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Backless dresses, dramatic cutouts, scarf tops, blouses with loose ties at the front, spaghetti straps—none of these work particularly well with a good old-fashion T-shirt bra, or even a ...
Literature from Ancient Greece suggests the use of a specialized garment meant to support and contain women's breasts. In Book 14 of Homer's Iliad, written in the archaic period of classical antiquity, Homer refers to Aphrodite's "embroidered girdle" (Ancient Greek: κεστός ἱμάς, kestós himás) as being "loosed from her breasts", indicating a decorated breast-band rather than a ...
A common style among young men (2018) is to allow the trousers to sag below the waist, thus revealing the waistband or a greater portion of their underpants. This is commonly referred to (in North America) as "hang-low style". A woman wearing low-rise trousers exposing the upper rear portion of her thong underwear is said to display a "whale tail".
In Western society, since the 1960s, there has been a slow but steady trend towards bralessness among a number of women, especially millennials, who have expressed opposition to and are giving up wearing bras. [137] Being seen in public while not wearing a bra has become more acceptable over the past 6 decades, encouraging more women to go without.
A compression vest or gynecomastia vest is a specialized compression garment for men with gynecomastia, a condition characterized by the development of breast tissues in males. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The estimates of those with the condition are presented as a range "because the definition of gynecomastia varies and the method of surveying varies."
Argentine actress Laura Novoa wearing a top without a bra. Bralessness is the state of not wearing a brassiere as part of a woman's underwear. Women may choose to not wear a bra due to discomfort, health-related issues, their cost, or for social and cultural reasons.
Cisgender men afflicted with gynecomastia may find cause to bind as a means to control the appearance of breasts, during the wait before surgery or as an alternative to surgery. [14] Some apparel companies (such as Underworks) make compression shirts for cisgender men that provide the same result as a breast binder.
Now people’s accessories are going to be their hard nipples showing through their top or whatever it is,” she says. “Nipples do need to be talked about, and this will make it more normalized.”