If you’ve ever gone designer bra shopping and come home with one that doesn’t fit right, you know how frustrating the experience can be. For such a small item of clothing, bras can be the hardest to buy. With that in mind, we wanted to share some bra fitting tips for making your next bra [&helli...
Ask any woman who has gotten her bra professionally sized and she’ll tell you: The right fit can make all the difference. Pro tip: Bras are made of delicate fabrics and elastics and should always be laundered by hand or placed in a lingerie bag and washed on the gentle cycle in cool water. Be...
Your nude bra is probably at the very top of your lingerie drawer: it’s every woman’s trusty go-to under any type (or hue) of top—you know it will seamlessly disappear and create a flawless silhouette. But we bet your nude bra isn’t your prettiest—and that somewhere toward the back of that...
Soma Vanishing Back Full Coverage Bra There are bras that look smooth beneath your clothing, and then there are bras that make you look smooth beneath your clothing. A wide, raw cut back makes this option the second kind, eliminating bulging or spillover all the way around. Available in eight colors...
Not Investing in a Quality Bra. Solution: Buy from a brand that believes in fit and stands behind their bras. There is a big difference in how a $15 bra and a $50 bra will perform, even if they don’t look very different on the hanger. A good quality bra will fit more comfortably from […]...
Here at Panache, we’re passionate about bra fitting. It’s so important for your health and comfort, but so many people find it a minefield. And no wonder! To the untrained eye, the fitting process can seem scary and complicated, which is why we do everything we can to help. What you may not real...
For a garment that’s been worn the world over for at least a century, it seems there’s an awful lot we don’t know about our most intimate accouterment, the bra. From well-quoted statistics that suggest more than 70 percent of women are wearing the wrong size, to the ongoing hunt for the perfec...
Most of us need to wear a bra, at least sometimes. But lots of women I speak to complain about how much they hate bras – they don’t find them comfortable at all. Many seek out the advice of a “professional bra fitter” in the hope of finding a better fit. Sadly this often doesn’t [&hell...
Are You Wearing the Right Size? Here are a few telltale signs that you may not be: wrinkling in the cups, underwire poking the sides of your breasts, a band that rides up, cup spillage, slipping straps, or a bra that hikes up when you lift your arms, says Sandi Simon, a fit consultant at […]...
About Bra Sizing We’ve all heard the statistics: 75% or 80% of all women are wearing the wrong bra size. Is it true? We sincerely hope not. The truth is that our bodies change all the time (even just within a year or two), as we gain or lose weight, as we gain or lose […]...