Answer: Don't wear stupid bras with wiring. I gave them up years ago.

 

[Just-Legal]

Yeah, E cups are a bitch to find in a 38 back... You can either be a 36, or a 40, but 38? Forget it.

Long live Bravissimo!! The Leeds shop is my friend. Nice fitting bras!

(Stupidly expensive, but n/m. I now live in two bras... yeesh)

Helen

 

[lucky-E-leven]

sweetie... here we can go natural... no need for the bathing suit

Now would be a good time to break out the sunglasses. There's not been sun on this bod since last summer.

~lucky

 

[bridgeburner]

For those of you in the Bodacious Boobie club who live in the States I recommend the push-up bras at Lane Bryant.

Push up??? you exclaim,

Well, yeah, just take out the little pillows and you've still got great cleavage but you won't smother or put out anyone's eye.

I tried one on just for shits and giggles a couple months ago and was amazed at the fit. It's got underwire, but because it doesn't come up between the breasts the band stays flat to your ribcage AND you don't end up getting poked in the armpit. It's an amazing thing and it's very well constructed --- unlike a lot of their other bras. This thing is a marvel of engineering.

And so is my cleavage. I never want to take these bras off. I swear I spend half the day just looking down at my own tits.

-B

 

[lucky-E-leven]

For those of you in the Bodacious Boobie club who live in the States I recommend the push-up bras at Lane Bryant.

Push up??? you exclaim,

Well, yeah, just take out the little pillows and you've still got great cleavage but you won't smother or put out anyone's eye.

I tried one on just for shits and giggles a couple months ago and was amazed at the fit. It's got underwire, but because it doesn't come up between the breasts the band stays flat to your ribcage AND you don't end up getting poked in the armpit. It's an amazing thing and it's very well constructed --- unlike a lot of their other bras. This thing is a marvel of engineering.

And so is my cleavage. I never want to take these bras off. I swear I spend half the day just looking down at my own tits.

-B

Awesome! I always run the other direction screaming when I see push-up but that sounds wonderful. Less wire, huh? And your back hasn't begun hurting since you started wearing them?

*crosses fingers*

~lucky

 

[oggbashan]

A long time ago, a required skill of any courting male was the ability to unfasten an all-enclosing bra one handed.

The other hand was working on the suspenders.

Pantyhose took some of the fun out of the exercise. 18-hour panty girdles were impenetrable without both hands and assistance from the girdle's wearer.

Now bras seem to allow access all areas with little effort. Doesn't anyone like delayed gratification?

Og

 

[lucky-E-leven]

A long time ago, a required skill of any courting male was the ability to unfasten an all-enclosing bra one handed.

The other hand was working on the suspenders.

Pantyhose took some of the fun out of the exercise. 18-hour panty girdles were impenetrable without both hands and assistance from the girdle's wearer.

Now bras seem to allow access all areas with little effort. Doesn't anyone like delayed gratification?

Og

I'm all for being harder to unwrap, but I'm also very into being comfortable on a day to day basis. So, on dress up days/nights, I usually go all out with garters/stockings and possibly a corset/bra. Other times, the easy on and easy off is where it's at.



~lucky

 

[bridgeburner]

Awesome! I always run the other direction screaming when I see push-up but that sounds wonderful. Less wire, huh? And your back hasn't begun hurting since you started wearing them?

*crosses fingers*

~lucky

Yeah, I haven't had any back problems with these --- but I've never had back problems due to my breasts because I have really broad shoulders.

The wires stop in the front just at the edge of the breast rather than continuing to run up the center of the chest --- that's always been a problem for me because I'm short bodied and unless I was standing up completely straight these would always pooch out in front.

This bra has wire that goes up the outside of the breast -- under the arm -- but because there isn't that wire in the center the pressure is different and so you don't stab yourself. Also, there's an additional stablizing bone that is only the height of the chest strap itself that is about an inch back from the cup-wire.

It may not work for you, but I've been so impressed I had to pass on the word --- also because I never would have thought to try a push up bra either.


-B

 

[SeaCat]

My wife, (Who thankfully is a small C-Cup.) hates bras. When she works she has to wear one, but has found that sports bras are the most comfortable for her.

For myself, I have hated them since I started dating. Getting the damned things off requires a degree in Mechanical Engineering. (The best way I found was with a rather sharp knife. Unfortunately the young lady I was with would usually freak out when she saw the knife approaching.) Thankfully my darling wife goes braless at all times other than work. Thank god for a smart woman!

Cat