Bra fitting: Fill your cups

Because underwear is the foundation of everything. This time: Bra Fitting – embarrassing or empowering? Fashion journalists Emily Cronin (Elle, Grazia) and Kate Finnigan (FT, vogue.com) take us into the emotional world of the bra department. Can exposing herself to a stranger in a cubicle mirror convince a woman who hasn’t worn a bra for ten years that the only way is cup?  We hear more of your closet confessions and reveal industry secrets from the best in the bust-lifting business. “A well-fitting bra can make all the difference in the world. It’s also a vulnerable interaction.” – Lucy Milligan “What better way to convince women that they need a new bra, than to tell them their old bra is wrong?” – Kate Finnigan “it makes you very perceptive to what that woman might need from that fitting. She might need a therapist, she might need a friend.” – Lucy Milligan Follow Hello Girls on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellogirls_pod/ Send us your underwear disasters and triumphs: [email protected] Whatsapp your voice notes to: 07770 182925 Written and presented by Emily Cronin and Kate Finnigan. Produced by Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio production and music composed by Jade Bailey. Lead Producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Music mix and production by GXL Music. Voice notes from Anna Glowacka of Moon Women's Health, and anonymous contributions. Art direction by James Perrett. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Hello Girls is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Adventures in underwear… In this fascinating, fun and body-positive series, fashion journalists and underwear obsessives Emily Cronin (Elle, Telegraph, Grazia) and Kate Finnigan (Financial Times, British Vogue, The Gentlewoman) take listeners through the secret life of our most foundational garments. From the advent of the thong to celebrity lingerie brands and the dark art of bra fitting, Emily and Kate lay the world of women’s underwear bare. Every week they hear real-life stories and insight from expert guests including fashion historians, psychologists, and the people behind some of the most innovative developments in the world of underwear. That’s Hello Girls – because underwear is the foundation of a good conversation. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellogirls_pod/ Show image courtesy Dora Larsen. Hello Girls is a Podmasters Production.