New Clothes - Page 2

wolf · 04-14-2005, 11:02 AM

pfffft.

Once you settle on a bra brand, you're in it for life.

OnyxCougar · 04-14-2005, 11:05 AM

every single underwire bra I ever wore (I'm a 46DD) the underwire comes out, or the outside edge rubs against and finally punctures my flesh.

*sniff*

Elspode · 04-14-2005, 12:57 PM

Lord, woman...you could be seriously injured in an extreme underwire failure scenario.

Mrs. Elspode has much this same problem. I never know when one is going to let go and impale me through the head while we're driving down the road.

OnyxCougar · 04-14-2005, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

Lord, woman...you could be seriously injured in an extreme underwire failure scenario.

Mrs. Elspode has much this same problem. I never know when one is going to let go and impale me through the head while we're driving down the road.

I wonder if insurance would cover that.

(and thanks for making me smile today!)

SteveDallas · 04-14-2005, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by OnyxCougar

I wonder if insurance would cover that.

Actually I remember reading a few years back about a woman (I think in the UK) who got struck by lightning & it went right for the metal underwire.

limey · 04-15-2005, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by OnyxCougar

every single underwire bra I ever wore (I'm a 46DD) the underwire comes out, or the outside edge rubs against and finally punctures my flesh.

*sniff*

If the wire rubs under your arms it's because you're not DD but E or more, gal. If the wire comes out, well, I guess it's an old bra.

Tonchi · 04-15-2005, 03:03 AM

Aaaahhh! Bruce has discovered clothing painted to order. First introduced to the public awareness/horror by Demi Moore. Well, if any of us had paid for as much plastic surgery as she did, we would want to flaunt it too

Can't understand why this style never caught on for men, though ......

OnyxCougar · 04-17-2005, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by limey

If the wire rubs under your arms it's because you're not DD but E or more, gal. If the wire comes out, well, I guess it's an old bra.

No, the wire comes out of the front...the plastic bit on the wire wears against the material closing the wire in on the front, and it pops right up.

I've also had underwires (the kind that's plastic for a "kindler, gentler" shaping system) snap. I felt it just snap. Then I had one big ole boob lower than the other.

And we don't have E's here, lovey, we have DDD and F. As far as I know.

And thanks for the links, TS. My husband has been pushing me to get new bras (once the underwire goes I just jerk the UW out of the other cup and wear em that way...) for ages, and his dad sent him some money for his birthday which he insists he wants me to use for my bras. (Probably to get me to quit bitching.) So I will be buying a tape measure tonight and he can measure me for my new bras tonight. Which can be part of his birthday present. (evil grin)

xoxoxoBruce · 04-17-2005, 11:07 AM

Seems to me that having very large breasts is like carrying an Elephant gun all the time.
Great for getting someones attention (male or female) and sometimes admiration, but rarely useful and a painful burden. There's always unwanted attention too.

Troubleshooter · 04-17-2005, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by OnyxCougar

And thanks for the links, TS. My husband has been pushing me to get new bras (once the underwire goes I just jerk the UW out of the other cup and wear em that way...) for ages, and his dad sent him some money for his birthday which he insists he wants me to use for my bras. (Probably to get me to quit bitching.) So I will be buying a tape measure tonight and he can measure me for my new bras tonight. Which can be part of his birthday present. (evil grin)

No problem. Like I said, always willing to lend a hand.

wolf · 04-14-2005, 01:08 PM

It's a conspiracy to make you buy new before the time at which the pants become too faded to wear. This has happened because dyes are more colorfast than in the past, and detergents formulated to reduce fading are available.

russotto · 04-15-2005, 02:13 PM

Jeans never become too faded to wear. I buy them dark blue prewashed (unwashed shrinks a lot over the short run), and by the time I give them up, they're light blue. I give them up because they're frayed and/or torn and/or shrunken too much.

Tonchi · 04-15-2005, 05:55 PM

When your jeans reach that stage, post them on Ebay and get more than your money back. Some kid will think they are perfect

And back to the underwires, they definitely were designed by some Teutonic sado-masochist. And people used to complain about whalebone? I read a long article somewhere about how women's clothing, expecially bras, reflect the degree of repression extant in society. It seems that when Republicans are in power, women's mores are repressed and slammed into neat and useful little boxes while they have clothing that confines the body while still making them look like whores. (The first example that comes to mind is the pointy bras of the 50's under stretched-out sweaters which covered from chin to waist.) On the opposite end of the spectrum was the comfort movement of the 70's, which supposedly had the garment industry in a panic because the women wore what felt comfortable, in whatever length that suited them, and skipped the bras and stockings even at work. Wish I could remember where I saw that article, I'd like to write that magazine and point out that the hellish underwire bra became almost universal in the over-the-top economy of the 90's, with Democrats in office

Lunaephiliac · 04-15-2005, 07:49 PM

Me, the best clothes I have are the ones my mother made for me. They fit perfectly, look good on my weird 15-yr-old body, and cost almost nothing. They last forever, too.

I love my mother.

Troubleshooter · 04-15-2005, 08:04 PM

I have to admit that all of this talk about boobies has been really stimulating.

04-14-2005, 11:02 AM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	pfffft. Once you settle on a bra brand, you're in it for life. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-14-2005, 11:05 AM	#2
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	every single underwire bra I ever wore (I'm a 46DD) the underwire comes out, or the outside edge rubs against and finally punctures my flesh. sniff __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

04-14-2005, 12:57 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Lord, woman...you could be seriously injured in an extreme underwire failure scenario. Mrs. Elspode has much this same problem. I never know when one is going to let go and impale me through the head while we're driving down the road. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-15-2005, 03:03 AM	#7
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	Aaaahhh! Bruce has discovered clothing painted to order. First introduced to the public awareness/horror by Demi Moore. Well, if any of us had paid for as much plastic surgery as she did, we would want to flaunt it too Can't understand why this style never caught on for men, though ...... __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

04-17-2005, 11:07 AM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Seems to me that having very large breasts is like carrying an Elephant gun all the time. Great for getting someones attention (male or female) and sometimes admiration, but rarely useful and a painful burden. There's always unwanted attention too. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-14-2005, 01:08 PM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	It's a conspiracy to make you buy new before the time at which the pants become too faded to wear. This has happened because dyes are more colorfast than in the past, and detergents formulated to reduce fading are available. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-15-2005, 02:13 PM	#12
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Jeans never become too faded to wear. I buy them dark blue prewashed (unwashed shrinks a lot over the short run), and by the time I give them up, they're light blue. I give them up because they're frayed and/or torn and/or shrunken too much.

04-15-2005, 05:55 PM	#13
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	When your jeans reach that stage, post them on Ebay and get more than your money back. Some kid will think they are perfect And back to the underwires, they definitely were designed by some Teutonic sado-masochist. And people used to complain about whalebone? I read a long article somewhere about how women's clothing, expecially bras, reflect the degree of repression extant in society. It seems that when Republicans are in power, women's mores are repressed and slammed into neat and useful little boxes while they have clothing that confines the body while still making them look like whores. (The first example that comes to mind is the pointy bras of the 50's under stretched-out sweaters which covered from chin to waist.) On the opposite end of the spectrum was the comfort movement of the 70's, which supposedly had the garment industry in a panic because the women wore what felt comfortable, in whatever length that suited them, and skipped the bras and stockings even at work. Wish I could remember where I saw that article, I'd like to write that magazine and point out that the hellish underwire bra became almost universal in the over-the-top economy of the 90's, with Democrats in office __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

04-15-2005, 07:49 PM	#14
Lunaephiliac Nice people frighten me. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seattle. Yes, it's raining. Posts: 47	Me, the best clothes I have are the ones my mother made for me. They fit perfectly, look good on my weird 15-yr-old body, and cost almost nothing. They last forever, too. I love my mother. __________________ Well, obviously no one is going to give you a nickel every time something common happens, so stop using that idiotic phrase. Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished, persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. -Mark Twain

04-15-2005, 08:04 PM	#15
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	I have to admit that all of this talk about boobies has been really stimulating. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

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