Category: Commentary
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Guest Post by Shay Hansen: Gynecomastia & the TSA
Read more: Guest Post by Shay Hansen: Gynecomastia & the TSAOne of my commitments with the store is to help all people find the intimate apparel which suits their needs, preferences, and budgets, including men. Men wear bras for any number of personal and medical reasons, and I have been…
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Guest Post: Designing Bras for KK+ Cup Part IV
Read more: Guest Post: Designing Bras for KK+ Cup Part IVMy friend Jillian is ready to continue her discussion of designing bras for UK KK+ cups, and I couldn’t be happier to post her latest edition.
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Annual Stats Year 5: Best-Sellers, Growth Areas, & the Kitchen Sink
Read more: Annual Stats Year 5: Best-Sellers, Growth Areas, & the Kitchen SinkRemember my annual stats series? No? I don’t blame you seeing as how I started it back in August during a streak of productivity and over-ambitiousness which was ultimately sidelined by the damn move I keep mentioning.
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Product Review: Wild Pigeon Custom Clothing
Read more: Product Review: Wild Pigeon Custom Clothing“You have way too many books,” my brother, uncle, and cousin all stated repeatedly during my recent move. My book collecting, or hoarding depending on who you ask, began early and never abated, even with the advent of e-readers. Despite…
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5th Annual Stats: Best-Selling Bra Sizes
Read more: 5th Annual Stats: Best-Selling Bra SizesWith the general band and cup size sales for the store reviewed, analyzing the specifics of the best-selling bra sizes often confirms trends I already observed and aids in finding which core sizes deserve not only more available styles but…
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5th Annual Stats: Band & Cups – Bra Size Divided
Read more: 5th Annual Stats: Band & Cups – Bra Size DividedHello and welcome back to our annual statistics series! . . . Or as I am tempted to call it “the blog post I keep trying to write but am always interrupted before I can finish!”
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Fifth Annual Statistic Series: A Guide for Interpretation
Read more: Fifth Annual Statistic Series: A Guide for InterpretationOur annual statistical series, which originated when store-related activities occupied a significantly smaller portion of my time, transformed over the years into a process I both love and loathe—love for the satisfaction it affords my inner math geek and analytical…
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Exclusively Kristen
Read more: Exclusively Kristenwe’re starting off with an interview where Kristen dishes on her motivations, her mistakes, and how fabulous it is to live in NYC, and then later, I will have a review of one of her shirts!
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Bra Reviews: The Process & An Evolution
Read more: Bra Reviews: The Process & An EvolutionIn the last five years, I have reviewed over one hundred products on the blog, including bras, undies, dresses, tops, accessories, and even a salad spinner. With our anniversary a few months away, I have become increasingly introspective on the…
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Lingerie Pricing & the Impact of MAP, Materials, and Bra Fitters
Read more: Lingerie Pricing & the Impact of MAP, Materials, and Bra FittersMy recent collaboration with Bluestockings Boutique on small business ownership inspired me to explore one of the core elements of our discussion: the price of lingerie and how consumers perceive it. Do a quick search on Google (or your search…
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Year 4 Stats: The Best-sellers aka “The A List Superstars”
Read more: Year 4 Stats: The Best-sellers aka “The A List Superstars”We have finally arrived at my favorite post to compile in the series: our best-sellers. While knowing which cup sizes, band sizes, and bra sizes sell the best is an extremely important element to maintaining inventory, it’s also smart to…
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Year 4 Stats: Sales by Bra Size
Read more: Year 4 Stats: Sales by Bra SizeSince we have discussed the band sizes and cup sizes separately now, it’s time to combine them and analyze the breakdown of sales by bra size. To best accomplish this, I have created graphs of sales within each band size,…