New Ways of Showing Breast

There’s nothing less rewarding than making a general appeal for more tastefulness.  Good taste, or specifically tastefulness is considered to be in the eye of the beholder, so anyone can avoid taking the appeal seriously by invoking this fact.

A case in point is the recent interest in showing a (part of) the breast that has really been around since the seventies, when girls began wearing larger armholes, to show off a particularly erogenous part of the breast, namely the little of it closest to the armpit.  In this article, a blogger called Alexandra explains why she believes this style is ‘Not Cool.’  I have to say I agree with most of her points.

It is overdone.  This is where taste comes in.  Because young women have nowhere to turn to get an assessment of tastefulness, we have an escalation of breast-baring styles.  Evidently most modern women have never studied fashions of the past, to see how this style can be adapted to be perfectly satisfying.  Revealing a little of the outermost part of the breast has been around for centuries, certainly since Greek times, and there has been lots of opportunity for discovering styles that make the little that is shown flattering, rather than overwhelming.

A young person's style
There’s absolutely no doubt that typically it is a style that flatters women with firm breasts, which usually means young women who have never given birth, or women who have had surgery to insert implants or otherwise firm up the breast.  I don’t like the idea of elective surgery generally, and I dislike that so many women feel obliged to undergo it for the sake of their lovers, male or female.  But I think this particular style works well for girls who have had breast augmentation, provided it is done well.  (Breast augmentation does not always work out nicely; I don’t want to mention names, but some of the former Bruce Jenner’s in-laws have had unfortunate experiences with their body modification.  I feel that it is so unfair that a good boob job is probably beyond the means of the typical citizen; it outrages my sense of fairness.  On the other hand, I don’t think the Taxpayer can be expected to subsidize elective surgery unless [a] all other essential needs of every citizen are met first, and [b] elective surgery stops costing such a fortune.)

I’m dying to post some examples of what I consider tasteful exposure of the breast, but I’m reluctant to offend anyone on this front (or this side), because I feel that it is so unfair to rub its potency in the faces of women, who are subjected to an onslaught of these sorts of pressures already.  But I would hate to see the style die out, just because some women overdo it.  I have noticed that some men bloggers are appealing for restraint, which I think is fantastic.  Quite apart from the fact that I’m rather a prude (and not proud of it), I think dressing tastefully is just incredibly sexy, but I’m afraid that my opinion won’t carry much weight, just because of who I am.  Okay, well, I guess one little picture won’t hurt:

Down to the Skin is not needed
The style to which I refer (okay, let’s just come out and call it what they call it on the Web: side-boob) works beautifully if a translucent undergarment is worn.  Girls have worn sheer underblouses for a decade, when they set out to show off their midriffs.  (Some of them drew attention to their bellies by constantly tugging at the bloody things with fake coyness.  Fakeness is endemic among teenagers.)  Many of the more charming fashions do have a sheer panel that obscures the breast, while at the same time drawing tasteful attention to it, without the need for fake tugging.

A bra for the style?
The article suggests that the style does not work with a bra.  Well, with conventional bras, probably not.  It won’t be long before someone invents a sheer bra that supports the breast, but shows off the side of it.  How hard can it be?  There is mesh fabric available today that is pretty strong.  The panel can go fairly high, if it is made of mesh.

In conclusion, let it be known that Kay Hemlock Brown endorses side-of-the-breast-baring styles, as long as it is done with some taste.