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A research team at the University of Georgia has come up with a new technology that can make clothing and lingerie permanently germ free. It’s simple to implement, works on synthetic and natural fabrics, does not come out in the wash and can be applied either at home or during manufacturing.  Who’d have thought?

 With the discovery of super viruses and pathogens showing up in our environment and hospitals, this new fabric treatment may become as ubiquitous as airport scanning.  This technology is already available for licensing.  It kills a huge spectrum of yeasts, bacteria and moulds that can cause disease.  But this technology also goes after stains that can break down fabrics and produce odors. It can destroy the cause without damaging the fabric.

Clearly this is the wave of the future for underwear and lingerie.  Stay tuned…

 

 

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Posted by Tomima at 11:30am
Tags: lingerie, lingerie fabrics, Women's Lingerie, women's underwear
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Finding your hosiery size has always been a little bit of a game.  I, for one, am always on the cusp, so I usually size up to the next size.  Sometimes this works and sometimes not.  Given a choice, I would rather my pantyhose be too big than not big enough and suffer the discomfort of a low-hanging crotch.  But too big could mean baggy ankles or having to pull the excess over my toes and folding it under my foot before putting my shoes on.

The Hosiery Association (THA), a trade organization for US leg wear manufacturers has come up with a new sizing convention for women’s sheers and tights.  The hope is to finally get accurate sizing across all hosiery brands. 

This 4-year effort found that because hosiery has a variety of spandex content, and because certain knits and patterns can impact the elasticity, sizing accurately is quite a challenge. Specialized categories such as ultra sheers, patterned sheers, warm weather tights, body shaping tights and opaque tights can further complicate sizing.

US data collected through a 2001 survey calculated the actual body volume of a woman from her crotch to her toes, and then from her crotch to her waist. It found there are 3 forms – 2 for the leg sizing and one for the hips. They then sized by going up 1 inch in height and 5 lbs. for every size increment. The Hosiery Association feels this new standard should handle 95% of all women’s legwear products. The only exception would be the few styles like hip-huggers and others that have unique cuts.

This new standarization should go a long way in helping women get the right size.  In fact, if we now get our correct size, we might follow in Princess Katherine’s shoes and actually start wearing pantyhose again.

 

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Hosiery

 

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Posted by Tomima at 7:17am
Tags: hosiery, lingerie shopping, panty hose, tights
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This year, our Undie Award for the overall favorite bra went to the Timpa 16449.  It received the most votes by you the public.  Here is what’s remarkable about this fact: this bra is really a bra for AA, A, B, and some C cup women.

This is quite a change for many reasons.  The trend over the last several years has been for manufacturers to focus on the larger cup sizes and decrease or even remove smaller cup sizes from their line.  The Olga brand is a perfect example.  About 5 years ago, Olga made the decision to start all their bra styles at a C cup size, and gave up on any cup size smaller.  Wacoal, Chantelle and other bra brands have the smaller cup sizes but have been pushing into the larger cup sizes such as G and H.

At HerRoom we’ve seen a steady up-tick in questions about the smaller cup sizes and complaints that the selection is getting smaller.  And they are right.  Having this bra be the winner this year, I think sends a strong message to lingerie manufacturers that there are a lot of women out there in the smaller cup sizes who still want to be serviced.

So, let’s talk about this Timpa bra.  It’s actually not a new style.  In fact, it’s been around for at least 10 years.  But, it really is amazing and sexy for several reasons.  First, the cups are made of this incredible stretchy mesh.  Not only is it comfortable, it’s very sexy as well.  The low demi cut of the cups really accomodates a lot of necklines.  I personally have this bra and use it every time I have a low and wide neckline.  When I’m concerned that my bra might show, this is my go-to bra to insure it doesn’t. And, over the years, Timpa has added great colors and taken this basic style and added cute embroidery to it  So, though the one style won, don’t think you only have the one choice. Oh, and did I mention Timpa also makes matching panties?

I’ve given tips that this bra runs a little small.  The truth is this bra does not run small; it really is just cut very demi.  Many women who put it on feel the cups are too small because they’re not used to such a low neckline. 

Thank you to all who voted for this bra.  There really is power in having a smaller cup size and embracing it.

 

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Bras
Panties

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Posted by Tomima at 12:07pm
Tags: best bras, timpa, undie awards
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