Q? Is Anyone interested in reading Synopses of Bra reviews?

As a big fan of good reviews, I like to use bra, and swimwear, reviews to narrow down my searches for these things. A while back I starting to include synopses of them in the articles I wrote about high rating bras, (and swimwear). Does anyone find this helpful?

In Bra Articles

Here are 2 examples of these articles about bras. Chantelle’s Rive Gauche bras and Curvy Kate’s Princess bras.

In Swimwear Articles

I also do this with plus size swimwear styles. Here is an example: Always for Me’s Tutti Frutti Tankini, which comes in sizes 16W to 26W.

The Reason I Ask This

I plan to be remaking or revamping, those two sites and was wondering if anyone found the synopses of bra and swimwear reviews in their articles useful.

Should I include them in future?

If you have an opinion about this, I would really appreciate
In the Comments here:

• A simple Yes, No or more info
• Such as what would be helpful in websites about full figure bras and swimwear, to YOU! 

Thanks!
7/12/13
Anne Hunter
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25% Off Clearance Sale Primo Full Figure Bras

Lingerie & More!
Until 7/14/13 we can find premium clearance styles of full figure bras, DD+ bras and more on sale, with an additional 25% off available! The addition discount code, to use when you check out, is at each item.

These clearance sale styles include Prima Donna, Mimi Holliday, Curvy Kate, Panache, Freya, Fantasie, Chantelle, Wacoal and more!

Sizes are already limited, so it is likely best to use their shop by size option in their left column menu.

2 DD+ Bras available in more than 2 sizes!

Parisa Fe’s Geneva Demi cup bras, just $29, before the additional 25% off discount, and available in sizes 32 – 36D, 40DD and DDD, 42DDD and 42G!

Freya’s semi-sheer Untamed plunge bras are available in many sizes 30D – FF, 32C, E and G, 34C, DD and G and 38DD and E and are down to $46 before the additional discount!

I am finding 124 DD+ bras and 60 plus size bras at this sale at the moment.

Sizes are limited, so act fast to up the odds on finding exactly what you had in mind while it might be available in your size!

Regarding my Being Away post 

I am not exactly back from surgery yet.
You will find an explanation about this on our Facebook page post of 7/9/13.
7/9/13
Anne Hunter

Plan to Be Back In July

This week I will be going to have a heart surgery. I intend to return to writing this blog, and for its web site, plus-size-womens-clothing.net, hopefully by mid-July.

Thank you for reading my posts!
I hope in doing so I have managed to save you some money and help you find what you are looking for in full figure bras and apparel.

Best wishes!
Anne Hunter

40% Off Premium Full Figure + Full Bust Bras

You will find top 43 full figure bras by Fantasie, Freya, Elomi, Wacoal, Panache and more excellent brands that usually are excluded from Bare Necessities’ discount, and are usually only on sale in discontinued fashion colors, but not this time!

True that some of these style, like Elomi’s seamless, former award winning, up to H cup bras, and their Hermione bras are only on sale in select colors. Many, like Freya’s Gem, whose excellent review, by Bust 4 Justice’s review you can read here, $49, rather than its normal $70 at this sale, and Panache’s Elsa, (further down this page), and Wacoal’s Le Femme bras and more are on sale in all available colors this time!

This Elomi Asia seamless full figure bra style is on sale in its leopard and snow leopard colors for $42. These bras come in sizes 34 + 38E to GG, 40D to GG, 44D – FF, 46D to F and 48D to E and are normally $60.



These Chantelle C-Chic bras are on sale for $49.50, rather than their usual $68. They come in soft pink, nude and black in sizes 32 – 36C to G, 38C + D, 40 and 42C to H at Bare Necessities.

These Elsa Balconette full bust bras come in sizes 30 – 38DD to K and come in this beautiful coral below, as well as vintage and black at Bare Necessities. They are normally $62, but on sale for $43 at this sale!
 

 This sale ends on 6/24/13, so enjoy it soon! These bras are excluded from the Get 20% off at BareNecessities.com. Free Shipping over $70! Exclusions apply, ends 06.30.13. that taking this link will bring you to.

However it is good on Curvy Kate, a both full figure and full bust brand of bra styles! There are no Curvy Kate bras at this sale, but you will find their bras, and panties, on sale in Bare Necessities’ Bare Plus, (curvy women’s), section.
They also have Curvy Kate plus size bikini swimwear on sale at the moment too!

Ok. I have strayed enough…
Have a great weekend!
6/21/13
Anne Hunter

BOGO 50% Off Avenue Fashions

I do not know for how long, and sizes are limited in some styles but you can get many tops, shorts, capris, tunics, blouses and even some outfits at Avenue’s BOGO at 50% Off! They are so having a BOGO 50% Off bras and 5 for $25.50 panties Stock Up event in their Intimates department!

Some BOGO 50% OFF Cami and Tops Styles

This “Awesome Blouse”, (one reviewer’s words), is from Avenue’s Cami section, still available in sizes 14 – 20 and comes in a pink version of this print too!

 

This ultra-feminine style has a 4.5 star rating out of 10 reviews and can be worn alone or layered. Reviewers wear it as both a business and casual style!

This top has 2 Five Star reviews, and is still available in all sizes 14 – 28! It has such a cool breezy look, and would look great under a duster in the fall!

 

This top also comes in black is available in all sizes 14 – 32 for $34 and it part of one of the above mentioned Outfits at this deal.

 

The Beauty of Summer Tops at ½ Price

Some of the best things about any of these tops are: 

• Especially this, and other, solid ones, is that they likely go with many pants, skirts and shorts you already have!
• Isn’t it nice to change your top more often in the summer? Or, if you found the super deodorant, please tell me about it in comments
• You can wear them under sweaters, vests, jackets and the like the rest of the year. 

It’s always worth browsing Avenue. This is just one of their great money saving deals.
6/18/13
Anne Hunter

Today Only 30% Off Many Daily + Sexy Full Figure Bras + Intimates

Actually this means 30% Off nearly Everything at Bare Necessities, but it is Today Only!

You will find discount is applicable on sexy bra and intimate styles by Felina, Lunaire, Parfait by Affinitas and even some larger cup brands like Curvy Kate and more. Also applicable on great daily wear brands like Le Mystere, Bali, Vanity Fair and many other favorite bra and intimates styles!

You can use the discount at in the banner at the end of this post, and on all of Bare Necessities’ pages today.

Today’s 30% off discount can be used on is, $65, Parfait by Affinitas bustier. It comes in sizes 30 – 40D to G and has removable straps and 3-part, foam lined underwire cups. 



The matching boy short panties of this style have a sheer back and come in sizes S to XXL for $20.

Today's 30% Off Discount

This discount is for today only and sadly does exclude Panache, Eveden brands, such as Fantasie, Elomi, Freya and the like, Spanx and so on.

However Bare Necessities can be shopped by size. Also this discount applies to shapewear, sleep wear and swimwear so it is well worth browsing at the very least!

 

Enjoy this excellent discount and have a great Father's Day!
6/16/13
Anne Hunter

20% Off Kiyonna Fashions

Kiyonna has excellent plus size dresses, tops and more. You can check out some of their newer styles, that got my attention, (for whatever that is worth), on our home page.

Even better Note this discount code and use the link to browse their flattering fashions. Enjoy this Rare 20% Off discount on Kiyonna, No Minimum purchase required!




While it does exclude:

• Shapers
• Bridal dresses 
• and Accessories 

It does not appear to exclude styles from their sale department! Making this perhaps one of the least pricey ways to try Kiyonna!

Their styles are designed just to fit and flatter full figure women.

The high ratings of their reviews vouch for just how very well they succeed in this!

This offer is good until Monday the 17th.

Take advantage of it and you will not be disappointed!
6/14/13
Anne Hunter

Up to 50% Off Many Best Selling Full Figure Bras

Bare Necessities semi-annual sale now includes up to 50% off Vanity Fair, Goddess, Bali and other top selling bras! At the same time their 30% off premium bras like Elomi and the like, (covered in our last post), is still on!

This rare full figure front close underwire bra by Glamorise is just $30.79 at this sale and comes in white too in sizes 30 – 46D to G and 48DD, F and G!


These bras get mostly excellent reviews from women who call themselves Plus Size and Curvy at Bare Necessities! I wish it came in my size! For several reasons, I so want a front close bras…If it comes in yours, now is a great time to try it for less!

Take this Semi-Annual Sale! Up to 50% off Bras & more at BareNecessities.com. Select styles & brands. Ends 6.10.13. link to go straight to their sale and you will also find: 

• Up to 50% off Sleepwear
• 25% off Shapewear
• 25% off panties

and other great discounts and sale prices on more at their annual sale! 6/6/13
Anne Hunter

30% Off Top Quality Full Figure Bras

Actually I am seeing more than 30% off some styles by Fantasie, Le Mystere, Panache, Felina, Wacoal, Whimsy by Lunaire even Chantelle bras, and others, are among the 31 bras you will find in Bare Plus at Bare Necessities’ Premium bra sale!

This is Fantasie’s Rebecca Spacer Bra, which come in 5 colors in sizes 30 to 40DD to FF and are on sale for $49.99 in this purple color!

 

Of the 38 current reviews giving these bras a 4.6 star average 18 of them are by women who say they are curvy. Of those 18 reviews there are nothing but 4 and 5 star ratings.

Just skimming them, I see at least one woman has, or aims to have, these bras in more than one color. To me, having more than one says it all. Getter, or trying, these bras for less than their normal $72 is a chance you might have at this sale!

Brands at More than 30% Off!

I am also seeing some:

• Goddess bras at 50% Off
• Le Mystere bras at 34% Off
• Parisa Fe bras at 36% Off
• and some Wacoal, and Chantelle bra styles at 31% off

Use their 30% Off Premium Bras during the Semi-Annual Sale at BareNecessities.com. Select brands & styles. Ends 06.10.13. link to go straight to this excellent sale! This sale is going on until 6/10/13, which is nice. However to enjoy the widest selection in your size, act sooner rather than later! Have a great weekend and enjoy this excellent sale!
6/1/13
Anne Hunter

Suiting Tips from Slink Magazine

Slink magazine has made this excellent video giving us suiting tips for full figures. Nice to know I am not alone in finding getting a good suits, even just a suit jacket, to be a terrible experience. Slink, is a full figure magazine worth checking out!

How To Choose Plus Size Suits

Don’t have time to watch a video? 

Among the things she suggests are:

• Suit separates, rather than whole suits, so you get a better fit on both the top and bottom
• Buy 2 bottoms for each jacket style you find. This creates more ways to wear it and will make that suit last longer
• A bigger Jacket IS NOT Flattering, just detracts from the shaping you could have gotten with jacket
• Get a good shoulder fit, and attention to back seam detailing
• Keep an eye on suits proportion to Your Shape, Shorter women wear shorter jackets
• A longer neckline is visually flattering in a suit jacket 

I felt these are some pretty good tips, and will likely put a link to this video on our suits page, primarily so I that when the horror of suit shopping revisits me, I will be ready!
5/22/13
Anne Hunter

25% Off Everything White at Ashley Stewart

You can get this wonderful sale price on all, (really all apparently), white clothing and accessories at Ashley Stewart now! Equally surprising is the styles I looked at so far, like these shown below, are all available in all sizes 12 to 26! I do not think I ever saw that at one of their sales before.

You will find white linen and other suit separates, flowing rayon blouses, white denim, white dresses, pants, shrugs, button downs, jackets and skirts and more, for 25% Off!

This rayon blend top has a subtly stud accented bow, beautiful drape and would dress up jeans or cut offs, or look good with slacks, pencil skirts and is $22.13 at this sale!


 

This voile, (100% cotton), peasant dress with its smocked lace up waist detail will be a flattering for many women. It is just $29.63 at this sale! Likely you can dress this style up or down for some special and casual events and have a comfortable summer outfit!
 

This skirt, while apparently not actually gored, would appear to have all the advantages of a gored skirt, meaning you move an inch, it moves a foot! Ashley Stewart simply calls it a Full Linen Skirt and is actually a linen / rayon blend. This skirt has a wide waist band and should be a comfy, yet handy addition to ones work or church wardrobe and is $29.63 at this sale.

 

This everything white sale even includes:

• A straw hat 
• Rhinestone chain belt 
• Sheer White Pantyhose 
• Sunglasses 
• Sandals 

 as well as a wide variety of apparel.

I believe this sale event ends on 5/20/13 so enjoy it soon.
5/17/13
Anne Hunter

20% Off Site Wide! Good time to try Sculptresse by Panache

Her Room’s 20% Off site wide had been extended until 11:59PM, 5/15/13! Now is a great time to stock up on brands that rarely go on sale and are often excluded from discounts at other stores, like Fantasie, Elomi, Freya and Panache!

As it happens, Her Room has 5 of the new bras and panties by Sculptresse, Panache’s new intimate line designed just for women who need bra sizes 36 to 46D to J and panty sizes L to 6XL!

This is their new Bellise balconnet underwire bra. Too new for reviews, this style comes in sizes 36F to J, 38E to J, 40DD to J, 42D to J and 44 and 46D to HH.

 

They also have the matching panties in sizes L to 6XL, 3 lace bra styles and one smooth one and their matching panties by Panache’s Sculptresse lingerie line too!

Her Room has a wide variety of great intimate brands and the only exclusions from their site wide discount, whose code you will find on their home page, are: Under Amour and P-Jamas.

Enjoy this excellent chance to shop a great store for full bust and figure intimates, (and swimwear) at 20% Off while we can!

5/14/13
Anne Hunter

Lane Bryant’s Great Savings Offers

If you need Bali, Vanity Fair, (on sale for 30% Off), or even larger cup sized bras and other intimates for 25% off, (Today), you might want to check out Bare Necessities Mother’s Day Discount here. If you like Lane Bryant’s Cacique bras, they have a BIGI at 50% off deal you can check out here.

Lane Bryant’s Mother's Day - BOGO Free Jewelry & Accessories Online & In Stores deal ends today.

They have a $25 off orders of $75, $50 off $150 and $75 off purchases of $225 tiered discount, whose code you will find in its banner across the tops of their pages! Enjoy their tiered discount getting their 2 for $49 graphic Tees for even less!

This is one of the 23 Tees in this 2 for offer. It has excellent reviews and comes 3 colors, in size 14 to 24. This sparkling Cotton T has drawstring side ruching.
You will find tank tops, (with bra friendly straps), in this graphic T offer too!

Lane Bryant also has 27 capri styles in their 2 for $59 Capris Online & In Stores deal.

Some of those capri styles are $35 and $65, making this a great deal.
Others are already on sale for $20, and so better to just enjoy one at sale price, and tiered discount!

For instance these cotton / spandex Sateen Capri come in 7 colors in sizes 14 – 28 and have great reviews. One woman reviewing them says they will be a career staple for her, at least once a week, come summer. These are $49.95 each, so a steal at this 2 for $59 discount!
 However, these cotton / spandex pedal pushers come in 6 colors, have great reviews and come in sizes 14 – 28. Like some of the jeggings, floral capri and linen capri shown in this deal, they are already on sale for $19.99.
Nice, just be careful to not end up paying $59 for two of their on sale for $20 capri!

Except for the Mother’s Day one at the top, these other Lane Bryant deals and tiered discount are good until 5/22/13!

Enjoy!

5/12/13
Anne Hunter

20% Off Full Figure Bras + More at Her Room

Her Room is an excellent source of full figure and large cup size bras, and other intimates.

Click on their banner below, until the end of Sunday 5/12/13, and you will find their site wide 20% Off Discount Code! Only Under Armour and P-Jamas brands are excluded!



They also usually have the best, most informative, bra reviews! Pleasantly, other stores with reviews are slowly catching up!

Plus they have full figure and full bust swimwear, just in case you want to get ready for the swim season while getting your intimates at a discount too!

Enjoy!
5/11/13 Anne Hunter

Panache Full Figure Bras for Less +B1G1 Free deal

Currently you can get 2 of Panache’s top rated full figure bras for the price of one! Not only that, each one you actually pay for is less expensive to begin with!

Panache’s Tango balconette bras are $54 at Bare Necessities, but just $38 at Figleaves, who is having a 2 for the price of 1 on this Panache bra, in its plunge and full cup versions as well, and Panache’s Ariza bras too!

While both stores have these great bras in seven colors, you can click on this bra’s picture to find it for less, and its 2 for the price of 1 offer at Figleaves! They have these in sizes 28 to 40D to K, in this color, and limited sizes, and prices like $26 in some other colors!

 

I do not know how long this 2 for the price of 1 on select Panache bras deal lasts, but it is one of the great discount you can currently find in Figleaves' Weekly Offers, which you will find on the right side of their horizontal menu bar.

You can find them for less at eBay stores

Using this Panache Tango II Bras, New with Tags at Buy it Now prices link today, I am finding 1454 of them, starting at $13.13!

I would, and have brought bras this way, when confident of my size in each style. I recommend getting them for less at Figleaves, and buy more of styles you love at eBay stores!

It is a great way to save money and have plenty bras you really like on hand, no matter how out of budget they would have been otherwise!
5/8/13
Anne Hunter

25% Off to Use at Jessica London Sale

One Stop Plus’ discount this week is 25% Off your order and you can apply that to the many inexpensive, highly rated Jessica London styles that happen to be on sale this week!

I like their suit separates on sale styles, especially skirts, which just happen to go with a new Roamans’ top I featured this week at the top of our home page. These are just picture of these styles below, but you can find them by using this OSP’s $15 off $50, $25 off $75 and $35 off $100 other discount link, (good until 6/30/13), to browse these styles.

You will want to shop Jessica London at OSP’s site, so you can use their discount!

These are skirts are part of Jessica London’s Buy 2, or more, and get $5 off each deal!

This is a picture of Jessica London’s (contoured waistband), Nassau Suit Skirt. It has excellent reviews, comes in 3 colors in sizes 12 to 32! Now on sale for $40 - $45!

Can you get away with dressing more casually at work? If so, you might enjoy their, now $30, 5 pocket styled, denim skirts. They come in 5 colors in sizes 12 to 28 and have a 4.5 star average out of 134 reviews!

This jersey maxi dress also has a 4.5 star rating, out of 265 reviews! These versatile skirts come in 6 colors, in sizes 12 to 32 and are on sale for $30 to $35!

You will also find great dresses, tops, blazers and pants styles at Jessica London’s sale.

Be sure to note the savings code in the discount link above and use it to browse Jessica London’s store at One Stop Plus so you can enjoy extra savings!

5/2/13