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A Bra Could Save Your Life?
October 08, 2010
Last year, I blogged about the 2009 winner of the Lg Nobel Prize. As a reminder, the Lg Nobel Prize honors ideas that celebrate the unusual and the imaginative and spur interest in science, medicine and technology. The Award is considered the highlight of the scientific calendar each year. Last year’s winner was a brassiere that, in an emergency, can be turned into a pair of protective face masks. So, here’s the punch line: you can now purchase this bra for $29.95 in scarlet red under it’s new name – The Emergency Bra.
The inventor, Dr. Elena Bodnar, in 1986 started her medical career studying the effects of the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster. She discovered that if people near the disaster had had cheap gas masks in the first hour after the disaster, much sickness could have been prevented. So, I get the genesis of this idea. But let’s take a little walk down reality lane.
Okay, an alarm goes off signaling a nuclear plant explosion, and you’re wearing this bra. Now what? Superman would duck into a near-by phone booth. But those aren’t around any more. What’s a woman to do? Basically, she must disrobe down to her bare breasts to retrieve this device. Standing topless, she now must decide who gets the other half? My guess is she already has quite an audience to chose from. But if this device is really life saving, my next guess is that all are rushing towards her with outreached hands trying to snatch the two masks away from her. They’re red, so they’re hard to hide. Personally, none of this sounds good to me. I think I’d opt for staying clothed and running for the hills.
And, here’s a second thought. This bra is commonly known to exist. You’re a woman in the crowd and others know you have this life-saving device strapped to your chest. I wouldn’t want to be the victim in that strip search scenario either.
So, here’s an idea. Throw out the element of possible death, and turn this bra into a new-fangled kind of dating prop. No more "spin the bottle." Instead, it’s "Does She, or Doesn’t She." You two simply agree to the rules of the game. Toxic fumes optional…
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Do Thin Girls Need Shapewear?
September 23, 2010
I received an email of this photo of Kate Moss from Denise, a treasured reader of my blog, along with her comment that it looks like even models could use an Underwearing makeover. Boy is she right!
Clearly, a strapless bra is in order on Kate. But, you can kind of forgive her for this omission since no model ever seems to wear a bra on runways or even out in public. But the bigger shocker here is her obvious spare tire. I’m secretly jumping for joy to learn she is mortal and has one like the rest of us. But, I digress….
Here’s the point I want to make – Everyone can use shapewear from time to time. You might be surprised to learn that HerRoom gets many email inquires from thin women asking why certain shapewear pieces on our site only start at size Medium. Yes, several shapewear manufacturers make the assumption that small women don’t need it (all, by the way, run by men). But they are wrong.
Small, thin women can show bumps and lumps just like the rest of us, whether it be a panty line or a little tummy. Now, do they need firm control shapewear? Probably not. There are great light and medium control shapewear pieces that can be worn to smooth you out and pull it in a little. For example, Spanx came out with their Skinny Britches shapewear that comes in a rainbow of colors, has light control and no edges that will show. And Body Wrap makes a collection of shapewear called Lites that has light to medium control and is comfortable to wear all day while keeping you smooth.
So Kate, get thee in some shapewear! And thank you Denise for your email.
Find shapewear for all body types at HerRoom in these departments:
Shapewear
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Roller Coaster Bra Testing?
September 16, 2010
How can women be taken seriously when we allow ourselves to contribute to such nonsense? The UK Ultimo Bra Company has a commercial showing a roller coaster full of women going for a ride in nothing but underwear. Their point? Allegedly to prove that the ups and downs of the roller coaster have little impact on breast movement because the women are wearing Ultimo bras.
Do you think we’ll ever see men doing this in nothing more than a jock to show support?
Watch and be annoyed. Better yet, let your guy watch it. After all, I think that’s who this commercial was really made for.
Find bras at HerRoom in these departments:
Bras
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