The five bra hacks you need this summer if you’ve got big boobs – and how you CAN wear a bra with a backless dress
BEING blessed with a larger chest isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be.
Finding clothes that fit, everywhere not just you bust, is no mean feat.
Once you’ve found a dress or top that fits your chest and the rest of your figure you now have your underwear to consider.
Being a bigger busted woman means your choices can be limited.
Sometimes stick on bras, boob-tape or just nipple pasties aren’t enough to hold your boobs in place and keep them from popping out of your frock.
Or it means you can’t wear backless styles.
Well fear not, here Fabulous’ fashion editor Clemmie Fieldsend reveals the five bra hacks you need this summer if you have big boobs.
TIE AND TIDY
For keyhole dresses, that’s a backless dress with a tie at the back that creates a cut-out at the nape of your spine, you can use the dress’s ties to cover your bra so you still have optimum support.
All you need to do is wrap the straps around your own bra strap at the back covering the bra itself.
This covers up your bra and means you don’t have to go braless.
BUILT IN BRA
When shopping for your summer looks, try tops and dresses that have built in support already sewn in.
Think of it as the same as a swimsuit, they have shaping inside the costume so you don’t have to wear a bra when swimming.
Brands like Bravissimo and Uniqlo sell clothes like this, and even do strapless styles.
TAPE UP
Constantly pulling up your strapless bra to make sure you don’t suffer any embarssing wardrobe malfunctions can be annoying as well as leave grubby marks around your top and bra.
Stop your bra from slipping down by most importantly getting measured to make sure your bra fits but also using double sided tape on the inside of the cups that will stick to your skin.
Even after the immediate stick wears off, the tacky texture of the tape will still help slipping.
USE YOUR STRAP
If you can get away with wearing your bra in a semi backless dress but the straps still peak through at the back, just tie them at the front.
You can unclip the hooks at the bottom of the straps, where they meet the bra, at the back.
Bring them around to the front and fasten each end from each strap together to keep them in place.
And hey-presto no more straps on show.
CONVERT
If you do want to wear backless, it’s not out of the question.
You just need a bra converter.
Available from everywhere such as Amazon to John Lewis for as little as £2 you can pick up converters that lower your bra straps so you can still have a band across the nape of your back for those sexy plunge dresses.
Plus, you can also get styles that make racer silhouettes possible.,