Category Archives: Body Image

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

Happy International No Diet Day

…Sorry it’s belated. Once again, despite vowing to do something for it last year I completely missed International No Diet Day. Never heard of it? International No Diet Day takes place at the beginning of the ‘bikini diet’ season on … Continue reading

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Campaign for HAH beauty

Yesterday’s post about the problematic phrase ‘real women‘ sparked a fascinating and challenging debate on Twitter about the language we use to describe – and categorise – women’s bodies. If we abandon the phrase ‘real’ women, what term do we … Continue reading

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The myth of the ‘real woman’

Ultimo have announced that a further seven women have joined their ‘real women’ campaign to model Ultimo, Miss Ultimo, and Ultimo Couture on ultimo.co.uk and in Debenhams stores. It’s got us thinking. While there’s no doubt this and other ‘real … Continue reading

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JUST LAUNCHED: brand new thing to worry about.

I haven’t ever spent much time thinking about bra wrinkles, but on considering this solution – the La Decollette ‘wrinkle smoothing bra’ invented by Dutch woman Rachel de Boer – they can’t be more unsightly than the prospect of going … Continue reading

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65G be Dammed

From everything I knew and had heard, I expected bra shopping in Europe to be like going back on the British high street 10-15 years. Fourteen years ago, I was a self-conscious fourteen year old with genetically inexplicable E-cups, being strapped … Continue reading

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