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Ugly Underwear: Plus Size Design

For years there has been a great debate over one of the greatest concerns for large breasted women: why is plus size design so ugly?

Plus Size Bra Design

For larger women, the purpose of plus size bra design is to create support for a woman’s breast with as little discomfort as possible. However, what designers manufacture as “support” or “comfort” also equal as an ugly esthetique for their customers.

Bulky Straps
First off, many plus size designs have large, bulky straps to carry the extra support needed for larger breasts (size DD and so on). Included with the width bulkage is heavy padding so that the strap doesn’t dig into the shoulder area. Larger breasts are obviously heavier, so padding creates the added “comfort” needed to wield around these hefty babies.

Awkward Cuts,
Along with the heavy padding is the awkward cuts used for coverage. Big boobs need lots and lots of coverage otherwise unfortunate “spillage” may occur where the breasts hang over the side of the bra. Further spillage will also create pinching of the skin which leads to ugly red marks. Many women find that the cuts of plus size bras are unflattering because they don’t provide lift and a sexier shape. Plus size bras often try to de-emphasize the size of the breast by “smooshing” them against their ribs.

However, despite the size and sometimes unfortunate back discomfort of living with larger breasts, many women would actually like to emphasize enhanced cleavage.

Average Bra Design

Average bra design is probably the epitomy of what a woman would love to have in her underwear wardrobe.

Sexy, Flirty, Fashionable
Bra designs for petite bodies are always more fashionable than plus size design. Fabricated of different laces, materials, and fabrics, average bra design remains diverse in potential for design.

Average bras also utilize more flirty fabrics, patterns, and colors, emphasizing the youth of women because of a smaller, daintier breast size. Plus size bras generally come in only a range of four different colors: white, nude, pink, and black.

Shape
Petite bra design is often cut to bring emphasis to the cleavage area. Smaller breasted women are in complaint of being unable to have the same sexy voluptuous cleavage as large breasted women, hence bra manufactures provide substantial shaping to their designs to fake this effect.

Why is sexy underwear so important?

Women thoroughly care about what they wear because it ultimately adds to their self esteem. They wish to feel sexy when disrobing in front of their spouses and despite the fact that their underwear may rarely even be seen by another, they also want to feel sexy just for themselves.

Mens Underwear

How would you compare the thorough details in fabrics, shades, and shapes of women’s underwear to that of mens underwear? Do guys even care as much as women? Share and comment below…