It is one of the most challenging topic for many of the females and some time very frustrating too.
So, in this post I am trying to demystify it little for all of us.
1. t-shirt bras: These are padded bras(to prevent the nipple show), usually seamless and underwired.
2. sports: they usually don't have molded cups protection.
sports bras for low impact exercise and sports bra for high impact exercise.
3. Push-up bras: It is untrue that these are only meant for smaller breasts. These are usually underwired and heavily lined(both at the bottom and sides). Such bras create great cleavage and go well with low-cut dresses.
Three different levels of push up bra: gentle, moderate and explosive.
4. demi cup bra: These bras cover only half of the bust i.e. cups of these bra cover only half of the bust.
5. Halter bra: These bras go well with the tank tops, strapless dresses, tube tops or racerback tshirts.
6. Adhesive or stick on bra
7. Balconette bra: Height of the cups are shorter and straps are set more wider than normal. These bras are more revealing. Straight across neckline.
8. Plunge bra: Standard plunge bra: Looks more like a push up bra but with even less coverage at the front of the neckline. These bras have cups that are very low in the centre with a deep V-neckline and thus wires at the bottom front of the bra are very short.
Full coverage plunge bra: plunging V-neckline. more support + open neckline
Medium plunge: where does lie the center gore or bridge.
9. Bandeau Bra: No straps, no hooks, no cups.
10. Full-coverage bra
11. longline bra
12: Bralette: no underwire, unpadded , unlined(no lining, thus nipples might look through)
13: Nursing or maternity bras.
Design:
1. regular back bra
2. racer back
3. J-hook or cross over back strap
4. G-hook
Styles:
1. Padded(it might have removable padding as well) vs unlined bra: unlined bras can be demi cup, balconette, bralette.
2. Seamed vs Seamless bra. Seamed bras have seams running through the cups.
Types of seams:
i. Horizontal seams: For more conical shape of the cups.
ii. Vertical centre seams: for uplifted look
iii. diagonal seams
iv. transversal seams.
No doubt seamed bras give better support, but seam line showing through the clothes may look awkward. But you can wear seamed bra with dark and printed clothes.
Seamless bras:
Types of cups:
i. Soft cups: Such cups does not provide much support. wire-free cups
ii. molded cups:
Bra cup style:
1. Balconette: Little smaller than demi cups.
2. Balcony cups: wider straps, goes well with most square and open necklines.
3. contour cups: Ideal for any woman.
4. demi cups:
5. full cups
6. lined cups:
7. Minimizer cups: goes well with shirts.
Demi cup or balcanette bras are most common and used on routine basis.
So, in this post I am trying to demystify it little for all of us.
1. t-shirt bras: These are padded bras(to prevent the nipple show), usually seamless and underwired.
2. sports: they usually don't have molded cups protection.
sports bras for low impact exercise and sports bra for high impact exercise.
3. Push-up bras: It is untrue that these are only meant for smaller breasts. These are usually underwired and heavily lined(both at the bottom and sides). Such bras create great cleavage and go well with low-cut dresses.
Three different levels of push up bra: gentle, moderate and explosive.
4. demi cup bra: These bras cover only half of the bust i.e. cups of these bra cover only half of the bust.
5. Halter bra: These bras go well with the tank tops, strapless dresses, tube tops or racerback tshirts.
6. Adhesive or stick on bra
7. Balconette bra: Height of the cups are shorter and straps are set more wider than normal. These bras are more revealing. Straight across neckline.
8. Plunge bra: Standard plunge bra: Looks more like a push up bra but with even less coverage at the front of the neckline. These bras have cups that are very low in the centre with a deep V-neckline and thus wires at the bottom front of the bra are very short.
Full coverage plunge bra: plunging V-neckline. more support + open neckline
Medium plunge: where does lie the center gore or bridge.
9. Bandeau Bra: No straps, no hooks, no cups.
10. Full-coverage bra
11. longline bra
12: Bralette: no underwire, unpadded , unlined(no lining, thus nipples might look through)
13: Nursing or maternity bras.
Design:
1. regular back bra
2. racer back
3. J-hook or cross over back strap
4. G-hook
Styles:
1. Padded(it might have removable padding as well) vs unlined bra: unlined bras can be demi cup, balconette, bralette.
2. Seamed vs Seamless bra. Seamed bras have seams running through the cups.
Types of seams:
i. Horizontal seams: For more conical shape of the cups.
ii. Vertical centre seams: for uplifted look
iii. diagonal seams
iv. transversal seams.
No doubt seamed bras give better support, but seam line showing through the clothes may look awkward. But you can wear seamed bra with dark and printed clothes.
Seamless bras:
Types of cups:
i. Soft cups: Such cups does not provide much support. wire-free cups
ii. molded cups:
Bra cup style:
1. Balconette: Little smaller than demi cups.
2. Balcony cups: wider straps, goes well with most square and open necklines.
3. contour cups: Ideal for any woman.
4. demi cups:
5. full cups
6. lined cups:
7. Minimizer cups: goes well with shirts.
Demi cup or balcanette bras are most common and used on routine basis.
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