shelf bras

So, I have a couple of camisole type shirts with shelf bras, but I've never seen any other sort of shirt with one. How well do you think would it work to try make a t-shirt with a shelf bra? Obviously we're not talking major support here, but I happen to be less than amply endowed, even though I'm a nursing mama now, so I don't think that would be a problem.

Sue

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I can't wait any longer.

Wot's a shelf bra?

Mary

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Mary Fisher

Err, normally with straps fitted to the outer side of each cup at the front, and also usually well engineered to push everything upwards.

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The Wanderer

Nope. That's a push-up bra.

A shelf bra is an extra layer of fabric inside the t-shirt or cami in the bust area, usually made of the same fabric as the shirt. It's attached to the shirt at the neckline and side seams and there's elastic at the lower edge directly under the bust. It provides extra coverage so your nipples don't show through (especially in light colored knits) and, in small busted women, it offers a little bit of support.

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Kathleen

I like the sound of that ...

Ah well, that counts me out! Although what used to be my ample bosom is decreasing (the withered dug syndrome of age) and one is smaller than the other with a hole in it (lumpectomy) I seem to need a lot of support!

Thanks for the answer,

Mary

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Mary Fisher

I've heard push-up bras called shelf bras. Perhaps it's a difference of terminology each side of the Atlantic......

I bow to your superior knowledge and wisdom. :-)

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The Wanderer

And here I thought it was one of those bras you bring home from the store and put on the shelf because you can't stand to put the thing on.

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Pogonip
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Appears you are both correct.

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Ron Anderson

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Emily Bengston

Oh, you KNIT, too??? ;-)

Beverly

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BEI Design

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or cami in

just ribbing, robb

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robb

Do you need to stand to put on a bra?

:-)

I'm glad I wasn't alone in not knowing!

Mary

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Mary Fisher

Or whoever has altered it.

I'd never rely on Wiki for sound information.

Mary

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Mary Fisher

Sorry but I'd never accept wiki-data as canonical.

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Kathleen

Well said!

Mary

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Mary Fisher

haha hehe, almost had me

i thought i misspelled it. an excellent "ribbing" ribbing Beverly.

ribbed robb

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robb

Descriptions in catalogs are vague, so I'd jumped to the conclusion that a "shelf bra" is an awkward bit of molded stiff stuff sewn inside a shirt -- the bra you describe is quite sensible.

By that description, all my bras are free-standing shelf bras, and I'm far from small-busted. Of course, there are three rows of elastic, and they go all the way around. And except for three interlock prototypes that I keep in case I sleep in a dorm or other semi-public place, they are linen cut on the bias instead of knit.

It's all in the fit.

Joy Beeson

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Joy Beeson

LOL! Glad you "got" it.

Beverly

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BEI Design

You need to stand, and both arms must grow out of your back.

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Pogonip

All I can say is, How lucky are you that a shelf bra is enough? My "girls" need all the support they can get!

Liz

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Liz

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