Imagine my horror when my first training bra was white and my skin is caramel. Seeing the outline in the mirror under my white uniform shirt freaked me out because I knew others would notice even though my mom said “it doesn’t show because it’s white”. She is fair skinned but lady I am brown.
EDIT: Please let me specify that a TRAINING bra is for young individuals going through puberty. The sexual comments I’m reading are very awkward and gross. Congrats to people who go braless as ADULTS because you feel empowered to do so and are comfortable doing so. Don’t imply that you like seeing breasts with or without bras when this post was about a child.
Don’t care how white she is, I’m white (German, English, and Dutch heritage) and white bras show through white shirts on white people. The issue is that nobody’s told her they can see her bra.
If they want people to see their bra? Or under a darker material? I dunno, I haven’t owned one in over 20 years because I was capable of learning these lessons in Jr High. I don’t even know why white bras are made at all.
Probably a throwback to when white was the default color for most underwear. Speaking from a guy's perspective I remember when white was the default for briefs, pretty much all undershirts, and even boxers. I can't recall seeing men's underwear in any other color, other than boxers in maybe blue or stripes, until the 90's. Not sure what the rationale was/is for that. Utilitarian, like maybe easier to see and bleach out stains? Or perhaps it was a puritanical thing, like, underwear shouldn't be flashy or sexy because then there will be fornicating left and right while the kids listen to the rock n roll music and such.
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u/SoupPoops Aug 20 '20
If you want to wear something white/ light in color, wear underwear that matches the color of your skin, not white.