I declare today National Hike Up Your Bra Straps Day!

[Dee*Jay]

So I was out looking for cute summer dresses and after about the tenth one in a row where I stood in front of the dressing room mirror and thought, "Geez, this would look great except my t*ts are too low... " I was struck by a bolt of lightning: HIKE UP YOUR DAMN BRA STRAPS DEE!!! So I did! I swear I got 10 pounds thinner, 5 years younger, and maybe even an a little taller by moving that tiny slidy things by two inches. Seriously! Now I've read about this phenomenon before, but I never believed it. Until today. So, fellow PS soul sisters, I encourage you all to whip off your brassieres right now and tighten up! Results to be reported back, of course, boob shots at your own discretion!

 

[Linda W]

OMG Dee, you have me rolling here.


At my age, I have to hike them up nearly every dang day.

 

[TravelingGal]

I tried that. I hiked them up too much, causing the bra to cut into my boobies, which immediately multiplied them into four boobies.

 

[Dee*Jay]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM
Author: TravelingGal
I tried that. I hiked them up too much, causing the bra to cut into my boobies, which immediately multiplied them into four boobies.

OK... well... maybe *moderation* is the key with this sort of thing...

Linda, LOL!!

 

[Linda W]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM
Author: TravelingGal
I tried that. I hiked them up too much, causing the bra to cut into my boobies, which immediately multiplied them into four boobies.

''''



ha ha ha. You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

 

[PaulaW]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM
Author: TravelingGal
I tried that. I hiked them up too much, causing the bra to cut into my boobies, which immediately multiplied them into four boobies.

''



ha ha ha. You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

LOL Linda... I was thinking the same thing!!
Speaking of bras, have you tried the Spanx bras!? Holy cannoli are they expensive, but NO BACK FAT! Whaaaat!?

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM
Author: TravelingGal
I tried that. I hiked them up too much, causing the bra to cut into my boobies, which immediately multiplied them into four boobies.

''



ha ha ha. You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

He''s not interested in saggy mom boobies. He likes the LIW perky ones.

 

[HollyS]

Or, alternatively, because I find it helps, reach down inside and reposition the girls to both point the same direction - at the same level!

Works wonders!

 

[DiamanteBlu]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM

Author: TravelingGal
You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

LOL! I was about to say the same thing but you beat me to it!

Shortening the straps does work wonders, though - especially for us older folks.

 

[Dee*Jay]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:27:20 PM
Author: HollyS
Or, alternatively, because I find it helps, reach down inside and reposition the girls to both point the same direction - at the same level!

Works wonders!

WOW -- if I did THAT *AND* hiked up my straps would I get 20 lbs thinner, 10 years younger and half a foot taller?! Dee scampers off to the big mirror in the bedroom!

As for DF... I''m not even going there!!!

 

[Linda W]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:26:08 PM
Author: PaulaW

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM

Author: TravelingGal

I tried that. I hiked them up too much, causing the bra to cut into my boobies, which immediately multiplied them into four boobies.

''


Are you serious???? no back fat??? I am going to check them out. I need to get one of those. Thank you, thank you, for telling me about that. xoxoxoxoxoxoxox




ha ha ha. You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

LOL Linda... I was thinking the same thing!!

Speaking of bras, have you tried the Spanx bras!? Holy cannoli are they expensive, but NO BACK FAT! Whaaaat!?

 

[Linda W]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:26:37 PM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM

Author: TravelingGal

I tried that. I hiked them up too much, causing the bra to cut into my boobies, which immediately multiplied them into four boobies.

''




ha ha ha. You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

He''s not interested in saggy mom boobies. He likes the LIW perky ones.

He doesn''t like old grandma boobs either.

 

[Dee*Jay]

Here's another bra option that eliminates the back bacon: link

Here's a thread we had a while ago: link

Seriously, these things are great!

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:35:12 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:26:37 PM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM

Author: TravelingGal

I tried that. I hiked them up too much, causing the bra to cut into my boobies, which immediately multiplied them into four boobies.

''




ha ha ha. You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

He''s not interested in saggy mom boobies. He likes the LIW perky ones.

He doesn''t like old grandma boobs either.

Let''s not feel bad Linda. We can say we''re not interested in DF''s man-boobs either.

 

[Linda W]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:29:14 PM
Author: DiamanteBlu

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM


Author: TravelingGal

You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

LOL! I was about to say the same thing but you beat me to it!


Shortening the straps does work wonders, though - especially for us older folks.

Sometimes when I shorten the straps, I fall out the bottom. What causes that?????

 

[HollyS]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:35:12 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:26:37 PM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM

Author: TravelingGal

I tried that. I hiked them up too much, causing the bra to cut into my boobies, which immediately multiplied them into four boobies.

''




ha ha ha. You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

He''s not interested in saggy mom boobies. He likes the LIW perky ones.

He doesn''t like old grandma boobs either.

Mine might be fifty, but they''re not granny boobies!

At least hubby doesn''t think so.

 

[DiamanteBlu]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:36:44 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:29:14 PM

Author: DiamanteBlu

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM


Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM

Author: TravelingGal

You better hope DancingFire doesn't see this thread.

LOL! I was about to say the same thing but you beat me to it!

Shortening the straps does work wonders, though - especially for us older folks.

Sometimes when I shorten the straps, I fall out the bottom. What causes that?????

You probably need a smaller band size.

 

[Linda W]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:30:29 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:26:08 PM

Author: PaulaW

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM


Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM


Author: TravelingGal


I tried that. I hiked them up too much, causing the bra to cut into my boobies, which immediately multiplied them into four boobies.

''



Are you serious???? no back fat??? I am going to check them out. I need to get one of those. Thank you, thank you, for telling me about that. xoxoxoxoxoxoxox





ha ha ha. You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

LOL Linda... I was thinking the same thing!!


Speaking of bras, have you tried the Spanx bras!? Holy cannoli are they expensive, but NO BACK FAT! Whaaaat!?

oops, my post disappeared. Thank you for telling me about Spanx. I am going to check them out.

 

[Dee*Jay]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:36:44 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:29:14 PM
Author: DiamanteBlu

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM


Author: TravelingGal

You better hope DancingFire doesn't see this thread.

LOL! I was about to say the same thing but you beat me to it!


Shortening the straps does work wonders, though - especially for us older folks.

Sometimes when I shorten the straps, I fall out the bottom. What causes that?????

Your band size is too big.

Have you ever been fitted? I used to think I was about a 36C, but in reality I was probably a 34D (or even DD). Then I lost 30+ lbs and now I'm a 32D or a 34C, depending. (Sometimes even a 34B, but that just depresses me, so I generally go with the C!

)

ETA: The first few days you wear the new tighter band size you'll feel like you're being strangled from the boobs down (and up!), but seriously, it make a difference and you'll get used to it fast!

 

[LostSapphire]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM
Author: TravelingGal
I tried that. I hiked them up too much, causing the bra to cut into my boobies, which immediately multiplied them into four boobies.

I think I got ''em too tight: they''re stuck up behind my RB .90ctw studs.....HELP??!!!! How to disengage the boobies without damaging the bling?????

LS

 

[Linda W]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:37:56 PM
Author: HollyS

Date: 5/4/2009 6:35:12 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:26:37 PM

Author: TravelingGal

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM


Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM


Author: TravelingGal


I tried that. I hiked them up too much, causing the bra to cut into my boobies, which immediately multiplied them into four boobies.

''





ha ha ha. You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

He''s not interested in saggy mom boobies. He likes the LIW perky ones.

He doesn''t like old grandma boobs either.

Mine might be fifty, but they''re not granny boobies!


At least hubby doesn''t think so.

Well, I am a granny and I have granny boobs, LOL LOL LOL.

 

[HollyS]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:40:22 PM
Author: LostSapphire

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM
Author: TravelingGal
I tried that. I hiked them up too much, causing the bra to cut into my boobies, which immediately multiplied them into four boobies.

I think I got ''em too tight: they''re stuck up behind my RB .90ctw studs.....HELP??!!!! How to disengage the boobies without damaging the bling?????

LS

Ha! That''s the next thing Joan Rivers will try - - she''ll lift those babies ''til they meet her eyes on the back of her head!

 

[Dee*Jay]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:40:22 PM
Author: LostSapphire

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM
Author: TravelingGal
I tried that. I hiked them up too much, causing the bra to cut into my boobies, which immediately multiplied them into four boobies.

I think I got ''em too tight: they''re stuck up behind my RB .90ctw studs.....HELP??!!!! How to disengage the boobies without damaging the bling?????

LS

Lost - please refer back to my advice to TG about *moderation* in this process!

Certainly be careful "disengaging" as damaging the bling would be BAD!!!

 

[PaulaW]

hahahaha!! I love this thread!!!

 

[DiamanteBlu]

The Spanx does not look like it has much support - but no back fat is good! I would like to hear any feedback from anybody that tries one.

 

[Linda W]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:39:45 PM
Author: Dee*Jay

Date: 5/4/2009 6:36:44 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:29:14 PM

Author: DiamanteBlu

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM


Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM



Author: TravelingGal


You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

LOL! I was about to say the same thing but you beat me to it!



Shortening the straps does work wonders, though - especially for us older folks.

Sometimes when I shorten the straps, I fall out the bottom. What causes that?????

Your band size is too big.


Have you ever been fitted? I used to think I was about a 36C, but in reality I was probably a 34D (or even DD). Then I lost 30+ lbs and now I''m a 32D or a 34C, depending. (Sometimes even a 34B, but that just depresses me, so I generally go with the C!

)


ETA: The first few days you wear the new tighter band size you''ll feel like you''re being strangled from the boobs down (and up!), but seriously, it make a difference and you''ll get used to it fast!

Dee, no I have never been fitted. Macys measured me once, when I lost weight. Where do I go to be fitted.?

 

[Dee*Jay]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:40:22 PM
Author: LostSapphire

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM
Author: TravelingGal
I tried that. I hiked them up too much, causing the bra to cut into my boobies, which immediately multiplied them into four boobies.

I think I got 'em too tight: they're stuck up behind my RB .90ctw studs.....HELP??!!!! How to disengage the boobies without damaging the bling?????

LS

Oh dear... now my brain has painted this image (totally without my permission) that involves *n!pple piercing*

I'm going to go have a drink and try to get rid of that picture. OUCH!!!

 

[Rhea]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:27:20 PM
Author: HollyS
Or, alternatively, because I find it helps, reach down inside and reposition the girls to both point the same direction - at the same level!


Works wonders!

It does work! I do this a lot and DH just looks at me like I''m slightly off.

 

[Dee*Jay]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:43:52 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:39:45 PM
Author: Dee*Jay

Date: 5/4/2009 6:36:44 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:29:14 PM

Author: DiamanteBlu

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM


Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM



Author: TravelingGal


You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

LOL! I was about to say the same thing but you beat me to it!



Shortening the straps does work wonders, though - especially for us older folks.

Sometimes when I shorten the straps, I fall out the bottom. What causes that?????

Your band size is too big.


Have you ever been fitted? I used to think I was about a 36C, but in reality I was probably a 34D (or even DD). Then I lost 30+ lbs and now I''m a 32D or a 34C, depending. (Sometimes even a 34B, but that just depresses me, so I generally go with the C!

)


ETA: The first few days you wear the new tighter band size you''ll feel like you''re being strangled from the boobs down (and up!), but seriously, it make a difference and you''ll get used to it fast!

Dee, no I have never been fitted. Macys measured me once, when I lost weight. Where do I go to be fitted.?

The higher end lingere stores will generally do it. Sometimes they offer at Victoria''s Secret, but I don''t usually trust them in there because I always come out with a bra that is a size I know I''m not (e.g., even today, as a 34B/C I generally fit into about a 36D there -- talk about **vanity** sizing LOL!).

Seriously, when I had my fitting done and the woman told me 32D/34C I was like, Uh Huh

, and then I tried them on!

 

[DiamanteBlu]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:43:52 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:39:45 PM

Author: Dee*Jay

Date: 5/4/2009 6:36:44 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:29:14 PM

Author: DiamanteBlu

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM

Author: TravelingGal

You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

LOL! I was about to say the same thing but you beat me to it!

Shortening the straps does work wonders, though - especially for us older folks.

Sometimes when I shorten the straps, I fall out the bottom. What causes that?????

Your band size is too big.

Have you ever been fitted? I used to think I was about a 36C, but in reality I was probably a 34D (or even DD). Then I lost 30+ lbs and now I''m a 32D or a 34C, depending. (Sometimes even a 34B, but that just depresses me, so I generally go with the C!

)

ETA: The first few days you wear the new tighter band size you''ll feel like you''re being strangled from the boobs down (and up!), but seriously, it make a difference and you''ll get used to it fast!

Dee, no I have never been fitted. Macys measured me once, when I lost weight. Where do I go to be fitted.?

Somebody had posted the link to a great bra fitting site recently on another thread. The site went on for pages with explanation on bra types, fits, symptoms of a bad fit, etc.

I''ll have to see if I can recover the link.