Posted on 06/28/2002 5:48:00 PM PDT by Pokey78
AFTER eight decades of fumbling with hooks on brassieres, French women are being offered a technical breakthrough — a soutien-gorge that fastens with magnets and undoes with a twist. The gesture is so easy that it should transform the lives of the 80 per cent of women who put their bras on back to front and then pull them around, the makers say. The makers, Bolero, also see advantages for the Gallic male: no more struggling with le crochet récalcitrant. “Men have always found the fastening system to be barbaric,” a spokeswoman said. Georges Chetochine, a behavioural consultant who advised Bolero, said that Frenchmen felt a loss of virility if they stumbled while performing l’art du decrochage. “Our study showed that the bra fastener posed a problem. It takes time,” he said. “The man gets annoyed and embarrassed. Then the women gets irritated too, so she takes it off herself. The man is no longer the conquering male.” The small magnets, which form a flat gold rectangle, have been tested to ensure that they posed no threat to health or mobile telephones. The flimsy black construction, which will cost about £35 when it reaches the shops in the autumn, elicited mixed reactions from men and women when road-tested in the Place de l’Opéra, near The Times’s office. “This is wonderful for women. It’s incredibly easy compared to hooks and I’m going to start putting my bra on the right way round,” Sophie, 27, a secretary, said. But 22-year-old Frédérique said she feared that magnets would take away the charm for men. “There will no longer be the desire that comes with patience. The gift wrapping is too easily undone.” Sandrine, a sales assistant, said: “Sometimes it’s fun to see a man panic over a bra.”
That figures, they even surrender in bed.
I bet those magnet bras will cause a red alert!
It ain't the bra, its the contents.
I don't fumble. I carry a pocket knife. ;^)
The one fingured removal technique is still a mystery to me.
A magnet as a fastener could only work for the anorexic.
Confucious say: "He who doesn't fumble with the bra probably has worn one before."
Not bad for a newbie. Welcome to FreeRepublic. Can I see your breasts?
Les hommes français sont les idiots stupides et les morons retardés.
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