Do any women here put their bra on backwards to make clasping it easier, then spin it around their chest?

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Aunt Carol
Waffle Iron said:
What about the reverse, if you take it off, do you ever spin it?
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Ideally you'd spin it and unhook the clasps in front again, but after a long day it's pretty damn tempting to just slide your arm out of the strap and under the band, then take the bra off over your head.

Why this is bad: bras are all about elasticity, which is never an "if" but a "when" it fails. The more you over-stretch a bra putting it on or taking it off, the day comes closer that it doesn't support your breasts right. This is why bras don't go in a clothes dryer, and why the debate about hanging dry vs flat dry (vs upside-down hang dry). Heat kills elastic.

Waffle Iron said:
I didn't know there was this deep schism within bra dressing.
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That's just what you do, unless you have a sports bra or get the kind with hooks in the front.

Or have a ladies' maid, or robot tentacles. I guess you could use a button hook but really, bra-rotation is the standard procedure.
 
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AMHOLIO said:
THEY NEVER TAUGHT ME ABOUT THIS :stress: :lossmanjack:
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But otherwise yeah, you gotta spin the bra around unless you're super flexible and dexterous. If it's stretchy enough to pull the band out and fasten it easily, it won't provide good support.

Even bra donning aids (for hemiplegia or arm injury) assume the part you're having trouble with is fastening it--in front.
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Ibanez RG 350EX said:
I've always wondered why that isn't the standard design as it makes infinitely more ergonomic sense, but I suppose there's probably good reasons I'm not aware of.
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Tends to give you monoboob; there isn't enough room between the breasts for a clasp and a deep dip inward, using only fabric. If the bra is high support, squishing the breasts together ends up sweaty and uncomfortable.

When you get to the grandma catalogs, the ratio of front hook to back hook bras available is reversed. Look for "leisure bras."
 
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Aunt Carol said:
That's just what you do, unless you have a sports bra or get the kind with hooks in the front.

Or have a ladies' maid, or robot tentacles. I guess you could use a button hook but really, bra-rotation is the standard procedure.
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I've always put it on backwards to clasp it. If I try to clasp it on my back I end up with some hooks on the wrong tier or not hooked at all.
 
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So half says that's how you're supposed to put them on and everyone does it, and the other half says putting it on backwards is crazy talk. I didn't know there was this deep schism within bra dressing.

What about the reverse, if you take it off, do you ever spin it?

Pole Smoker said:
ask how i know
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how do you know
 
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Waffle Iron said:
What about the reverse, if you take it off, do you ever spin it?
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Ideally you'd spin it and unhook the clasps in front again, but after a long day it's pretty damn tempting to just slide your arm out of the strap and under the band, then take the bra off over your head.

Why this is bad: bras are all about elasticity, which is never an "if" but a "when" it fails. The more you over-stretch a bra putting it on or taking it off, the day comes closer that it doesn't support your breasts right. This is why bras don't go in a clothes dryer, and why the debate about hanging dry vs flat dry (vs upside-down hang dry). Heat kills elastic.

Waffle Iron said:
I didn't know there was this deep schism within bra dressing.
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Nobody goes to school for bra-wearing, so a lot of it comes down to what you learned from the oral tradition. Plus body angles, breast size, style of bra, some random Cosmo article you read in 1996.

Sometimes women step into their bras, but you have to have smaller hips than chest for that to work well. Mostly I see this in women who've had shoulder surgery, or who need to.

Poppavalyim Andropoff said:
so why do they insist us amateur bra users must undo them behind the back one handed in the dark?
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Can't rotate the bra when the arms are still in the straps, under a blouse.

Second issue: when I rotate my bra I am both the spinner and the skin that chafes, and can temper my speed easily. If a strapping young man is rotating a tight fabric band around my delicate human torso, I'm worried he's going to do it with the vigor of starting a lawnmower.
 
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