Sensory issues and clothing

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I didn't start really wearing a bra until 7th grade and half the time I would just wear a fleece vest instead. Really thick and kinda tight so it's hard to tell.
I hate bras though I never take them off because I will not put them back on.

I hate wearing bras and wearing shoes. I have to wear shoes because people make me, and I have to wear bras because I have huge boobs.

My main sensory thing about clothes is wearing anything around the front of my neck. It makes me feel like I'm being strangled. Turtlenecks, high-neck tees and necklaces are all off-limits for me. Cold-weather scarves don't bother me quite so much because the need to keep warm overrides the choking feeling for the offending item.

I don't really have sensory issues with my skin. I just can't wear certain clothes because some make me feel sick, for some reason. I can't wear silky things. They may look pretty, and they look nice on other people, but I wouldn't wear them myself. The other day my friend started criticising about what I should wear in bed (even though she's never seen me in bed before, but she was just in one of her critical moods). I like to wear shorts and T-shirt in bed, not scruffy type, but the feminine type. Cotton shorts and T-shirt pyjamas are nice and cool, and I can't really wear anything else. But my friend says I should wear a long bed T-shirt, a silky one, because it is more feminine, and it'd look good if I got a boyfriend. But I don't like silk. I just don't get on with silk, no matter how feminine it looks, I still won't wear it. Silk just seems to make me feel sick when looking at it, let alone wearing it.

I HATE bras and only wear them when I need too professionally or when my boyfriend prompts me too. He doesnt care normally but if its a family thing or we are going out to a restaurant or a show (as in bar).

I hate wearing bras (only "sleep" bras are tolerable, but really, who would actually sleep in them!?), fitted blouses with tight sleeves, and scratchy jeans. As a kid, I was a lot worse, though. Not only would I take half an hour to an hour to try on shoes at the store, I would actually try on socks! I could not (and still cannot) stand the socks with hem lines that end at the tips of the toe. It feels like something is digging under your toenails!

And going back to the subject of lingerie, does anyone here understand thong underwear? I try, but...man, uncomfortable.

I wear sports bras most of the time but with fashion shirts u have yet to find a comfortable bra. I need to go to Kohls and look. To be honest I go bra less most of the time when I'm at home. And I will admit I've went to wal-mart bra free before I have a pretty small chest and they are still perky. Haha

Wireless bras usually work best for me. I don't like sports bras... and the underwire ones just plain HURT, and yes, I have had them properly fitted before and they still hurt.

I'm a slave to my sports bras. Normal bras are okay after a while, but the breaking in period drives me insane. I also used to wear my socks inside all of the time (when my mom made me wear socks) because I hated the seam.

I wear sports bras exclusively, but have a question. People always talk about not wearing bras, but how is that modest? Maybe most people just have smaller breasts than me, but how do your nipples not show and your breasts jiggle around when you run? Just wondering.

The only kind I can handle are "t-shirt bras" that are flexible, soft material with padding but no underwire.

Sports bras and bras with underwires HURT. I swear, it feels like someone is crushing my ribcage, and the feeling lasts all day long. I used to take my bra off as soon as I got in my car to drive home from school. Switching to t-shirt bras makes things a bit more tolerable.

There are many differently shaped breasts, but most bras are all standard shaped. Of course they are not comfortable. I have a friend who came from a place where most bras were custom made. I've seen some of hers, they're cotton and rather vintage looking, but they fit perfectly. After she came to Canada eventually people told her she should get some "proper" bras. Hers follow her natural shape and stick out a lot. She went and bought wonderbra which squished them to a round shape and nobody commented then. I didn't ask her but I'm sure the underwire push-up were not comfortable. This is not just a problem for aspie women.

I cannot stand most female clothing- dresses, skirts, sleeveless, midriff-baring, etc clothing. Cannot stand the exposed skin. Most fabrics for female clothing are scratchy, light, too 'busy' and fussy for my tastes. I refuse to wear dresses, skirts, or other overly feminine or feminizing clothes. My tastes are simple- natural fabrics, simple cuts and colors, sturdy construction. I'd live in jeans, tees or polos, and athletic shoes if I could. My work clothing is also simple and uncomplicated. I prefer shirts without collars, or with very simple ones. I prefer mid-length sleeves. No sloppy, floppy, see-through nonsense. No heels or hose. I refuse to wear open shoes of any sort, even in summer. I must have socks, because I cannot stand bare feet in any kind of shoe.

I prefer a practical, ungendered appearance. My sister sometimes gives me grief about this, and my aunts used to try to make me more 'attractive'. I do not want to be 'attractive' because I cannot deal with that sort of attention. I prefer to hide in plain sight.