I suppose it depends on how big your tits are, but if you have a bra that actually fits, it shouldn’t dig into you in any way.
Honestly, I don’t even notice when I’m wearing a bra, because they all fit properly. Whenver I hear my friends complaining about how badly their bras hurt, they are often wearing the completely wrong size. And it isn’t hard to find bras in bigger sizes: Lane Bryant ranges from 36 (maybe even 34) to 46 around and cup sizes from B to F.
And, although I do think it is tacky on a fashion level, I am most critical of the braless because, damnit, it looks painful. Of course that woman is most welcome to dress however she pleases, but that doesn’t mean it wont remind me of the pain of boobs pulling down on my skin. Wow, that was jumbly.
I’m sure if you need someone’s help holding them up, you would get plenty of volunteers. I’d volunteer, but I’m on the wrong coast, and if I began to switch coasts, Mrs. D_Odds would kill me (if I’m lucky).
I’m in the “how is that possibly comfortable?” crowd. When I was in my early teens, I refused to wear a bra because my mother would only buy me horridly uncomfortable ones that were way too small. Then my best friend took me shopping, laughed slightly when I went to look at the 40A and gave me a 38 C. It took about a week before it stopped being annoying. Within a month I was like how did I ever do that before? A bra makes me so much more comfortable, not in a self esteem way, but it a physical comfort way. Now I don’t even get bras without underwires. Although I have to say that quality makes a big difference. The difference in comfort between a Walmart bra and a Fredricks bra is amazing.
I do think it looks a little tacky to go without, but I also think anything orange is tacky, and I’m not going to tell people they can’t dress like a pumpkin, so why should I tell them to wear a bra
I have had numerous professional fittings in hopes of finding bra that’s actually comfortable to me so I’m sure I’m wearing the right size. I find bras hugely uncomfortable. They’re confining and they make me itch. So I generally don’t wear them except for working out. I’m not willing to be constantly miserable in the name of fashion. But I’m not terribly well endowed. I can see how bralessness could be painful for those bustier than I.
As for the OP - I would probably notice. My reaction would be a sort of mental congratulations. Short of pulic indecency, wear what makes you comfortable and those who object needn’t look.
Bra extenders. I have the same problem: I’m a 38B. You can buy bra extenders online for about $5.00/half-dozen, and they add two inches to a 34B or 36B. Invaluable.
You miss my point entirely. I don’t care why anyone does it and I am not suggesting reasons why anyone does it. I am just commenting on who looks good (as opposed to all of the other terrible things others have written) when they do it. Follow?
These are some strong sentiments. You’ve esentially called several posters or their significant others “tacky, tasteless, low-class, [and] slutty.” I am especially intrigued by the label “low-class.” Out of curiousity, are you a male or female Vanderbilt?
Do I notice? Probably. I’m entitled to look, but a gentleman doesn’t stare.
What do I think of this person? That’s the heart of the issue, isn’t it?
I’m amazed at how many fuddy-duddy opinions are expressed here. I was a kid in the uptight 1950s, when a braless woman was surely a slut, if not a prostitute in the eyes of most people. Then I was pretty hip during the blooming of women’s liberation. I learned that if a woman felt imprisoned by an armor-plated undershirt, she had a right to not wear it, and I had no right to pigeonhole her according to her bra choices. Those are herbreasts, not mine. Her fashion choices need not hang on my opinions, nor those of some Parisian designer.
I thought the world had moved past judging a woman’s character by her underwear or lack of it. I guess I was wrong. I’m disappointed.
I think going braless is low-class too. I’m not trying to insult those that claim their comfort is the be-all and end-all as far as their fashion is concerned. It just pops into my brain when I see it. Same with sweatpants. Same with boxers or thongs sticking out over the top of low-slung jeans. Same with pajama pants with phrases written across the butt. Same with t-shirts that say “Princess” or “Hot Mama,” etc. I’m sure all of these things are comfortable, but I can’t help but think it’s trashy. Really doesn’t have much to do with “women’s lib” though.
This is an either/or statement you’re making: IF you have nice breasts, show them off by not wearing a bra. If you don’t have nice breasts, then wear a bra. I’m saying, having nice breasts and showing them off to best effect does NOT mean not wearing a bra. Bras are not just torture devices, they actually serve a purpose, not just fashion-wise, but help make a woman more comfortable, if you get the right one. The implication that all the women in bras wear them because they don’t have nice breasts? You’re entitled to your opinion, but I think you’re wrong.
Wearing a good-fitting bra not only helps me look better in my clothes, it has prevented sagging and stretch marks, made athletics possible, and makes me feel a lot better. Big boobs WILL sag, and I’m sorry, ladies, but it doesn’t look too hot when your boobs are in the middle of your torso near your navel. That is where they’re headed, esp. if you continue to forego bras.
If you’re perky and you look good without one, more power to you. You are much to be envied IMO. If you need one and you don’t wear one because it’s not comfortable, get a professional fitting and then indulge in some well-made ones. It’s worth it. They don’t have to make you miserable. Has nothing to do with “women’s lib,” and I think the allegations that it does are silly.
Do you mean wearing such in public, or that one owns them at all? I’ve got the pajama pants (“angel”), but it’s not as though I leave the house in them…
Bralessness is unprofessional at work, but if you’re not too uncomfortable to run around without a bra while out doing errands or what have you outside of work, power to you. It doesn’t seem too sluty to me, but I wouldn’t do it since it’s more uncomfortable than wearing a bra.
I hardly ever wear a bra and I don’t think it’s tacky or slutty in the least. In the summer I wear tank tops and they sort of squeeze them in. They certainly don’t flop around. And in cooler weather I wear a camisole under my shirt rather than a bra. I don’t think it’s a big deal.
As someone who is young (21) and small-chested (34A), I can get away with not wearing a bra, and 9 times out of 10 you wouldn’t even notice. The only time you would know in most cases is if you knew me and noticed I didn’t look as endowed as I normally look (padded bras are my best friend). I wear a bra pretty much every day, with the exception of one halter top and one dress–I don’t like the feel of fabric rubbing against my nipples, I feel noticeably colder without a bra, and I just don’t feel comfortable not wearing one (I’m somewhat modest). For the women who are comfortable not wearing bras, I say good for them.
I’m a daily bra wearer. I wear it because it makes me feel comfortable (mine ain’t huge, just a c but they feel more comfortable in a bra) but JEEZ why on EARTH would you tape up your nipples? Nipples are nipples. They are not some toxic substance that will destroy the planet. If your boobs don’t require a bra then don’t wear one but why why why would you tape your nipples?
