https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:02:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group/page/2#post-1083122 Wed, 13 Nov 2013 01:49:53 +0000 Archer 1083122@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Me either. Sometimes she combines incredible wisdom from someone of her experience (i.e. length of life is enough of a criteria for me on that one - but I am a bit of hard-nose there). At other times she is IMO clueless of the larger paradigm. &nbsp;I really think, I (at 53) am no longer wired to understand the connections that young women are making and what they are connecting it to.<br />And - Im sure our mothers thought that about us so I think J is worth watching just because she is doing something 'disruptive' in a way that appears to go beyond what she sees in magazines or desk top calendars. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group/page/2#post-1082658 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:45:27 +0000 deb 1082658@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Archer, I am really not sure what direction jezebel is going. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group/page/2#post-1082627 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:19:53 +0000 MsMaven 1082627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah yes--that was it. &nbsp;Thanks for finding the photo and the article. &nbsp;I forgot that it was Rudi who started it all. &nbsp;&nbsp;His designs were shocking at the time. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group/page/2#post-1082280 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 09:23:04 +0000 Archer 1082280@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Deb<br />So do we think jezebel is the modern equivalent to a bra burner? Or is she doing something else all together ? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group/page/2#post-1082235 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 06:51:52 +0000 Neel 1082235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is such an interesting and hilarious read!!! I am too modest to do that and I hate pointing o_O ...... But a feminist all the way. Cheers to girl power! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group/page/2#post-1082233 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 06:39:45 +0000 deb 1082233@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MsMaven, I found a picture, &nbsp;Rudi Gernreich "No Bra" <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/rudi_gernreich_no_bra_sheer/thing?id=60902885" rel="nofollow">here</a>. And the story <a href="http://onthisdayinfashion.com/?p=7107" rel="nofollow">here</a>. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group/page/2#post-1081884 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 01:16:44 +0000 MsMaven 1081884@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For elpgal and those who wondered: &nbsp;a natural bra was a 1970s invention made of very sheer, stretchy fabric--nylon if I remember correctly. &nbsp;It came in "nude," i.e. pale pinkish-beige and offered some support, but not much. &nbsp;It did keep you from bouncing around, and yes, in thin or light clothing the nipples could be seen. &nbsp;I think Warner's made them. &nbsp;No padding and not pointy.&nbsp;</p> <p>I can't find a picture of one.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group/page/2#post-1081783 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 23:33:18 +0000 D'Ellen 1081783@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In spirit only.&nbsp; I'm of the age to have been a bra-burner, but I've just never felt comfortable going without.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group/page/2#post-1081719 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:51:53 +0000 RunswithDolphins 1081719@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I definitely was a part of that generation and I did my undergrad degree in Women's Studies.&nbsp; Having said that I didn't myself nor did I know any other women who burned their bras or even just abandoned them by the wayside.&nbsp; </p> <p>I think it's similar to the music and drug influence of the '60s-'70s.&nbsp; A lot of us were around then and were greatly influenced by the thinking of the times but few of us actually went to Woodstock.&nbsp; </p> <p>My feeling as a feminist is that it is crucial to raise our sons to respect women and our daughters to be strong women. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group/page/2#post-1081699 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:31:46 +0000 Aziraphale 1081699@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Things jiggle if I don't wear a bra, so I always have. I don't like the feeling of jiggle. If I were a man, I suspect I'd be the kind who requires body-hugging underpants, for the same reasons. (I can't imagine it would be comfortable to have your boy parts thwapping against the tops of your thighs!).</p> <p>I'm fine with it if others don't want to wear one, though. I agree with the political stuff. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group/page/2#post-1081635 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:48:53 +0000 viva 1081635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm very small chested (34 barely A) but almost always wear a bra and almost always have. Bras give me shape and I really prefer it that way. I've never really felt like it was because of anyone else's rules that I put one on, and I've never thought of my own relationship with lingerie as political. <br />I actually like bras and think they're often pretty. But my small chest may have something to do with it -- they never hurt me and are typically not uncomfortable, so I don't ever feel like I am doing something I don't want to do. Occasionally in college and grad school I would wear a muscle shirt with no bra, but that was really rare. <br />The only thing I resist, and this may indeed be a political statement, is overly stuffed and padded bras. I like a bra to give me shape, but I don;t need a bra to turn me into Jane Mansfield. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081623 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:43:20 +0000 peacechick 1081623@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm from the post-bra-burning generation but I'm also heavy busted and would be in pain if I didn't wear them. Rather than thinking of bras as oppressive, I love the support, the firmer the better! </p> <p>I agree with DonnaF that the feminism statement of this generation is not shaving or waxing. Interestingly, where I grew up, women shaved legs and armpits but not down there. It wasn't till I moved to North America that I found out like male circumcision, bush trimming/waxing is seen as a norm for "hygiene". I'm not sure if it's just the people I know? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081621 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:42:46 +0000 elpgal 1081621@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What is a 'natural bra'? An unpadded one?</p> <p>I have gone without bras on ocassion and it does not bother me. I had a lactation consultant visit me at home when we were having some breastfeeding troubles post-partum and she was very uncomfortable with me being braless. That was interesting! I could not stand to wear a bra for a few days at that time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081608 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:34:57 +0000 E 1081608@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm too young to have been in the original anti-bra&nbsp;movement but having recently read Gail Collins' When Everything Changed (and being a proud feminist)&nbsp;I wish I was there!</p> <p>I have a small, self-supporting&nbsp;bust (30C/32B in underwire, a&nbsp;32C in Gap's wireless&nbsp;t-shirt bras which are the comfiest I've found) that is more comfortable without a bra; I never wear one at home, where I spend most of my time.&nbsp;They're shaped in such a way that a lot of the time&nbsp;if I'm wearing a woven top (especially in a&nbsp;waist surrendering style), no one can tell whether I'm wearing a bra or not. So I have quite a few&nbsp;woven tops and dresses&nbsp;that let me go braless even in public with no one the wiser. I love it! Especially during the summer, when the last thing I need is something else to sweat under.&nbsp;I do always put one on before I leave the house&nbsp;when I'm wearing a knit top (more frequent in the cooler months)&nbsp;or any top where people would be able to tell, but I take it off first thing when I get home. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081596 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:25:46 +0000 Anonymous 1081596@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have always worn a bra, I think I have modesty issues, lol. However, I have always been large chested, even as a teen so brakes is not comfy for me. </p> <p>When I sleep at someone's house or have company, I always appear in my pjs with a bra. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081552 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 20:48:06 +0000 Janet 1081552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Deb, it was in downtown Baltimore, believe it or not. Mere blocks away from where one could go see women dance with little more than a g-string on. I don't think this was policy, just an ignorant employee. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081521 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 20:13:08 +0000 deb 1081521@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amy, I am not sure I agree with the chest muscle&nbsp;reasoning but it is an interesting article.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081517 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 20:08:50 +0000 Sona 1081517@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I grew up in a family that was very modest. The first time I came to the US and went swimming with my cousins,&nbsp;my cousin had to warn me that there would be naked women in the changing room.</p> <p>I kept my eyes down and was embarrassed. I still feel uncomfortable with nudity. I have always worn a bra.</p> <p>Interestingly bebe does not like it when I take my bra off to change into pajamas. And she is appalled that I would do it in front of&nbsp;(her)Dad. She is very modest and this seems innate because as I mentioned she has seen my boobs many a time.It will be interesting to see what happens as she grows up.</p> <p>Back to the braless issue: for the first time last week as I was examining her heart and lungs I discovered that my patient was braless and actually began to feel weird.</p> <p>I have issues with nudity it seems.</p> <p>I guess I am one of those that would never burn a bra! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081512 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 20:05:39 +0000 deb 1081512@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, there is no response button for your comment. I cannot believe someone would actually do that to you. What part of the country were you in? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081508 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 20:02:37 +0000 Echo 1081508@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, that is awful and hilarious at the same time! My mother, being the very conservative woman she is, always said in relation to bras, "Pointing isn't polite." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081498 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:54:38 +0000 Classically Casual 1081498@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for triggering a funny memory. I worked in a large open office at the time, and the workers were mainly female. One day my very quirky desk mate stood up, took off her bra, and threw it in the garbage. That was the last time she wore one. A couple of weeks later she quit her job, because it was spring... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081496 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:51:25 +0000 minimalist 1081496@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm pro-choice on all fronts (incl. for infant males, another area where man-made infringements are enforced by women), but wasn't part of the political bra-burning when it happened.</p> <p>As a pre-teen, I distinctly needed a bra for well over a year before I got one. My older sister matured later than I did, and DM decided to make me wait for a bra until DS needed one. Sibling fairness, or something. DM had no idea how to fit a bra, nor how to identify undergarment quality; the only criteria was absence of color and adornment. The first bra I bought on my own was a matronly off-white full-coverage underwire from Sears, with a little bow at the cleavage: it felt scandalous, but I left the bow on. I didn't find my way to a decent fitting until well into my 20s. At times, I've found halter tops with shelf bras that offered surprising support and comfort, at least until my neck and upper back got tired.</p> <p>This blog post makes some interesting points.<br /> <a href="http://bornagainminimalist.com/2013/06/21/ditch-it-the-bra/" rel="nofollow">http://bornagainminimalist.com.....t-the-bra/</a><br /> Still, I'm firmly (LOL) Team Bra. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081489 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:45:19 +0000 Janet 1081489@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MsMaven's comment about natural looking bras brought back an unfortunate memory. One time many years ago, when I was in my late 20s, I was walking into a bar with a male friend. I was wearing jeans and a plain white men's tee shirt. The bouncer looked at me and said, "Around here women wear bras." I was so shocked all I could think to do in response was pull the neck of my tee aside so he could see the strap of my nude "natural" bra. I've worn what I call "non-nipply" bras ever since. :-/ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081473 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:29:11 +0000 deb 1081473@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such interesting perspectives.</p> <p>LaCeleste, 'kneevage', what a great term!!!</p> <p>Rachy, it is hard for me to put hippy-dippy together with Edwardian. It must have been interesting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081456 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:08:24 +0000 MsMaven 1081456@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was still an undergrad in the late '60s when the no-bra look arrived. &nbsp;I already had two babies when I returned to school, so I felt that it wasn't a good idea to go braless. &nbsp;I was all for feminism though. &nbsp;I did witness several instances of male harassment on of large breasted braless women &nbsp;on campus, and it was nasty and rude.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I was raised in a religious environment where female modesty was enforced, especially by women. &nbsp;So I did occasionally have rebellious moments when I went braless--on vacations for example. &nbsp;</p> <p>Then the no-bra bra came along, or the "natural" bra. &nbsp;I wore those for years and admit I got many curious looks at my chest as people tried to figure out, "does she or doesn't she?"</p> <p>Sally's article is thought-provoking. &nbsp;Now I generally wear a bra because I am a 32-G. &nbsp;It dons on me that even on days when I am working at home in front of my computer I wear a bra and am always conscious of it. &nbsp;Really there is no reason to wear one if I don't go out. &nbsp;Hmm. &nbsp;</p> <p>Clothes do generally look better with the breasts hiked up and pushed forward. &nbsp; But I do think that is because we have been trained to think that way from childhood. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081447 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:58:52 +0000 rachylou 1081447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No. Well, ahem, I can't say I had boobs in the '70s and '80s, but... I mean, no man ever made me wear a bra. </p> <p>I should mention that I was raised in hippie dippie land, home of the bra-less. So there are many things I don't understand. Also, at the same time, my home life was very Edwardian. I mean, for a man to go without a shirt and undershirt was as scandalous as a woman going topless. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081439 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:54:09 +0000 MuseumGal 1081439@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am feminist through and through - however I also wear a G or H cup.&nbsp; I NEVER leave my house without a bra.&nbsp; If I woke up and my house was on fire, I would grab my glasses and a bra on my way out the door. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081433 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:49:34 +0000 rebekahphoto 1081433@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I too, was a little post the burn bra era, and my girls certainly need support most all the time! I do enjoy some bra free weekends for sure. My Mom hates them, and I think has become a bit more independent in her later years (68) &amp; enjoys dressing the way she wants.</p> <p>One of my co-workers was right in there, burning her bra as a staunch feminist art student in Chicago. She still prefers no-bra, (and has relatively small breasts) but has taken to wearing vests for modesty in the classroom. Its amazing how distracting a nipple or 2 can be.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081427 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:47:54 +0000 Greyscale 1081427@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I didn't wear a bra throughout college and for a few years after. I didn't need one for comfort. But,&nbsp;I do have a medium-sized chest (32Cish) and I eventually realized I looked&nbsp;much better with support. In college in the late 90s&nbsp;I wore almost entirely men's jeans and&nbsp;tshirts, so I wasn't exactly dressing to&nbsp;flatter my figure to begin with. I was at MIT where fashion wasn't at the top of the priority list and being one of the guys seemed more important.</p> <p>I still prefer very lightweight bras, though, that give a more natural look. Underwire but no lining. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/were-you-part-of-the-burn-your-bra-group#post-1081418 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:43:33 +0000 DonnaF 1081418@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I remember that, but the more political thing at my college was not to shave one's legs and one's armpits.&nbsp; Maybe the boob jiggle was too titillating?&nbsp; So for awhile I stopped shaving until I decided I preferred to shave my pits because really, the more feminist thing was to decide I had a CHOICE.&nbsp; I stopped shaving my legs and use that scotch tapey stuff to wax my legs now and again.&nbsp; But as far as I recall, I've always worn a bra and have always felt that bra burning never really occurred.&nbsp; </p>