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Lingerie Fitting Models Wanted

Be an Edwards & Millers fit model

Do you wear a 28K bra?  are you based in #London or #Bristol ? (or find it easy to get to these locations.)

If you are a 28K or you have a large bust and small back (26-34 bra band, E cup plus)  and would like to be considered for  fitting sessions... please see link

http://edwardsandmillers.com/blog/lingerie-fitting-models-wanted/

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BBC’s Dragons Den says no to Large Cup Bras

Bigbrabar.com enter the Den

Big Bra Industry

Bra sizing and bra fitting has regularly entered the press over recent years. Common topics included that, women are wearing the wrong size bras and that our boobs are getting bigger.

The focus on getting a good fit is great news. The benefits of getting our foundations right (Bra, Knickers, Shapewear) can improve our day, improve our confidence and health, that being said the attention on the subject has seen little changes within the lingerie and clothing industry, our needs are not being met.

It is now common to see department stores and boutiques display large signs stating they go up to a G even a H cup with more brands on the high street offering  DD+ cup’s  and many outlets offering to do bra fittings.

We have Bravissimo‘s Pepperberry clothing brand, providing clothes that go up in curvyness, (finally shirts to fit our chest and our waist.)

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Jamaican Icons Part 1 – Tessa Welborn – Tessa Prendergast

Tessa Welborn

Actress, Club Owner and Famous Designer

Tessa Welborn, born Marie Therese Prendergast in Kingston Jamaica (WI) in 1928. She was an actress and fashion designer who grew up in London. Tessa was also know as Tessa Prendergast.

The Actress

Her acting career began when Tessa moved to London, there she had small roles in British films until being ‘discovered’ in a night club during the 1950′s where she was known as ‘Hollywood starlet Tessa Prendergast’. Welborn was called “Hollywood’s Newest Glamour Discovery” 3, by Jet magazine in 1953.

She was known for her demands which included demanding that Las Vegas hotels that she stayed at  stocked  Jamaican food because she “can’t eat American food”

Tessa’s  biggest starring role was with  Burt Lancaster in His Majesty O’Keefe.

James Bond – Dr No Bikini Designer

Tessa returned to Jamaica in the late 1950′s.   Montego bay (on the north coast of Jamaica) where she set up her clothes design business with Liz de Lisser.

In 1962, James Bonds Dr.No team went to Jamaica to shoot the film, the film makers asked Tessa to

Continue reading at http://edwardsandmillers.com/blog/jamaican-icons-part-1-tessa-prendergast/

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'Third World’ is a term I don’t like very much, because we’re all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering

Audrey Hepburn

http://edwardsandmillers.com/blog/audrey-hepburn-fashion/

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Born in Belgium, May 4th 1929, Audrey Hepburn was a Actress, Humanitarian and Fashion Icon.

Audrey Hepburn – Humanitarian

Many people are aware of her film work but many are unaware of the work she did with UNICEF from 1954 until 4 months before her death.

‘UNICEF is the world’s leading organisation focusing on children and child rights, with a presence in more than 190 countries and territories. We work with local communities, partners and governments to ensure every child’s rights to survive and thrive are upheld.’ UNICEF’s Work

Hepburn’s first field mission was to Ethiopia in 1988, where she assisted UNICEF in their efforts to help women and children caught  between civil wars, seeking food and shelter, of this trip she said

” ‘Third World’ is a term I don’t like very much, because we’re all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering.” Audrey Hepburn

Continue reading at http://edwardsandmillers.com/blog/audrey-hepburn-fashion/

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It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it

Lena Horne (via justbeonline)

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Lena Horne

Lena Horne - Hollywood's first black leading lady

'I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else.' Lena Horne

  Born in Brooklyn 1917, Lena Horne was a Singer, Actress and Civil Rights campaigner, she became Hollywoods first black leading lady, during a time when black people were still prohibited from mixed marriages, voting and using whit-only buses. That Icon Status - Lena Horne[/caption] Lena Horne also had clauses in her contact which stipulated she must not be cast in stereotypical domestic or 'native' roles. This didn't go down well with everyone, especially black actors and actresses who felt this would take jobs away from them. We love Lena Horne's legacy, she put change in motion, planting the seeds to change Hollywood's view of black women, and black people in general, paving the way for future generations.

Continue reading at http://edwardsandmillers.com/blog/part-1-lena-horne-thaticonstatus/