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AIBU we don’t want to see your bra

243 replies

longlocks · Yesterday 17:12

Just seen a woman wearing a red boob tube with a grubby white strapped bra. If she can’t find a strapless bra that fits, why buy and wear boop tubes or any other clothing that shows off bra straps. Not a good look.

Why do women think it’s ok to wear clothes like this

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Pearlstillsinging · Yesterday 22:40

I often wonder if some people, men and women, have a mirror because the evidence would imply they haven't.

XenoBitch · Yesterday 22:44

Pearlstillsinging · Yesterday 22:40

I often wonder if some people, men and women, have a mirror because the evidence would imply they haven't.

Maybe they do or don't. Or they just want to get dressed in what is comfortable for them and get on with their day.

Blades2 · Yesterday 22:50

Ew. Why we commenting on what others wear?

FoodieFoodFood · Yesterday 22:51

CieloElmers · Yesterday 17:15

Oh god not a bra strap! Call the police!

😂 Someone call Victoria, her secret’s out!

lightreceiver · Yesterday 22:56

U ok hun?

Jamesblonde2 · Yesterday 23:03

YANBU OP. Sounds scruffy.

XenoBitch · Yesterday 23:10

Jamesblonde2 · Yesterday 23:03

YANBU OP. Sounds scruffy.

I think it is more scruffy to be OTT invested in what other people wear when it has zero impact on you.

CunningLinguist1 · Yesterday 23:11

TY78910 · Yesterday 17:22

Oh ffs 😂
Send us a pic of your outfit. I’m ready.

It’ll be head to toe Boden 😂😂😂

CunningLinguist1 · Yesterday 23:15

OtterandaRock · Yesterday 17:38

Is anyone else old enough to remember when it was fashionable to show bra straps in a contrasting colour with vests, sleeveless tops, and dropped shoulder tops? Some bras had detachable straps and you could buy nice straps to mix and match. I fondly remember having a silver metallic bra and also a deep lilac lace one, as well as fuchsia pink; red was practically a neutral.

I think this was a few years after silky camisole and jeans, and nighties and evening dresses being interchangeable, but I might be wrong.

I still do this!

SapphireSeptember · Today 02:22

Bababear987 · Yesterday 21:40

Said who?

Not Amy Lee! (Or indeed Madonna.) Corset tops have been around for a while. (A very old picture that's just made me feel very old myself.)

AIBU we don’t want to see your bra
SapphireSeptember · Today 02:28

CunningLinguist1 · Yesterday 23:15

I still do this!

I remember it, but I didn't do it. I was and still am a Goth. I had a couple of black vest tops that I wore with jeans, long skirts and sometimes with a shirt over the top. (I even wore said vest tops to school in the summer! 😱) I was a lot slimmer then and looked amazing even though I didn't think so at the time!

Lavenderandbrown · Today 04:03

It’s not a look I love but strapless bras never really work do they? Tube tops or boob tops are notoriously difficult to keep up
and in place.
the backless dress with bra is mystifying to me. It does seem to ruin the aesthetic of the bare back.

i truly don’t care what people wear. I see plenty of hideous outfits on men and women and it’s possible my outfit is seen as ridiculous by others but I don’t care what they think.

fashion seems to be some holy grail most people can’t quite achieve

Fedupmumofadultsons · Today 04:11

longlocks · Yesterday 17:28

Underwear should be worn under clothes not showed off

Well said seeing undies on display especially thongs 🤮

SpidersAreShitheads · Today 04:15

I think this is one of those times where two things can be true simultaneously.

A red strapless top with white (or off-white) bra straps sounds quite noticeable, a stark contrast. I doubt very much I’d notice in passing but if I was queuing behind them or opposite on the bus or something, I’m sure it would register and privately I’d think that looks a bit shit. (Although given how hot it was today I’d be more likely to think fucking fair play, I don’t blame you).

Whether some posters want to admit it or not, it’s fairly commonplace to make judgements about things you see others wearing, good or bad. For example, I’m not a fan of the current co-ords trend. I saw a woman in Morrisons wearing a lovely swishy co-ords set which were beautiful - but looked like pyjamas and that is what I thought to myself privately. However, I’m MUCH more likely to notice someone who looks fabulous - whether that’s a gorgeous hair colour, funky outfit, nice perfume etc. And if the opportunity naturally arises and it feels appropriate, I do tell other women that I love their dress/shoes/perfume etc. I’ve had the same said to me - usually my perfume tbh - and it’s nice to get a genuine compliment.

However, the fact that someone’s bra straps are showing is absolutely none of my business - any more than it is when someone wears co-ords that I don’t like! 😂🤷‍♀️ Neither are my personal style but they’re completely inoffensive and 100% not my business. And let’s face it, for years the trend was for blokes to go out showing half their boxershorts with their jeans slung low round their hips. I think that looks spectacularly shit and WAY worse than bra straps. We can’t still be in a society where men showing their pants is seen as cool and trendy but we recoil in horror at a bra strap!

SpidersAreShitheads · Today 04:18

Lavenderandbrown · Today 04:03

It’s not a look I love but strapless bras never really work do they? Tube tops or boob tops are notoriously difficult to keep up
and in place.
the backless dress with bra is mystifying to me. It does seem to ruin the aesthetic of the bare back.

i truly don’t care what people wear. I see plenty of hideous outfits on men and women and it’s possible my outfit is seen as ridiculous by others but I don’t care what they think.

fashion seems to be some holy grail most people can’t quite achieve

Edited

Maybe it’s breast size? I hate strapless bras with a vengeance - they really dig in. But I’ve got bigger boobs and the weight of them doesn’t work with strapless imo.

My strapless dresses are destined to only be worn round the house or garden where I can just let them flop around freely in my dress 😂

OFiddleDeeDee · Today 05:30

I would just be happy that a bra was being worn, honestly.

mumumental · Today 05:38

I bet it wasn’t “grubby”.

StarlightLady · Today 06:04

Sometimes my bras show. I had a blue one showing yesterday. I don’t do white (reminds me of school) and l don’t do 50 shades of beige (makes my titis look las if they are made of cardboard) so no greying white but that’s me.

Am l bothered about other people’s bras showing? No! It’s summer (at last)!

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