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200 Year-Old Push-Up Bra Recently Found
May 12, 2010
The Science Museum in London was doing a little spring cleaning when it came across an article of clothing it didn’t know it had – a lacy push-up bra.
As the photo shows, it was a strapless bra with a very pretty piece of lace sewn in the center to peek out the top of a low front dress. This lace placement has appeared in the last few years on many bras including Wacoal and Chantelle.
Historically, it has always been thought that the bra as we know it today didn’t really exist until the 1920’s. This discovery proves otherwise. The bra features pads placed along the bottom of the cups to give the bustline a lift much like the 1990’s Wonderbra. Knowing that the Wonderbra has several patents tied to it, the inventor in me wonders if this discovery will now make those patents invalid?
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Posted by Tomima at 8:24am
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When Does a Girl Become a Woman Bra-Size-Wise?
April 29, 2010
Have you heard that our Government is flirting with the notion of imposing a VAT tax to help pay down our incredible budget deficit? Well, they are. VAT stands for "value-added-tax" and is assessed on goods as they go through the various stages in our economy.
The VAT tax is very common throughout the world with typical exemptions being food and children’s clothing. Which leads me to my question of when does a girl child become a woman when it comes to bras? When is a bra ‘children’s clothing’ and when does it become ‘adult clothing?’
The UK is known for having the largest-chested demographic in the world. That’s right, British women purchase the largest cup sized bras per capita of any other country. So, it’s rather curious that the UK was forced to determine which bra size should be the cutoff between being girls’ clothing and women’s clothing for tax collection.
The winner? Any bra larger than a 34B.
If this notion of a VAT tax should make its way into our tax schema, I wonder what bra size will be the demarcation between American girls and American women?
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Posted by Tomima at 12:44pm
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Erykah Badu Needs an Underwear and Career Overhaul
April 09, 2010
We here in Dallas received an eye-full last week, when R&B singer Erykah Badu stripped naked during the middle of the day in front of families at Dealy Plaza. Yes, the same place where President Kennedy was fatally shot back in 1963.
I’m not going to write about how inappropriate and tasteless this event was. But, I am going to write on Erykah’s extremely poor choice of underwear.
Whoever her stylist is should be shot. Let’s start with her bra. A great example of a terrible fit. See how the back is hiking up? This is a tell-tail sign that the band size is too large. The front of the bra looked equally bad–sagging ill-shaped breasts. Wrong bra, wrong size, wrong fit.
Now, glance down south to her bottom. Again, a very poor fit. The panty is not covering her back side. Ms. Badu has what we affectionately call a "bubble butt." With that shape, she should have considered a thong – though that would have been an even more aggregious public display, or a boyshort like the one from Dumi, style 580 which would give a much more flattering silhouette. Better yet, what about a great shapwear biker panty like the Sliminizer 12130? Any of these would have been a better and more flattering choice.
As for Ms. Badu causing a scene of indecency in Dallas, I hope they throw the book at her. It’s also a pretty poor example for all the young girls who saw the whole thing . As an attempt to relaunch a has-been career, it was a case of bad decisions, top to bottom (so to speak).
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