Category Archives: Campaigns

Campaigns we like, support, admire or have started…

Playtex miss the point: war on plus four.

Playtex responded to our war on plus four today, with an e-mail that failed to address both our criticism of the plus-four method within the app, and hiding from any sense of responsibility by excusing it as ‘a rough guide.’ … Continue reading

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Look out Playtex: we declare war on plus-four…

I have been a proud 28GG/30G bust for about three years now. These three years have been the most comfortable and most active of my LSB (life since boobs). Where before I wouldn’t so much as look at a flight … Continue reading

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HELLO BOOBS!

Regular readers will know just how big a fan of breast cancer detection charity CoppaFeel I am: not only is their mission vitally important and already saving lives, but they’re thoroughly lovely girls to boot. Since I had the pleasure … Continue reading

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Simply Yours respond to ‘plus four’ backlash

Last week, a debate about Simply Yours’ fitting advice video prompted a backlash from the boob blogging community. Why, we asked, when all of us were failed by the plus-four method and are now happily rehomed in bras that fit … 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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