Category: Lingerie Industry
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5 Red and Green Flags when going for a bra fitting
Having been a bra fitter and having been to many different bra fittings, I’ve both experienced a relatively full gamut of how bra fitters can treat people and what they’re doing behind the curtain. However I also recognise that as a thin, white, young, visibly able cis woman it’s essentially impossible for me to be…
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The Surprisingly Common Phenomenon of Sizing Up for Depth
Back when I was 14 and just learning about how bras should really fit, I measured myself at home by /r/ABraThatFits‘ guide at a 26FF, then was fitted by a friendly in-store fitter into a 28G/26GG . I remember thinking during the fitting that the Cleo Maddie fit very well, and left the store happy…
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“You’ll have to come and get fitted instore” – or do we just not know how to talk about bras?
If you’ve ever looked up bra fitting information online, you’ll be presented with a page of google results by lingerie companies and retailers, most of which give you the same (basic) advice: “if your band rides up, it’s too large!” “the gore should tack” “if the cups are visibly too small, they’re too small” “if…
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The Gender Pay Gap in British lingerie – why, and what are companies going to do about it?
This is a follow-up post to my previous post “The Gender Pay Gap – how do large British lingerie companies compare? “. Now that we know that these companies do have gender wage gaps, let’s see what they had to say about them. All of the companies gave some explanation, and most of them stated…
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The Gender Pay Gap – how do large British lingerie companies compare?
What is the gender pay gap? “The gender pay gap is the difference in the average hourly wage of all men and women across a workforce. If women do more of the less well paid jobs within an organisation than men, the gender pay gap is usually bigger. The gender pay gap is not the…
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Bra Shopping in Melbourne – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
A quick lowdown of three places to buy bras in Melbourne – if you’re one of the two thirds of people who don’t fit in the sizes most bra shops sell, or you just want somewhere to give you a good fitting, this is the post to read. Apologies for the lack of photos of…
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Why I love FUNderwear (and how to get hold of it in extended sizes)
Lots of people use lingerie as a way of expressing their sexuality. And that’s great – power to them. This post is not negatively framing those people’s choices in any way, but about my alternative perspective. Apologies for the poor photo, my phone is broken so I had to make do with an old camera.…
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Bra Science: How Band Size Changes with Cup Size – Freya
Welcome to part two of my series on how band lengths are not always equal between cup sizes. Last time we had Cleo by Panache, now we’re testing Freya’s band lengths. I collected Bratabase data on the stretched and unstretched band lengths in a couple of band sizes of Freya bras – the ones with…
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Bra Science: How Band Size Changes with Cup Size – Cleo by Panache
Just when you thought bra fitting couldn’t get any more complicated, it turns out that a 30 often isn’t the same as a 30. It’s commonly known that people with larger cup sizes tend to choose smaller bands over those with smaller cup sizes. But is this an organic decision or influenced by changing band…
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Bra Science — 11 Signs You May be Wearing a Boob Hat
Do you feel unsupported by your bra? That it squashes your boobs down instead of lifting them up? Or maybe you feel that your bra is just a useless garment altogether, costing quite a bit of money considering it just doesn’t really do anything? You may be wearing… a boob hat. Many people who wear…
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Hi, can you tell me what's that pretty green bra? Thanks in advance.
Here is a thought I would be interested in exploring: How would the opposite affect wire spring? (meaning if the…