Well, time to ditch the bra...

[MatthewVett]

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According to a French study, bras aren't really necessary. Now, I know this is just anecdotal, but I've read a few National Geographics, and let me say, I think bras help.

 

[D_Lynn]

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According to a French study, bras aren't really necessary. Now, I know this is just anecdotal, but I've read a few National Geographics, and let me say, I think bras help.

Here's hoping that the NatGeo sag has nothing to do with going braless.

http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/9/9a/Burning_bra.jpg

 

[TxRad]

Here's hoping that the NatGeo sag has nothing to do with going braless.

http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/9/9a/Burning_bra.jpg

I'm thinking age and size has more to do with it.

 

[3113]

Apparently the benefits of going bra-less (more muscles to lift the breasts) aren't of much use if one has been using a bra for decades. This is advice for the young--and I'm also guessing for those of a more modest breast size.

There are certain women who could knock someone out if they weren't wearing a bra and made a sudden turn

 

[soflabbwlvr]

Apparently the benefits of going bra-less (more muscles to lift the breasts) aren't of much use if one has been using a bra for decades. This is advice for the young--and I'm also guessing for those of a more modest breast size.

There are certain women who could knock someone out if they weren't wearing a bra and made a sudden turn

Or risk self-inflicted black eyes when walking too fast.

 

[Candlelight062]

I'm thinking age and size has more to do with it.

Age and size definitely have something to do with it. If you have up to a B-cup, I believe you can easily go bra-less all throughout your life. Anything above that . . . I wouldn't recommend it. Think native tribeswomen in the Amazon and/or Africa.

 

[Cruel2BKind]

I would be too self-concious to go without a bra. It looks different, and kind of sloppy.

When I don't wear a bra, I look like I have man-boobs. My boobs don't have the perfect rounded shape with the nipple gracing the outside in a saintly little point.

When the girls are free, I have large soft aureolas and no protruding nipple. The nipples point slightly down, and they look slightly triangular. I would be too self-concious because it looks bad.

I'm comfortable wearing a bra. I feel fine sleeping without one, or wandering around my house eating pop-tarts without one, but I could never do it for long in public.

 

[TxRad]

I would be too self-concious to go without a bra. It looks different, and kind of sloppy.

When I don't wear a bra, I look like I have man-boobs. My boobs don't have the perfect rounded shape with the nipple gracing the outside in a saintly little point.

When the girls are free, I have large soft aureolas and no protruding nipple. The nipples point slightly down, and they look slightly triangular. I would be too self-concious because it looks bad.

I'm comfortable wearing a bra. I feel fine sleeping without one, or wandering around my house eating pop-tarts without one, but I could never do it for long in public.

You need one of those rawhide bras. It herds them up and heads them out.

 

[R. Richard]

You need one of those rawhide bras. It herds them up and heads them out.

Its: "Head 'em up. move 'em out!"

 

[TxRad]

Its: "Head 'em up. move 'em out!"

You do it your way and I'll do it mine.

 

[PayDay]

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According to a French study, bras aren't really necessary. Now, I know this is just anecdotal, but I've read a few National Geographics, and let me say, I think bras help.

TRUTHBOMB. Guns need holsters and lockboxes.

Leave it the French to screw up common sense.

 

[lovecraft68]

Apparently the benefits of going bra-less (more muscles to lift the breasts) aren't of much use if one has been using a bra for decades. This is advice for the young--and I'm also guessing for those of a more modest breast size.

There are certain women who could knock someone out if they weren't wearing a bra and made a sudden turn

I go jogging with the woman down the street and let me tell you, she's wearing , a sports bra, a tight tank top over that and a t-shirt and these things are still threatening to come up and smack her in the face while she's running.

I think you're right. If a girl is young and is on the smaller side it wouldn't matter much, but if a girl has a fair sized chest I think the bra would be necessary.

 

[IvyMae]

I heard something on the news today that some random study conducted with adult women concluded that wearing a bra actually increases sagging. Apparently, if breasts aren't held up on their own, when you take them out of the bra, they can't withstand the weight and that's where the sag comes from.

As a female with a decent sized chest, I call bullshit on that one.

 

[slyc_willie]

I would be too self-concious to go without a bra. It looks different, and kind of sloppy.

When I don't wear a bra, I look like I have man-boobs. My boobs don't have the perfect rounded shape with the nipple gracing the outside in a saintly little point.

When the girls are free, I have large soft aureolas and no protruding nipple. The nipples point slightly down, and they look slightly triangular. I would be too self-concious because it looks bad.

I'm comfortable wearing a bra. I feel fine sleeping without one, or wandering around my house eating pop-tarts without one, but I could never do it for long in public.

Since meeting me, my wife has become much more comfortable going braless when at home. She always complains about her bras, except for a particular one she purchased at Victoria's Secret for 60 bucks. Either the wire pinches, or the material scratches, or the straps leave marks.

So, unless she wears one of a certain number of racy dresses, she won't go out without a bra because on their own, they simply don't stand up well (her words, not mine). She breast-fed our daughter, and has fluctuating weight issues, and I can understand why she's self-conscious about them. I won't lie and say they are perfect; I love my wife's breasts, because they're attached to her. More than that, I honestly enjoy playing with them when we make love. But obviously, I am a bit biased.

In a perfect world, every woman could go without bras and they would all be considered beautiful in their own way. Alas, there's no such thing as a perfect world. Pity.

 

[Candlelight062]

I think you're right. If a girl is young and is on the smaller side it wouldn't matter much, but if a girl has a fair sized chest I think the bra would be necessary.

No "thinking" about it. Any woman with a cup size over a B needs a bra - together with breast-lifting exercises that will become part of her daily thing - thrice daily, btw. And splashing ice-cold water on the chest also helps keep them from going tribeswoman.

I used to have a nice B-cup and I could wear tight t-shirts, stroll around in public without wearing a bra, and felt as free as a bird!

Can't do that today even though I continue to do breast exercises to keep them up and where they're supposed to be because they're friggin heavy {weighed them - 2.2 pounds each}.

I think, also, that it depends on the skin of the woman's chest whether or not breasts ultimately sag. I've been "blessed" with thick skin that helps keep the gals from going droopy and me from aging. But the girls are a major pain {figuratively and literally} without the extra support I get from a good and comfortable bra {which excludes all bras with wire - even those from Victoria's Secret, which I consider the best bras in. The. World.

 

[Cruel2BKind]

I'm strictly a sports-bra or comfy bra person. I don't have many underwire bras, but they are all pretty comfy/

 

[Candlelight062]

I'm strictly a sports-bra or comfy bra person. I don't have many underwire bras, but they are all pretty comfy/

These "Sleep Bras" are THE BEST bras for me. I swear by them. I have sportsbras for jogging, too, but these I use daily, and for the low price, they're quality made and they last forever.

 

[R. Richard]

Howard Hughes used his aeronautical engineering knowledge to take an unknown starlet, Jane Russell, and turn her into an overnight star. Hughes designed a bra that supposedly took Russell's chesty assets and put them fully in the face of all gawking America. (Jame Russell later denied using Hughes' bra.)

Century-Fox had cancelled the agreement for Hughes to allow them to release 'The Outlaw'. Critics that had already seen it were panning it left and right. Censors were having a fit about Jane's breasts being overexposed due to Hughes' wonderfully inventive brassiere improvements. Millions of dollars stood to be lost.

Hughes had all his managers start a chain reaction of calling ministers, women's clubs and housewives telling them about the 'lewd picture' Hughes was about to release starring Jane Russell. They responded by protesting and wildly trying to have the film banned -- just the publicity Hughes needed to turn around the entire profit system and have the most incredible publicity machine in full gear. It was the bra that saved Hollywood.

 

[Candlelight062]

Howard Hughes used his aeronautical engineering knowledge to take an unknown starlet, Jane Russell, and turn her into an overnight star. Hughes designed a bra that supposedly took Russell's chesty assets and put them fully in the face of all gawking America. (Jame Russell later denied using Hughes' bra.)

Thank you for that bit of history. I never knew that about Hughes.

 

[Tyro999]

Thank you for that bit of history. I never knew that about Hughes.

Before his eccentricities overwhelmed him in his later years, Howard Hughes always exhibited a healthy interest in, if not necessarily bras, the breasts contained therein.

 

[redzinger]

These "Sleep Bras" are THE BEST bras for me. I swear by them. I have sportsbras for jogging, too, but these I use daily, and for the low price, they're quality made and they last forever.

I've been using something similar for years, much to many bedmates' disgust.

('Wtf is this? I wanna see your boobs!')

 

[Handley_Page]

Before his eccentricities overwhelmed him in his later years, Howard Hughes always exhibited a healthy interest in, if not necessarily bras, the breasts contained therein.

Rumour has it that he did the original design.

 

[R. Richard]

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Originally Posted by Tyro999 View Post
Before his eccentricities overwhelmed him in his later years, Howard Hughes always exhibited a healthy interest in, if not necessarily bras, the breasts contained therein.

Rumour has it that he did the original design.

In aerospace circles, the rumor was that HH weighed each of JR's breasts and found the angle of downward force. He then designed a lightweight bra that supported and lifted JR's breasts, but allowed some movement and jiggle. The bra was often called the 'aerospace bra.'

 

[ProxyAccount]

Traumatic force can cause ligaments to temporarily stretch, but they will shorten while healing. On the other hand, small, sustained force over a long time period (i.e. gravity) causes them to stretch permanently. Hormonal and dietary changes can also cause them to lose their elasticity as a person ages. This is what happens to the suspensory ligaments in the female breast. Basic anatomy and physiology.

The best solution at this time is to have a properly supplemented diet, have your doctor check your hormone levels as part of your annual/biannual checkup, and to wear proper support as required by your activities. And while pain and discomfort can accompany running, it will not cause sagging in and of itself, so don't quit running for that reason.

 

[redzinger]

And while pain and discomfort can accompany running, it will not cause sagging in and of itself, so don't quit running for that reason.

I bought Enell bras for keeping my puppies under control while running. I'm a cyclist now, and still use them. Friends say they're like 'corsets', a physio has called one a 'straitjacket', primarily as they are so all-encompassing, some ribcage movement could be restricted too.

I still like them though. I'd post a pic if I was brave enough.