Foundation of Good Style

When searching for the perfect outfit don't forget the foundation.

The proper foundation will make your outfit go from good to perfect. They are comfortable and provide outstanding support that enhance your figure.

You know your trouble area. But do you know what piece of shapewear you need? Here is a quick top to bottom guide to help you find the perfect piece for your silhouette.

Shape and enhance your bust with bust shapers and silicone enhancements, also known as cookies.

Body shapers are designed to provide full body coverage and shaping from the bust down to the tummy and hips

Waist shapewear is ideal to accent your curves. It comes in a variety of styles from slip to briefs with an elongated waist band that extends just below your bra line. The proper fitting piece will not roll. Sizing will depend on your torso length as well as your waist and hip measurements.

Tummy control shapewear provides support in the front to flatten your tummy and give you a smooth silhouette.

Use panty shapers to flatten your tummy and lift your rear.

Thigh shapers provide the same benefits as panty shapers while shaping and supporting your thigh. Most include a special grip to prevent rolling.

Shapewear comes in a variety of colors and support levels from industrial knock you down a size to light gentle smoothing. You can choose the amount of control, support and smoothing that suits your figure and lifestyle.

Don't miss the amazing Boxing Week sale still going on at The Girls.

Coping with Mastectomy

Anita's Alicia

As with most problems in life, distance helps with healing. Not just physical distance, but days, weeks, months and years following the event provide the catalyst for restorative healing. This is no less true with mastectomy survivors. Many women are quick to relate that the physical recovery was easier and quicker than the emotional. It is often referred to as bereavement, with all the anger and sadness this word encompasses.


Fitting mastectomy survivors with the proper bra and breast form is an important part of what we do at The Girl’s Bra Shop. In order to better understand the physical and emotional impact a mastectomy has on our clients, we did some research to pass on to our fitters that will equip them with the tools necessary to provide high calibre service. During our search we came upon a website that offers the following six ways to cope with a mastectomy. We hope they are helpful. (If you want the full details, go to (http://www.bhg.com/health-family/conditions/cancer/mourning-your-mastectomy/).

Anita's Florence

1. Embrace friends and family
2. Think positive – it does help
3. Accept help from others (Some find this hard to do!)
4. Give therapy a chance
5. Do what you love (We're all for this one!)
6. Bolster your spirit

Anita's Florence

Interacting with other women who can relate to your experience seems to be the key element for healing. For our local clients, support groups covering the Quispamsis, Rothesay, and Saint John area are provided at the following sites:

http://saintjohn.cioc.ca/record/HDC0467?UseCICVw=43
http://abcn-ca.bcans.ca/new-brunswick-breast-cancer-network-inc/ 
http://64.26.166.131/en/?section=2&category=255&regionid=&page=1494



The Girl’s Bra Shop has a wide selection of mastectomy bras including Alicia, Florence, and Sera pictured in this post, and breast forms to help you feel confident and comfortable. The Amoena Balance Shaper form, for example, provides optimal breast balance in a variety of shapes, sizes and thickness, so that every woman can feel self-assured in figure-fitting clothes and every situation. Breast forms, however, not only play a cosmetic role, they also help prevent secondary complications like lymphedema, bad posture, and neck problems.

Anita's Active Breast Forms

All The Girl’s Fitters have been trained to help you find the proper fit and feel. Drop by our store for a consultation or just to browse. Our goal is to make you feel welcome and to help you to leave feeling better for having visited us.

Ann and Tammy

real women. real bras. real beauty. ©2011, The Girls Bra Shop Inc.

Now available: Mastectomy bras and more

Real Women. Real Beauty. Real Bras.

That's what we say and it is what we believe too. The Girls spent the evening training with the Amoena rep on how to do fittings with mastectomy bras and breast forms. One of the comments the rep said as she was leaving was "how nice that these women can now have a place to shop, to be able to walk into a luxurious boutique like any other women, get fitted and find beautiful bras just for her." Reality is that most women in need of post breast surgery products have to go to some cold and sterile office to be fitted. Not the kind of environment a women wants to be in to shop for intimate apparel.

Above: Amoena's Mona Seamless Soft Cup in cognac

When we first opened the shop we wanted to make sure that our fittings for everyday bras were good before we got into mastectomy products. We have been open a year and a half now and the demand is growing. Women come into our shop and say how beautiful, the store, the product. They leave feeling beautiful. We want all women to have this experience. A few of my friends who have had either, lumpectomies or mastectomies have said to me "it would be so nice to walk into a lingerie store and be able to buy something pretty, off the rack." Well, now they can.

The Girls are adding mastectomy bras, swimsuits and breast forms to their collection. We carry products by Anita and Amoena. We have 3 staff who are trained by the Amoena rep and soon all staff will have the training required. It takes about an hour to do a fitting, so allow enough time, and once you have been fitted you can also shop via our online shop.

You can book your appointment online or call the store.

Left: Anita Care style 5756X in sand /rose