If you’ve been around a while then you’ll know I met Cody whilst a manager of Frederick’s of Hollywood.
Who wouldn’t want to marry that right?
Anyway. With all the bra fitting and bra talking and bra this bra that I learned something about us wimminz. Something to bring up at your next playgroup. Because I promise there will be some funny looks after you pose this one question.
“How do you put on your bra?”
Are you a front hooker slider or a back hooker?
Go forth, discuss. Let me know how it goes.
(I’m a back hooker personally. I believe myself to be the minority.)


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reach around snap. definitely. unless it’s a front hook. then all bets are off. Or a sports bra that I pull over my head. *guffaw*. I forgot for a minute that I don’t exercise anymore.
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By Antonette on 06.06.08 11:23 pm | Permalink
Ok, so I think. . . according to your oh-so-professional description, that I am a hook front slide.
I hold the hooks in my right hand, swing the bra around my back and bring the other hooks around the left side and in front. Hook them together in the front. Slide the bra around so the boob part is by the boobs. Shove my arms through the holes, and tuck the boobs in, then pull the boobs up.
Don’t know how women manage to put their bra on the way it’s supposed to go, and hook the hooks in the back. . . I don’t have such dexterity. Wish I did. It’s super sexy stuff.
Which leads me to declare to everyone that Casey puts her bra on Super Sexy Stuff style.
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By the prologue of my life on 06.06.08 11:23 pm | Permalink
I’m a back hooker, but I hook it upside down and then put my arms in the straps. I wish I could do the thing where you put it on like a backward jacket and then hook it, because I’m pretty sure it is less strain on the fabric, but it doesn’t work so well with triple-d’s, if you know what I mean.
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By seven on 06.06.08 11:40 pm | Permalink
Back hooker here. But, I think I do it the way that seven does. I hook in front (upside down) and slide around.
Front hooks always scared me. Wasn’t sure they’d hold as well.
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By AFRo on 06.07.08 12:01 am | Permalink
I am a back hooker.
Frannycakes
By Fran on 06.07.08 12:04 am | Permalink
I am a front-hooker-slide-to-backer myself. So is my mom. Genetics?
By Nicole Miraty on 06.07.08 12:08 am | Permalink
I’m a back hooker. Not to be confused with a street hooker.
By Heather on 06.07.08 12:21 am | Permalink
Front-hooker-slide-to-the-back gal. I tried being a back-hooker and it was just too hard… I’m not sure why.
By Lisa O on 06.07.08 12:36 am | Permalink
Back hooker. I didn’t realize people over the age of 13 side hooked!
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By Debbie on 06.07.08 12:38 am | Permalink
I plead the 5th!
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By Krista on 06.07.08 12:48 am | Permalink
Never thought about it. Just did it. In fact, when I read the question I thought, “Back hooker, duh.” And then it gradually dawned on me that I’m a front hooker slider. I think. I might have to actually go take my bra off and put it back on now to find out.
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By Amber on 06.07.08 1:01 am | Permalink
Back hooker, duh!
At Enrichment last night, a couple of women were talking about scooping their boobs into their bras. I cannot even figure out how that would work. . . .
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By Janssen on 06.07.08 1:06 am | Permalink
I’m a back hooker, and I thought that was how most people did it, but when it comes up, I realize that a lot of people I know are front hook sliders. I also think “The Front Hook Sliders” would be a good band name.
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By Rachael on 06.07.08 1:06 am | Permalink
Back-hooker. I think the front-hooker-slider is too much work. And since I’m lazy, back-hooking works for me.
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By Erin Marie on 06.07.08 1:15 am | Permalink
What?? Ya’ll wear BRAS??!!??!! Man, I gotta get with the times. hehe.
(Shh don’t tell, but I’m a back hooker. Any hooker’s a good hooker, right??)
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By Smiling Mom on 06.07.08 1:17 am | Permalink
Bent Over Reverse-Jacket Back Hooker–both arms in, pull cups up to were they’re supposed to be, bend over (and do a little wiggle dance) so the cups actually get filled the right way, pull hooks together in back & snap as I straighten. Then I have to pull the boobs up a bit to resettle in the cups.
By Lisa in TX on 06.07.08 2:11 am | Permalink
Definately a back hooker, and can’t handle a front hook bra. it just bugs me.
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By Adrienne on 06.07.08 2:19 am | Permalink
well…now. i am a front hooker slider. i guess since that is how i first started doing it i’ve never thought about it again. seriously. i don’t think i have ever tried to back hook my bra. now i feel so immature! i have got to try that!
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By natalie on 06.07.08 3:06 am | Permalink
Front hooker slide. I never even realized that there were people capable of hooking it from the back, until that topic of discussion once came up during a girlie night. I mean, you can’t see what you’re doing back there!
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By Frozen Star on 06.07.08 5:06 am | Permalink
Back hooker, sistah!
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By Lauren on 06.07.08 7:00 am | Permalink
Front hooker slide although I got taught lisa from tx’s message in a bra shop and tried that for a bit before reverting back to the easy way
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By Gliding through motherhood on 06.07.08 7:33 am | Permalink
Back hooker all the way. I never understood all the fuss or the need to hook it in the front.
By Lisa on 06.07.08 7:38 am | Permalink
Hook in front, slide to back and jiggle to make sure everyone is in place…it’s kind of like the pole dancer version of bra donning.
By Liz on 06.07.08 7:42 am | Permalink
Front hooker slide — I even remember being taught said technique by my mom & practicing diligently. I can’t up and change things up now.
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By kristi on 06.07.08 7:54 am | Permalink
Well, I must be boring. Just plain old back hooker. And that’s not easy with DD…
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By Kristin on 06.07.08 8:06 am | Permalink
Side hooker. I’m too lazy to do it in the front and then work it all the way around to the back, and I’m too clumsy to get it done right from the back. Thus, the side.
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By calicobebop on 06.07.08 8:07 am | Permalink
BACK HOOKER…I don’t know how front hooker slide people do it!
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By Katie on 06.07.08 8:29 am | Permalink
Back hooker definitely. Much easier to do when damp from shower or swimming, sliding doesn’t work then.
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By Amy on 06.07.08 8:38 am | Permalink
I’m a back hooker too
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By Nicole on 06.07.08 9:00 am | Permalink
Front hooker slider. Never could figure out the other way.
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By all things bd on 06.07.08 9:22 am | Permalink
Funny you should mention playgroups. I’m actually missing mine right now. Especially when I hear of *certain* zoo trips. It’s been a lonely summer so far.
Front hook slider, all the way.
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By Queen of Shake Shake on 06.07.08 9:26 am | Permalink
back hooker fer sher
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By amy on 06.07.08 9:27 am | Permalink
I’m totally a back hooker. Except for my bras with a front closure. hehe.
Oh, but I like calling myself a hooker, of any description!
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By Z on 06.07.08 9:48 am | Permalink
Most my bras are back hookers, but I always preferred the bras that were front hookers.
HOWEVER, lately I’ve only been wearing sports bras, because they’re so comfy and I can stick things in them when I don’t have pockets…like cell phones, money, ID, candy bars (just kidding). I have ample busom and ample room to hide things. hehe
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By Rhea on 06.07.08 9:52 am | Permalink
I’m a front hook/slide by choice but back hooker for now because of the bras I happen to own. Most important are racerback straps because regular straps slide down my arms, regardless of guarantees by the company.
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By Mary Beth on 06.07.08 10:02 am | Permalink
I totally agree with Nicole on the genetics part - my mom and I are both behind-the-back hookers.
Interesting question you bring up, Casey…will enjoy the crazy looks I get from friends when I pass it on…
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By T on 06.07.08 10:05 am | Permalink
I’m totally a back hooker. I have sensitive skin, the sliding leaves me all red and irritated, so it’s boobs in, back hook and then straps for me.
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By Jen on 06.07.08 11:06 am | Permalink
i’ve always wanted to be a back hooker. i’m totally a back unhooker though.
i’m definitely an upside down front hooker. slide it around, lean forward and stick the arms in.
i just can’t for the life of me get my arms to cooperate and do a back hook. it could have something to do with the Double almost Triple D’s and massive arm and back fat…
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By Biddy on 06.07.08 11:18 am | Permalink
Wow. Some of you guys (or I guess I should say gals) make this way too complicated! I just put the straps over my shoulders and then hook it together in the back.
All this upside down/sliding/fron/back/side stuff is too confusing for me!
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By Sarah @ Ordinary Days on 06.07.08 11:57 am | Permalink
Back hooker all the way. Straps up, boobs in, hook, and adjust. I can even unhook it from the back with one hand. Quite a talent, no?
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By Hillary on 06.07.08 11:58 am | Permalink
back hooker. totally. i’m with sarah and hillary… i stick my arms in, then hook the back… easy peasy? apparently not.
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By kristin on 06.07.08 12:02 pm | Permalink
I used to be a back hooker. But then something happened to my shoulder flexibility (too many babies? not enough putting-on-my-bra?) and I became a front-hooker-slider. I’m a little disappointed in myself…
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By Amy Sorensen on 06.07.08 12:34 pm | Permalink
back hooker - arms in, bend and jiggle into the cups (like my mom taught me), hook in the back, readjust. of course, unhooking goes the opposite way. i didn’t know that people hooked in front and slid around - too tricky for me. i’ve had several front-hook bras come undone on me, so i usually don’t buy those.
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By Liz on 06.07.08 12:41 pm | Permalink
Lisa from TX and I do the same dance. I back hook. Always have. Unless I’m on the phone and can only do it one-handed. Then I front hook slide. But really, how often does that happen. It’s statistically insignificant.
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By Blazing Goddess on 06.07.08 12:44 pm | Permalink
I’m a back hooker. Basically I do exactly what Liz does.
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By Rachel on 06.07.08 12:46 pm | Permalink
Back hooker.
By Memphislis on 06.07.08 12:59 pm | Permalink
Back-hooker!
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By Jen on 06.07.08 1:26 pm | Permalink
Maybe it’s easier for us gals who are “less blessed” to be back hookers. Though it can be a *itch when the hooks are worn out or practically coming out of the bra to back hook.
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By Jean on 06.07.08 2:46 pm | Permalink
A fabulous question on which to spend some time on a lazy, rainy Saturday afternoon. Back hook all the way for me. I hope you’ll do a little count up of the responses here, so we can have a scientific breakdown of the percentage of the population that makes each choice (your readers are obviously a representative sample, right)
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By MommyTime on 06.07.08 3:00 pm | Permalink
front slider
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By Liam Craig on 06.07.08 3:25 pm | Permalink
I’m an upside-down front hooker too. Except for one fancy Marlies Dekkers bra that has all these straps on it. That I have to back-hook.
By April on 06.07.08 3:35 pm | Permalink
Hook in front, slide around to back.
No use dislocating a shoulder, ya know?
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By Marie Green on 06.07.08 3:50 pm | Permalink
I have never, in my whole entire life, hooked a bra from the front. I have always hooked it in the back, from the day I started wearing one in the 4th grade. My mom hooks it that way too. And she can unhook her bra in the back with one hand. That I consider talented!
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By Camille on 06.07.08 4:01 pm | Permalink
Front hook, slide, bend, scoop, tuck, stand, adjust. It’s a process getting the girls properly contained.
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By the mrs. on 06.07.08 4:02 pm | Permalink
I wear bras that hook in the back, and reach around to the back to hook.
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By Brie on 06.07.08 4:09 pm | Permalink
Back hooker. Does that phrase sound wrong or is it just me?
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By Darla on 06.07.08 4:28 pm | Permalink
I’m a never unhooker. I never unhook it and just slide it on over the gals
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By Holly on 06.07.08 4:44 pm | Permalink
front hook slider here. just can’t reach around and hook in the back!!
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By Pgoodness on 06.07.08 4:45 pm | Permalink
I hook in the back. Then I stick arms in (maybe they are already in but I have no idea, its how my mom did it, no wait she did the front slider thing, but that eventually got old) and then flop up the girls to make sure they’re “totally” in.
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By Angela on 06.07.08 4:59 pm | Permalink
Slider! no back hooking for me. i am not that much of a gymnast or masochist.
By mary on 06.07.08 5:42 pm | Permalink
Back-hooker
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By D'Rae on 06.07.08 8:48 pm | Permalink
I tried the whole hooking in the front and sliding around to the back.
I didn’t like it.
I didn’t like it AT ALL.
Back-hooker all the way for me.
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Hey Moosh Girl,
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By kim on 06.07.08 9:25 pm | Permalink
backhooker definitely, even when my shoulder was hurting and I was in physical therapy for a nick on my rotator…back hookin’ it all the way baby!
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By janelle on 06.07.08 11:12 pm | Permalink
Who wears bras?!? Just kidding. Front hooker.
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By Half-Past Kissin' Time on 06.07.08 11:30 pm | Permalink
Front hook slide. I don’t even know how to do it the other way. Now I have mostly front hook bras though so that eliminates the problem. I also have a bunch of summer tops that don’t require a bra which speaks volumes to the size of my tatas.
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By Jill on 06.07.08 11:39 pm | Permalink
front hook slide - I am nowhere near coordinated enough to do it the other way. But, it’s important to have goals, and that is one of mine
By Rhi on 06.07.08 11:50 pm | Permalink
ok, WELL
By kat on 06.08.08 12:09 am | Permalink
ok, WELL, I am a DDD and I have the thing pre-hooked up and I put it on over my head and then down over my girth and then into place and then I scoop my boobs to make sure they are in place.
scooping your boobs means you reach into your bra cup from the top and pull your boob into place.
A Friend told me the “right” way is to bend over and shake the girls into place. Whatever, I do it my way.
By kat on 06.08.08 12:09 am | Permalink
Front Hooker Slide. Then I do the boob scoop.
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By Reese on 06.08.08 2:52 am | Permalink
back hooker
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Bra?? (heh heh)
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By mommypie on 06.08.08 5:17 pm | Permalink
Back Hooker isn’t just for small girls, you know. I’m a 32G/34F (depending on brand–*love* Frederick’s bras, Casey) and my dance may be silly but it’s the fastest and easiest way to get everything sitting comfortably.
By Lisa in TX on 06.08.08 7:01 pm | Permalink
Definitely a front hooker with the slide. I just can’t handle hooking it from the back. My left arm always gets a cramp!! Could be because the girls are a little too big and droopy. Could be.
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By Mrs. Schmitty on 06.08.08 8:09 pm | Permalink
Another back hooker here!
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By Melissa on 06.08.08 10:25 pm | Permalink
totally a back hooker
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By the planet of janet on 06.08.08 11:11 pm | Permalink
back hooker here…that just sounds wrong
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By Tonya @ A Day in the Life of a MaMa on 06.08.08 11:16 pm | Permalink
Front hooker slider.
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By Mel on 06.09.08 12:51 am | Permalink
I am totally a back hooker.
And if my husband could read that out of context he would come running home to test that theory.
Hope all is well, love the picture in the header!
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By rachel on 06.09.08 8:21 am | Permalink
I’m a back hooker. I can’t imagine why anyone would go to all the trouble of hooking it and sliding it around. You have to reach back to unhook it, right? Who can’t reach their back?
By Erin on 06.09.08 10:33 am | Permalink
I’m a total back hooker, and will worship the blogger who makes that into a button. Just saying.
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By Anna at Hank & Willie on 06.09.08 11:44 am | Permalink
I am a back hooker…and all of a sudden a really nasty picture came to mind…”BACK HOOKER”
well, there you have it.
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By staciesmadness on 06.09.08 12:57 pm | Permalink
I’m a front-hook/slider and my niece who at 24 knew everything told me I was doing it wrong and the RIGHT was was back hook. Whatev.
By Amy in StL on 06.09.08 2:19 pm | Permalink
I’m a back hooker/boob scooper. My mom was a front hooker slider. I think I started out that way, but there was something TOO MUCH about hooking in the front, then schlepping the whole thing around.
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By Yolanda on 06.09.08 4:22 pm | Permalink
I am a back hooker, shimmy upper.
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By Megan on 06.09.08 4:26 pm | Permalink
front-hook-slide, scoop.
I didn’t realize how prevalent the back-hook is. I wonder if I never tried because I’m like a t-rex with giant boobs. You know, short arms. but they’re fleixble. I’m trying the back hook. I want to be a back-hooker, too!
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By EMama on 06.09.08 4:27 pm | Permalink
Depends on my MOOD. Generally speaking, front, hook, slide.
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By Kim on 06.10.08 12:56 pm | Permalink
SHOCKING! I have no sisters and not the kinda relationship with my mom where bras are fair game for conversating so I had no idea there was variation on this! I am a front hooker, slide around to the back. I also think I tried the back hook thing and found it too hard… how do you gals line it all up and know you got the second hook in the second eye, and not the first eye???
By Elle on 06.10.08 9:54 pm | Permalink
OK, way too many comments to read them all right now, but I didn’t realize that there were so many people that operated like this. I guess I’m a back-hooker. I can’t imagine hooking it in front, then having to slide it around. Seems odd to me. It’s not that hard to reach behind and hook it. Then I’m the person who only uses 1 hand to put on deodorant. I’ve always done it that way, and I didn’t realize it was odd until I was in the locker rooms in high school.
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By Mommy Daisy on 06.11.08 10:59 am | Permalink
Back hooker! And these babies are some monsters so its quite a talent I’ve cultivated over the years.
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By Ashley on 06.11.08 4:26 pm | Permalink
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