How Low Will You Go?

If one is short necked, short shouldered (decollete area) or short waisted, a plunge bra can be one's everyday bra.

By Plunge bra I don't mean these silly U-shaped contraptions: (it only goes to a D cup anyway). And even the deep plunge/push up bras are best reserved for special occasions when a dress neckline requires it. When I wore this bra in the past I felt more than risque trying to put it under a simple everyday merino V-neck sweater: It was hoochy-mama all the way!
Several everyday bras for the full bustline are available from the brands that specialize in the full cups with narrow/misses sized back band sizes: Freya, Panache, Fantasie, etc.

Below are three great solutions for everyday plunge bras. The Tango Plunge bra by Panache is the most basic and disappearing of colors. Eveden (makers of Fantasie, Freya and now they also own Goddess and have come out with Elomi) don't seem to make their plunge bras in foundation colors, but rather mostly in fashion colors and prints.

By definition a plunge bra is a bra that has a lower center gore in the front of the bra. That is where the wires rest on your chest bone between the breasts. To give good uplift and shape in the full cups, the gore is normally pretty high. Think a good two - three inches. However with these bras, the uplift & shape are great with a much shorter center gore.

I no longer hear husband say, "I can see the bow on your bra". A great relief to both myself and our marriage!!!

Longline Bra Primer - What You Need to Know

The reason they are gaining popularity has to do with several things. Because a longline bra covers more body area, they effectively disperse "breast weight" which in turn helps with support in your upper body, especially the shoulders and back. Many women believe these bras help with posture as well. Last but not least, the aesthetic value is what most women want - this bra smooths and flattens

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Nursing Bras 101

Breastfeeding a baby is as equally challenging as it is rewarding. I daresay it is more challenging for the woman who is well endowed. A full bust will become heavier when lactating because of all the milk those mammary glands have capacity to hold. To borrow my husbands famous line, "your breast is bigger than the baby's head". To help you feel great about your bustline in this time of transition, lets talk about the best nursing bras for the full bust.

These bras:

• are of course all soft cup bras with no wires.
  
• have an inner 'cookie' which is a ring of material going around the breast that is separate from the outside of the cup which drops down to feed the infant.
  
• drop from the top of the cup to feed the infant, no side openings.
  
• have seams.
  
• are made from a rigid fabric.
  

These bras give you the best shape under your clothes and the best support to increase your comfort. Big, heavy breasts need support, but I want you to feel and look good in your clothes as well. So much of one's body changes through pregnancy and childbirth, we need our bustline to be a source of confidence.

The industry standard is the Goddess 511. This is a full-figure bra, Goddess is a full-figure brand. That translates into a whole lot of bra, and the smallest band size is a 34. A woman who wears a 32 could take in the band of a 34 and make it work, but smaller than that and this bra will be too big in the back.

The next bra is the Norvell bra. Norvell touts itself as a 'custom fit' bra, meaning it has lots of funky sizes. Knowledgable sales people of this bra will guide you through selecting the right size. This bra as a 'shelf' that is under the breast to give it uplift. Also it is made of a rigid, yet soft lace. I have actually run in this bra, it is so supportive. Warning, at first it looks torpedo-ish, but it softens to a more natural shape. I have a 36J client who swears by this bra for the best 'lift and separate' action.

The last bra I endorse is not as long lasting as the top two. By that I mean when you first put it on it looks nice, but over the course of two to three hours as the milk re-fills the breast, the support of the bra fades and the bustline begins to sag, although it gives the most 'seam free' look of the above bras.

Several nursing bras are comfortable and are fine for wearing around the house (Freya, Bravado, Royce, Fancee Free). Recently I have seen a move among nursing lingerie to be "pretty and sexy, just like your pre-pregnancy bras". Are your lactating breasts just like your pre-pregnancy breasts? No, they need extra support, especially in lieu of underwires. These bras are pretty to the eyes, but do you feel confident in your clothes in those bras? One of my clients is pregnant with her sixth child (she is a size 34DD), she has certainly been a nursing mom for many months of her life. Her quote sums up the nursing bra situation for the woman with a full bust: "I am too vain to wear a nursing bra".

Below are nursing bras that we DON'T recommend to wear out of the house if you want to feel comfortable & confident!!

To sleep: perchance to dream:

I began wearing a sleep bra about nine years ago. Since then I have worn the gamut, going through roughly a dozen sleep solutions. Before I share with you what I think the best options are for ensuring a well endowed girl sleeps well, let me tell you what we at Bratique Helene have heard our clients say:

• wearing a GAP shelf bra camisole with the shelf bra (which was so small on her bustline the elastic band hit across the center of the breast) cut out.
• wearing the same underwire bra that she wore the entire previous day; her quote "I wear it 24/7". I implore you NOT to do that.
• wearing a really tight hanes old school tank top.
• wearing nothing, and then having a fitful night of sleep, trying to wrestle the boobs under control.
• sleeping in a sports bra.
• please, we all get the point by now.

One of my attempts was this hanro 'leisure' bra. Leisure means no wire, usually. Not only was the cup not deep enough for the E+ volume, but the fabrication was not rigid nor seamed enough to support the weight of the breast either.

One of our clients said she sleeps in her underwire bra because if her breasts touch, she gets an ugly and uncomfortable rash due to the moisture. We referred her to the sleep bra, and it works well. This product was designed to prevent the creation of wrinkles in the decollete area that form from the breasts being pressed together during side sleep.

The second option is a sleeptop by Margeurite McGee. Let me be honest and say that Margeurite is my neighbor, she resides four houses down the block from me. However,
proximitiy aside, I highly recommend her product to you. The fabrication is uber stretchy and super soft and feels luxurious to put on at night. My favorite two products for the full bust are the highneck sleeptop and the chemise.


When sizing a sleep bra, we generally say go up a size in the band. For example, if you are a 34-36 in your underwire bras, a sleep bra would work in the 36-38 back size. Remember, you will be laying down for the most part while wearing it.

So, with that being said I wish you a good night and sweet dreams!!

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No Bouncing on the Hopper

While visiting my sister and her family in Orlando we went to the FunSpot USA, which I highly recommend; it is a mini amusement park. Sister was kind enough to ride the rides with my four year old daughter while I was holding the one year old daughter. They rode the Frog Hopper ride that ascends into the air and then bounces all the way down. It is great fun for all parties involved. I critically watched sister's bosom as I had anticipated some serious movement because this ride is basically like jumping on a trampoline. Let me just say her bustline did not move, it was stationary. I was amazed and so once she got off the ride I of course had to inquire as to her bra. Sure enough, she was wearing a three part lace balcony bra from Freya, the black version of the above.

I guarantee you that if she were wearing a seamfree, molded, or too small in the cup bra, she would have been bouncing all over the place, and probably very uncomfortable. Have you ever experienced the knee jerk reaction of putting your arm up over your breasts when you suddenly have to run or engage in some other bounce inducing activity to prevent the boobs from hurting themselves or you? It is not a good feeling. Her top was a structured knit and the bra seams didn't show through. This illustrates two points:

1. The most supportive everyday bra is a three part seam cup made from a rigid material, i.e. lace. Rigid does not imply rough. One can find rigid fabrications that do have a soft hand.
2. A woman is not tied to wearing a "seamfree" bra to prevent seams from showing through her clothing.