The Bra Blog

Picture it. Two years ago. A ‘Sisters in Psychedelics’ virtual book club reading a really light book, Trauma is Medicine, by Sarah Salter Kelly. Me. Propped up with pillows, wrapped in a fluffy pink dressing gown. Mid-divorce. Half dead, but dedicated. I was working full time in the mental health & psychedelic space – an absolute dream job for me – deep diving into start-up culture, trauma and healing. All the healing.   The book I had purchased directly from the author out of the back of her truck the year prior, […]

At a pop-up in Lethbridge, Alberta, an amazing client booked in for a fitting. She was tall, curvy and chesty, reminding me a little of myself (in fact I think we have the same 42Gs). She had a smile that lit up our pink velvet lined dressing room. Single in early 40s, independent as ever, and starting a new venture in southern Alberta. Her passion was written all over. She was desperate for a bra that fit her breasts, was comfortable and beautiful – nothing beige for her. She ended […]

Busty. Chesty. Curvy. Big boned. Just a few words to describe the maternal side of my family lineage. We skipped training bras and went straight for something with eight hooks and reinforced framing. We popped buttons off of blouses, we avoided empire waist dresses to not draw more attention to our copious décolletage. We knew the custom bra-fitters in Moncton, New Brunswick on a first name basis. Despite the burden we all lamented, it was still a shock when my grandmother, Julia Alice Renton (Kelly), in her early sixties firmly […]