Category Archives: Body Image

A quest to free us from body image issues and their irrational waste of brain space. Not always successfully…

Butterfly Collection: one woman’s mission to fit Canada

Claire Dumican (@bflycollection) left the UK for Canada seven years ago, where her experiences shopping as an ex-pat inspired her to set up Butterfly Collection. Now, her company provides more affordable lingerie for bigger boobs in Canada, with free shipping … Continue reading

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Star in a Bra launches in Australia

Curvy Kate are heralding their establishment as a brand down under with the launch of the first Star in a Bra competition for Australia this week. The competition, won in the UK this year by the gorgeous Lizzie Haines, champions … Continue reading

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Bra fitting : why are companies still ‘adding 4’?

The bafflingly prevalent +4 method of fitting bras (of deducing back size by measuring the underbust and adding four or five inches) is a relic from the very beginnings of the modern bra. The old, stiff materials used simply didn’t … Continue reading

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Diet doctors go to war

Two French dieticians head to court tomorrow to fight a libel battle after one branded the other’s diet a ‘fantasy’. As a woman currently battling with her own body demons, I was interested in what initially sounded like one doctor … Continue reading

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My guilty secret: confessions of a secret self-doubter

I have a confession to make. Whilst doing my best to write about body image and celebrate women for who they are, not what they look like; I have secretly been fighting an old demon. My hourglass, for the past … Continue reading

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