In the days of yore, no African woman steps out of her home without a complete dressing. Complete dressing didn’t only mean dressing to fit but also to have all of the sensitive body parts covered.
At that time, a woman revels in her ability to dress without revealing anything. Head gears, pants and underpants were a must for a woman of pride.
But today, nudity is the new game. Interestingly, it comes with different excuses; vogue, fashion, freedom, choice and independence.
Young women, especially students in tertiary institutions, will hide under freedom to dress in skimpy outfits and move without hindrances. Working class women will plead vogue to dress the Western way, while a great majority will blame the economy, which has seen the price of undergarments triple and put women without means at disadvantage.
But, can that be why many women appear to be doing away with brassiere, otherwise shortened bras?
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The brassiere is one out of a woman’s numerous undergarments. It is an essential underwear primarily used to support the breasts. It is valued and worn almost every day by Nigerian women.
This highly valued undergarment has seen various changes in designs and textures, since its adoption in the early Twentieth Century when it largely replaced the corset.
Bras enhance or reduce the appearance of the breast size; create cleavages, or conceal the visibility of nipples beneath clothing, just as it facilitates breastfeeding and reduces discomfort during exercise.
However, this all important part of dressing is being abandoned by mostly young women. Vanguard Economy & Lifestyle sought to know why.
Visiting undergarment sellers in Lagos revealed that from December till date the rising trend in the prices of the brassieres have persisted. The cheapest brand of bras, which used to go for N1,500 or N2000 have risen by an everage of 200 per cent to between N4,500 and N5,000, while foreign ones, which used to be sold at 5,000 are now selling for between N10,000 and N15,000.
