Clothing pressure and wear feeling at under-bust part on a push-up type brassiere

Abstract

This study investigated the features and problems of push-up type brassieres by examining clothing pressure at the under-bust part while wearing a push-up type brassiere. It also investigated the relationship of clothing pressure and wear feeling (compressive feeling, comfort and satisfaction with the silhouette). The results obtained were as follows. When a push-up type brassiere was worn, the under-bust dimension and in ter-bust point decreased more than that while wearing a normal brassiere, and satisfaction with the silhouette was higher. It was considered that the cup-stand part greatly influenced these effects. Though the cup-stand on a push-up type brassiere caused less clothing pressure than other parts, compressive feeling caused by this part was higher. Based on these findings, it was found that the cup-stand part was the most important factor in making the push-up type brassiere comfortable in terms of clothing pressure.