Bra showing under arms of strappy sun dresses

[Feenie]

Anything I can do? Bought two nice sundresses without trying them on, but below armpit have lovely (not) display of about 3 inches of bra .

Sounds like a good excuse to buy a new bra.

Those dresses are everywhere this summer! Try a flesh coloured bra, no bra, strapless bra, bra with low straps (multiway), vest top underneath or, my personal favourite, a bikini top - it's fine to show your bikini according to the nonsensical unwritten laws of female fashion.

Do any exist though that are really low under your armpit? Anyone seen any?

Tried vest top, looks daft under tiny strappy sundress.

shorten straps of dress a little. Wear bra in similar colour to dress

I hate this. I'm really short and it's my biggest problem with dresses. Most of my work dresses I have to wear with cardigans or occasionally with same-coloured vests underneath.

I do take a lot of thinner straps ups.

I'm about 5' 6" so not particularly short. Maybe I am just a weird shape. Taking up straps could be a good idea, thanks.

I would wear a gorgeous bra in a contrasting and loud colour/patterns

Make a feature of it.

I am a bit mutton though.

I agree with Tondelayo. I'm a 30gg so my bras often show underneath things but I don't care, I just wear a summery colour and go for it.

Take up the straps- I'm short and do that a lot! Strapless bras can be good, too.

Is going braless an option?!!

I'm tall but I must be short in the armpits coz I have this trouble too. I shorten the straps by looping them over and stitching the excess away at the back. It makes the arm holes much smaller.

I don't care! I just wear the dress with straps showing. I am quite fussy and stylish I think, but I'm just not arsed about this. Strappy sundress = laid back summer wear = shouldn't equal then wearing industrially engineered undergarments. A bra in a similar colour to top or dress is absolutely fine IMO.

34E - braless not really an option

My bra looks exactly like an industrially engineered garment!

I sympathise - think it's a bigger boobs problem. I'm a 34FF and the bras in my size just have more material to hold everything in place.

Personally I don't like wearing a flesh coloured bra unless I'm wearing white as I think they look particularly horrible if they show, really grannyish! White as long as it is white and not grey is OK but I prefer a pretty coloured bra so if a bit of it shows it looks deliberate and less like underwear iyswim.

34e, are you sure??

bra intervention :)

I don't care if it shows a bit either. It does sound like the straps of the dress are too long. I am tall but with long legs and a short body so I have had to alter straps in the past to improve the fit of something.

You can get 34E bras that don't look like scaffolding though :)

Oh yes - thought I was 38B before bra intervention

Funny moment with 4 year old ds - when the lady had measured me and disappeared off to get something suitable, he stared at me with my boobs out and said "do you know her?"

They only seem to look like scaffolding on that bit under the arms poking out, ifyswim.

Have long legs and short body too. Going to try the loop/stitch thing, sounds like a winner. Thanks everybody

I fondly remember my 34C days of delicate bras.. [sigh]

I am short and have the same problem and solve it by going for something in a similar colour or something loud. Loop/stitch thing changes the shape of the dress ime

Your DS's comment made me LOL Feenie

Me too

Your DS's comment made me laugh too OP!

I have the same problem actually. I'm short though with 28F boobs. I've been wearing a vest top underneath to disguise the bra but I am going on holiday to south of france and I really dont want to have to wear a vest top in that heat.
Maybe I'll get a bright coloured bra to go underneath them. I have a pink one already which would work with the navy one, but I have the same dress in a flowery pattern which might not work with the pink bra.
hmmm

I find cleo and ewa michalak much lower under the arms