Lingerie Blog

In the next couple of weeks, we’re really going to be focusing in on bras and fall fashions. Why? Because bras are cool (they hang out with breasts all day) and it’s almost fall - duh.

There’s no better place to start than with the T-Shirt bra. While the T-Shirt bra is very obvisouly meant to be worn with T-shirts, one should not limit its use to the summer. Oh no, the T-shirt bra is your shapely year-round friend.

The T-shirt bra is probably best described as a seamless full coverage bra. It’s designed to give the breasts a smooth, round shape underneath a garment with a relatively uniform appearance (like say, a T-Shirt). A T-shirt bra helps to avoid the dreaded “quadroboob” look that often develops when the breasts swell over the top of a bra, leaving a visible line in the overlying fabric that separates the upper portion of the breasts from the lower.

The T-shirt bra is versatile too. Because it’s full coverage and often has wide straps it’ll typically be one of the most comfortable and supportive bras in your arsenal. T-shirt bras give you a great shape under whatever you’re wearing, so as long as the bra itself is not visible, you’re good to go. They’ll work perfectly under the bulky sweaters that will be popular this fall and should be a staple of your wardrobe for the cold months ahead.

By far the most popular T-shirt bra with visitors to the Intimate Guide is the Le Mystere Dream Tisha (shown above). It’s Oprah’s favorite bra, so I’m sure that helps its popularity. Still, we’re impressed that people are earnestly seeking it out months after the episode that made its sales skyrocket. It must be good, so Rachel will be reviewing it soon.

Other popular T-shirt bras include the Chantelle Graphie, and the Wacoal iBra (both featured on Oprah’s “bra revolution”). But, don’t succumb to peer pressure. Find the right T-shirt bra for you and it may just become your default bra for years to come.