# Ladies: How do you hook your bra? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 21, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408 "2005-07-21T02:27:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/41 "2005-07-21T08:20:52Z")
> [@Cat Jones](#): > > The overthehead sweater method is a wacky new concept for me (sports bras excepted), it seems like an awful lot of effort. I’m usually dressed before my friends, and taking it off has never been any trouble to me. Like I said, “like a sweater”. I don’t usually have much trouble putting on or taking off my sweaters. 😉 The bra is no different. It could be just that it’s the only way I’ve done it for the past 15 years. I did once have my arm in a sling, briefly… I just hauled the bra off of one side and slipped over my injured arm with no trouble. In fact, it was easier than taking off my sweater! 😃 I have a set of mighty D’s - perhaps not as spectacular as the amazing DD’s, or even the Amazonian E’s - but they are still a force to be reckoned with, so it’s not like I’m slithering my bra on over a youthful flat chest. Slide bra on, sweater-style, pull down on cups, like it was a sweater (or a smallish tank top, if you will), gently lift right boob, usually it slips right into place in the cup, gently lift left boob, do the same. Done and done. Technically, the boobs are usually already in place, however, the lifting is usually to… er… aim the headlights. Lemme try this, I’m curious… Okay. Three seconds to get the bra off, five seconds to put it back on and aim the ladies.\* Good to go. - - My husband _really_ enjoys the time I spend here at the Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/42 "2005-07-21T09:37:51Z")
Was taught to hook it in front, never bothered trying it any other way. My breasts (what breasts?) aren’t big enough to get in the way of anything, and I always find it’s easier to do something when I can have it in front of me and look at what I’m doing. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/43 "2005-07-21T09:43:24Z")
I hook in back, bring the cups up to fill them with the boobs, then slip my arms into the straps. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/44 "2005-07-21T09:45:26Z")
I have always been a back-hooker, and didn’t realize most people aren’t! No one in my family is a swing-arounder, and I’ve never seen any of my girlfriends use this technique either, so I was completely in the dark. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/45 "2005-07-21T10:58:12Z")
Actually, I didn’t realize other women hoooked them in the back… Seems easier for me to see what I’m hooking and then slipping it around, that’s how women in my family do it. And it’s not like we’re flat chested, either (Cs and Ds). To take them off, though, I can reach my back and just snap it out. Oh yea, and take it off without taking my shirt off. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/46 "2005-07-21T11:02:31Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > Do you link the hooks in front, swing it around, and stick your arms in the straps? Or put your arms in first, then reach around to hook it up? > > I use the swing-around method, myself, but today I saw someone attach her bra by reaching around to fiddle with the hooks. It intrigued me. Isn’t that the hard way? I hold it up against the girls, bring the ends around & hook them. Then pull the straps up and adjust. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/47 "2005-07-21T11:03:17Z")
I assume this “getting the girls into the cups” thing is an issue for women with a larger cup size - never had any need to mess with that, myself. No problems with chafing when I twist the bra around, either, though I also suspect that’s due to slimmer straps/a less “cinching” bra. The only time I don’t twist is when I have a front-close bra - then I just pull the straps on, popping the cups into place. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/48 "2005-07-21T11:10:14Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Anastasaeon** _ > I don’t usually have much trouble putting on or taking off my sweaters. Nice baggy/stretchy sweaters no - but sometimes don’t those skinny little tops get all runkled up under the arms ? I can imagine stabbing myself with wires or something, just clumsy I guess. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/49 "2005-07-21T11:22:43Z")
What an odd thread. I never realised their were different ways to put on a bra. Chuck it on, reach round and do it up, is how I thought it worked. To you ‘twisters’…why? I thought the blind-bra-hooking. was a “talent” all women had. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/50 "2005-07-21T11:42:07Z")
Hook up, swing round, like my mama taught me. And it was funny when I was younger and with younger guys how they considered it an outrage. All this clumsy fumbling to undo the thing and you just cheat like that! ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/51 "2005-07-21T11:49:04Z")
I’m continually amazed by my wife, who back hooks it. How do you women stretch your arms back that far and then mate the hooks which are small and invisible to you? The flexibility required for that move amazes me. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/52 "2005-07-21T12:06:52Z")
I can’t reach that spot on my back. I guess the flexibility required for that move amazes me, too. Hook and twist. Then grab the bottom of the cups (the underwires), lean over, and shake the girls into their final resting place. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/53 "2005-07-21T12:08:19Z")
Pepper Mill leans forward, scoops herself into the cups, then reaches behind her to clasp the bras, then straightens up. That way, apparently, she gets herself properly settled in the cups. Hook and Twist? Don’t you get Nipple Burn doing that? If I had to wear a bra, I’d probably clasp it first, then put it on over my head, like a T-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Butterscotch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@Butterscotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butterscotch)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/54 "2005-07-21T12:11:05Z")
Hook it up at the back and then slip on the shoulder straps, quck wiggle to bet everything settled. Sorted. Never realised I was in such a minority! ---
**Author:** ![Butterscotch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@Butterscotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butterscotch)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/55 "2005-07-21T12:12:40Z")
That would be QUICK wiggle :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Butterscotch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@Butterscotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butterscotch)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/56 "2005-07-21T12:15:15Z")
To GET everything settled. ☹ Sorry, apparently in need of more coffee… ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/57 "2005-07-21T12:46:01Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Hook and Twist? Don’t you get Nipple Burn doing that? QUOTE] I hook it and twist it under my breasts, not right where my nipples are. Then I bring it up , slip on the shoulder straps and accomodate. ---
**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/58 "2005-07-21T15:36:21Z")
I’m a back-hook wiggler as well. 😃 I slip my arms through the straps, reach around back (I’ve been doing this for over 20 years, so it’s second nature to me) to hook it, then wiggle just a bit to get the girls settled in, and off I go. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/59 "2005-07-21T16:02:40Z")
I’ve always reached around back to hook it. Never really thought about doing it any other way. That must be how people do it on tv, because no one ever showed me how to do it. The sweater method seems like it would stretch the bra out. I guess it must not, but it seems like it would. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408/60 "2005-07-21T16:05:54Z")
Huh - didn’t think I’d be in the minority, but I’m also a back-hooker. I used the twist method when I was first learning to hook a bra, but stopped doing that pretty soon after. It’s just so natural to me I don’t even think about it, I guess. Arms, reach, hook, go. And to get it off only takes one hand - reach around, unhook, slide off arms. For reference, I wear a 36 C. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408.md?page=4)