Monday 9 August 2010

the summer bra

I recently met up for a beer with a British friend who reminded me of the Polish summer bra phenomena...a disturbing practice I have until now, refused to accept as reality. But here it is.


Imagine, a hot, sweltering day. The sun is burning into your brain, your survival mechanism is to sweat profusely. Your logic tells you to drink water. You drink beer instead. There is no air-con anywhere. The nearest swimming hole is too far to peddle to on your bike. The apartment is too hot to sit in. Breezy refuge is found underneath the shade of a tree at the local park. But the clothes on your back are an annoyance. Too heavy. Too burdensome. What do you put on to achieve maximum coolness and the possibility of breathability. Perhaps a cotton dress? A skirt? A loose, long t-shirt?


Don't be silly. Just wear your bra! The ugliest, the most pointy and polyester number you may have in your draw. What? You're not over 50? You don't have a flabby tire round your mid-drift? Or a husband who wears sleeveless, beige wife-bashers, socks and sandals? Pft. Well, you'll just have to stay hot in the heat wave.


A country known for it's conservatism somehow has let this one slip. For some unbeknownst to me reason, middle-aged women, find it completely acceptable to prance around in their bras, in the summer days, pretending that they're wearing, um, bikini tops? At least their skirts or shorts remain safely in place. Otherwise I'd have to emigrate.


Is it a lack of summer culture amongst the older generation? Maybe. Fried meat meals with heavy loads of potatoes and stewed cabbage after servings of hot soup, are still the preferable dinner choice when it's 34 degrees out. Eat a boiled beetroot, wear your bra out, why not ey?

28 comments:

Edyta said...

Ah, this kind of reminds me of all those weekends that my mum would be gardening in the hot sun with her bike pants and bikini top. As a great female slav, she took gardening and multi-tasking to the next level. Why merely garden when you could also get a tan at the same time?

Justyna said...

At least she westernized her get-up! My aunt walks around picking cherries in her orchard wearing animal-print over-stretched pants and her white boob-holder. I'm not even going to describe the state of her underpits. She's 60.

Mike said...

lol

kukus said...

i think you have a scoop in ur coverage, its one of those 'oh thats so0o true' situations

Anonymous said...

One day you'll wake up J and realise youve been indulging in the practice and you wont be able to remember when you started. Mark my words...

Twiggy

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