FASHION NEWS: ASDA’S £4 BRA

So apparently the supermarket shopping chain Asda are to launch a range of bra’s priced at £4 to help ‘support’ (no pun intended) customers during the credit crunch. The George range, available in sizes A – F are interested to target women with ‘bigger busts’ after it was reported Marks & Spencer started to charge the ‘well endowed’ woman £2 more for their bras.

Well I’d like to ask the George team at Asda, ‘can you guarantee your low cost bras are going to hold my 34 F puppies?’ I doubt it. You see, I learnt that women who have larger breasts like moi’ can’t rely on such low cost bras, as the material used is not of ‘quality’ to keep ‘the twins’ in firmly. My younger cousin who’s still at university likes to brag about how cheap she’s able to buy her bra’s from Primarni, to the extent that she regularly flashes me her latest twin set, asking me to ‘guess how much’ she bought them for, to which she always cuts me off, by answering her own question, gladly telling me how cheap they were. I suppose she does this to tease me as she is fully aware my bra’s are not cheap as I buy them from either Rigby & Pellar, Leia or Bravisimo as no cheap brassier is holding Tom and Jerry up, let alone in.

I remember one day she decided to buy me my size (at the time) from Primarni, as she knew I longed NOT to spend £55 plus, on just ONE new bra. When she gave me the bra I thought it was relatively pretty and thanked her for it. I wore it a couple of times a week for at least one month and at the end of this time, you could see the bra was literally screaming to be released and put back on the Primarni shelves, waiting for someone who had a smaller bosom to purchase and take it home. Plus I believe I still carry scars on my shoulders from where the 1mm width straps dug into me like its life depended on it. Between you and me, I really wanted the cheap bra thing to work at the time as it obviously meant I’d have more money to spend on other stuff, but unfortunately, it was a dead dream…

So, for the ladies who do plan to take full advantage of Asda’s bra bargain, let me know how it goes, as I don’t fancy having deep pits in either side of my shoulders again.

TREND WATCH: MINI SKIRTS

As you get older, you realised there are some things you’re no longer able to ‘rock’ like you did back in the day. The piece of clothing this rule applies to me is the mini skirt. Whilst I’ve been working hard at the gym three times a week (at 7.30am I might add!), I’m no way looking like I once did at 21 years old, where I was able to wear the shortest of dresses and not look like one of those old mama’s in spangley diamante shoes teamed with a ‘busy’ unforgiving dress (with un creamed foot bottom in toe), whilst queuing outside Croydon’s clubbing hotspot The Granaries. I now have to fully vet the ‘mini’ before I step out the house in it.

So, you’ll be glad to hear there are some winning ‘mini’s’ out there, for those of you who are not as quick to pick one up as you (and me) once were. I was recently given a pink leopard print one from Primarni which my cousin who I mentioned in an earlier post, bought for me as a) it was cheap and 2) she though I’d like it, which I did. It sat in my drawer for about two months as I wasn’t too sure about how it looked each time I put it on, however the other day I was off out on a date with the boyf and decided tonight was the night to wear it. I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed every minute of wearing it.

Check it out below…

For those who are after something a bit more reserved, there are loads to choose from on the high street, from stores like American Apparel (you can pick up a slim fitting black one for £22), to ASOS and River Island. The choices are endless.

With summer slowly creeping up upon us, everyone is eager to show some leg – so do just that and get your ‘mini’ on.

TREND WATCH: COLOUR BLOCKING

With the Spring/Summer collections hitting the store shelves, you may have noticed the trend ‘colour blocking’ which I’m really enjoying right about now. From designers Christian Dior, Ossie Clark to cheap and cheerful Asda and Primark; all brands seem to be using up this trend and from what I’ve seen, they’re doing a good job of it.

The art to getting this trend right is to team colours from the same family together. If you’re looking for a harmonious look, think bright pinks with bruised fuchsias, turquoise and royal blue. If you’re opting for orange and red – their warm colours so keep them together.
If you’re like me and like a mish mash of styles and colours, work stately purples in with contrasting fiery oranges. Try green with pink for a pleasantly jarring combination. If you’re a shy gal and want to down play this trend, follow simple colours like grey and black as seen on the ASOS jersey dress above.