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Bullet Bras Were All The Rage In The 1940s And 1950s, And These 98 Pics Will Poke Your Eyes
If you don’t know what a bullet bra is then you could be forgiven for thinking it’s something dangerous. And in a way it is, because its extremely conical points are sharp enough to poke your eye out.
You don’t see many of these vintage bras these days but they were very popular during the 1940s and 1950s. They were made famous by the sweater girls (various Hollywood actresses who adopted the fashion of wearing tight sweaters over a bullet-shaped or cone bra), and Madonna even wore one designed by Jean Paul Gaultier during her Blond Ambition Tour back in 1990. A vintage fashion lingerie company called What Katie Did was the first company to bring bullet bras back into modern production in 1999, and since then other companies have also started to make their own version of the iconic underwear. Scroll down for a collection of vintage photos featuring women modeling bullet bras in true 1950s fashion. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite!
(h/t: vintage everyday)
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A Sweater Girl
Vintage Underwear
This is the one picture so far that looks alright to me. Probably because it's not under a sweater, making it look like the woman has oddly deformed breasts.
Vintage Fashion
Really thinking I need to invest in one of these bad boys. Bring this fashion trend back!
I'm 82 and remember these marvelous bras with fondness; they were stitched around to hold those point up. Yes mam. I remember one scene in Star Trek; the female was laid out dying or something, Kirk bending over her and those things were pointing straight up like soldiers. Amazing.
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Sometimes we already look like we own them.. on a cold day when the lady parts are at attention we can scratch a car door
Very practical! Imagine all the things she can hold on her 'shelf'-that typewriter, cigarettes, a child, blow-dryer...
Doesn't matter who she is ! She is my style. Courage mind enough to wear bullet bra. I love vintage LADYs wearing wintage dresses. Cigarette belongs to minus side, sorry.
jamie1707, you have a sharp literary eye! This is indeed novelist and short story writer Clarice Lispector, one of the finest writers ever produced by Brazil. A similar profile portrait of Clarice is on the front cover of New Directions' 2020 reissue of her heartbreaking 1977 novella, The Hour of the Star.
Wow! slim and stacked. I still think the bullet bras were the sexiest. Looks uncomfortable maybe?
They look very uncomfortable. Ladies, how comfortable to wear where they? About like a mammogram?
They provide good support. They don't have a lot of stretch so you may not like that, but wow they hold you securely in place.
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Ye gods... VPL, smoking and weird looking boobies.... Hardly attractions today..
“All I know is that, when I get back to Dallas, I’m gonna tell that creep Jack Ruby he can take that stripper pole and shove it up his a*s!!! I don’t need that jerk. Come November, Lorraine and I are sure we can catch us each one of those handsome young Secret Service men when they come here to Dallas with JFK!!!
I never liked the "pyramids tits"...they look uncomfortable...I prefer the natural shape...
and as the Detective collared High Hand Sam for the murder of.........
The One And Only Marilyn Monroe
Maybe it's because Marilyn Monroe is wearing them but this picture doesn't look ridiculous
Elizabeth Taylor
Old Hollywood Fashion
Bullet Bra
Jayne Mansfield
Vintage Outfit
Vintage Blonde Bombshell
Marilyn Monroe
Bullet Bra
Vintage Fashion
TV Announcer: before the Wonder Bra, before the Push Up Bra,before Plastic Surgery there was (dramatic music)...THE BULLET BRA! (Audience applause)
A Sweater Girl
Jayne Mansfield
Jane Mansfield. Mariska Hargitay's (from law and order) mother. You can see the resemblance.
Marilyn Monroe
Are her pointy boobs closer to her waist than modern day boobs? Or is it an illusion created by the clothes and point of view?
Bullet Bra
Vintage Fashion
Vintage Undergarments
Bullet Bra
Sweater Girl
Vintage Outfit
Bullet Bra Fashion
Jane Russell
Bettie Page
Carole Lesley
This is the British actress Carole Lesley - she was a friend of my Grandma.
Fashionable Looks
Jayne Mansfield And Diana Dors
Vintage Fashion
Anne Francis? She had a mole (beauty mark) on the right of her chin.
Glamour Shot
Vintage Fashion
Vintage Summer Look
Vintage Sporty Look
Dorothy Lamour
Okay, on Dorothy Lamour it almost looks natural. For one thing they're not hiked up to her armpits.
Brigitte Bardot
Lovely, and NOT pointed, at least not by 1960's norms. This the lift and separate look you heard advertised on radio and TV. This might be the playtex 18 hour which some today might consider a bullet style, but thank goodness no spear points.
Bullet Bra Fashion
Tina Louise
Vintage Fashion
Vintage Undergarments
Vintage Look
Bullet Bra
She might fit behind the tree to hide, but her bullet boobs won't! LOL! 🤣🤣
Hollywood Starlet
Vintage Look
Joan Collins And Jayne Mansfield
Vintage Photoshoot
Vintage Summer Look
Vintage Photoshoot
Bunny Yeager
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn was making a face here I had never seen before. I didn't know it was her until in another place it was verified as her.
Bettie Page
Bullet Bra Fashion
Vintage Fashion
Am I the only one who thinks she looks a bit like Anna Nicole smith?
Patti Page
Karen Steele
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0824606/mediaviewer/rm168536832 Karen Steele played Eve McHuron on Star Trek.
Bullet Bra Fashion
The hair dryer looks like the bra. Maybe that is where he inspiration came from? 😳
Vintage Underwear
Gloria Talbott
A good actress, famed as the unhappy bride in I Married a Monster from Outer Space (silly title for a thoughtful, scary thriller).
Evelyn West
Martha Hyer
Sweater Girl
It's about the sheer damn sweaters, gals. It looks like your nipples are going to poke through, and that makes viewers uncomfortable.
Vintage Summer Fashion
Vintage Magazine Cover Photo
Mamie Van Doren
Piper Laurie
Piper Laurie, the mother from the original "Carrie" with Sissy Spacek.
Vintage Fashion
Bullet Bra
Vintage Photoshoot
Bullet Bra Fashion
Vintage Underwear
And I thought I was the only one to show up at work in my underwear, I had forgotten to wear my pants! LOL
Vintage Glamour
Sweater Girl
Betty Grable
Bullet Bra Fashion
Bullet Bra
Vintage Fashion
Something is wrong with the one in the middle. Her bullets are pointing at the ground!
Bullet Bra
And I thought that they couldn't wear that on the streets, it's quite unsafe, distracting male drivers!
Barbara Windsor
Vintage Fashion
Vera Day
I keep getting the "I'm not talking to you" "well I'm not talking to you either" vibe with some of the pictures.
Dorothy Malone
Bullet Bra
Special mention to the Mazinger Z female mechas :P venusalfa-...26f709.gif 
I never realized this was an intentional fashion trend, and have always been thankful that bra technology advanced past "cone boob" phase. I guess some day people will look back at our round boob bras and wonder "WTF were they thinking?"
I had the same idea! Only I thought it had to do with shortages caused by WW2, the major ingredients like cotton and rubber. And they Had to be that shape because there wasn't any other materials available for the "boob" shape.
Load More Replies... I just want to see how boobs actually fit in that space. Wouldn't there be a massive gap between boob to point of cone? I suppose they are good protection for bumping against stuff XD
But if you would bump into something, wouldn't that create a dent? How ridiculous would that look!
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I graduated from High School in June of 1951 and remember these bras well. Don't remember anything at all about their comfort or discomfort or even the look of them because that's what ALL of the females were wearing!! I'm 84 soon and STILL hate to put on a bra... regardless of whether it points or mounds or stretches over my head! They hurt my ribs, won't stay in place, and I get out of them as quickly as possible. :)
Thank you! I applaude your fortitude for putting up with bras for so many years. And if one more person says "you just need to find the right size" I might just strip off my painful " right size" bra and strangle them with it.
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They were, massively. You know how your feet feel after you stuff them into stiletto heels with pointy toes? Same thing.
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I recently bought a bullet bra on eBay and they sent me three. I tried to send the extras back but they said to keep them. I will be bullet bra-tastic forever. With how ridiculous they look, they even feel crazy when you wear them. But still they look awesome in a 50's style dress. So pointy. My husband loves it and couldn't stop poking my pointy boob and making high pitch "boop" noises.
Hahaha, poking and booping. My ex liked to make 'crab claws' and say "pinchy, pinchy". Sorry if I gave him a new idea.
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I think it looked nicer on the slightly smaller boob's, the well endowed lady's looked a little off balance. Whereas the smaller ones looked kinda nice in an odd way.
Yes, I thought the same thing! I'm sure if I wore one of those it would look like I'm constantly tipping over :/
Load More Replies... Worst part of this ridiculous fashion, which thank god is long gone, was that no human breast ever looked like that on its own. Talk about unrealistic ideals!
When my mother took me for my first bra in 1969, the lady tried to sell me one of those. I cried.
I knew I remembered them after the fifties. I think they were around into the early 70's but definitely losing popularity with other choices available
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They all remind me of the robots from Austin Powers that shoot bullets out of their boobs XD I mean I get that was the point of the gag in the film but still :P
Don't like those bras. They look even more uncomfortable than normal bras if this is even possible.
If your bra is uncomfortable, better try to search further. It's frustrating, but you actually find one that fits. ^_-
Load More Replies... The modern bras gag me. Those molded things cause the breasts to look like a woman cut a grapefuit in half and stuck them in her shirt. They look deformed. ladies, think back to when you were developing. Those perkys stuck straight out, they were cone shaped naturally.
There’s a straw you pull up in case someone accidentally push in point inward, you can blow it out without difficulty...
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some of these are VERY excessive - but they were the style and if you liked MALE attention they got it for ya
we wore those in the late 50s/60s,was very young just left school,they were stitched around and around and mostly fitted in properly,but sometimes if they didn't some would put a tiny bit of cotton wool in the point to stop it denting,hahaha those were the pointy days.
thats how we had them in the late 50s/60s,they went around and around stitch wise,you did fit in them,l was young and small anyway,but some of my friends put a tiny bit of cotton wool in to stop them denting hahaha
Not long after the bullet bras became the rage, the late Jane Russell endorsed a 'cross-your-heart' bra for Playtex. Apparently, these were for added separation and comfort. All I can say is 'Wow!'.
I thought, good grief, who wants to look at 10 pages of uncomfortable fashion? But the comments were a lot of fun!
These bras are insane but I couldn't help but notice nearly all these women had nice butts. Wow! I'm blown away.
They are still not as ridiculous as putting poison in it *in 2010s*
Super fun! https://www.facebook.com/OldSchoolPinUps/photos/a.454536219791.241081.351626024791/10152410507994792/?type=3&theater
I never heard the term bullet bra before. I always read they were called Torpedo bras...guess it depends on where you were raised.
i liked the idea of them for the good figure reasons, But i reckon you would have to have had big confidence to wear them... I dont know if they were uncomfortable to wear as its same with Bra's nowadays, some can be uncomfy even today.... hence why i prefer sports Bra's hehe :)
I remember being very disappointed because my boobs were not that pointy and perky, no matter which type of pushup I got. It took a long time before I realized it was a specific bra style🤣🤣
Oh that's rediculous but made the waist look smaller didn't they ? Haha
No way to photoshop the bruise out of #50's thigh? And even though these thighs look hefty, I think they look much sexier than having the six inch thigh gap.
I always thought that was a "stage prop" like Pinocchio,'s nose. Not a Real piece of clothing.
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Gotta admit, they look super uncomfortable. I really doubt my breasts would fit well in those.
I know. Just like the super pointy heels that were popular 10+ years ago.
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My 1st bra was like these. I didn't quite fill the pointed end (who did) and my bra looked smashed in. Lmao
I just imagined a great great grampa telling how he lost an eye during WW2( He didn't mean combat.)
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Most innovative thing, created by man, and now... ruined by ugly feminism warriors.
I think you went wrong when you were thinking women's clothes needed to be invented by man.
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I have one of these, Wanted to give my 44DD's a little zip. The bra isn't as uncomfortable as it looks.
do visit this link...letstalk.blogspot.in.....it contains some nice writings that are worth reading.....if you like dont forget to appreciate..
Special mention to the Mazinger Z female mechas :P venusalfa-...26f709.gif
I never realized this was an intentional fashion trend, and have always been thankful that bra technology advanced past "cone boob" phase. I guess some day people will look back at our round boob bras and wonder "WTF were they thinking?"
I had the same idea! Only I thought it had to do with shortages caused by WW2, the major ingredients like cotton and rubber. And they Had to be that shape because there wasn't any other materials available for the "boob" shape.
Load More Replies... I just want to see how boobs actually fit in that space. Wouldn't there be a massive gap between boob to point of cone? I suppose they are good protection for bumping against stuff XD
But if you would bump into something, wouldn't that create a dent? How ridiculous would that look!
Load More Replies... I graduated from High School in June of 1951 and remember these bras well. Don't remember anything at all about their comfort or discomfort or even the look of them because that's what ALL of the females were wearing!! I'm 84 soon and STILL hate to put on a bra... regardless of whether it points or mounds or stretches over my head! They hurt my ribs, won't stay in place, and I get out of them as quickly as possible. :)
Thank you! I applaude your fortitude for putting up with bras for so many years. And if one more person says "you just need to find the right size" I might just strip off my painful " right size" bra and strangle them with it.
Load More Replies... They were, massively. You know how your feet feel after you stuff them into stiletto heels with pointy toes? Same thing.
Load More Replies... I recently bought a bullet bra on eBay and they sent me three. I tried to send the extras back but they said to keep them. I will be bullet bra-tastic forever. With how ridiculous they look, they even feel crazy when you wear them. But still they look awesome in a 50's style dress. So pointy. My husband loves it and couldn't stop poking my pointy boob and making high pitch "boop" noises.
Hahaha, poking and booping. My ex liked to make 'crab claws' and say "pinchy, pinchy". Sorry if I gave him a new idea.
Load More Replies... I think it looked nicer on the slightly smaller boob's, the well endowed lady's looked a little off balance. Whereas the smaller ones looked kinda nice in an odd way.
Yes, I thought the same thing! I'm sure if I wore one of those it would look like I'm constantly tipping over :/
Load More Replies... Worst part of this ridiculous fashion, which thank god is long gone, was that no human breast ever looked like that on its own. Talk about unrealistic ideals!
When my mother took me for my first bra in 1969, the lady tried to sell me one of those. I cried.
I knew I remembered them after the fifties. I think they were around into the early 70's but definitely losing popularity with other choices available
Load More Replies... They all remind me of the robots from Austin Powers that shoot bullets out of their boobs XD I mean I get that was the point of the gag in the film but still :P
Don't like those bras. They look even more uncomfortable than normal bras if this is even possible.
If your bra is uncomfortable, better try to search further. It's frustrating, but you actually find one that fits. ^_-
Load More Replies... The modern bras gag me. Those molded things cause the breasts to look like a woman cut a grapefuit in half and stuck them in her shirt. They look deformed. ladies, think back to when you were developing. Those perkys stuck straight out, they were cone shaped naturally.
There’s a straw you pull up in case someone accidentally push in point inward, you can blow it out without difficulty...
#1 is my First Choice ... My Second Choice is 234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899&100 ( I have 3 of my own private pics!)
some of these are VERY excessive - but they were the style and if you liked MALE attention they got it for ya
we wore those in the late 50s/60s,was very young just left school,they were stitched around and around and mostly fitted in properly,but sometimes if they didn't some would put a tiny bit of cotton wool in the point to stop it denting,hahaha those were the pointy days.
thats how we had them in the late 50s/60s,they went around and around stitch wise,you did fit in them,l was young and small anyway,but some of my friends put a tiny bit of cotton wool in to stop them denting hahaha
Not long after the bullet bras became the rage, the late Jane Russell endorsed a 'cross-your-heart' bra for Playtex. Apparently, these were for added separation and comfort. All I can say is 'Wow!'.
I thought, good grief, who wants to look at 10 pages of uncomfortable fashion? But the comments were a lot of fun!
These bras are insane but I couldn't help but notice nearly all these women had nice butts. Wow! I'm blown away.
They are still not as ridiculous as putting poison in it *in 2010s*
Super fun! https://www.facebook.com/OldSchoolPinUps/photos/a.454536219791.241081.351626024791/10152410507994792/?type=3&theater
I never heard the term bullet bra before. I always read they were called Torpedo bras...guess it depends on where you were raised.
i liked the idea of them for the good figure reasons, But i reckon you would have to have had big confidence to wear them... I dont know if they were uncomfortable to wear as its same with Bra's nowadays, some can be uncomfy even today.... hence why i prefer sports Bra's hehe :)
I remember being very disappointed because my boobs were not that pointy and perky, no matter which type of pushup I got. It took a long time before I realized it was a specific bra style🤣🤣
Oh that's rediculous but made the waist look smaller didn't they ? Haha
No way to photoshop the bruise out of #50's thigh? And even though these thighs look hefty, I think they look much sexier than having the six inch thigh gap.
I always thought that was a "stage prop" like Pinocchio,'s nose. Not a Real piece of clothing.
Load More Replies... Gotta admit, they look super uncomfortable. I really doubt my breasts would fit well in those.
I know. Just like the super pointy heels that were popular 10+ years ago.
Load More Replies... My 1st bra was like these. I didn't quite fill the pointed end (who did) and my bra looked smashed in. Lmao
I just imagined a great great grampa telling how he lost an eye during WW2( He didn't mean combat.)
Load More Replies... Most innovative thing, created by man, and now... ruined by ugly feminism warriors.
I think you went wrong when you were thinking women's clothes needed to be invented by man.
Load More Replies... I have one of these, Wanted to give my 44DD's a little zip. The bra isn't as uncomfortable as it looks.
do visit this link...letstalk.blogspot.in.....it contains some nice writings that are worth reading.....if you like dont forget to appreciate..
