Cost of being woman: Bras, pantyhose expensive

I usually VS cotton panties 1X yearly when 5 for $25 b/c cotton 'breaths!' Lately, I purchase bras from Kohls when on sale AND mail in for a Free bra! Yet, if I had it my way, I'd not wear bras (must be the little hippy in me!) While in the USAF and wearting t-shirts under BDUs, I'd not wear a bra in the winter, yet in the summer in the event I'd take off my outer cover. One thing about having a 34A/B, they don't droop much! One sister and my and my mother would sniffle/cry with pain after horse back riding. Thus, my sister actually had a breast reduction b/c her back was painful from the forward weight.

I'm not fond of pantyhose, yet must wear them at work as necessary in colder months.

I can't remember the last time I wore pantyhose. I do wear tights in the winter occasionally if it's cold enough. Summers I go bare-legged - Tucson is more laid back and I've been lucky enough to work in places where the dress code is more casual. In winter, I generally wear pants with knee highs. On the rare occasion that I dress up and can't go bare-legged, then I wear thigh highs or pantyhose - but only if I have to! As for bras, I wear strapless bras (when I have to wear one) I buy at Target (Gilligan-O'Malley) because I can never get the straps right and I'm constantly hiking them up off my upper arm.

So what are thigh high hose like? I don't mind pantyhose however in past 12 months, I don't wear dresses often..work environment is more casual. It's a construction site.

The last time I wore pantyhose was when I was a waitress for 3 weeks in 1971. The last time before that was in 1966. I haven't worn the garter thingies since before then.

I even got married in white opaque tights. I HATE nylons!

I haven't worn pantyhose in ages. We had to go to a funeral recently and I wore slacks but decided to dig around in my drawers til I found a pair of knee-hi hose.......felt funny barefoot in my dressy shoes (I'm usually a deck shoes or sneakers or barefoot gal) and the only pairs I could find were so old, they had practically dry-rotted in the drawer........and had NO elastic to hold them up at all..........which I found out as I had to keep tugging them up to my knees all day. At that point I decided to go pick up a few new pairs of knee-hi's and pantyhose in case an emergency comes up and I need to get dressed up -- picked up a few pairs at Walmart (L'Eggs I think is what I bought).
Bras -- ah, they're a problem. Prefer cotton(hey it gets hot down here in Florida) don't like underwire (they're NEVER comfortable and it's not like I'm that big and really need it). Have a couple of those "t-shirt" bras-- padded and smooth-- but don't wear them often -- yea those foamy padded bras with the underwire (mostly purchased them to go under certain outfits. Only wear them if the top I'm wearing looks better with them. But they're not comfortable either). I have found some comfortable cotton bras (with no seams across the cup, sheesh I hate those!) by Jockey and Hanes. Hard to find comfortable bras that fit well at any price (18 hours, who are they kidding?!?!)
A lot of my time is spent in sports bras. And they can get pricey too.

Dotsie, I agree when you are buying a gift you want to feel good about giving it. I'm sure your expensive nighty was much appreciated!
And it's true, men don't have to spend nearly as much as we do for their undergarments!
Not Fair!!!!!!!

About 15 years ago is the last time I wore thigh high panty hose, while walking home from the NCO club they fell to my ankles while wearing a leather mini skirt! Luckily it was dark and I walked rather fast to the dormitory! I thought to myself that if I were caught with the thigh highs at my ankles, I'd say they were bobby socks!

It's too hot in the summer to wear panty hose. I have a black pair that I wear with a plaid skirt but that's it. If I can get my legs a little tanned, I never wear them. I think some man must have invented them.

I wear a minimizer bra. Have to pack "the girls" in tight.

A French woman named Herminie Cadolle was the genius behind the cups and straps. Cadolle came up with the concept in 1889, originally dubbing it the "corselet gorge." Her creation premiered at the Great Exposition in Paris and was a smash with the ladies, propelling the budding entrepreneur into a life-long career in lingerie.

Madame Cadolle led a pretty amazing life. She was a very successful businesswoman in a time women rarely worked outside the house. Cadolle set up shops in Argentina and brought over the best French seamstresses to train her staff. She traveled the world, outfitting the rich and famous, while watching her business grow into a bust-ling enterprise. The company still exists today as Cadolle Lingerie.

We bet that's one secret Victoria didn't know.

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i not a fan regarding bras but they are necassarie for comphort....and like di i would love and seek reducing meens for the puppies...

they seem more restrictive in the summer but proberlie scare less people when wearring one than not lol.

I am small ...like a teenager (well, some teenagers..)so to fork out lots of money for a bra is nuts to me. But probably with aging, it's a blessing in disguise. Little women never truly know the benefit, until after 40 or so...

The good thing is that there is a much more diverse range of styles and fabrics for bras, compared to 20 years ago. MOre choice but hopefully at competitive prices is always a good thing.

wearing pantyhose doesn't bother me unless it's over 85 degrees F. I wear my skirts and dresses a few inches above the knee because I am short -5'1" and petite, wearing a low stacked heel dress shoe.