bullet bra
Pointed vintage lingerie
A bullet bra is a style of brassiere with pointed, conical cups that project sharply outward.
Popular in the 1940s and 1950s, the silhouette was designed to create an exaggerated bust shape under the fitted sweaters and blouses of the era.
The style became iconic through pinup imagery and has periodically returned as vintage fashion or costume: She wore a bullet bra under her retro dress.
Decade after WWII
- pin-upAttractive person's poster
- MadonnaChrist's mother, or pop icon
- GaultierFrench fashion house
- Bettie PageIconic fifties pinup model
Marilyn Monroe · sweater girl · bombshell · glamour · mid-century · nostalgia · iconic · classic
Tapering to a point
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- garmentArticle of clothing
- undergarmentClothing worn beneath others
bustline · enhancement · structure · contour · seams · projection · torpedo · sweater girl
1950s
Decade after WWII
Marilyn Monroe · Bettie Page · sweater girl · bombshell · glamour · mid-century · nostalgia · iconic · classic · Rita Hayworth
conical
Tapering to a point
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- garmentArticle of clothing
undergarment · bustline · enhancement · structure · contour · seams · projection · torpedo · sweater girl · tailored
underwire
Curved bra stiffener
- satinGlossy-surfaced woven cloth
- laceOpen-weave ornamental fabric
- corsetBoned waist-shaping undergarment
bustier · garter · stockings · camisole · slip · tulle · mesh · boning · hooks · straps
- 1940s fashionvictory rolls, seamed stockings, nylon stockings, nylons, snood
- brasbralette, bandeau, bustier
- undergarmentsbrassiere, briefs, corset, slip, petticoat
bullet braminimizer bra
Lingerie that lessens silhouette
bralette · wireless bra · compression bra · seamless bra · sports bra