Category: lingerie
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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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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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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…