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Why The Backless Bra Is The
Lingerie Drawer Must-Have!


Types of Bras

The backless bra is one of the best types of bras designed to support the breasts while allowing for a discreet look under backless tops and dresses.

Women of all bra sizes and shapes can benefit from backless bras; the trick when is to find a brassiere that works best with your body type and the clothing that you wear.

The basic backless bra is designed with molded cups and adhesive that is either in the cups or on the band below them.

This adhesive band typically extends partway around the ribcage to provide extra staying power while the back remains bare.

Women with very sensitive skin on their breasts should avoid adhesive bras with adhesive in the cups; other women enjoy these bra styles because many of them contain no lower band at all.

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These brassieres are simply a pair of molded, adhesive cups, and can be worn with extremely bare dresses and tops.

Many of these adhesive bra styles have advanced adhesive technologies that remain sticky even after washing; these can be worn up to 50 times before needing to be replaced.

backless bra, types of bras, bra shopping

Other types of backless bras have clear plastic or rubber straps and a modified ribcage band that wraps around the lower torso.

These bands keep the bra firmly in place around the body, but attach much lower than a standard bra band in order to accommodate outerwear with lower backs.

When bra shopping, you may notice other types of backless bra styles including cut-away cups that allow for very low-cut tops. These are frequently labeled “star cup bras”, after the shape of the cut-outs.

Women who do not own backless bras may be able to purchase a “bra back converter,” which is a strap used to convert a regular brassiere to a bra with a very, very low-cut back.

This strap attaches to one end of the bra band and is wrapped around the torso in a figure-eight before fastening to the other end of the bra band.

Through use of this strap, the back of the brassiere is pulled down several inches, allowing for low-cut clothing to be worn without the rear bra band becoming visible.

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It's important to note that a backless bra is not going to offer the same level of uplift as a regular bra. For this reason, smaller-breasted women who wear petite bras have the greatest level of success with these types of undergarments.

These types of brassieres typically feature molded cups, which help shape the bust and prevent nipples from being visible through the fabric of a shirt or dress. backless bra, types of bras, bra shopping

Certain varieties also feature padded cups and the ability to adjust the degree of cleavage with an adjustable clip between the two bra cups.

Before the backless adhesive bra came to be, women would sometimes create backless cleavage and support for themselves using duct tape or even packing tape.

The biggest concern with this practice is the damage caused to delicate skin by the harsh adhesives of duct tape.

backless bra, types of bras, bra shopping

Even one application of duct tape can cause redness and soreness when the tape is removed; and, indulging in this regularly can cause blood blisters to form beneath the skin, which will eventually break through the surface.

Another concern of using duct-tape is the unflattering “uni-boob” silhouette it normally produces; strapless bras, on the other hand, keep the breasts separate and preserves a woman’s feminine silhouette.

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