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Bra Styles: The Pros & Cons
Bras are highly engineered and thoughtfully designed under-garments. They generally take many many months to design and fit modify before being put on the market. It is not unusual for a bra design to include as many as 40 fabric, trim and hardware pieces. Though many bras are beautiful, they are more about playing a supportive role to your clothing. Knowing what bra designs work best for your figure and bra size will help you more easily identify the bra styles that best suit your needs. Not all bra styles work on every woman. We’ve therefore compiled this list of bra styles, and have included remarks as to each styles pros and cons. Bra styles can also have differing cup designs. After our list of Bra Styles, we have a list of bra cup styles. Cup styles are also an important consideration when selecting a bra. ![]() 3-part/Multi-part cup brasThese bras have 2 or more fabric pieces making up their cup design. By far, seamed cup bra are the most supportive bra style you can have. Good style for:
You can have a 2-part cup, a 3-part cup and even a 4-part cup. Most 3 and 4 part cups almost all have a vertical side panel on the outside of the cups. This vertical panel helps pull breast tissue out from under your arms and keeps it front and center, giving you a thinner and more youthful silhouette. If you are a D cup or larger, you should seriously look at multi-part cup bras. They will give you great support and a great flattering figure. Back to top ![]() ![]() Adhesive brasThe cups have surgical-quality re-usable adhesive along their insides. Good style for:
Back to top ![]() ![]() Bralet/Bralette brasBralet/Bralette bras – Unlined wireless bras without closures so require that you pull them over your head. Good style for:
Back to top ![]() ![]() Convertible BrasThe straps either come off or are detachable on one end so that you can configure your straps according to your top. For example, a convertible strap can be one-shoulder, crisscrossed in back, halter, kicked in and strapless. Good style for:
Back to top ![]() ![]() Corset/Bustier style brasGenerally a longline strapless bra where the bra band can be cinched in by laces or multiple rows of hooks & eyes. The cups are usually demi cup styled to show off your upper breast tissue. Good style for:
Back to top ![]() ![]() Demi BrasDemi Bras – The cups have shorter underwires, less upper-breast coverage, and wide-set straps. Good style for:
![]() ![]() Front Closure BrasFront Closure Bras – Bras where the closure is in front instead of the back. Good style for:
Adding to all of this is the fact that front closure bras are the styles about which manufacturers get the most customer complaints. They have the highest return rate and greatest customer dissatisfaction. Rather than making a controversial high return front closure bra, most manufacturers have removed them from their offerings. If you love front closure, just understand that bra manufacturers do not and this is why they are hard to find. Back to top ![]() ![]() Long-line BrasLongline Bras – Have bra bands that extend down to the waist or lower. Good style for:
Long-line bras are a fabulous style that seems to have been forgotten by most women. All women should have a long-line style bra in their lingerie wardrobe. Here's a list of reasons why:
Back to top ![]() ![]() Minimizer BrasDesigned to reduce the projection of your breasts. Good style for:
Minimizer bras are designed to reduce the projection of the breasts. Large breasted women like a minimizer because they feel it makes them look smaller in the chest, and allows them to wear button front blouses without that pulling look. However, the minimize bra style mostly goes up to G cup sizing. A minimizer does not reduce the size of your breasts. Rather, it minimizes your breasts' projection. Instead of pointed breasts, a minimizer bra changes the breast shape to a more firmly held mound. The cup shape is designed with a wider diameter and a shorter projection. Your malleable breast tissue is flattened and moved more under your arms, towards your center cleavage, up your chest and down towards your waist. Some minimizers push your breast tissue more in one of these directions than others. In general, a minimizer bra will reduce your breast circumference as follows: B cup reduces 1/2", C cup reduces 3/4", D cup reduces 1", DD cup and larger reduces 1-1/4" or possibly more. This means the bust circumference (not breast projection) measurement is reduced by these amounts. When buying a minimizer, you should buy one in your normal bra size. Don't purchase a size down thinking you will get a more minimizing effect. All you will get is an ill-fitting bra. Back to top ![]() ![]() Padded BrasPadding added to the inside of the cups to give definition, add size and eliminate nipple definition. The padding can be light, medium or heavy. It’s location can be built-up along the bottom of the cup, along the sides of the cup, or evenly around the insides of a cup. Good style for:
Back to top ![]() ![]() Petite BrasBras specifically designed for a woman with a petite frame. The cups are closer together and pared down, the straps are shorter, and the underwires are not as long. Good style for:
Back to top ![]() ![]() Plunge BrasA bra with a low center panel to allow for plunging necklines. Good style for:
Back to top ![]() ![]() Push-up BrasThe cups have various pads to push your breasts up and inward to optimize cleavage and breast size. Straps are usually wide-set. Good style for:
A push up bra is great to give the illusion of a larger breast size. The padding, if removable, is known as a "cookie". Push-up bras are padded bras with additional padding at the bottom portion of the cup to lift the breasts, creating the illusion of a larger breast. Most push-up bras come in C cups or smaller and have wide-set straps. However, HerRoom has some push-up bras that go up to DD cups. New push-up designs also have padding along the bottom and along the outside edges of the cups. This style of push-up bra not only lifts the breasts but also pushes them together to help optimize the possibility for a cleavage line. However, wide-set breasts and B cup size breasts and smaller will probably never achieve a touching cleavage line – there just isn’t enough breast tissue to push around to achieve this. Back to top ![]() ![]() Racerback BrasAlso called “T-back” and “sports back” bras. This bra back design allows for maximum movement of the back and arms without any strap slippage. Good style for:
Racerback bras are also called T-back and sportback bras. A racer-back bra is any design for the back that allows maximum movement of the back and arms. An added advantage is that such a design hides straps under sleeveless and tank-style tops. A racerback bra can have a high curve near the neckline with a T-strap down the center back; have bra straps attached close together on a back with a center back panel; or have cut-outs around the shoulder blades. Because of the back design, a racer-back bra will most commonly be front closure. It therefore has all the front closure challenges mentioned above. The strap placement may also be too close to your neck, pushing down on your cervical nerve, which runs from your neck to your shoulders. Therefore, headaches, neck pain, numbness and shoulder pain are frequent complaints by women who have tried racer-back bras. Back to top ![]() ![]() Seamless (molded) BrasThe cups are of a single piece of fabric without seams that have been molded and shaped over a pre-determined breast form. Good style for:
Seamless bras are one of the most popular style bras sold in the US. They give a natural round look to your breasts without any seams showing. If you like wearing clingy knits or form-fitting clothing, a seamless bra will be almost invisible underneath. When you get into cup sizing larger than a D, seamless bra designs begin to be challenged. The shape of their cups have been determined in the molding process. But when breast weight starts entering into the equation, the breast shape usually becomes compromised and sagging begins to occur. The seamless styles which tend to hold up the best in larger cup sizes are those with a second layer of fabric. Back to top ![]() ![]() Shelf BrasShelf Bras – A bra with an underwire but a very small lower cup that does not cover the nipple. Good style for:
A shelf bra is a bra with an underwire and a very small cup which does not cover the nipple. This bra style can also be called a “chopper bra.” Apart from being extremely titillating to men, smaller breasted women can wear shelf bras in place of a bra if they want a "natural" look, but without the sagging. If you want to go braless, but secretly wish you had some support, a shelf bra is the answer. A shelf bra is also the name given to an additional piece of fabric with elastic sewn along the lower edge that is then sewn inside a top for additional breast support. This added fabric acts like a sling to give your breasts added support. Back to top ![]() ![]() Soft-Cup/Wireless/Wire-Free BrasBras without underwires. Good style for:
For a comparison between wire-free and underwire bras, please see below under “Underwire Bras.” Back to top ![]() ![]() Sports BrasBras without underwires. Good style for:
Sports bras are specially designed bras to minimize breast movement during exercise. A sports bra minimizes breast bouncing. Its design includes wider straps, and broad cup coverage. Breasts are supported by the non-elastic Cooper's ligaments. Frequent exercising breaks down the ligaments and causes permanent sagging in your breasts if not contained from movement. Wearing a sports bra will help prevent damage to the breast tissue. Manufacturers often categorize their sports bra line by the level of impact and exercise intensity. If you participate in various sports or exercise activities, you may need several different sports bras. Sports bras are designed using one of three engineering concepts:
![]() Strapless BrasA bra without straps. Many convertible bras can also be strapless bras. Good style for:
Of all bra styles, the strapless bra is the most technically challenging to design. Without straps, this bra style must rely completely on the strength of the fabric, the design of the band, and the shape of the underwires to stay in place and provide support. A strapless bra without underwires is a bandeau and has much less support. The most successful strapless bras have a wide band; boning under the arms and at the center front; deep underwires; gripper-like silicone strips along the inside to reduce slippage; and special elastic with exposed small elastic loops to help grip. Some strapless bras also put boning in the cups. Such boning gives additional support to larger breasts. Strapless underwires are different from other underwires. Not only are their wires taller, but they also curve in to encompass the breast more than a normal underwire. When the underwires splay, they actually encircle the breast giving better support as well as reduced slippage. ![]() ![]() Even with all this technology and sophisticated designing, a strapless bra can be a little uncomfortable and need to be pulled up throughout the evening if the wearer is active and large breasted. A strapless longline bra should thus be considered. Back to top ![]() ![]() T-Shirt BrasT-Shirt bras, also called contour bras, have a molded seamless cup with a layer of foam for shape and modesty. Good style for:
The T-shirt bra is actually a name given to what the industry calls a contour cup bra. This bra is a combination of being a seamless bra and a lightly padded bra. There is a thin layer of foam or padding in the cups to give a nice shape and modesty so that the contour of your nipple does not show. The public started calling them T-shirt bras because they are the perfect invisible solution to wear under t-shirts and other clingy or form-fitting clothes. The contour bra is the best-selling bra style in America. However, it does have limitations in the larger cup sizes. When breasts get too large and/or too heavy, this breaks down the pre-formed breast shape in the bra’s cups and you can end up with a less-than-flattering bustline. Back to top ![]() ![]() Underwires BrasBras with underwires for breast support and definition. Good style for:
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