What do you think about going braless?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jennifer Aniston is famous for skipping the brassiere.
Even at 47.

So is Kendall Jenner and Rhianna.

Bras are uncomfortable as hell and I never have adapted to them.

So overrated too.

I'm sure I'll get bashed for this, but your examples are all thin women who have never nursed. If Jennifer Anniston were walking around bra less after nursing three kids, you wouldn't be using her as an example. I don't think your argument is "supporting" the bulk of the bra-less advocates here. They are typically the ones in the national park tee shirts and Merrill sandals.

I'm not a "bra-less advocate"; I wear a bra everyday because it's comfortable for me.

I'm an "each women should decide what she wants to wear" advocate and a "don't talk about women's bodies with disgust" advocate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in SF and women go braless all the time here. It's really no big deal. No one is going to notice for a Starbucks run. I wouldn't recommend jogging or anything like that

When I lived in SF I went braless ALL THE TIME. It was amazing. B cup though. Up to you. If you look in a mirror and are uncomfortable or find yourself asking "is this okay?" then put a bra on. Otherwise--have at it!

[Anonymous]

I'm 32B, and otherwise skinny frame. Nursed one kid for a year. I go braless all the time when I am not at work or "out" somewhere. Braless the minute I get home from work, braless all weekend (unless we eat out or go to friends). If friends come over, braless. Park? Grocery store? braless. Working from home and pick up my son from school? Braless. Any sundress with little straps? Braless. But honestly, I look great braless. A little earthy, but gives a little preview of what's under there. My husband loves it. I also have good fashion sense, and regularly get complimented on my clothes and style. So I trust I know when an outfit needs a bra.

I also note that current "high design" in lingerie has moved 100% away from any padding. High end designers are only making bras that basically accentuate your natural shape but don't add anything. Pretty close to being braless. T-shirt bras are for the croc-wearing set. Bras that aren't contorting you into a non-human breast shape are for the fashionable. So I see that as only one step from braless. But, ymmv if you need more support.

Also, studies now show that bras in fact encourage sagging breasts (probably because they weaken the muscles by not ever using them). But obviously ymmv depending on whether you are a 32A versus triple D cups.

[Anonymous]

I'm 21, tall and dancer's build but with a very firm pair of 34D's. I will normally wear a bra to the office, but when I go out for the evening my favorite outfit consists of a sexy pair of stilettos, a short miniskirt and a button-front blouse and I always go braless. I'm very proud of my figure, and I'd be offended if guys didn't notice, so I have zero issues going braless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I'm 21, tall and dancer's build but with a very firm pair of 34D's. I will normally wear a bra to the office, but when I go out for the evening my favorite outfit consists of a sexy pair of stilettos, a short miniskirt and a button-front blouse and I always go braless. I'm very proud of my figure, and I'd be offended if guys didn't notice, so I have zero issues going braless.

Go away troll.

[Anonymous]

I am 32G and sometimes don’t wear a bra. You can do it without making a “scene”, but I don’t worry to much about that. They are boobs, not a nuclear weapon, people aren’t going to die from seeing a nipple or some extra cleavage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I'm 21, tall and dancer's build but with a very firm pair of 34D's. I will normally wear a bra to the office, but when I go out for the evening my favorite outfit consists of a sexy pair of stilettos, a short miniskirt and a button-front blouse and I always go braless. I'm very proud of my figure, and I'd be offended if guys didn't notice, so I have zero issues going braless.

Go away troll.

+1. You are a male troll, typing with one hand down your pants.

[Anonymous]

I never wear a bra anymore because I had a mastectomy. I wear camisoles so that I can pretend it's my bra. Maybe one day I will have breasts again and even larger than before.

[Anonymous]

I love seeing women without bras in public. It's so different from the buttoned up battened down look we have come to expect for women. Let them go free, I say! Signed, a straight woman who likes to look at women's boobs. The variety! it's amazing! I love it!

[Anonymous]

Sorry OP I couldn't hear you, my floppy boob bounced off my hip and whacked me in the ear....

That's what would happen if I were braless, they would legit get stuck in my armpit at some point in the day. Sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 32B, and otherwise skinny frame. Nursed one kid for a year. I go braless all the time when I am not at work or "out" somewhere. Braless the minute I get home from work, braless all weekend (unless we eat out or go to friends). If friends come over, braless. Park? Grocery store? braless. Working from home and pick up my son from school? Braless. Any sundress with little straps? Braless. But honestly, I look great braless. A little earthy, but gives a little preview of what's under there. My husband loves it. I also have good fashion sense, and regularly get complimented on my clothes and style. So I trust I know when an outfit needs a bra.

I also note that current "high design" in lingerie has moved 100% away from any padding. High end designers are only making bras that basically accentuate your natural shape but don't add anything. Pretty close to being braless. T-shirt bras are for the croc-wearing set. Bras that aren't contorting you into a non-human breast shape are for the fashionable. So I see that as only one step from braless. But, ymmv if you need more support.

Also, studies now show that bras in fact encourage sagging breasts (probably because they weaken the muscles by not ever using them). But obviously ymmv depending on whether you are a 32A versus triple D cups.

Who dug up this old thread? Anyway...100% agree with this PP from 4 yrs ago and think all of this still rings true. I'm an A cup, fashionable, and go braless all the time.

[Anonymous]

I wear a 28I. When braless, my breasts are literally down to right above my belly button. It is ridiculous. And sweaty. And super uncomfortable. (Also: thanks breastfeeding for 3+ years.)

That said. If I had smaller breasts, hell yeah. I'd set 'em free. I am so jealous of women who confidently go without bras. I look like I'm hiding puppies under my shirt.

[Anonymous]

What about getting a good quarter cup bra or open nipple bra?

[Anonymous]

Ick. I’m a 34C. Athletic and in great shape. No way would I go anywhere without a bra. No one wants to see that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ick. I’m a 34C. Athletic and in great shape. No way would I go anywhere without a bra. No one wants to see that.

did you not just read my post above? I would! the more women see normal boobs of all types, the better body image we will have. we are all insanely messed up in thinking all women need to have Jennifer Aniston type boobs, even after kids and nursing. see a recent post about plastic surgery in the health forum - something someone is marketing as a "mommy makeover" which distresses my feminist old school hippie heart so much.