A bra in the Harmony range, made by luxury brand Panache, will be the first to offer a KK cup
First came the K cup for those ladies needing a little extra support. And now the KK bra is to be introduced on to the High Street to cope with women’s increasing bust sizes.
Continue reading… “Britain’s Biggest Bra Goes on Sale in Stores”
Breast enhancer: The padded bra, which will be on display at the Science Museum on Wednesday, was designed and made in Europe in around 1880
Breast enhancer: The padded bra, which will be on display at the Science Museum on Wednesday, was designed and made in Europe in around 1880
The bra did not become commonplace until 1907, when it featured in Vogue. Until then, it would have been a luxury item only available to wealthier women, and made-to-measure.
Cup sizes as we know them, denoted by letter, were not introduced until the 1930s in the U.S.
Continue reading… “New Exhibit Of Bust-Boosting Bra Dates Back To The 1800s”
It is a finding that will quicken the hearts of size 14 women everywhere – gentlemen prefer Miss Average.
Men find the average shape of the girl-next-door more appealing than the ‘perfect’ proportions of models and centrefolds, a study found.
Continue reading… “Men Prefer “The Girl Next Door” Look”
The next time you want a man to know that you desire him – just let your “smart memory bra” do the talking.
Continue reading… “‘Smart Memory Bra’ Enhances Cleavage When Aroused”
Raymond Alvarez: Earthquakes, a great flood, fires – seemingly nothing could stop the rocking ’90s and California’s Contra Costa County, an area bounded by high tech companies to the south and industrial giants in the north.
Then came the fourth horseman of the apocalypse, the real estate bust.
Continue reading… “Can Twitter Fix an Economy in Crisis?”
Montebello police spent more than an hour today trying to find a police cruiser after someone apparently took it for a joy ride and stole two weapons inside before ditching the vehicle. Continue reading… “Weapons Stolen From Police Car”
Police say a 72-year-old Auburn man will face criminal charges after investigators found 85 guns and 800 pounds of ammunition in his home, most of them stored improperly.
Investigators zeroed in on Anthony Simulynas after a Worcester resident who was arrested for illegal possession of military-style explosives and assault weapons said he stole a powerful machine gun from the elderly Auburn resident. Continue reading… “Police Recover Second Weapons Cache”
Here’s another excellent piece from GOOD Magazine: a historical survey of the US economy, focusing on GDP, the amount of US national debt, boom/bust cycle, inflation, and the stock market (to the point before the crash).
Continue reading… “It’s the Economy, Stupid!”
During the first three months of the year, only five companies backed by venture capital investors went public on Wall Street, the National Venture Capital Association said last week. That is down from 31 in the fourth quarter of last year, and is roughly the same level as at the nadir of the dot-com bust.
Continue reading… “Economy Putting a Drag on Silicon Valley”
While the housing slump has come to dominate American presidential debates and has sent Wall Street into a tailspin, the consequences of millions of foreclosures across the United States are also being felt far overseas. Nowhere is that more true than in Switzerland, the serene land of snowy peaks, ice-cold lakes and staid banks long considered to be among the most cautious in the world.
Continue reading… “The Mortgage Bust Goes Global”
Experts have digitally rebuilt the face of 18th century German composer Johann Sebastian Bach — and say the results may surprise his fans.
Using his bones and computer modeling, they have come up with an image of a thick-set man with closely-shorn white hair.
Continue reading… “Bust of Bach”