Clear and Present Danger!

No, not the movie starring Harrison- still nailable at 80- Ford.  This is far more important.  There is an epidemic hitting the female youths: CLEAR BRA STRAPS!  All we needed was the first heat wave and bam! the seven of you that actually own these pulled them out of the panty drawer.  The upside: you don't look like the lady at the Polish bakery with the pink satin bra that gives her cleft-boobs.  The downside: you look like someone who would call their simple "magic trick" an "illusion."

My favorite application of the clear bra strap is its part in the "going out" outfit.  I saw a perfect example just yesterday in the St. Marks area: a perfectly beautiful young lady (albeit with far too much foundation on for 90 degree heat- think Jeff Goldblum at the end of "The Fly").  She was wearing the standard cocktail uniform (halter top, jeans, stilettos) and a bra with clear bra straps.  The straps were indeed clear.  But the back of the bra, which was showing, was as white as my American Boyfriend's bottom.  It looked like she'd cut off the straps from a pair of jellies and hot glued them to lace.  Big ups to her for the DIY, I guess.

If you're as obsessed with tacky lingerie as I am, i've posted a few links.

note:

brastraps.com: pay special attention to the "Evolution Bra" by Margarita, it makes you look "naturally cosmetically enhanced." Am I right, ladies?  Also the "Adorned Bras," some of which have butterflies.  Need I say more?

strappys.com: they have bra straps for charity- this shit can cure cancer!

Oh, and I've included the link to the Strappys youtube video.  I liked the video-- or slideshow-- a lot, but I would have liked it better if the women were jumping from high places or off trampolines or back flipping off of walls to get into the bras- maybe those guys from the guerilla Levi's add are available.

My final judgment on the whole debacle is this: clear bra straps are a look that says, "I know I'm wearing a bra, but the whole world doesn't have to know- unless they have eyes and/or any sort of depth perception."