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Feminist lingerie [huh?]

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Grannyknot Thu 19-Mar-15 16:49:10

I am a bit puzzled by this initiative to produce "feminist lingerie" - I'd wager that my favourite "granny knickers" and pull on sports bra already fits the bill grin

I do like the models/photographs (you have to scroll down). So perhaps it's the next generation that needs converting.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/03/19/feminist-lingerie-neon-moon-body-positive-underwear_n_6902070.html?1426780925&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067

Grannyknot Thu 19-Mar-15 21:40:14

mishap and loopy grin grin grin

Grannyknot Thu 19-Mar-15 21:42:42

And now I'm humming "... can you tie them in a knot, can you tie them in a bow, can you throw them o'yer shoulder ..." blush grin

Mishap Thu 19-Mar-15 22:05:26

Certainly can't tuck mine in my knickers - they are, as my OH says, "a neat handful"!

Anne58 Thu 19-Mar-15 22:09:11

Whilst what passes for my bosoms definitely do not sag or droop, the same cannot be said for my buttocks, which seem hell bent on introducing themselves to the backs of my knees. blush

Coolgran65 Fri 20-Mar-15 02:17:42

Over the shoulder boulder holder !!

absent Fri 20-Mar-15 04:57:40

I don't like the underwear, I don't like the colours and I don't see why it is supposed to be feminist.

Grannyknot Fri 20-Mar-15 07:51:20

mishap blush smile

feetlebaum Fri 20-Mar-15 08:43:00

The woman in the clip makes lingerie, but can't pronounce it... how the blazes does she get 'lon-jeray'?

annodomini Fri 20-Mar-15 09:29:19

It's so much easier to use the good English term 'underwear' unless you prefer the very coy designation I spotted in Macy's window in the US - 'intimate garments'. hmm

grumppa Fri 20-Mar-15 09:49:03

Lonjeray has been hideously widespread in the UK for years, alas.

vampirequeen Fri 20-Mar-15 09:58:06

I don't understand why it's assumed that feminists don't like lacy bits and bobs. Aren't feminists allowed to wear girly stuff?

Eloethan Fri 20-Mar-15 10:20:00

I agree vampirequeen. People should wear whatever they want to wear.

nannymeryl Mon 23-Mar-15 09:34:00

is anyone designing bras specifically for the saggy "grey" market? even the comfortable ones don't seem to have the proportions correct. I wear the pull-on ones but even they don't seem to fit right

could someone please please realise that lots of us aren't going to be offended at products aimed specifically at our saggy figures. I don't want to pretend that I'm still in my thirties I want to be so comfortable that I forget the underwear is there!!

the grey market seems to be dominated by velcro slippers, support hose and bunion products. Is anybody out there making clothes I can be at ease in?

annodomini Mon 23-Mar-15 09:41:30

Ignore the so-called 'grey' market. Wear what you like. But as for bras...words fail me!

vampirequeen Mon 23-Mar-15 13:35:46

After so many years of only being allowed purely functional underwear (ex husband/long story lol) I finally discovered lace sets in my fifties. Now I'm hooked on them. But I need granny saggy support too. As I hate wires it's a chore to find them. You could try JD Williams catalogues. They design clothes for a larger lady and so their bras tend to be a bit more supportive.

Coolgran65 Mon 23-Mar-15 13:43:33

I found Bravissimo a few months ago.
They measured me to a size totally different from what I've always worn and had considered a good fit.
I now realise what a properly fitted supportive bra feels like.
And I do wear a very large cup size.

I also agree that feminist doesn't necessarily mean only functional.
And I think that the 'grey brigade' are still happy to have pretty underwear, albeit with a little substance as necessary smile

TriciaF Mon 23-Mar-15 13:56:33

This one is good with a big range of sizes:
britishlingerie.blogspot.fr/
I got properly fitted in John Lewis a few years ago and the assistant recommended it.
I don't like stretch fabric for knickers so wouldn't wear the things in the feminist advert.

CariGransnet (GNHQ) Mon 23-Mar-15 14:39:26

Been "fitted" in various well-known stores and always disastrously - Bravissimo got it bang on without actually using a tape measure (they sort of look and know!) and I wouldn't go anywhere else now - been using them for at least a decade

FlicketyB Mon 23-Mar-15 21:09:41

Comfortable underwear can also look attractive. I like pretty underwear and I always have. My mother wore pretty lacy underwear until she died aged 85. I inherited several very pretty nightdresses she had bought but not yet worn.