Moving Comfort Recently Changed Some Style Numbers
October 16, 2008
First, a little history about the brand Moving Comfort. It’s a neat little story. Back in the 1970′s, believe it or not, there were no running shorts on the market for women. That’s right, women had to wear men’s running shorts if they wanted to run and be comfortable. A little company called Moving Comfort was born in Bothell, Washington (just north of Seattle) and made the first women’s running shorts. Eventually, they were purchased by Russell Corporation out of Atlanta that also owns brands such as Russell Athletic, Spalding, Bike, and Jerzees. Last year, Berkshire Hathaway Inc, (The Warren Buffett Investment Group) acquired Russell. One of Berkshire Hathaway’s initiatives was to update the internal computer systems of Russell. And, for some reason, they felt it also necessary to change the style numbers on 8 of Moving Comfort’s Sports Bras.
While making the style number changes, Moving Comfort took the opportunity to also make a few design changes to some of these styles as well.
The Moving Comfort Dori Sports Bra used to be style 722760. Its style number has changed to 300057. Also changed was the back design on this bra. The original design had no opening on the bra. You basically, had to wiggle into it. The new design includes a hook and eye closure along with a peek-a-boo opening in the back to make it much easier to get on and off.
The zipper front Grace Sports Bra went from style 725720 to 300060. Moving Comfort took this
opportunity to change out the zipper and replace it with a new zipper design that is stronger with a lock down feature. This is a great move. If you read the reviews on the old design, there were several complaints that the zipper would either not stay up, or would come zipping down during a work out.
Style 723160 called the Maia Sports Bra also received a new style number – 350011. The Maia will now have a lower center front cut at the neck and adjustable straps where there were none previously.
It’s always confusing to the customer when a company does something like this. Armed with a style number, a customer walks into stores looking for an exact match. When they don’t find it, but are told a different number is the same bra, they can’t help but wonder if it really is the same style.
Here is a comprehensive list of the old and new style numbers for the Moving Comfort Sports Bras along with a notation of any style changes that have taken place:
| Old Style # | New Style # | Changes |
| 722760 | 300057 | New Hook and eye in back |
| 771860 | 350010 | |
| 723160 | 350011 | Lower center front, adjustable straps |
| 728460 | 350006 | |
| 705360 | 300067 | |
| 725720 | 300060 | New stronger locking zipper |
| 771660 | 350003 |
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Saved by the Bra. American Hiker’s Sports Bra Saved Her Life.
July 01, 2008
This week, an American female hiker/marathon runner was rescued while stranded on a cliff for 3 days in the Bavarian Alps in Germany. Jessica Bruinsma first used her head, and then used her sports bra to attract attention to her location.
Having fallen more than 16 feet found herself stranded on a very narrow ledge with a badly bruised leg and dislocated shoulder. A loose cable used for logging was slack due to maintenance, and thus within her reach. Keeping her top and jacket for warmth, she removed her sports bra and attached it to the cable. The next morning, the cable had been repaired and upon cycling down the mountain, the worker at the base of the mountain saw it and called police.
Following the cable up the mountain, they found Bruinsma on her ledge waiving with her good arm. Her trip in Germany was quickly aborted, and she returned to Colorado Springs for recovery and marathon training to try and finish in 3 hours and 10 minutes.
The moral to this story is: Wear a bra. It can save your life!
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How Much is Too Much Breast Bounce?
April 29, 2008
All parts of our body bounce as we walk around and do everyday chores. But, when it comes to doing impact aerobic workout, we really want to contain the bounce of our breasts for comfort and well as to keep them from becoming pendulous and sagging. So, do we need to bind our breasts and prevent any movement, or can we let some breast movement occur?
I put this question to Dr. Joanna Scurr. Dr. Scurr is the lone researcher of breast bounce. Here were some of her comments.
First, we need to understand that breasts are kept in place by the Coopers Ligament – not muscles. Once the ligament becomes stretched, your breast sag, and there is no way to reverse the sagging. A sports bra, or most bras for that matter, support one’s breasts to reduce breast movement. Even testing of breast movement on an everyday bra, says Scurr, showed that it reduced breast movement by 49% compared to not wearing any bra at all.
Dr. Scurr’s research also found that breasts just don’t move up and down, but from side to side and in and out. All this movement, if not supported will contribute to sagging breasts. So, though it would be nice to have a sports bra that provides no breast movement, the truth is, as long as you have a sports bra that reduces your breast bounce enough so that the movement is less than your normal breast hang, you are protected and no further sag damage can occur.
At HerRoom, we offer the Bounce Test videos on all our high impact sports bras. Some clearly don’t provide enough support, but many also show some breast movement. What been learned here is that some movement is fine, but just make sure the movement is less in the 3 directions than your breasts normally move. This way, you won’t be stretching any of the breast’s ligaments or tendons during impact workouts.
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