Bras! Important things. Well, if you’re a girl they are. If you’re a boy…um…bras are still very important, but you’re unlikely to need one as much. My best friend (you probably know her as the Wife) is an advocate of getting measured and of Bravissimo. I gave in to the measuring demands, but because of…
Loves Me Not
There are two times of year that it is best to avoid lingerie shops – Christmas and Valentines. Both times of year (well, sort of one long stretch from October to mid February) brings out the same old red satin styles that most women wouldn’t buy for themselves. Christmas brings with it fluffy marabou trim…
Baci Di Dama
In the September issue of Glamour, research done for Freya lingerie revealed that almost 50% of women wait on average 6 months to buy new underwear. Really? Underwear for me is one of those things I never think about buying until I’m fed up with an underwire poking me in the side and actually remember…
Shapewear – for men and women?
Sometimes a product will come along, and you wonder both why it hasn’t been done before, and why it had been done now. Asda has produced some Bodysculpt Shorts for men that claim to lift and firm the bum, suck in that beer belly and smooth away the love handles. Really? Perhaps this is just…
Blu Boux
While I know that its a really good idea to get measured for bras reasonably often, I haven’t actually been measured in…um…2 years. I ended up going to House of Fraser last weekend in Cabot Circus, and compared to my previous experience at John Lewis, it was kinda disappointing. Took off my top, measure, measure,…