simple bra necessities

Monday, jul. 7, 2008   |   0 comments

What to do when you’re a big-topped lady in a bra that refuses to map to the cornered terrain of today’s latest silhouette?

Jill recommends a balconette bra, while friend-from-high-school Jennifer claims the 100-Ways Bra from Victoria Secret to be just the answer. But how annoying to be forced into buying special underthings just for the sake of one simple summer dress! Especially a simple summer dress that was purchased at Ross Dress For Less for just $29.99, i.e., less than the relatively steep toll of either specialty bra. Ffft!

My cheapskate solution?

The ribbon was FREE, part of the cute wrapping that Kari used to wrap her happy birthday gift to me this year. I just snipped off two generous lengths, cinched the visible bra buttressing into a tight bow, and done!

I wore this outfit to our fabulous Russian River Escape this weekend with Annie and Eric and their pride of oh-so-friendly friends. Sadly my ribboned ingenuity couldn’t help solve the dress’s other fatal flaw, which is its intolerantly narrow-minded bodice, the boning of which strained uncomfortably against my weekend intake of steak, corn, blueberry pancakes, American apple pie, pulled-pork sandwiches, wine, mimosas, greyhounds, and s’mores, and I was forced to change into a more accommodating dress with plenty of eating room. Triple-hooray for room-to-gorge Plan B dresses!