Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Skinny or clear backed bras

  • 15-05-2012 6:05pm
    #1
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I've gotten a couple of tops and dresses recently with a lace back, and I need a discreet bra to go with them. I've 34DD boobs so going braless is out of the question. Has anyone seen any bras around with clear plastic backs, ideally? Or else very slim backs? I doubt those stick-on cup things would do, and I want something I could wear regularly.


Comments

  • #2
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    You can get bras with clear plastic backs in M&S and Debenhams. Penneys and Dunnes probably have them too. They're pretty common.


  • #3
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Ah great! I thought they'd disappeared from shelves over the years. I didn't see any in Debenhams, but will check out M&S tomorrow :)


  • #4
    The Big Red Button
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,390 ✭✭✭The Big Red Button


    For what it's worth, I'd definitely try to get a bra with a skinny back rather than a clear one.

    The light reflects off the clear-back ones and it draws far more attention to it, it just looks really odd!

    I've seen bras in (I think) m&s, with low backs. Or, New Look usually have ones with delicate pretty back straps!


  • #5
    The Big Red Button
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,390 ✭✭✭The Big Red Button


    Oh I just saw that they're lace-back tops - best one would be a nude coloured bra - hideous looking on it's own, but by far the least obvious under those sort of tops!


  • #6
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    I thought that nude would work, chatterpillar, but they actually look pretty obvious. I'm hoping the lace will stop the light bouncing off the plastic too much :)


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    analucija
    Closed Accounts Posts: 363 ✭✭analucija


    I'd go with the same colour as lace or some outrageous contrasting colour. You will not be able to make bra invisible so you can make it a feature.


  • #8
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    analucija wrote: »
    I'd go with the same colour as lace or some outrageous contrasting colour. You will not be able to make bra invisible so you can make it a feature.

    I was thinking of trying that with one particular dress. Turns out nude is fine under most of them, but it looks awful with one dress. Rather than buying a bra just for one dress, I might try making the bra a feature...


  • #9
    anniehoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,597 ✭✭✭anniehoo


    chatterpillar wrote: »
    For what it's worth, I'd definitely try to get a bra with a skinny back rather than a clear one.
    Yeah +1 ive yet to see a bra with a clear back or straps that looks well tbh. Im much more a fan of making the bra the feature.


  • #10
    SunnyDub1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,439 ✭✭✭SunnyDub1


    Anyone know where I can buy a strapless bra ?


Advertisement