https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:18:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession/page/2#post-1655587 Thu, 05 May 2016 19:02:16 +0000 Anonymous 1655587@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree that some braless-ness is probably healthy and when I responded I was very focused on appearance and my interaction with other people.<br />Christiane Northrup suggests that women not only spend some time without bras, but also that raising your arms above your head for a few minutes a day will encourage the lymph draining that Gigi mentioned. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession/page/2#post-1655240 Thu, 05 May 2016 04:26:46 +0000 Gigi 1655240@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I actually make it a point to go braless as much as possible--I think that it's healthier, because the lymph can circulate in the breasts better. I went to the mall today braless, although I did have a blazer on over my t-shirt. But I have gone braless with just a t-shirt, as long as the shirt is opaque. Some people do notice, and I will be stared at, but I guess I can't blame them. It's not a common sight.</p> <p>I am trying to find more tops and dresses that work well braless. When you don't wear a bra, shirts don't always fit all that well. I do have a small bust, which makes going braless easier. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession/page/2#post-1654875 Wed, 04 May 2016 16:35:25 +0000 Robin 1654875@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I could, I'd go braless almost all the time&nbsp; - sometimes I really do enjoy the shape bras give me. Alas, the breasts are bigger now, so I can rarely get away with bralessness - and really, I never could because my nipples are more than a little noticeable.</p> <p>I do go braless in our apartment building hallway, though. If I need to take stuff down to the trash room, I just wear a tee and cardigan, or a heavy shirt, so I'm at least a little more covered. When our dog was still alive, I did this, very occasionally, when taking her out to pee.</p> <p>I just got back from vacation, where I stayed first at a friend's house, then with family. I planned my wardrobe so I wouldn't have to wear a bra with my lounge wear. At my friend's house, that meant just wearing whatever I wanted, because neither she nor her fiance cared if I was "properly" dressed. With family, it meant packing a cardigan so I'd have a second layer to pull over my tee.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654839 Wed, 04 May 2016 15:13:43 +0000 Banoffi 1654839@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I only go bra-less when I'm in my pajamas. &nbsp;I don't have large breasts, but still don't like the feeling of them being on the loose. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654838 Wed, 04 May 2016 15:06:07 +0000 Anonymous 1654838@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There's a kind of self preservation angle to this question? I feel more attractive to other people, more stabilized for activity, and more dressed and ready when I'm wearing a bra.<br />And being that person makes me feel much more attractive to myself.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654813 Wed, 04 May 2016 14:34:06 +0000 Angie 1654813@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gaylene cracked me up.&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm the opposite, I wear bras <b>more</b> than ever now - even with lounge wear. Just not when I sleep. High fiving, Aziraphale and Rachy.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654796 Wed, 04 May 2016 13:39:00 +0000 Chris987 1654796@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Ariziphale and Rachylou and others..prefer that "strapped down" feeling. I have been saggy since I was a teenager and do not like the feeling. Unlike a lot of people I have never found bras to be&nbsp;uncomfortable. Even on hot/humid days I'd rather wear one than not. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654754 Wed, 04 May 2016 10:53:29 +0000 Style Fan 1654754@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have walked my dogs in PJs with my coat over top.&nbsp; I was braless at the time.&nbsp; I would not go braless unless I had a baggy top on with a coat over top.&nbsp; Dog walkers are often wearing their PJs.&nbsp; I have seen this in Muskoka, Montreal (early in the morning), Florida and other places.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654745 Wed, 04 May 2016 09:36:02 +0000 rachylou 1654745@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Even tho I have received no endowment, I don't like the jiggle of no bra and find running painful, to be quite honest. And I do indeed sleep in a bra, as well as believe what people say about the problem of bralessness in the work place. </p> <p>But all that said, was still raised by wolves...uh hippies, lol. I don't think wearing one means anything - nor not wearing one. Does it? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654734 Wed, 04 May 2016 07:34:36 +0000 Gaylene 1654734@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Why am I amused at the thought that going braless could turn my aging body into a public distraction? A little sagging and jiggling might be all I need to overcome the "invisibility" of being an older woman. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654724 Wed, 04 May 2016 05:54:34 +0000 Lyn D. 1654724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rarely to drive my DD to school if I am still in PJs, but only with an overcoat.<br />Otherwise I prefer to wear a bra at all times except when sleeping. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654714 Wed, 04 May 2016 05:06:20 +0000 Aziraphale 1654714@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Exactly. Do whatever works. No one can really see your breasts under a loose shirt anyway.</p> <p>I was thinking some more about your question, "will it progress into a place that embarrasses my children?". I don't know the answer to that. I think we're a touch on the prudish side here in North America, though. And so what if you don't care? Haven't we earned a right not to care? If jiggling boobs offend your neighbours, isn't it them with the problem, not you?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654707 Wed, 04 May 2016 04:53:42 +0000 Elle 1654707@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm exactly the same as Diana.</p> <p>If you are out at 10:30 at night, you might as well be comfortable. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654662 Wed, 04 May 2016 01:52:03 +0000 Diana 1654662@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do it all the time, if I'm just running to the store or whatever. As long as I'm not wearing a tight or sheer top I dont feel self conscious. Especially in winter when you can't see anything under the coat and scarf anyway.</p> <p>I never wear a bra at home, unless we have company. I quite literally take it off a minute after walking in the door most days. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654661 Wed, 04 May 2016 01:51:58 +0000 marianna 1654661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I lived in an apartment (for many years) I used puffers to conceal bralessness when taking the dogs outside in the early morning/late night. In warm weather a puffer vest and cold weather a puffer jacket. Now we have a house and the freedom to let my dogs into the backyard is priceless. So for me, only braless at home. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654659 Wed, 04 May 2016 01:50:34 +0000 Gaylene 1654659@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yup, to going braless whenever it suits me. My underwires are totally comfortable (although I'd never sleep in one), but sometimes it's nice to go it alone. Maybe it's a holdover from the sixties, but I've never figured out why my choosing to wear, or not wear, a bra would be of concern to anyone but me. In most other countries, the bra doesn't seem to be as big a necessity as it does here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654655 Wed, 04 May 2016 01:46:30 +0000 BrieN 1654655@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>only on Tuesday when I realize the garbage truck is down the street and my cans are still in the garage. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654653 Wed, 04 May 2016 01:44:27 +0000 Anonymous 1654653@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm happy to wear a bra and feel better with one on. I just have cringeworthy memories of an older woman in my life ( not my mother , thankfully) who stopped wearing one , even in public, and it was so distracting (never mind so unattractive ) . It informed that connection between droopy bralessness and letting yourself go. I'm not wearing one in the evening s after a bath and wearing my pyjamas ,but I'm totally covered up by a robe . Yea, call me conservative , but I'm ok with that </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654652 Wed, 04 May 2016 01:41:17 +0000 Jaime 1654652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Only to sleep. As others have said, I am uncomfortable braless. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654649 Wed, 04 May 2016 01:34:22 +0000 bj1111 1654649@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i love free range girls. &nbsp;i will go bare (with "breast petals") in all sorts of situations. &nbsp;even to work under a chunky seater. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654646 Wed, 04 May 2016 01:01:17 +0000 Janet 1654646@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Aida. I don't even like not having one on when my stepsons are at the house. </p> <p>I'll take the trash out or pick up the mail from the mailbox without a bra only if I'm wearing a big baggy shirt or jacket that hides my braless state. After all, 30F is pretty apparent when not contained and in a fitted tee, ya know? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654641 Wed, 04 May 2016 00:43:32 +0000 Aida 1654641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I'm out or there's company (including family) over I've got a bra on (unless there's an emergency and I have to pop out; very very rare! I'll usually just take the extra minute to dress). At home relaxing usually not, and never to sleep in. In your position I'd probably take to wearing one of those shelf-camisole tops around the house for the 10:30 walk </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654640 Wed, 04 May 2016 00:42:43 +0000 anne 1654640@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sometimes around the house at night yes - but not leaving the house!</p> <p>And sometimes I wear mine to bed because I can't be bothered taking them off!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654638 Wed, 04 May 2016 00:38:59 +0000 Wendi1984 1654638@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No, I'm not comfortable braless. I always wear a bra, even lounging around the house. But I do have my "indoor" bras. They are the Bali Comfort Revolution type, no underwire, soft and stretchy, but just enough support so I don't feel or look braless. I have gone out for a quick run to the store in one of them, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654637 Wed, 04 May 2016 00:38:52 +0000 Barbara Diane 1654637@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Around the house only. But that can last a while. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654629 Wed, 04 May 2016 00:05:36 +0000 Anonymous 1654629@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I totally would if, like Aziraphale and Xtabay, I didn't find a braless state so uncomfortable. The only time I'm not wearing a bra is in the shower or at my annual exam. I can't even sleep without one. I love that other people feel comfortable though--and it never bothers me to see women who aren't wearing bras, though it seems to happen so rarely these days. </p> <p>If I ran into you and Arlo on a walk, you could be wearing haute couture and I wouldn't pay attention to anything but him. Puppy cuteness trumps all! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654615 Tue, 03 May 2016 23:37:11 +0000 Anonymous 1654615@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Giving them a little space and air might be quite rejuvenating!&nbsp; Just don't wear curlers and fuzzy slippers or we'll have to put our collective YLF foot down. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654612 Tue, 03 May 2016 23:31:42 +0000 deb 1654612@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I suppose I am setting mine out to pasture, </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654611 Tue, 03 May 2016 23:28:29 +0000 Anonymous 1654611@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been tempted to do that, but I'm always scared I'll run into someone I know and the word will spread that I'm going to perdition.&nbsp; And, like Aziraphale, I just don't like the way braless feels.&nbsp; Even back in my flower-child days, I usually had a bra on!&nbsp; The girls have never been free-range, I'm afraid. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-bra-less-confession#post-1654609 Tue, 03 May 2016 23:23:25 +0000 Anonymous 1654609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Too self conscious. &nbsp;I wear a bra every time I open the front door or exit the house. &nbsp;I wish I could get past this, but I'm not there yet. &nbsp; </p>