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Came across both of these this week.

The first bra is called ‘The Husband-Hunting Bra’ by Triumph.  This bra has a countdown clock that a woman sets to her personal deadline date and time for when she expects to be married.   Once engaged, she inserts her engagement ring into a slot in the bra, the clock stops counting down and begins to play the wedding march song. The bra is playing to Japan’s singles market as the country’s marriage rate continues to fall. Think it will help?

The second bra is called the Horny Bra.  A Slovenian company has found material that inflates when one’s body temperature climbs.  So, when you put this bra on, it allegedly senses if your body temperature is climbing due to arousal from seeing some cute guy, and the bra ‘inflates’ cup size and  turns into a more serious push-up bra.  When you cool down, the bra does as well, taking your bust  back to where it started.  Warning: Women experiencing hot flashes should probably steer clear of this one.

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Posted by Tomima at 9:56am
Tags: exotic bras, naughty bras, Sexy Lingerie
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Let me start with the punchline here: No one knows.  Believe it or not, research on what causes breasts to sag has not been done.  This fact is probably due to the time involved to find out.  You’d be hard pressed to find a woman willing to go without a bra for 10 years all in the name of science – especially if she’s full figured.

So we don’t know if bras prevent the inevitable breast sag.  But, here are a few things I do know.  My 80 year-young mom has great looking D-cup boobs.  Even her gynecologist has commented on how high they are compared to those of other women her age.  I too have pretty perky ones.  What both of us have in common is that we have always worn a bra.  Though I’m a C cup, I really avoid clothing where I can’t wear some kind of bra.

I had the opportunity to work with Joanna Scurr last year.  Dr. Scurr is the only one I know currently doing work on breast bounce and movement.  Her research shows that our breasts move in a figure-8 motion as we move – especially while running.  Though she wasn’t able to measure an increase in sagging, she did discover that breast pain and thus breast movement can be reduced or eliminated by wearing a supportive sports bra.   The more support, the less the bounce and thus less breast pain.  HerRoom, in fact, is the only website that conducts a bounce test on every sports bra and shows you how much breast bounce to expect when wearing various sports bras.

Our breasts, like our faces and other body parts, are subjected to daily gravity.  They will sag.  And, since they have little to no muscle tissue, it’s not possible to tone our breasts to make them firm.  Wearing a bra may or may not reduce your sag over time, but what a bra can do is put your girls in a more flattering light.  A bra can lift, separate, push up, minimize, plump up and generally present your breasts in a more youthful and attractive silhouette to make your clothes look better.  And, wearing a bra cuts down on breast pain, reduces jiggle, provides modesty from headlights showing, and makes us more comfortable.  All in all, it’s a great idea to wear a bra.

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Posted by Tomima at 11:41am
Tags: breast bounce videos, sagging breasts, sports bra
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When people vote, they first select the body types that most closely define their shape.  Specifically, we ask voters to select a bust type, a tummy type and a bottom type. Each year, we are surprised by how consistently the percentages break out among body types regardless of the increase in votes.

The 2009 Undie Award voters are as follows:

20%  Small Bust

28% Average Bust

8% Augmented Bust

31% Full Bust

13% Plus Size Bust

52% claim to have little or no tummy

11% claim to have no bottom

8% claim to have a low hanging bottom

11% claim to have a bubble bottom.

For the men, 36% were 6 feet or taller.

Finally, 21% of our voters were in their teens or 20’s;  47% were in their 30’s or 40’s;  33% were in their 50’s or older.

I’m frequently asked what age my website appeals to. Clearly, given these statistics, HerRoom is working for everyone.

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Posted by Tomima at 6:53am
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