I’m hunting for a convertible bra that I can wear with a low-backed halter dress. Now, there don’t seem to be as many styles of convertible bras available as there used to be, and most of them come with those godawful plastic straps which, frankly, fool nobody and itch like hell.
In my search, I came across a backless, strapless bra that claims to hold on by means of large silicone side straps. I’ve tried the stick-on bras that are little more than decorated duct tape to hold boobies up, and that was remarkably unpleasant.
Has anyone tried this kind of bra before? How’s the support? I’ve got C’s, so I need something with a little bit of staying power.
My sister used to get that kind of bra for prom. At the time, she was a larger C-cup and they worked well for her. I don’t know why I remember this sort of thing.
My sister also has one. She doesn’t hate it. The adhesive on hers is very similar to the stick-on bra that I use. (It’s the fabric cups lined with something like partially dried rubber cement. I don’t seem to have the same “remarkably unpleasant” reaction to them that you did.)
I think it’s a bra that can be converted so that the straps can be worn different ways, i.e. removable straps/cross straps/over the shoulder depending on what you’re wearing. Sort of like an “all-in-one” thing. I think so at least, I tend to tune out my female friends(vast majority of my network) when these topics pop up amongst their conversations, it’s a safety filter mechanism that gives a +4 passive bonus against pervert accusations.
The straps, instead of the standard configuration, can be unhooked and reattached so as to not show under different types of dresses. So if you have a halter-type dress, you can make the bra be a halter-type bra. Or the straps can come off entirely for a strapless dress.
This one from Victoria’s Secret seems to be at the extreme: Click on the 100 ways to wear it!
Well. Most bras have one strap going over each shoulder, generally straight above the center of the breast.
When wearing, say, a strapless or halter-top dress or blouse, this is suboptimal. So there are bras that can be used underneath these to minimize the appearance of bra straps. There are bras with no shoulder straps, there are halter-bras (uncommon), et cetera.
But most people don’t want six specialty tit-slings – or, at least, most people don’t want to pay for six specialty bras on top of the other ones they have. So they’ll pick up a convertible bra. It has different straps and different places to attach them and, for the ahem exceptionally well endowed, it’s about as useful as a tissue paper jockstrap.
TMI time: My girls are each about the size of a two year old’s head. I can just about get a convertible bra to work with regular shoulder straps, but for all the ones I’ve found (even in the big lady stores) my girls laugh hysterically when I pour them into a strapless bra. No matter how well cantilevered, the cups invert when I walk across a room and, while I’m as perky as I can get with these suckers, without the added support of a shoulder strap it’s Jello Boobs On Parade.
(also speaking as a man)Well, it depends on the type of bra…
There’s the Catholic type, the Salvation Army type, the Presbyterian type, and the Baptist type. The Catholic type supports the masses, the Salvation Army type lifts up the fallen, the Presbyterian type keeps them staunch and upright, and the Baptist type makes mountains out of molehills.
