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18 September 2007

Fashionistas, help me! I have a new dress that I love but which is causing me problems. It's too low cut!
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Normally I don't mind a bit of low cut, but this is actually cut below my (middle) bra strap. I wore it once with no bra and felt like it maybe it looked a bit ridiculous as I am not, after all, Jennifer Lopez. The girl in the shop suggested I wear a cami underneath it, but I kind of think that sort of ruins the whole look of the dress as a cami would make it look too casual, like wearing a cami under an Oscar dress. I think this dress would be ruined by wearing what would essentially look like an undershirt beneath it.

I thought maybe of wearing a bra with clear straps beneath it, but one of my (fashionable) friends gave that idea the unequivocal thumbs down. She said maybe a bra with the (middle) diamante strap? I really don't know! Please, ladies of Mecha, help me figure out how to wear the dress I love! Bra? No bra? Undershirt?
Oops, I didn't do the "more inside" bit. Are the admins able to fix that? (sorry!)
posted by triggerfinger 18 September | 15:01
Fixed that. Sorry can't help with the dress.
posted by arse_hat 18 September | 15:07
I think a pretty lace tank top (or camisole) would make it look more casual, which isn't necessarily a bad thing - who wouldn't want to wear that dress more often?

I don't know your cup size, so I don't know if products like a plunge bra would work for you. Here's another style. I've never tried these adhesive bras, but I've heard OK things about them. If you're quite zaftig in the bosom, then your only option may be a pretty undershirt.
posted by muddgirl 18 September | 15:27
LOVE THAT DRESS! Holy macaroni.

The right cami--lowcut, lacy--would probably be OK, but it would have to be just right. I don't know. But I bet iconomy will. She's good at this stuff.
posted by jrossi4r 18 September | 15:27
On posting: Or muddgirl!
posted by jrossi4r 18 September | 15:28
What about a chemise, or teddy, or whatever you call it in your neck of the woods? Like a tank, but lacy and satiny. Like this (but not exactly this, but I don't have time to look further right now):

≡ Click to see image ≡

Or buy a piece of lace in a color that matches, and span it across your cleavage, and pin each side to a bra strap. Works for me!
posted by iconomy 18 September | 15:29
How about a very delicate, lacy cami? (On preview: yep, that seems to be thec consensus!) Should look much more dressy than an plain layering cami. (I have to give the thumbs way down on the bra with clear straps, too. Sorry.)
posted by scody 18 September | 15:29
On posting: Or what muddgirl or jrossi or scody said!
posted by iconomy 18 September | 15:31
Clear strap bras don't really work because people stare, trying to figure out what that thing is and then you're not really fooling anyone or hiding your bra strap. I have success with adhesive bras and plunge bras, but I don't have much boobage. Something very delicate and silky would work nicely, if you can't ditch the bra.
posted by crush-onastick 18 September | 15:32
I'm sorry, triggerfinger, I don't understand the question.

What you mean by "middle bra strap"? My bras only have two straps, one on each side!

Do you mean that your bra straps show up on the inside of the V? In which case, well, have you seen this AskMe thread?

As various people have said, if your camisole were turquoisey blue, or if it were cream and a little lacy, it wouldn't look like underwear, but the cami's straps would still show.
posted by tangerine 18 September | 15:33
tangerine - she means that the material between the cups shows. Not the over-the-shoulder straps, but the between-the-boobs part.
posted by muddgirl 18 September | 15:47
Sorry tangerine, bad wording on my part. I mean the middle of the bra, where the cups come together. This is the part that shows just above the point of the V on my dress.

I am embarassed to say I never even thought of a lace cami. What immediately came to mind when I was talking to the girl in the shop was a plain cotton cami, which I didn't think really worked with a silk dress. A lacy cami is a brilliant idea and I think would go well with the dress. I think probably cream is the best color as it will give a a little bit of coverage but not take away from the dress itself, which is what I was afraid a cami would do.

I wear a cup size C, so I don't think anything too out of the ordinary, but it is low cut enough where I feel a bit self conscious. I may however, try to find a plunge bra as well as that be a bit more comfortable.

Just to think, if it had been cut one inch higher, it would have been a 100% perfect dress! These suggestions all help though, thank you!

posted by triggerfinger 18 September | 15:59
Gosh, that's a beautiful dress! I agree with the lacy or a matching silky turqoise (undoubtedly impossible to find) cami.
posted by deborah 18 September | 16:39
This is cotton, so not what you want, but I love wearing a bodysuit under too low-cut dresses, because it doesn't move or bunch.
posted by birdie 18 September | 18:58
Why don't you get a U bra?
posted by Lucie 18 September | 20:35
It's too low cut!

This sounds like a problem not in need of a solution.
posted by eamondaly 18 September | 23:23
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