Dress With Built-in Bra

A bra is the most important piece of garment in a woman's closet. The history of modern bra dates back to 1913 when a lady used two handkerchiefs and a pink ribbon held together with some cords to make the first basic model of the modern bra. Since then many brilliant, innovative fashion designers have created fabulous patterns, styles, and designs catering to the needs of each woman and taking the bra industry to altogether high jinks.

The latest innovation in the series of modern attires is dress with the built in bra. The built in bra has a horizontal elastic strap at the base, two stiff and robust cups which give a very round, full appearance to the bosom and the under wires for the extra support. Dress with the built in bra comes in two styles. The First one has two shelves to insert the cups and second in which the cups are permanently stitched to the dress. The advantage of the first style is that the cups can be replaced depending upon the requirement. The support for the bosom in the dress with the built in bra comes from the straps of the dress or the firm, sturdy full cups that round nicely around the breasts.

Some common styles of dress with the built in bra are tank tops, halter tops, backless gowns, off shoulder dresses, camisoles, skimpy swimsuits. Dresses with the built in bra are available as ready to wear piece and if your pocket does not allow being extravagant then there is an ingenious idea of making your own dress with the built in bra. For this you need a strapless backless bra or even the conventional deep cut bra. Choose the bra with the steadfast, unwavering cups; do not opt for the net or see-through flexible fabric bra as it does not provide the required degree of support and the perfect round shape to the bosom. If required stitch the buckram to the underside of the cups to get the desired stiffness. The cups should cover the bosom nicely around the breast contour (full cups) and avoid the other cut styles for the cups.

If using the conventional bra first secure the cups to the underside of the dress and then remove the straps and the back of the bra.

There are various advantages of the dress with built in bra which makes it so dear to the modern woman:

  • It is the best option when the attire you plan to don has bold cuts that even the adhesive strapless backless bra cannot help.
  • It helps you do away with the need of wearing a separate bra under the dress. The dress itself serves the purpose of the bra providing complete support and perfect shape to the bosom.
  • It saves you from the nagging thoughts of your strapless backless bra coming down to your waist and popping bosom causing whole lot of embarrassment in public.
  • It also keeps you free from the hassles of securing the adhesive backless strapless bra to the skin.