DOU YOU KNOW YOUR BRA SIZE?

Did you know that 70% of women don’t know their bra size? At women’secret we know how important proper support adapted to our needs is for our health. A wide variety of models, shapes, cups and initiatives like “Discover your size” all help us to choose the bra that best fits our body.

Take note: with two simple measurements and the table of equivalences in the picture, you can find out what size you wear around your chest (numerical size) and to fit your breasts (letter size). Try it!

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ANIMALS TO TAKE HOME WITH YOU

We’ve been thinking long and hard about posting an article about wallpaper – for quite a while now it has been something of a must when it comes to decorating – and we’ll be doing that very soon, but we’ve found something else which is closely related that we couldn’t ignore. It’s all to do with a book of very novel photographs, Catherine’s Animals, which is full of images of animals displayed against a wallpaper background. The idea is original in its own right: mostly wild animals photographed in a domestic environment created by the wallpaper design. But what delights us the most are the colours and motifs chosen for the individual papers that go with each animal. They really do have backgrounds which reflect the personality of the animal in each case. We have put together a small selection for you, but the book has a whole zoo’s worth to enjoy: geese, pigs, swans, raccoons, crocodiles, sloths, cows, etc.

The photographs are by Catherine Ledner who works as a photographer for top North American publications such as Vanity Fair and the New York Times. She grew up in New Orleans surrounded by dogs, rabbits, pigs, tortoises and other animals, so it’s no surprise that she would want to express her love of animals in her book. Here, more than one of us would dearly love to get their hands on the book!

If you want to see the images in the book or to buy it: www.catherinesanimals.com.
If you want to know more about her work: www.catherineledner.com.

PARTICIPATE IN THE LED THROWIES FEVER

They are a new kind of non-destructive luminous graffiti made of a tiny LED light, a lithium battery and a magnet. They are easy to make at home using cheap materials. Everything began with a campaign in Manhattan in which LED throwies were handed out and people were encouraged to throw them onto a large metal sculpture called Alamo. The idea spread like wildfire on Internet, and just a few weeks later they were spotted in London, Hamburg and Berlin. Today there are LED throwies everywhere you look: on bridge struts, smokestacks, façades, trams, bike wheels… and there is something exciting about them, perhaps because they are anonymous public works of art that are spreading around the world. Who knows? This might just be the start of something yet to be invented…

Instructions for how to make your own LED throwies:
www.instructables.com/id/LED-Throwies

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W’S COMMITMENT TO THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER

Every year the women’secret showroom organises a charity market, where all the garments displayed in the showroom for press features, catalogues or collections that for various reasons failed to arrive in the stores in time are sold at token prices.

This means that everyone can do their bit! For the last two years, the money raised has been donated entirely to the SESPM, the Spanish Breast Disease Society, as part of our commitment to collaborating to the study and prevention of breast diseases such as breast cancer.

In 2009, we’ve donated €39,000 to this cause.

To find out more about our good causes, click here.

A GUIDE TO NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS

We try not to do it, not to fall into the tired old cliches, but most of us can’t help but take advantage of the turn of the year, a symbolic date indeed, to make New Year’s resolutions. Actually, it’s not a bad idea, because they say that the hardest part of change is realising that it’s needed; after that, you just have to make it happen. Here most of us have at least owned up to the clear intention to become less sedentary. For some that means joining a gym before the month is out, while others are planning to travel to the office by bike every day.

That’s how we got onto the subject of good bust support when engaging in sports, something we tend to forget about without realising that it’s at least as important as wearing the right shoes. You have to choose a bra according to the level of impact, one that protects the bust from sudden and repeated movements. And don’t forget: leave out the underwires when doing sports! You could hurt yourself. In MY BASICS we have two bra designs intended for sports use which allow you the utmost freedom of movement combined with complete security. They have anatomical backs and straps, and the fabric is treated to wick away moisture and prevent odour. Now you know: for moderate or strenuous sports, we’ve got the perfect solution for you.

And if your resolution has nothing to do with exercise, you could still resolve to always wear the bra that best fits your bust: the right size and level of support. We can talk about this at length another time.