Bra Elastics:
If you have been making your own bras or thought about it then you are aware that there are a limited number of retail merchants that sell the type of elastic found in retail readymade bras.
Using normal cotton or polyester elastic is not advised for bras. Let me explain and shed some light on why I think they don't or won't work.
- Regular elastic is flat and and offers no buffer between the elastic and your skin when sewn in a bra where the elastic is exposed.
- The stretch would not allow expansion and movement in the bra with comfort and control of elastic made for bras.
- Plain elastic made for waistbands, cuffs, and other areas where you need elastic stretch on a garment made, does not offer the same soft backing that gives this specialized elastic the attributes to feel soft and hug the skin.
- Plain elastic can be purchased just about anywhere and is inexpensive and sometimes hard to tell the quality or durability of the stretch.
