7 Reasons Women Over 70 Swap Their Bras for a Tank That Holds Them Up, and Nothing Shows Through
I quit underwire when I retired, but soft bras showed through my tops until my nurse friend Ruth handed me this tank. Here are 7 reasons nothing shows now.
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1. Nothing Pokes Through My Tops Now, Because the Cups Are Molded and Sewn Right Into the Front 🙌
Press the cup. It keeps its shape.
I tried everything after I quit underwire. Soft bras. Bralettes. Camis with little pads. A cardigan over all of it, even in July.
They all failed the same test. I’d pull on a thin top, turn sideways at the mirror and see everything. A soft bra is just cloth. It takes your shape, so whatever is under it pokes right through. I’d stand in the checkout line at the grocery store with my arms crossed over my front, hoping nobody looked.
Ruth, a nurse who still does home visits, stopped by in her scrubs one afternoon. She pulled this tank out of her bag and pressed the cup with her thumb. “Half the women I look after quit bras years ago,” she said. “This is what a lot of them wear now.”
The cups in this tank are molded, and they’re sewn right into the front. A molded cup keeps its own smooth, round shape, chilly room or not. So what shows through your top is the cup, not you. Press it with your thumb. It keeps its shape.
Susie, who spent years at a big bra maker, makes these tanks. On her buyer survey, one woman put it plainer than I ever could.
“Support with comfort and no visible nipples!”
That was my reason too.
2. Everything Stays Held Up and in Place When I Lean Over, Because the Tank Does the Holding, Not a Band 💪
Lean right over. Everything stays put.
I’d rather not flop around in public. Most women my age blame their own bodies for that, but the real trouble is the band. A band has to squeeze your ribs to hold anything up. So you loosen it, and down it all goes. And a cami can’t hold you up at all.
This tank hangs from wide straps, and the cups are part of the front. So the whole tank does the holding, and nothing squeezes. Susie made it to hold a full D and up, with no wire.
When I lean across the table to set out the plates, everything stays right where it was. It doesn’t push me up the way my old underwire did. It holds me where I belong, and that’s all I wanted.
Barbara, 69, wears a 2XL. She tucks hers into her slacks, and so do I. Here’s how she put it.
My old bra was halfway up my back by the time I got to the grocery store. This one stays put if I tuck it in my slacks. It doesn’t lift me like my underwire did. It just stays where it is, which is what I wanted.
Barbara, 693. The Cups Don’t Slide or Fold Like the Pads in My Old Camis, Because They’re Sewn In for Good 🧵
Down and back up. Cups stay put.
I had a whole drawer of padded camis. The pads folded in half in the wash. Or they slid off to one side the first time I bent down, and I’d have to reach in and fix them.
These cups are sewn into the front, and they stay put through the wash. I bend down to the bottom drawer and come back up with everything right where it was, so there’s nothing to fish out or fix.
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4. No Skinny Strap Slips Out at My Collar, Because the Wide, Flat Straps Are Part of the Tank 👍
Top shelf. Straps stay flat.
A bra strap peeking out of your collar looks sloppy. I always seemed to catch it in a store window after I’d been out for an hour.
This tank has no second strap to slip. The straps are wide and flat, and they’re part of the tank itself. I reach up to the top shelf, and they stay flat on my shoulders.
Susan D. found the same thing.
A strap used to slide down every time I reached. Now I just reach, smooth and go, no readjusting all day.
Susan D.5. There’s No Band Line or Bulge Across My Back, Because the Tank Has No Band at All ✨
One soft piece. No band anywhere.
People see your back every time you walk ahead of them. In a bra, mine had a line straight across it, with a roll above and below, right through my knit tops.
This tank has no band and no hooks. It’s one soft piece with a high, straight back, so there’s nothing to cut in and nothing to bunch up. My back looks smooth under a knit top.
And since nothing digs in, I keep it on from breakfast to supper, so I look the same at 4 in the afternoon as I did at 9 in the morning.
Linda M. noticed her back first.
The back bulge my old bra dug in for years? Gone. Smooth across, and I feel good from behind again.
Linda M.6. I Look Neat and Shaped in a Plain Top Again, Because the Round Shape Is Built Into the Tank 👚
A soft bra lets you hang low, and a cami flattens you out. Either way, you don’t look like yourself in your clothes.
Under my grey knit top now, I have one smooth, round shape, held up where it belongs, with no lumps, straps or line showing. I look like I’ve got a good bra on under there.
Another woman on Susie’s survey said it in nine words.
“I like the look under clothes and no bra”
Under a see-through blouse, though, you’ll see the tank itself, the way you’d see a slip. Under a regular top or a light sweater, you just look neat and shaped.
7. My Friend Asked What Bra I’d Found, Because I Look Put Together Again 🎉
Bra in the drawer. Blouse on. Done.
A few weeks after I started wearing it, my friend Dot leaned over at lunch and asked what bra I’d found. I told her it isn’t a bra. She made me show her the tag in the ladies’ room.
Now every morning I button a blouse over the tank, turn sideways at the mirror and give myself a little nod. Nothing pokes through. In the checkout line, my arms stay down at my sides. My old bras are in the back of the drawer, and that’s where they’re staying.
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A Thin Top Shows Whatever Is Right Under It
| In a soft bra or padded cami | In the tank | |
|---|---|---|
| Under a thin top | Everything shows through | One smooth, round shape |
| Leaning over the table | Not much holding you | Held up and in place |
| After the wash | Pads fold or slide | Cups stay put, sewn in |
| At your collar | A skinny strap slips out | Wide straps stay flat |
| Across your back | Band line and bulge | Smooth, no band |
Questions My Friends Ask Me About It
Will anyone see anything through my top?
Will it hold me if I’m big up top?
What size do I get?
Pull on a plain top, turn sideways and see one smooth shape.
If you’ve given up on bras but still catch yourself crossing your arms in public, this is the one I’d tell my own sister about. Every week you put it off is one more week of cardigans in July. Black Friday Early Access is on right now, with Buy 2, Get 1 Free and free US shipping. With three tanks, there’s always a clean one in the drawer. It comes with a 90-Day Guarantee.
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The turn sideways at the mirror part. I do that every single morning and every morning I go back for a cardigan
Lorraine I own more cardigans than tops at this point. In July!
does it show under a thin knit top? that’s all I wear in summer and I’m not putting a slip under everything
Hi Norma! Under a regular or thin knit top, the molded cups give you one smooth, round front. Under a see-through blouse you’ll see the tank itself, the way you’d see a slip.
84 and a 42DDD. Every soft thing I’ve tried gives up on me by noon. Will this really hold somebody my size with no wire?
Hi Loretta! It’s made to hold a full D and up with no wire, and sizes go up to 6XL. Start with your shirt size and check the chart on the next page. Every order comes with our 90-Day Guarantee.
what size would I even get? I haven’t been measured since the Carter years
Phyllis you go by your shirt size, no cup letter. That’s the first thing that made me keep reading honestly
my padded camis come out of the dryer with the pads folded in half like a taco. if these really stay put through the wash I’ll be shocked
Bev same. I fish mine out every time and they never sit right again. I want to know how it looks after ten washes, not one
do the cups move when you bend down? mine slide off to one side and there I am digging in my shirt in the cereal aisle
Arlene she says they’re sewn right into the front so there’s no pad to slide. That’s the part I’m most curious about too
a skinny strap hanging out of my collar in every family picture. My daughter points it out every time. Wide straps that are part of the tank makes sense to me
All day is what I want to know. I can put up with almost anything till lunch. No band sounds good to me at 79 but I’ll believe it when I’ve worn it to supper
I like that she told you to tuck it in. Nobody ever admits the catch. Going to try one in black