I could very well blame my inner pyromaniac tendancies for these pictures. That would be the easy way out. No, I'll immediately own up to it. As soon as I saw Karen Langley's styling in these Chadwick Tyler for Dazed images, I knew that I actually genuinely liked the aesthetic of burnt bras. I could even try and lay it on a previous life where I was perhaps once a 60s' feminist who had many flammable bras to burn. That would be the other easy way out. Given that I'm so UN-endowed in the chest area so much so that I rarely wear bras, it would be ridiculous to think that in a previous life, I was bountifully full-chested with a chest full of brassieres, and thus eager to burn those horrid body shackles in a feminist fit.
There is only one explanation and it's a simple one; it's that new-looking and pristine lace is not really my cup of tea. Why a perfect condition teal lace vintage dress has been languishing somewhere. Why I tend to hunt out vintage lace garments that preferably have some discolourisation. Why I don't mind that my cream lace pumps from the 1940s' are battered, weathered and have a few holes in them (even if I do cut my toe on glass sometimes…). Burning the lace was the next progression that Langley pointed out most fervently in the editorial. The other part of the explanation is that I've had a fixation with wearing bras on the exterior for an age even if you guys have cussed me aplenty for it. This summer of course, go to any music festival and lacey bras are hanging out and about everywhere so much so that the likes of Topshop (providers of the burning bra assets in the editorial and below…) have elongated a lot of their bra styles to make them more like crop-tops for the purpose of airing them about in sunlight.
But perhaps the pyromaniac explanation is also a valid one. It was IMMENSELY and SCARILY satisfying waving the bra over a candle flame and watching the lace shrivel up…
Awesome look! I’m itching to burn something now…
A skirt or dress made up of layers and layers of burnt lace would be amazing.
Woah, now this is amazing. Maybe it’s my inner pyro as well, but I can’t wait to burn some lace!
-Ashley
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those images are actually really cool! sweet!
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Super easy super awesome DIY that I will be sure to try! The results are fantastic!
haha way to feminest movement for me :/
Looks fierce! 🙂 Couldn’t pull that look off personally, but you look so cool!
xx
That is absolutely gorgeous how you did that!
Very liberating!
Lizabeth xoxo
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The texture it adds is so great. Susie, I love how you’ll try nearly anything and pull it off so well. =D
This is not about Susie Bubble, but I detest feminists (seriously wiki Germaine Greer she was the Oceanic/UK feminist and she had serious daddy/men issues) and the whole bra-burning thing was because ‘bras were a symbol of male oppression’ (for goodness sake they’re for mammary support) but I seriously love the DIY effect! I like how she took an undergarment and gave it an interesting texture and yet still kept the shape!
i think you’re actually lucky in the respect that you’re less well endowed as i dont really think that someone with a fuller figure could pull this amazing look off….hmmm this reminds me of that post of yours from ages ago saying that slim, less voluptuous women can get away with wearing things that traditionally look really skanky (ugh hate using that word), which i think is very true…
WOW great DYI.
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I love your outfits, blog and style. keep it up xx
I like wearing bras on the exterior, they´re beautiful garments and shouldn´t really be hidden.
i like the new texture on the lace by the burn 🙂
Oh yes more experimentation my weekend is looking up!
Now I’ll be hotfooting it to M&S to get some nasty coloured lace bras to experiment on – but I won’t be posting results!!
That is fabulous! I dunno how you think of these things, it would never enter my head to actually try burning something but the effect is beautiful.
And I often wish I had a small chest so I could go braless or wear my underwear as outerwear. Smaller is better when it comes to clothes i think.
Interesting idea!
This look is so daring and awesome! 🙂
Where did you get the semi corset? I can’t seem to find it on Topshop? I’m craaaving for one of those!!
Love the style as well!
This is such a fascinating DIY Susie! You are the most creative person, ummm, ever?
I do hate the feminist bra-burning stereotype though.
Reminds me a bit of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, a.k.a. the times when he was cool. I love it!
xxx
I have that peach silence + noise bra too and as much as i enjoy the look of the burnt lace i will never be able to bring myself to put £20 to a flame!
That’s actually a little sad 🙁 I love my bras. Haha
I love Germaine Greer! And I love push-up bras!
Did anyone acutally burn bras in the feminist movement of the 60’s? I thought it was just a myth that got blown way out of proportion and is now used as a derogatory term when describing the feminist movement? I’m not sure, but the look of the burnt bra is really cool. I wonder what other garments would look interesting if they were slightly torched. Didn’t you bake a shirt once on this blog?