Tag: physics
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Should you worry about bending your wires? (A response to Bare Essentials)
For those who are unfamiliar,”Bare Essentials: Bras” is a book by Jennifer Lynne Fairbanks, which is most known for its unique bra drafting techniques which allow you to make a custom bra draft based on your measurements. I won’t be talking about those in this post – the book is expansive and also covers bra…
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Bra Physics Part 2: What Can We Learn about the Band?
In my last bra physics post, I described the forces involved in supporting your breasts and what parts of a bra are responsible for providing those forces. How can this knowledge inform our decisions when making or choosing bras? This post is part of a series and covers the bands of bras – just the…
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The Physics of a Supportive Bra Explained
To all boob owners reading this: I would like you to take off the clothes on your upper half and stand in front of a mirror. I would buy you dinner first, but unfortunately on my student budget I can’t afford to wine and dine all of my readers, so you’ll just have to take…
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