Bra Descriptions You Should Know

Descriptions of different styles of bras available
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Balconette

Balconettes, also known as shelf bras, are a more revealing demi bra that provides minimal coverage. Balconettes are uplifting creating a nicer looking cleavage.

Bralette

A bralette can be used as a training bra or a perfect addition to your sleepwear. It is a soft cup bra that also resembles a crop top.

Contour Bra

A contour bra is a molded bra with padded or lined cups. These are often worn by women who do not quite fill the cups as well as they would like because the bra gives the appearance of breasts. These also work well for women who have one breast that is slightly smaller than the other.

Plunge Bra

Plunge bras are bras that create the look of an increased cleavage using a deep front and angled cups with a thin center gore. Plunge bras not as heavily padded as a push-up bra.

Seamless Bra

A seamless bra does not have any seams in the cups, seams are in other portions of the bra but not in the breast area. This keeps from having seams show through your blouse when you wear tight fitting or thin clothing.

Sports Bra

Sports bras are made to offer more support and are worn during moderate to intense physical activity including running, playing sports or working out at the gym.

Triangle Bra

A triangle bra is a bra that has triangle shaped cups. They offer the right amount of coverage/support for a petite to an average figure person. A triangle bra may be padded or lined and usually do not have under wires. Most Triangle Bras have thin straps, center gore and back wings.

T-Shirt Bra

This bra is designed to appear invisible under even the thinnest fabrics. T-shirt bras are seamless and usually made with contour cups. A t-shirt bra is seasonless, since it can be used as a sweater bra as well during the colder months.

Racerback Bra

It is a back silhouette that curves between the shoulder blades, this can be worn with a tank top (or similar garment) and not show straps. Many convertible bras can be worn crossed in the back converting to a racerback.

Full Figure Bra

Full figure bras are designed specifically for women who wear large and plus sizes.

Demi

Demi is for petite to average figure women. These bras offer a less coverage than a full cup and offer more support than a balconette. Demi bras cover the nipple and approximately 50% to 75% of the breast. If your demi has an overflow problem, you are wearing the wrong size.

Full Cup

A full cup bra completely covers most of the breast with more coverage and support than a demi cup bra gives. It is not good with a low cut top or halter top. They are really good for regular or high cut shirts.

Soft Cup Bra

Soft Cup bras are cloth and do not have under wires. They may be padded or lined but they don’t have any under wires so they are soft.

Molded Bra

Molded bras have the cups machine molded for different sizes. Molded bras have a natural breast shape with no seams or lines in the cups. These are available in soft cup and under wire versions.

Padded Bra

Padded Bras have padding lining in the cups which is thicker at the bottom of the cups making the breasts look larger. This bra is for women who want to look as if they have larger breasts.

Foam Lined Bra

Foam lined bras have a thinner lining opposed to the others. This lining doesn’t add size but provides shaping and as well as protecting against the nipple showing through. A feature to look for in foam lined bra is the stretch foam lining. Stretch foam creates a natural good looking silhouette. It will keep the shape even after repeated washings.

Push Up Bra

Push up bras create the look of increased cleavage and bigger bust by using padded and angled cups. They usually have under wires and a variety of types of padding, including the graduated, cookies, and demi cups.

Underwire

An underwire is a thin, flexible wire located under the cups. They offer added support to the cups of the bras. The wires are flexible and covered with fabric to keep them from poking the wearer. Underwires are for any woman who wants support.

Inner Sling

Inner slings are a support feature made of fabric strips that follow the natural curve of the bra. An inner sling is similar to an underwire bra but softer. This soft fabric is in the bottom of the cup giving invisible support.

Bustier

A bustier is made to go from the bust to the hip to help shape your torso and lift your breasts. This garment closes in the back with traditional hook-and-eye closures. Some are strapless or convertible and most have boning throughout the sides for additional support and shaping.

Corset

A corset is a bustier that has lacing along the sides to provide more support and an increase the slimming/shaping effects.

Minimizer

A minimizer is a bra for large breasted women who want to look smaller. The minimizer reduces the look of the bust by up to one cup size without causing discomfort.

Convertible

Convertible means the garment can be worn with or without the straps. This feature allows the wearer to use the garment with more clothing options than they could otherwise.

Comfort Straps

Comfort Straps are a wider strap that is padded or lined to even out the pressure caused by holding the weight of the breast to maximize comfort. These straps are helpful to large breasted women and women who get shoulder pains from their bras.

Rigid Straps

They are Non-stretch straps that are adjustable. Rigid straps also offer more support than the stretch straps do. Rigid straps work well with full figure bras.

Center Gore

Center gore connects the cups in the center of the bra. This fabric comes in two different styles, stretch and non-stretch. For more support choose non-stretching center gore. The width of the center gore effects cleavage, thinner center gore is used to increase the closeness of the breasts to give a fuller look that works well with low cut tops.

Back Wings

Back Wings are the fabric strips that connect the outer base of the cups to the hook-and-eye closures. These come in stretch and non-stretch fabrics with the non-stretch being the more supportive of the two.

Cookies

Cookies are oval shaped and removable demi pads. These are used in bras which are already padded to make it look bigger in that area. For women who are trying to enhance the size of the breasts. Cookies are inserts that make you look fuller for women who are smaller.

Moisture Wicking

Moisture wicking fabrics are fabrics that draw the moisture away from the skin. This type of fabric is a popular choice for sports bras.

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