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Article posted on reddit, "the Tyranny of the T-shirt bra: do you live in fear of your own nipples?"
I thought bratabase needed this article as well.
It discusses the molded foam dome takeover since the mid-90s.
Is there a conspiracy regarding this? It must be easier to sew!
The Tyranny of the T-Shirt Bra: Do You Live in Fear of Yo...
by Bonnie Downing Foamy, modern, molded bras have taken over more than their sha
https://www.thehairpin.com/2011/01/the-tyranny-of-the-t-shirt-bra-do-you-live...
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I always thought 't-shirt bra' referred to how you can't see the seams like in an unlined bra?
Yes they are easier (and cheaper) to sew because they involve taking a premade moulded cup (often machine made) and then covering this with fabric. Whereas for a seamed cup, it requires many more steps, especially if padded as you have to cut and seam: the padding, the outer fabric & the inner lining fabric (more if it contains cookie pockets). Even for the simplest of bra designs there's something like 20+ unique operational steps to put together a bra.
Regarding the being afraid of nipples thing. I personally prefer lightly padded cups because I have a lot of skin sensitivity issues and the materials used for unlined cups is often just hellish against my skin & worse on my nipples. Like Freya bras. Can't understand how anyone can be comfortable in them because to me the mesh they use in their unlined cups feels like sandpaper. So even if they weren't a shape mis-match, I'd never wear them.
With the moulded cups, I did used to wear them when I was a 32C for school (we weren't allowed our bras to show through our white shirts) but they never fit great as the apex was too far to the side so that would actually end up collapsing in as they wore in making it look like I had "inny" nipples lol.
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