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Public Service Message Posted in Your Underwear?
May 22, 2011
I always enjoy seeing a quirky solution to a public problem. So, this is my new favorite. The Brazilian Government just passed a bill requiring underwear manufacturers to add a warning label to all bras, panties, and men’s underwear about the importance of getting screenings for breast, uterine and prostate cancer respectively – yes a specific warning for each type of underwear! Oh, and for good measure the bill also threw in that all adult women’s underwear should have the suggestion that they make sure their partner use condoms. That’s right, not the men’s underwear, but the women’s. So, Brazil feels it’s the women who need to be the gatekeepers of condom use.
No, this hasn’t become law just yet – the president of Brazil has not yet signed it. But, it’s telling that this bill has been floating around in their congress since 1999. And a lot of thought has clearly gone into it. For example, realizing that this is a lot of information to put on a lingerie tag (after all, Brazilians are known for their skimpy underwear), an amendment was written to only require these warnings be printed on underwear packaging. But, thinking about this in a practical sense, doesn’t this defeat the purpose? The packaging is quickly discarded–the wearer never sees the warnings again.
Underwear and lingerie is big business in Brazil. They have over 6,000 manufacturers who make more than 2.8 billion pieces of underwear. And HerRoom and HisRoom have several brands coming from Brazil. LZ at HerRoom, for example. So, don’t be surprised to see this warning coming to a piece of underwear near you!
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Posted by Tomima at 2:52pm
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Lindsay Lohan’s “Bra-Free Lifestyle”
May 17, 2011
She’s young and has a beautiful bust line. But, she’s been seen out all too often bouncing along without any bra support. Now rumors about her lack of support are suggesting that her career could be impacted, should her breasts begin to sag.
So, here’s the reality about breasts and sagging. Breasts do not have muscles that you can exercise to make them firm and supported. Rather, breasts are held in place by ligaments called "Cooper’s ligaments." Gravity, bouncing and walking around without breast support will, over time, cause these ligaments to stretch. It’s these stretched-out ligaments that cause your breasts to sag. And, Hollywood does not like their starlets to have anything but perfect-looking breasts in nude scenes – which is the kind of movie opportunities Lindsay is being offered these days.
A perfect case in point is Kate Winslet’s Academy Award winning performance in "The Reader" where she had several nude scenes. I heard more than one man comment that she had "lost her rack." Shortly afterwards, Kate announced that she will no longer do nude scenes… I wonder why?
So Lindsay Lohan, get some support!
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Posted by Tomima at 11:56am
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What Should We Call Your Figure Type?
April 21, 2011
One of my many childhood memories is a rather humorous error my dad made– in front of the family– regarding my mom. I was too young to remember the context, but at the dinner table, Dad felt he was complimenting Mom by calling her figure Rubenesque. Well, all 6 kids absolutely remember the fireworks out of my mom immediately following the remark. Quick to explain his compliment, our dad went dashing into the library for an art book to buttress his remark. Things went from bad to worse when we all cast our eyes on these fleshy women painted by Rubens. We may have been young, but we knew that Dad really screwed up. I think he slept on the couch that night.
So, I was amused to read that the Triumph Lingerie Company is trying to gain support for naming women’s shapes to Old Master Artists and their interpretation of the female form. Their premise is that women have a negative reaction to having their body image defined or described as a fruit shape – apple, pear, banana, etc.
Triumph is proposing a woman be referred to as a Matisse rather than "pear-shaped," and as a Rembrandt if she is full busted with a full bottom. Though this is an iinitially intriguing alternative, I fear these artistic analogies could become problematic.
For example, what if someone said you had a Picasso figure? Would they be speaking of his earlier works or his later more abstract ones? Think about this. Is the person saying that they are aware that your breasts are not even or body parts are not in the normal position? What if they said you had an Andy Warhol figure? Does this mean you look like Marilyn Monroe or a soup can?
My father’s experience should be a cautionary tale to us all. This "Master Artist Body Type" concept needs some serious work.
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Posted by Tomima at 1:23pm
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