Underwear under there?

[pyrephox]

Why the hell would anyone charge 90 dollars for a /bra/? How much fabric and thread is involved here? Women's clothes as a whole are overpriced, but underwear is really ridiculous. I mean, we're not even talking silk and handmade lace, here. Even if we were, I can get a shirt of the same material for probably ten dollars less!

What is /up/ with this?

Comments

[usekh.livejournal.com]

"What is /up/ with this"

Breasts usualy :)

Seriously I think there would be a little more manfacturing costs in a bra than a shirt, but ultimately I think it boils down to the same thing as a lot of womans clothing. Women in general will pay these dumb prices :P

[pyrephox.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well. I just need something to keep them from bouncing around. I don't need them to be writing to friends, bragging about the new digs!

[harlecerule.livejournal.com]

I vaguely wonder how much jock straps cost, since they perform the same basic function for male anatomy under high stresses as a bra does for femalke anatomy under ordinary/high stresses.

I'd say "Betcha they're cheaper" but then I just know someone would find an example of a $200 jock strap. ;)

[pyrephox.livejournal.com]

I would imagine that they're cheaper on average.

Although I'm not sure that it's exactly comparable. Most men (I think?) don't wear jockstraps every day, or require one to keep from having Uncomfortable Moments In Public. :P

[harlecerule.livejournal.com]

True. XD Like I said, men wear them for times they're expecting extreme stresses, whereas women need them for normal, everyday stresses.

Also, they don't have to make do with ones that don't actually fit because they don't have the money to go to a specialty shop and buy the right size since the size they need doesn't actually come in the off-the-rack versions that can be afforded. x__x WHYY. C'mon, there's got to be enough DDDs out there to justify making them in offtherack WHY is the largest I can find a D?

[pyrephox.livejournal.com]

Gah. Yeah, brafitting is /really/ annoying, especially if you have a non-standard size. And a lot of American women do have non-standard sizes, for various reasons.

Also, finding a large-cup bra with comfortable straps that /don't/ do the grandmother thing? Very annoying!

[multiplexer.livejournal.com]

$30 for the bra.
$50 for the custom hydrolics.
$10 for the microprocessor to automatically detect jiggle and inflate the hydrolics on command!

If you pay the extra $9.99 for the upgrade, you can get an automatically inflating bra that also scrolls words across the front like a light-up marquee!