How to put bra on when hot?

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Looking for advice please. I'm a 36H and fasten my bra round my waist backwards so I can see the hooks to do up, then swivel round and pull up.

When it's really hot, I feel sweaty even when not long out the shower, and the bra sticks and is hard to swivel round my waist.

What are the best options to deal with this:

Re-learn how to put a bra on - slip on and do hooks up at the back? (I've tried and find this method really difficult to do - all my bras have wide bands with 3 hooks).

Buy a fan for bedroom to keep me cool?

Or do I just need to lose weight? I'm a size 18/20 and don't think I had this problem when younger, thinner, and had smaller boobs, but it's been so long I don't really remember....

I know I need to lose weight anyway, but just looking for some tips to help with this issue now. It's been a daily battle getting a bra on the past several weeks with the hot weather / heat in my house.

Try a bit of talc under your boobs, it makes the swivelling easier.

Mine have three hooks and I do them at the back
Band only first (so the straps aren't on)
I put the thumb of one hand on the middle clasp, and thumb of the other hand on the middle hook
Once you've got the middle hook, the other two are easy

I have a fan, and am also trying to lose weight. Have exactly the same problem.
The other thing I do, as wfh, unless I am going out I go braless as much as I can.

Thank you both - will try that. Feel a bit doh! as hadn't thought of trying to do up at the back without putting my arms through the straps first.

@StealthPolarBear - maybe I need to balance my laptop on something so can't so much of my top half on Team video calls

A dab of antiperspirant around waist and under each boob.

Or do the same as usual but put the bra at the correct height (under boobs), fasten at the front, then swivel.

Don't?

A very light spray of skin friendly Sanex anti perspirant under your breasts will stop sweat forming and once the antiperspirant has dried, dust with talc.

It's generally not a good idea to front fasten and swivel. If your bra is a good fit then it will be pretty snug so you can damage the bra hauling it round (they're not designed for force exerted that way really). If it goes round easily normally it may mean you need to go down a band

Try to learn to do them at the back.

I put say my linen trousers etc as high as I can put my bra on the swiven it around the material of my trousers then pull up. Depends on the trousers etc I'm wearing though.

Same size here. I put my bras on and fasten them at the back. I use to do it your way but was taught by a breast specialist that fasting them at the back was the best way, not sure why, something about dangling your boobs into the cups for a better fit I think, anyway I still do it this way. It definitely gets easier. But as someone else said, talc, I look like I live in a snow storm in summer I smother my entire back, under my boobs and cleavage in the stuff, it’s a godsend.

@NotMyCat

Mine have three hooks and I do them at the back Band only first (so the straps aren't on) I put the thumb of one hand on the middle clasp, and thumb of the other hand on the middle hook Once you've got the middle hook, the other two are easy

Exactly the same - do it up at the back, then put straps on.

Thanks all for your suggestions- will be trying these out tomorrow morning!

Big pants. The really big comfy ones, put your bra on the way you normally do, but make sure the strap is on your pants - voila no sweaty, sticky straps

How big are your pants that your bra strap is on top of them????

I am at 38H, and have never understood how you can swivel a bra round. Mine is top snug fitting, and my boobs are in the way.

I just put my straps on, scoop my boobs into the cups and feel for the clips, and get them in pretty easily. Then I scoop my breast tissue up so it's positioned properly in the cup. Bravissimo fitter taught me that and it's revolutionary!

Front fastening bras?

I have the same trouble, luckily I was isolating in the worst of the heat
I've never been able to do my bra up on the back and actually impossible now I have a frozen shoulder!
Methods ive tried are a decent pull on bra so step into it, and a zip fronted bra, they don't give as much support as a properly fitted bra but I've tried so many bras in so many sizes (bob included) that comfort wins for me every time.

A bedroom fan makes the world of difference, stand directly in front of it to put bra on! I am 34 FF and find it easier to wear the crop top style bras ie from sainsburys or m&s, then its just like pulling on a top. I find they give great shape and no back fat too!

Talc !! It’s the only way! I’m 36HH and I cannot do a bra up behind my back to save my life! I physically cannot do it ! I love talc ! It’s messy but it works x

I’m with @HalloHello, l’m a 36G and it’s a case of practice to do a bra up at the back. It has always been second nature to me. It’s kinder to the bra as well.

I’m equally puzzled by the knickers comment. Anyway, for me in the hot weather, it’s a case of no pants rather than big pants 🤫.

@HalloHello How big are your pants that your bra strap is on top of them???? big just pull the stars down around your waist backwards and it'll sit on your pants, do it up, swivel it round and pull up.

Straps not stars

I do my clips at the back with the bra upside down and then flip it up and scoop in

Fasten it and then put it on. I never have a problem doing it this way.

I can't imagine a standard bra that you can pull on fastened offering much support? There's no way I can even get out of my bra if I don't unfasten it, never mind in..