https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 04 May 2026 10:55:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra/page/2#post-232056 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:38:26 +0000 astraldaeva 232056@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with BJ--unless I can get dear hubby to do it for me. Also, sock-sock-shoe-shoe, simply because my socks are in a chest under the bed, and my shoes are by the door. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra/page/2#post-232052 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:34:02 +0000 Maya 232052@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can reach my arms and hands around to bra-hooking position easily. It's the tension of stretching the band and trying to feel where the hooks are that cause the stress. I feel fine for a few seconds, but it takes me a lot longer than that to get the hooks aligned. I don't know how anyone can get all the hooks on at once. I have to do one at a time, and it just takes too long and is too uncomfortable. I wonder if it would be easier if I was still wearing my band too big. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra/page/2#post-232031 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:08:39 +0000 shana 232031@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a funny thread! I never even realized that people hook in the front, much less so many! I'm a traditional hook in the back person though I do have a tough time with my sports bras sometimes. Hmmm, need to teach my two year old how to hook these for me </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra/page/2#post-232005 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:05:01 +0000 Kyrania 232005@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well...I have frozen shoulder and it REALLY sux! It totally interferes with the way I get dressed. I have it from diabetes and meds...sometimes it's very bad and sometimes it's no too bad....</p> <p>it does affect the clothing I buy and wear...no back buttons, lacing or zipping unless my husband does it for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra/page/2#post-231987 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:20:10 +0000 BlondeAmbition 231987@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My bras have on average 3 clasps so I have to do the front clasp and swivel, then hook arms through and adjust the girls. I also take off the bra by unhooking the arms first, swiveling the bra and unhooking it in the back.</p> <p>I wonder if those of us who can't hook our bras in the back have poor flexibility that should be addressed? I'm wondering, are those of you who can hook your bra in back are particularly fit and flexible and do yoga or other exercises that increase flexibility compared to those of us who can't hook our bra in back? I for one weight lift and do cardio, but I skimp on flexibility exercises. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra/page/2#post-231958 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:14:24 +0000 Mamapicklejuice 231958@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Man, leaning, scooping, "fluffing" (ew)...this is quite a gymnastic feat for some of you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra/page/2#post-231954 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:33:22 +0000 Theresa 231954@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow - this has been QUITE an education!!!</p> <p>I'm an arms in first, then hook in the back and fluff kinda gal! I can't imagine doing it any other way either...</p> <p>Oh wait... when I had severe tendonitis in one wrist and had to wear this contraption on the wrist, I had to hook and swivel and I remember that I just stopped wearing bra's because I couldn't get my head around hooking and swivelling LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra/page/2#post-231953 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:38:57 +0000 Kyrania 231953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I cannot reach my upper back...shoulder problems from years of weight lifting and riding accident destroyed them...too much pain. I do the front hook and wiggle back thing...hahaha...never thought about it until I saw this commercial where the hot model undid her hook-and-eye closure all the way down her corset.....in my DREAMS!</p> <p>Husband does the corsets and sometimes the bras ONLY if I cannot twist it around myself.</p> <p>I used to buy front closure bras...hmmm, dunno why I stopped. WOW...thanbks, I will look for front closure one sinse my shoulders are getting worse...totoally forgot! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra/page/2#post-231952 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:34:52 +0000 Tara 231952@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How to put on a bra:</p> <p>1) Select appropriate bra. This may vary depending on individual size (aka "endowedness"), style, occasion, clothing choice etc.</p> <p>2) Hold bra by straps in front of body and carefully insert first one arm, then the other, into the straps so that cups are positioned in front of bosoms.</p> <p>3) LEAN! Forward usually works best. Lean to enough of a degree to ensure all boobage is inserted firmly into cup. Again, degree of leaning depends on individual endowedness, or "boobage".</p> <p>4) Scoop/fluff boobage in cups to ensure accurate positioning of boobage and maximum fillage of cups.</p> <p>5) Wriggle/jiggle/yank. You may need to wriggle a little to feel comfortable. Jiggle the boobage to a final appropriate position. Yank the shoulder and back straps for maximum comfort.</p> <p>6) Be proud of having accomplished one of the most overlooked but most important tasks of womanhood (unless you're Germaine Greer).</p> <p>7) Take that boobage to the world. This often works best under an appropriate top/dress.</p> <p>:-P (this is how I do it anyway...) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra/page/2#post-231946 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:16:41 +0000 MsMary 231946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hook in back, scoop and fluff.</p> <p>And sock, shoe, sock, shoe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra/page/2#post-231943 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:43:09 +0000 londonkiwi (now back in NZ) 231943@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ohhh, what an fun coversation to read after a little break from YLF - I really missed you all!</p> <p>I'm a front and swivel. I can do both but because of my sticky out bits on my rib cage just below my bust line I find that the best placement that doesn't sit in the wrong place is the front and swivel technique. I do incorporate the lean foward bit to jiggle things into the right place!</p> <p>As long as it isn't shoe, shoe, sock, sock I am not worried </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra/page/2#post-231861 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:35:45 +0000 taylor 231861@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am a front hook swivel kinda girl... shaken with a twist. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra/page/2#post-231855 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:28:53 +0000 Angie 231855@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Why thank you, Maya. That's a compliment. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra/page/2#post-231853 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:26:55 +0000 Maya 231853@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Angie, hooker is the last word I would use to describe you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra/page/2#post-231836 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:00:05 +0000 Angie 231836@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*chuckle*</p> <p>I'm a back-hooker. Not much to scoop and fluff. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra/page/2#post-231834 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:58:54 +0000 Beth 231834@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm a "lean over, hook in back, scoop and fluff" kind of girl.</p> <p>And it's most definitely sock-sock-shoe-shoe! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra/page/2#post-231795 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:52:22 +0000 Kari 231795@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Srujana, according to the fitter I worked with at Nordstrom, hooking at the back (and then bending slightly over to "scoop" yourself into place) is the correct method. That makes sense because it's probably harder on the bra/band when you hook in front and scoot it around to the back. Not to mention the occasional stabbing yourself with underwire while trying to rotate the bra, which I do sometimes - ouch!</p> <p>However, I've never been able to hook in back, and have been trying to do so for the last 14 years - and now that I'm having a ton of wrist pain from typing a lot at work, trying to hook a bra in back is out of the question. I have a feeling that it wouldn't hurt my wrists quite as badly or be so difficult to reach if my natural waist wasn't so gosh darn high! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra#post-231781 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:31:21 +0000 Elly 231781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can and do both. My mother taught me the front hook method, but I am extremely flexible, so I had always just hooked mine in the back. Most of the time I hook it low in the front or back over my waist (I have a 28" waist and a 32" band) that way there isn't tension on the hooks while hooking and the bra is still loose to turn around if I hooked it in the front. Then I pull it up and situate it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra#post-231766 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:05:08 +0000 Jonesy 231766@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hook in front, then twist the bra around, put the straps on, and position everything within the individual cups. I really can't imagine doing it any other way. How can you possibly reach around back and hook it? The mind boggles. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra#post-231761 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:39:40 +0000 marianna 231761@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do as you do, Srujana. This has been a fascinating thread! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra#post-231759 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:33:21 +0000 Marley 231759@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am so glad that I logged onto YLF a few minutes ago and started reading this thread. What a riot! I'm a "hook in front and swivel" girl! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra#post-231753 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:14:04 +0000 chewyspaghetti 231753@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya- you're limp wristedness concerns me...........er, that came out all wrong </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra#post-231738 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:29:09 +0000 Mellllls 231738@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hook in the back, EXCEPT for those strapless backless ones. They have too many hooks and I can't do them all without looking. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra#post-231736 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:12:25 +0000 janetinvirginia 231736@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've never been physically able to attach (or undo) a bra in the back, so the method your cousin used is the only possible way for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra#post-231731 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:53:16 +0000 Auburn 231731@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hook in back and then, as others have said, do some fluffing of my meager assets (fluffing mainly because one asset is more meager than the other...sigh). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra#post-231724 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:46:26 +0000 Lana 231724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also hook in front. I can't do it any other way! Which may seem pitiful, but really, it's impossible! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra#post-231723 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:42:41 +0000 Srujana 231723@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think AG just tipped the balance to hooking in front :)</p> <p>I find this quite interesting, since it never even occurred to me to wear it any other way in all the years I've been wearing a bra. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra#post-231705 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:18:24 +0000 catgirl 231705@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hook in front. The fitters always have you lean forward, but they don't come home with me to arrange my assets later. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra#post-231690 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:58:07 +0000 celia 231690@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting subject.I always put arms first than, hook in the back and after that center the girls.<br /> But my mother does it like your cousin.<br /> And I prefer sock sock, shoe shoe.:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/correct-way-to-put-on-a-bra#post-231657 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:03:42 +0000 Sparky 231657@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm willing to bet that any poll would show about a 50-50 split between these two methods. I've always been told by the lingerie ladies to do the lean-forward-hook-behind method but for the life of me I can't do it. So I do as your cousin.</p> <p>How's the poll looking here so far? </p>