WARNING: wrong bra causes damage

i recently wrote about how 85% of women are wearing the wrong size bra. i just came across this article and wanted to share it.

Ladies, listen up.

If you’re not wearing the right type of bra, you could be damaging your breasts without even realizing it.
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England found that wearing the wrong “support system” could lead to fragile ligaments in the breasts becoming irreparably stretched, the Daily Mail reported.
They found up to 95 percent of women are at risk — mostly because they are ignorant or embarrassed about their true bra size, according to the report.

Researched concluded this after they gave 100 women a treadmill test.
During the past three years, the team studied about 50 bra designs. What they found was that with most bras women’s breasts move up and down, in and out and from side to side, shifting an average of 8.26 inches, during exercise.
The problem is that most bras are designed to limit just vertical movement, the Mail reported.

"Many women have strong preferences for certain styles of bra and won't buy anything else,” Wendy Hedger, a researcher told the Mail. "In sports bras, for example, many women won't buy a bra that resembles their everyday bra — they think if it can't be pulled over their heads like a crop top, then it's not a real sports bra.”
This is not true, Hedger said.
“Many sports bras do up at the back in the same way as a traditional bra and do a very good job of supporting women.”
The bottom-line, choose a bra that is going to support your breasts whether you’re walking down the street or running on a treadmill, researchers said.

Source: FoxNews.com

85%...... WOW that's A LOT!

Did you Know: 85% of women are in the wrong size bra?

Neither did I. I had always heard this and thought that it must be everyone else and not me.
I was wrong. I happened to be shopping at Nordstrom this weekend (surprise surprise) when a friend and I decided to get fitted for bra's. I'm not sure why we did, but I sure am glad. As it turns out I have been in the wrong size bra for quite a while now.

I have been fitted at Victoria's Secret before, but come to find out they are the ones who have been putting me in the wrong size. Now don't get me wrong VS bra's are great, but their associate's just don't know how to "size you up" like Nordstrom does.

"Almost every woman is guilty of wearing a bra that is too large in bandwidth and too small in the cup" says Oprah on her show "O's Bra Intervention". On which she had renound bra fitting expert Susan Nethero, owner of the Intimacy Boutique's in Atlanta, New York and Chicago. Susan is said to have fitted, and adjusted the bras of more than 100,000 women.

Tip for a good fit: UPDRADE!! buy 3 top quality bras, rather than a bunch of cheap ones. You need only one to wear, one to wash, and one in the drawer.

Some might think that bras at a store like Nordstrom would be much more expensive than say Victoria's Secret. Quite the contrary. The average price of a VS bra goes anywhere from $38 to $52! Bra's at Nordstrom start at around $28 and can go up into the $90 range.

The difference is that Nordstrom has expert fitters.

(Try the Nordstrom Fit Chart for yourself)

At Nordstrom, i was able to get fitted properly and bought some bra's in the correct size, that fit and were a lot more comfortable. And did i mention, that the ones that i bought were cheaper than the "Very Sexy" one i usually buy from Victoria's.

"Just Say No" to Beer Bikini's!

ATTENTION: If you are thinking about wearing any type of "beer bikini" this weekend for 4th of July DON'T!

Nothing says "Hi, I’m white trash, what’s your name?" more than this.

I will be on the lookout for fashion felonies all weekend. I will have my camera in tow so beware!!

Also, I shouldn’t have to tell you this but I will.

American flag ones are not okay either.

Guys, don't think you're exempt from these rules. Girls don't think it makes you look hot when you wear beer or any other alcohol related board shorts. It makes you look like a tool!