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  • Many women wear water bras not as a means of support, but as an accessory. When a specific outfit or occasion leaves women wanting to boost their bust size, a water bra can provide a quick solution. Through use of special pads, water bras provide a larger, realistic-looking bust line.

    Significance

    Water bras belong to a category of undergarments designed to alter the wearer's natural appearance. Water bras can make a woman's breasts appear larger by about a cup size.

    Function

    Water bras are padded, using cups fitted with sacs of water or synthetic mixtures of water and oils.

    Advantages

    Unlike other padded bras, which use air or fabric material, water bras have pads whose look and feel more closely approximates the natural contours of breast tissue.

    History

    Water bras became popular in the 1990s as a safer and cheaper alternative to breast augmentation surgery. Those surgeries had become controversial with media reports of botched surgeries and adverse health effects of defective implants.

    Fun Fact

    Water bras were used to comedic effect in the television show "Will and Grace," in which the character Grace wore one to a class reunion. It sprung a leak.

    Source:

    St. Petersburg Times: Bras: A Century of Support

    Her Room: Panache Atlantis T-Shirt Water Bra

    Fashion Era: Bras after 1950 Fashion History

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