One of big online shopping sites in China, taobao.com, reports that male bras, imported from Japan, are a hot item. In Japan, they are apparently a hot seller (as you can see in the video), even for the steep price of $30 per bra. The bras are apparently popular with cross dressers and metrosexuals who need to support sagging male pectorals, also known as manboobs or moobs. Thin men who want to beef up their chest are also said to be customers. Interesting trend, especially as a school in Chinese is trying to make boys more masculine.
There was a request on the internal 8asians e-mail list that I post a picture of myself in a man bra, but some felt that me in a bra would be far too disturbing an image.
