Empreinte

Empreinte Lingerie: Lessons in French Creativity, Skill, and Style

Want to know a fun fact about Empreinte Lingerie? Their headquarters are in Brest, France. It’s where they cut 100% of their bra pieces before they go into production in Breast, Morocco, and Tunisia. While it’s cute to think of wearing bras from Brest, you should know that the French word for breast is “le sein”…

Better Know a Brand: Expanding Your Bra Knowledge & Options

Better Know a Brand: Expanding Your Bra Knowledge & Options

How’s your bra knowledge? Do you know all the brands and styles available for your size or shape, where to buy them, or how much they cost? How about when it comes to swimwear? There’s a ton of intimate apparel on the market today, designed and manufactured all over the world. The more I know about…

full busted and full-figured

Full Busted and Full-Figured: A Lingerie Primer

Shopping for clothing when you’re curvy can be tough. Figuring out what “type” of curvy you are according to the fashion industry can be even harder. How do you know when you are full busted or full-figured? Full busted and full-figured are used interchangeably in fashion articles and by brands, but knowing the difference between…

full figure bras

Elila: Fab Full Figure Bras and Lingerie to Meet Your Fashion Needs

You don’t have to look hard to find beautiful full figure bras and lingerie anymore. Part of it is due to the rise of the full figure fashion market and vocal plus size fashion bloggers. After all, you’ve got to wear something underneath all those cute styles. There’s also confusion about what the terms plus size and full…

Support for the Full Bust: 12 Must Read Blogs

Support for the Full Bust: 12 Must Read Blogs

It’s no joke. Women blessed (or cursed, depending on the day) with a full bust have a harder time finding the right fit in bras and, by extension, fashionable clothes. Many women, especially if their body type is labelled “plus size,” can only shop on-line for their everyday wear. Anything over a size 16 isn’t…