Look Neat When At Home or Out And About - no bra straps nor Visible Panty line. Post 510

In the good old days we used to buy bra strap fasteners. They consisted of a double ribbon fastened with a snap fastener over the bra strap, and a safety pin to pin the item to the underside of the blouse's or top's shoulders. You bought one or a set or two or three, and moved them from garment to garment by unpinning the safety pins.

I would often leave them inside the garment, lose the garment or the pins, buy a new set, and find the old ones years later. Sometimes they stayed crisp. Sometimes the ribbon would fray.

Now I have lots more methods for concealing or revealing bra straps. The biggest problem is bras with spaghetti straps. They are small, they slip. They are obviously part of an undergarment.

Make sure you have a bra which matches your favourite travel outfit. When buying a top or dress, buy a matching bra. (Even a wrong size bra. You can swap the straps, providing there is nothing revealed in the underarms of a sleeveless outfit. I cover with a jacket. If I want my arms free, I wear a cape blazer.

How do the royal family always look so elegant, never showing a bra strap or visible panty line?



Photo from Wikimedia commons.

The secrets of the royals are simple. 

1 Wear a braless support garment 

2 Sew in the bra area to the garment. 

I could do this by removing the straps and

Treat a top like a swimsuit. Many front opening bras do this already. 

2 to prevent visible panty line - buy a one piece which snaps shut and open under the crotch for when you go to the toilet.

That is okay, unless you want more uplift.

I have tried all over undergarments.

The on-show undergarment.

A really pretty bra can be worn to show a bare midriff, with a transparent or matching bolero or jacket. That's fine if you are a movie star looking for the next film director or a casting director, or the next millionaire. Not to look elegant, like royalty, who are already at the top of the social and financial tree.

You can also fasten bra straps together between the back of the shoulders.

The magic words when looking for bra fasteners are 

bra strap holders

Useful Websites

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/19884498/style-expert-hack-princess-kate-make-sure-never-has-bra-straps-knicker-lines-showing/?rec_article=true

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