h bras can give busty n a sleeker silhouette?
my life these days) it’s the everyday things that curse the biggerbosomed woman.
Spaghetti straps, tightfitting shirts, anything that gapes or plunges. I always feel just one ruffle away from blousey and one ping away from obscene.
Nothing fits, and usually I end up buying clothes in a size 16 to accommodate my breasts, leaving the rest of the size 12 me feeling swamped and frumpy.
So the Holy Grail for me is finding anything that will make them look smaller, neater, tidier and more elegant.
So when socalled ‘minimiser’ bras hit the shops in the mid1990s, I snapped a few up. But I never managed to find one that didn’t look or feel like a maternity bra.
I always felt as if my breasts were being squashed into my armpits, or I would end up with the dreaded ‘monoboob’ — where your breast are squashed together and you end up with a shelflike, jutting ledge, reminiscent of Downton’s housekeeper Mrs Hughes. And the designs were so ugly. The choices were white or black, with thick shoulder straps to rival any backpack. Needless to say, they were all soon consigned to the scrapheap.
That’s why I was particularly excited about the Marks and Spencers Minimiser Tshirt bra which recently came onto the market.
I’ve long been a fan of their regular Tshirt bra, which I wear every day. It manages to keep my breasts under control, and gives my clothes a nice clean line. But sometimes it would be nice to go smaller and prettier. Their new bra is said to be made with a revolutionary cup design, with variable compression layers in the foam cups which gently and comfortably disperse the breast tissue, reducing the appearance of the bust without restricting them entirely.
A bra that will give me a lift, look pretty and create a smooth silhouette all at the same time? Have minimising bras finally moved on?
In the interests of largebosomed ladies across Britain, I compared the latest M&S offering with a few of its rivals . . .