If there were a guidebook to sexiness, the way there are guidebooks to Pregnancy or Machhu Pichhu, it would begin with a chapter on the right fitting bra.

If you are like the former ‘me’, you’ll probably rubbish all claims about the ‘right’ bra with the same amount of disdain that you usually show to claims about the ‘right’ man.

The skepticism I understand. But I insist that there is a ray of hope.

The problem you see does not lie with the bras or our lovely ‘assets’. The problem instead lies with their association, the partnership of the breast and the brassiere. Don’t get me wrong this is not a pseudo-Neo-Feminist-Nazi pamphlet urging you to empty out your linen closet and set it afire. What I am instead requesting you to take into consideration is the especially significant alliance of the feminine body and the lingerie that guards it.

If our primary school teachers had really made an effort to teach us the fundamentals in life they would have pointed out that, ‘A Good dress begins with a Good bra’. So many of us (oh well at least some of us) tend to pin our hopes on that odd ‘Versace’ or ‘Chanel’, when where we should have really headed first is ‘Victoria’s Closet’. It’s true! A good perking up of your boobies can make an entire outfit look smashing. And a bad one can even make an Armani look like it stepped out of a flea market.

Most of us tend to buy bras based on how they look rather than how they fit! While the aesthetic sense is commendable it’s important that we remember that the brassiere tends to be worn even outside the bedroom, where it is expected to stay on, unnoticed! Nothing can be more unbearable than a bra that is uncomfortable and/or painful. Unfortunately, however most of tend to have become so used to the discomfort right from our teenage days that we simply do not know what kind of bras we should wear!

To begin with therefore let us glance at the basics.

1)The cups of the right bra for you will cover both your breasts ENTIRELY, without causing any spillage or any ugly, uncouth bulging.

2)The cups will also fit both your breasts cozily. If the cups leave behind extra space in front and appear to resemble semi-deflated balloons (!) the bras is clearly large for you.

3)The bra should support your breasts comfortably and completely. Even a slipped off strap should not dislocate it.

We all have at least one of those dresses that simply have no room for a bra to be worn under it. Now, I am personally much in favour of women skipping the whole bra routine entirely, but I understand that it tends to get difficult for some of us to do without the extra support.

A good way to judge whether or not you are in need of a bra is to place a pencil (!) under the curve of your breast, just where it falls over your chest. If the pencil stays, held firmly in position by the breast then you’d rather get yourself a strong little brassiere. If it rolls of, you’ll probably be able to do without one.

Even if you do have to wear a bra underneath a dress, which doesn’t seem to be build to go over one don’t fret, too many varieties of brassieres are available in the market today. If you look hard enough you really are BOUND to find something that will suit your particular purpose. Check out the bikini bra’s to go under your sheer dresses. The halter bra’s, backless bras, push-up bra’s, sheer bras, sports bras all come handy at various points in your daily life.
Make sure you make the most of them.

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