# Underwire bras - WTF?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwire-bras-wtf/402918>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 5, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwire-bras-wtf/402918 "2007-05-05T20:23:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwire-bras-wtf/402918/121 "2007-05-09T15:11:18Z")

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That’s definitely a cup size issue, **Nava**.

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwire-bras-wtf/402918/122 "2007-05-09T18:13:30Z")

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[QUOTE=nashiitashii]  
That’s definitely a cup size issue, **Nava**.  
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Yeah, that’s about a four cup sizes too small issue, I’d say. The underwire should travel UNDER the breast tissue, all the way 'round. Well, all the way on the sides and bottom, of course. An underwire on the top would be scary. 😃

Or, if the underwires fit when the bra is put on, but things “ooze” under the wires with a few minutes of wear, then it’s a band size issue - too big a band, to be precise.

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**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwire-bras-wtf/402918/123 "2007-05-09T19:06:52Z")

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[QUOTE=WhyNot]  
Yeah, that’s about a four cup sizes too small issue, I’d say. The underwire should travel UNDER the breast tissue, all the way 'round. Well, all the way on the sides and bottom, of course. An underwire on the top would be scary. 😃

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Circular underwires: the new BDSM fashion craze! 😃

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**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:** [May 9, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwire-bras-wtf/402918/124 "2007-05-09T19:28:54Z")

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> Or, if the underwires fit when the bra is put on, but things “ooze” under the wires with a few minutes of wear, then it’s a band size issue - too big a band, to be precise.

This makes breasts sound like benign versions of The Blob.

Not that I wouldn’t mind being consumed…

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