I received an email the other day from the husband of a female friend who was stumped as to what to get his wife for her Christmas. He said he was too embarrassed to go into a high street store and buy lingerie (practical, or otherwise) and didn’t want to buy any of the bog-standard presents such as a handbag, perfume or a book.
So, I suggested to him to look a little further afield than the bras and basques and perhaps pick something that his partner would enjoy and get …

Only 11 days left until Christmas – and only 10 shopping days left! If you haven’t made that special’ purchase yet, you’re not leaving yourself enough time to get it delivered – so get a move on and browse your way through the Brastop website and pick out some gorgeous underwear for your partner to open on the 25th!
If you’re looking for some ideas, why not take this little hint from our very own blogger, Becky Mount:
“All I want for Christmas is the Lepel Coco padded bra. I’m a huge …

Just because it’s cold, wet and wintry out there, doesn’t mean to say all your Christmas gift ideas have to be comfortable underwear or pyjamas or jumpers and socks – you can plan ahead a little and browse around Brastop for some gifts that will come in handy when the sun comes out.
Like the Curvy Kate marketing manager Hannah Houston, who has made her Christmas wish for something to wear in the sun…
“All I want from Santa is… the Freya Pier Bandeau Bikini as I’m looking to fly off somewhere …

Did you get much Christmas shopping done at the weekend? I managed to pick up a few bits and bobs, and I’m ready to start wrapping everything and put it under the tree.
Many of you will still be scrabbling around, looking for ideas and trying to pick out something nice for a friend or a loved one (especially the men), so, if you’re still browsing around and wondering what on earth to buy, why not take some advice from Nadine Kennedy, runner-up in the 2009 Star in a Bra competition:
“I would …

Only 13 more shopping days until Christmas – and everyone at Brastop hopes you’ve got your list, checked it twice and made sure there’s plenty of lingerie for the special people in your lives.
If you’re still looking for some ideas for gifts, why not take some advice from bra campaigner extraordinaire, Becky Williams, who founded Busts4Justice and battled the mighty Marks & Spencer over their pricing of larger cup bras…
“All I want from Santa is some beautiful lingerie, so I can gift wrap myself on Christmas morning. This gorgeous Curvy Kate …

I hope you’ve been dropping plenty of hints to your friends, family and partners about exactly what you would like them to get your for your Christmas from Brastop?
If you’re still struggling for ideas, you can’t go wrong with some of the suggestions our staff, models, bloggers and associates have been putting forward here on the Brastop blog.
Today is the turn of Kimberly Bartlette, the Assistant PR & Marketing Manager at Brastop…
“All I want for Christmas is the Fantasie Ava Mould Plunge. I live in moulded bras but they’re mostly in black or …

While the snow is falling all around us, the Christmas elves are waiting patiently on everyone’s letters to Santa, so that they can pick out your presents and pack them on to his sled for delivery on 25th December.
I’m still browsing my way through the stock on the Brastop website, trying to decide what I would like Santa to bring me, but in the meantime, here’s the Star in a Bra 2009 winner Lauren Colfer with her Christmas wish:
“All I want from Santa is the Curvy Kate Tempt Me Bra …

Only 16 more shopping days left until Christmas is upon us, and everyone here at Brastop is busy packing up parcels, sprinkling them with magic Brastop pixie dust and sending them off to Santa’s grotto, where they’ll be whisked away on his sled to be delivered to all the girls who’ve been nice (not naughty) this year.
So, have you decided what you want in your Christmas stocking this year?
If not, here’s a suggestion from Curvy Kate model Laura Butler:
“All I want for Christmas this year is the Lepel Amelia support …

Christmas is getting closer and you’ll undoubtedly still be looking for ideas for presents, so we’re continuing our mission to seek out suggestions from the lingerie community, our models, bloggers and Brastop staff to help take the effort out of choosing for you.
Yesterday, we heard from Star in a Bra 2011 and Curvy Kate model Lizzie Haines, and today we received a little message from Cheryl Warner, blogger extraordinaire at Invest in Your Chest. Cheryl says:
“All I want from Santa is the Curvy Kate Angel bra in Ivory. It’s the perfect …

Have you got all your Christmas gifts wrapped an under the tree yet? No? Well, you’re probably like me and will end up doing everything at the last minute.
If you’re still looking for something to get for your partner (men, I mean you), your sister, daughter or mum (or even yourself!) for Christmas, then here’s what the Star in a Bra 2011 and Curvy Kate model Lizzie Haines has to say:
“All I want from Santa is the Curvy Kate Lilly Balconette because it’s exclusive, luxurious and it will make my …

Continuing our Christmas gift theme, here’s today’s wish from Santa, from Georgina Horne, runner-up in the 2011 Star in a Bra competition and one of the reviewers on our Brastop focus group.
“All I want from Santa is the red Arabella Freya set. That sheer sexy lacy pillarbox red material, the unrivalled uplift I hear that it gives, the gorgeous suspender belt… what’s not to love!”
Remember, if you’re thinking of picking out a gift from Brastop for Christmas, make sure you order before our final delivery dates:
First Class packet: 20TH DECEMBER
UK Special …

So, there’s only 23 shopping days left until Christmas – fewer if you plan on picking something up from Brastop.com (final postal orders for UK deliveries around 20 December and Airmail around 5 December).
If you’re hoping for a nice lingerie set for your Christmas, you should point that someone special in your life towards our Christmas Gift Guide (which largely focuses on men and the poor choices they should avoid), but we also thought we would as ask all the girls involved with Brastop and Curvy Kate to tell us …

I’m particularly looking forward to seeing this report from Which Magazine, that highlights something very close to our hearts at Brastop; poor bra fitting and sizing advice.
In its ‘Bra fitting? No it isn’t’ report, due out in December, the consumer magazine sent 11 individuals varying from age 25-75 who were a DD cup or bigger to a number of high street stores and found that fewer than one in three of the 70 surveyed made the grade in terms of providing correct fitting/sizing advice – and none of them were …

Curvy Kate Emily Bra

Last week we covered  variety of sizes in the Freya Deco bra, comparing and contrasting the look, feel and fit of a classic, hugely popular bra.
This week, we’re looking at another best seller and a firm favourite with the Brastop Blog: the Curvy Kate Emily balconette bra.
The Emily is very much a “classic” bra in the traditional sense, supportive underwires, lace-mesh with a comfortable, uplifting finish to give a flattering fit and a striking look. It’s often described as a “vintage” looking bra – a touch of …

We’re continuing our feature from last week where we demonstrated the differences in shape, size and fit of  lots of different women wearing the same Curvy Kate Tease Me bra.
This week, we’re looking at the Freya Deco bra in several of it’s incarnations and several of the girls in the big cup community have provided us with photos of them wearing one of the Deco styles, in a variety of sizes.
As before, it’s important to note the emphasis on fitting – in these sizes, which range from 28DD to 36GG.
As before, …

Something we’ve always been keen to emphasise here on the Brastop Blog is the importance of proper fitting – ie. making sure that women are wearing the correct bra for their size and body shape.
A well-fitting bra is important for all sorts of reasons, top of which is your own personal comfort and well-being – but also for durability of the product, health reasons – and, the effect the bra has on your shape and posture.
Over the past few days, we approached a number of girls in our bra enthusiast …

How do you wash your bras?

Top tips and suggestions from our readers and customers is proving to be one of our most popular features (along with reviews), so we thought we would post another batch of fantastic bra tips for you to mull over while sipping your Monday morning coffee…
Emma: A less painfull remedie for nipple chafing to using plasters might be breast pads, you can buy disposable or washables.
Bonnie: if you can fasten up the bra on the tighest hook in the store, easily: it’s too loose.
Emma: If you …

What’s your tips for taking care of your bras?

As we’ve said loads of times before, we’re always on the lookout for bra tips, whether it’s about fitting bras, bra care, washing, wearing, choosing, prolonging the life of, storing, sorting, modifying, making, matching, cleavage enhancing/reducing, running, jumping, dancing – or having any other kind of fun in – we want to hear what your suggestions are.
And the best tips could win a set of lingerie!
I asked some of the girls on a forum I read regularly what their top bra tip …

Curvy Kate’s very own supermodel and previous winner of Star in a Bra, Lauren Colfer, has started up her own YouTube channel, featuring short videos discussing some of her favourite topics (and ours), such as make-up, clothing, style, fashion – and hopefully, she’ll be talking about lingerie soon too.
This particular episode features Lauren discussing bikinis, and how difficult it can be for buxom or big boobed girls to find something both comfortable and suitable in your size for lounging by the pool or taking a dip in the sea.
Have a …

Do you remember Busts4Justice? Only a few short years ago, they were involved in a very high profile campaign against the unfair Marks & Spencer ‘Bra Tax’ policy of charging more money for bigger-sized bras – and they won.
M&S subsequently admitted they had ‘boobed’ with the policy and amended all of the pricing on their bras so that you paid the same whether you were a 34A or a 36JJ. Our very own Becky Mount was part of the campaign and still battles for fair pricing and more breadth of …