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Well, I never would have considered constructing a brassiere from a plastic bag, but armed with this article I went straight home to experiment.
My observations are as follows.

a. The instructions are quite good. The garment is what it claims to be, and quite servicable.

b. Not enought emphasis was placed on the need to cut with care. Any slight nick in the plastic can cause a tear when pressure is applied to the garment.

c. Considerable thought should be given to actually WEARING this thing. Although it is servicable, it is tremendously uncomfortable, since plastic doesn't breath. The best solution is to line the entire garment with toilet tissue. It not only absorbs perspiration, but it also allows for padding in areas that may need...er...help. It also eliminates concern regarding opacity.

Ahh - clever idea in (c) - I'd just accepted that wearing stuff made of plastic wasn't comfortable, and had to be lived with, but that might well be a servicable solution.

As for (b) - well, ...how can I put this..., I guess my body just doesn't apply as much pressure as yours does.

As a side note, having checked out your home space, welcome to h2g2! I hope you like this place and decide to make yourself comfortable here - it's a wonderful community, and there's a load of fascinating articles here.

Thanks for the welcome. I've managed to waste most of my work day reading and exploring. I may even figure out how to navigate the site! I think I will enjoy it here, since I have an unquenchable thirst for useless frap. Maybe I'll learn something useful here too....I probably already have, come to think of it. If I'm ever stranded on a deserted island with lots of plastic bags and no foundation garments....

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Yep - though you'd probably have to try and rip them into shape, unless you had scissors on that island too...

Thank you very much for this informative article, as it now completes my party trick, over the last couple of weeks i have been making plastic bag pants. I needed no instructions to accomplish this feat, just vast amounts of alcohol and to finish it off a roll of cling film. Friends [ well at least i think that they are freinds ] assured me the result was most arresting. A party is not a party without wearing [perferably a spar] carrier bag.

The big difficulty I can see is... how do you go to the toilet?

Very, Very carefully.

I think I'll leave you to blaze your own trail on that one then...

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As to going to the toidy - what's the issue (assuming you are sufficiently sozzled)? First, plastic won't leak - so you don't even have to leave the brilliant chat at the party for a moment. And after the party, you can just throw the whole away, and make another.