http://trendy-lingerie.com Lingerie Buying Guide Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:41:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Brazil congress has recently passed a law that would require sexual health messages to be placed in underwear manufactured and sold in the country.

Bras would carry tags encouraging women to examine their breasts in an effort to detect early signs of cancer, while men's underwear would encourage screenings for prostate cancer. »]]> http://trendy-lingerie.com/325/brazil-lawmakers-want-to-put-messages-in-lingerie An American woman who sued her wedding photographers after pictures of her in her underwear while getting into her dress showed up in her password-protected online portfolio has lost her lawsuit.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Judith Gische stated that what happened to Sara Bostwick might indeed have been embarrassing, but that the photo studio's mistake legally did not result in "emotional distress." »]]> http://trendy-lingerie.com/311/embarrassed-bride-loses-underwear-lawsuit Add New Zealand to the list of countries where more and more women are sporting larger breasts.

A local news station is reporting that nearly half of all New Zealand women are now a D cup. »]]> http://trendy-lingerie.com/306/bigger-breasts-in-new-zealand For centuries, women have wriggled into girdles and other slimmers to minimize their rear ends, the Wall Street Journal writes.

Now, a fascination with the hind-quarters of celebrities like Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian is fueling a booming market for undergarments that amplify the derrière. »]]> http://trendy-lingerie.com/298/booty-pop-padded-panties Who invented the bra? In recent weeks several newspapers in the U.S. rewrote a press release from the Committee for the 100th Anniversary of the American Bra -- and rewrote history in the process.

Turns out several people invented what became the modern bra. »]]> http://trendy-lingerie.com/295/who-invented-the-bra In the UK sales of bras in the D to G category have risen 50% since 2005.

Selfridges says that these sizes now account for one in four bra purchases. »]]> http://trendy-lingerie.com/292/k-cup-bras-go-mainstream Following a trend that has already seen the average breast size of British, Australian and Dutch women steadily increase, now breasts are getting bigger in the U.S. as well. »]]> http://trendy-lingerie.com/286/america-women-growing-larger-breasts Less than a third of bras sold by lingerie stores, department stores and bra specialists in England are a good fit.

A quarter of the fittings were appalling, a consumer watchdog reports, saying "our experts suggested the volunteers could have been better off 'picking something off a market stall'." »]]> http://trendy-lingerie.com/270/bra-fitting A lingerie store owner says seeing Elizabeth Hurley expose a nearly bare breast fills her with a range of emotions -- from shock to delight, and from bewilderment to jealousy.

»]]> http://trendy-lingerie.com/264/lingerie-nudity-and-sensuality More and more women are wearing sheer lingerie as outerwear, sparking a virtual run on nipple covers.

The fashion trend means women are no longer hiding sheer teddies, lace bodies and barely-there bras. After all, most lingerie is far too pretty -- or sexy -- to hide. »]]> http://trendy-lingerie.com/257/nipple-covers-win-big-in-lingerie-as-outerwear-fashion-trend