Shopping for underwear can be daunting at the best of times. You’ve got the whole nearly-nude-in-a-public-changing-room vibe going on, the inevitable body hangups (even if it is just that you’re not keen on your left knee), and, of course, the sizing discrepancies that render you trying on 8 of the same bra before one fits…
Now imagine doing all that and being any size *other* than what the mass-market lingerie world deems ‘normal’.
Say, your boobs are a G, for example. What then?
What is already a tricky shopping trip can become nigh on impossible when you’ve got a fuller figure, with almost every ‘fashion’ lingerie set stopping at around a size 16/D cup.
For a long time, bigger sizes seemed to go hand-in-hand with unappealing, almost functional sportswear-esque sets. But for what reason? If a size 6 or a size 16 girl wants to prance about in sexy, lacy lingerie, why wouldn’t a size 26?
One of the industry’s most popular brands combatting this ridiculous attitude is Elomi. A lingerie label designed “specifically for women with a fuller figure”, Elomi’s bra sizing goes from a 32 back to a 46, and a D cup to a K.
According to the brand, the designs have been “extensively engineered, tested and graded only on the fuller figure, featuring firmer-fitting fabrics, deeper wings and centre pull-straps to create an even lift.” And guess what else… they’re fun, flattering and sexy AF. Groundbreaking, huh?!
Unsurprisingly, the influencer set caught on pretty quickly, with the likes of Callie Thorpe, Jada Sezer and Ioana Chira all huge fans.
They even do swimwear, and obviously it’s great…
We’ll see you at the (online) checkout.