Chic open lingerie styles like a shelf bra and sheer panties are a wonderful way to enhance a romantic encounter or to just add a little fun to your day. When you don’t feel cozy going au naturel, styles like open tip bras to open bust corsets are a fabulous way to add a little spice to your life.

What Are Open Shelf Bras?

An open shelf bra is also known as cupless bra, or just an open bra. With a difference in the bra cups, this brassiere style is very similar to everyday brassieres.

Belonging to the open lingerie group, it comes in several bra styles. These brassieres expose a great part of the breast area and with some bras, the breasts may even be completely revealed. However, it is still able to provide support because of the supportive shelf on the lower part of the bra – therefore the name shelf bra.

Open bust lingerie comes in a multitude of fabrics and sizes. Popular intimate apparel fabrics include lace, fine mesh, satin and silk. Softer fabrics generally work better as they are more comfortable on the skin

Be conscious of the fact that open bras generally do not offer a a lot of coverage or support. Thus, wearing a shelf bra is not for the faint hearted.

Naturally it is important to opt for the appropriate size and style that will fit and flatter your shape. Even the the most expensive open bra will fail to make you look gorgeous if it does not enhance your shape properly.

More Than Just For Show

So, when it is appropriate to wear shelf bras? And should you have one in your lingerie drawer? Without a doubt, yes. An open bra is one of those brassieres that you need in your brassiere collection so that you are always covered. It is like a man always having a tuxedo in the back of his wardrobe, there for the occasion. You never know when the occasion will present itself.

And, of course the most important reason to have a least one open bra is the question of romance. Who knows when the moment will present itself at the drop of a hat. A dreamy weekend getaway to a romantic place, or a honeymoon trip of a lifetime to an exotic locale such as Bora Bora? Or, the one place you want to be, in the arms of your loved one.

Ladies Underwear

While open bras make a sexy statement, open bras and panties that match make the ultimate sexy statement. The fabulous news is there are a tempting array of panty styles to choose from. From lacy panties to mesh panties, there are literally thousands of alluring panties to please every lingerie diva in training.

If, you are going for an uber sexy open lingerie look, then take a look at an open thong or g string panties. Not one, but two pairs of panties are suggested for each brassiere to give you more flexibility.

Author Bio: Carmen Petitclerc is a lingerie designer and enthusiast who hails from beautiful Toronto, Canada! Follow her lingerie tips on the secrets of shelf bras and lingerie blog at Love of Lingerie

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