How Do We Feel About The Pointy Bra?
Posted by: Wendy Atterberry
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9:00AM, Wednesday November 4th 2009
The Daily Mail reports that conical bras, made popular by ‘50s icons Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell and then again by Madonna in the ‘80s, are making a big comeback. Not only did the bras make appearances on recent catwalk collections, sales have had a huge increase, with some styles selling as much as 33 percent more than this time last year. The economy, of course, is being credited for the resurgence of the pointy bra, just as it is for shorter skirts, red lipstick, bigger hair, and just about any other cyclical fashion trend that’s reappeared in the last year or so. A spokesperson for a department store in London said: “Throughout the last century the trend for feminine pointy shaped bras experienced a renaissance following times of a toughened economy, marking a return of unabashed femininity as women seek to have more fun with fashion as a form of escapism.” What, no mention of “Mad Men”? Personally, I think Joan Holloway and the other ladies of the hit TV show may have a greater impact on the sales of nostalgic lingerie than the economy; how about you? And would you wear a conical bra yourself? [Daily Mail]
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spatula
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 09:03 am: [report]
We do not feel good about it, Wendy. Not good at all.
Lexington
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 09:19 am: [report]
I agree with spatula.
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wrote on November 4 2009 @ 09:31 am: [report]
o_0
“marking a return of unabashed femininity”
what?
boobs are good, but pointy ones aren’t more feminine. more alien maybe. weird!
MuchoMacho
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 09:31 am: [report]
we (men) dont either. not since 1987 or so.
Lynn
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 09:56 am: [report]
I think they’ve been getting more popular in recent years just because retro fashion is coming back. I have a vintage bullet bra but it’s more just because I like lingerie than my desire to have pointy boob syndrome. I would feel too odd to actually wear it out under a tight sweater or anything like that.
Goldfinch86
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 10:23 am: [report]
My breasts are huge, I don’t need to draw more attention to them by squishing them into cones attached to my chest. I believe I remember hearing my grandmother say those bras were not to nice to wear. Besides that I think breasts should not be pointy enough to poke an eye out.
CarleRae
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 10:56 am: [report]
i have been debating a purchase of a softer conical bra.
my girls are a force unto themselves and i think it might be nice to have muh melons take on a slightly different shape.
lintilla
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 12:11 pm: [report]
I feel alright about it… I mean, my boobs are already quite pointy on their own. It’s the “normal” bras that squish mine out of shape and never fit properly…
cattgirl813
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 12:28 pm: [report]
Makes me think of something my mom used to say: If you keep trying to make them pointy, they’re going to stay that way.
Laurel
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 03:01 pm: [report]
I actually have a vintage pointy bra! I love it! I only wear it with certain outfits, but I really like the shape it gives.
For me anyway, it’s not like the shape current bras give my boobs is what my boobs naturally look like, so it’s not as if the cone-bra is all that different.
relright
wrote on November 4 2009 @ 09:06 pm: [report]
NEVER