By Lindsey Borchard
If someone walked up to you and asked you your bra size, would you be able to tell them?
I know you have all probably heard the statistics by now; 80% of women are in the wrong size. I know you would never buy the wrong dress size or you would never buy a pair of jeans that were slightly smaller then you needed. So why are … Read More
By Ali Cudby
This year’s Curvexpo in New York revealed a number of manufacturers that are catering increasingly to the cohort of full-figured women. This marks a shift from previous years, when the full-busted market got more of the attention.
What differentiates full-figured from full-busted? Here’s the line of demarcation used in my book Busted! The Fab Foundations Guide to Bras That Fit, Flatter and Feel Fantastic: Full-busted is … Read More
As a child, my dad gave my sister and me a $.25 allowance. We had to divide it up; a nickel for charity, a nickel for savings and the rest, for ourselves. $.15 went a long way back then, particularly at a candy store. We would ride our bikes to DuBrows in the middle of Woodmere Village and spend mega time perusing the nickel candy bars. My target was usually … Read More
It has been exceptionally beautiful in NY the past few days: no humidity, 80+ degrees, cloudless skies. It’s the kind of weather that can just make you feel good if you stand still for a few minutes and just take it in. I had this thought while cruising home from my brother’s yesterday , skylight and windows opened in my mini cooper; even driving on tedious route 84 could not … Read More
by Jené Luciani
OK, so Lingerie Briefslingerie world is all about letting you in on what’s ‘new’ in the lingerie world and this time, it’s a bra line out of the UK (they are always first, aren’t they?) that’s finally now launching here in the US!!! But, the thing I really love about Curvy Kate, available at BareNecessities.com, is that they cater to fuller-busted women D-K cups, something that … Read More
The time has come,” the Walrus said,
“To talk of many things:
Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax–
Of cabbages–and kings–
And why the sea is boiling hot–
And whether pigs have wings.”
When I was a little girl, my mother kept several porcelain figurines on her coffee table. They were meant to represent each of her 3 children. One of them was clearly a replica of Alice In Wonderland holding a … Read More
by Moira Nelson as seen on BralaMode
Today, everyone in the Intimate Apparel industry is familiar with BareNecessities.com. But I grew up with them. The company was around long before they were a dot com. Initially, Bare Necessities was a well established family-run, brick-and-mortar retailer with a few boutiques in central New Jersey. I remember them as the intimate … Read More