The Relationship Between Bras and Breasts

A recently completed 15-year study conducted by French scientist Jean-Denis Rouillon observed the relationship between bras and breasts. It has gained attention from women, lingerie designers, and lingerie bloggers around the world. The results suggested that bras might cause expediated sagging in breasts. We've rounded up a few great responses to the study that are worth reading.

Lingerie Briefs - French Bra Study Exposed: Perks Up Media, Deflates Women's Busts
The Lingerie Addict - Do Bras Prevent Breast Sagging?: Why We're Having The Wrong Conversation
Lingerie Talk - Are You Better Off Without A Bra?

What are your thoughts?

Spring/Summer 2014 Lingerie Trends

The Underfashion Club's "A report on the Paris Show" on March 16, 2013 at The Cutting Room, NYC!



Spring/Summer 2014 Fabrics Presentation by CURVEexpo
"Seen at the Show" by Ellen Lewis on Lingerie Briefs 
Spring/Summer 2014 Trends by CARLIN Paris

Femmy Gala 2013 Videos

Videos of the events of the Femmy Gala 2013 are on YouTube!

Carson Kressley hands out the Femmy awards to the most outstanding businesses in the intimate apparel industry in this video.


The VIPs of the intimate apparel industry pose on the red carpet for their awards.


Photos of some of the many wonderful people who attended our 2013 Femmy Gala!

Midnight Garden - Interviews

Each of the contestants in the "Midnight Garden" Student Design Contest told us a little bit about their pieces and the inspiration behind them in their interviews!

Tiffany Spagnuolo with Dark Bloom

1st Prize

Tessa Saccone with Moonlit Azaleas
2nd Prize

Sara Shanahan with Nocturnal Blossom

3rd Prize

Erin Brennan with Fleur de Rave

Judy Yang with Midnight Petals

Alina Kulik with Wilting Dream

The 1st Lingerie Fashion Week

Lingerie Fashion Week is finally here! This highly-anticipated event was created and directed by Lauren Rich. She was interviewed about it by The Lingerie Addict, revealing a little bit about what this event means for lingerie and fashion. Interested? Read it on Cora's blog.

http://www.thelingerieaddict.com/2013/02/inaugural-nyc-lingerie-fashion-week-lauren-rich-richpr.html

Student Design Contest: Preview of the winners of Midnight Garden

The Student Design Contest of this year's Femmy Gala was a huge success! This time around, the theme was "Midnight Garden". The designs created by the talented FIT students were all incredibly beautiful, but only three of them could be named winners! Here are the previews of the most popular entries. More information about the pieces and the designers behind them will be available very soon, so keep an eye out!

#1 by Tiffany Spagnuolo

#2 by Tessa Saccone

#3 by Sara Shanahan

Bra Adjustments

Bodies inevitably change over time, making bras that once fit perfectly no longer sit on the body quite right. Whether it's an issue with the band or the cup, there are ways to make the adjustments yourself. Cloth Habit has fantastic visual guides in their "Bra-making Sew Along" series of blog posts that show us exactly how to go about adjusting bras.

Band adjustment: http://clothhabit.com/2013/01/bra-making-band-adjustment/

Cup adjustment: http://clothhabit.com/2013/01/bra-making-sew-along-cup-adjustments/