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Lawyers are seeking class-action status for a suit filed by an Ohio woman claiming many women have had allergic reactions to bras sold at Victoria's Secret. Roberta Ritter said that her skin blistered and became inflamed and itchy after she wore Angels Secret Embrace and Very Sexy Extreme Me Push-Up bras purchased at the lingerie retailer, ABC News reported. Her lawyers say they have received similar complaints from other women, including some who want to join the lawsuit."I was floored," Ritter said. "I thought, 'I have to come out with this. The can of worms has to be opened because...

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. - There's a bra bandit on the loose in southwest Florida. The Lee County Sheriff's Office was searching for an individual they say stole 160 bras valued at nearly $6,000 on Thursday from a Victoria Secret store, the latest in a string of bra burglaries in the area.

Lingerie giant Victoria's Secret is waging a cross-border bra battle with La Senza over who can lay claim to selling the world's comfiest brassiere. In documents filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, U.S.-based Victoria's Secret accuses the Canadian panty purveyor of stealing sales with a "knock off" push-up bra, one that is inferior to its patented IPEX wireless offering -- the "world's most advanced bra." "The defendant is passing off its wares" as Victoria's Secret bras, the claims says. Staff are pushing La Senza's new bra line when they answer the phone at the Canadian company's Toronto Eaton...

Would-be Israeli brides leave intimate offering for rabbi Bras are strung together on a line. Hundreds of young Israeli women hoping to find themselves a husband have been placing their underwear on the tomb of a venerated rabbi in the hopes that their marriage prayers will be answered.(AFP/BELGA/File) JERUSALEM (AFP) - Hundreds of young Israeli women hoping to find themselves a husband have been placing their underwear on the tomb of a venerated rabbi in the hopes that their marriage prayers will be answered. Around 400 pairs of knickers and bras have been collected from the grilles of the tomb's...

One side effect of the obesity epidemic in America is rarely noted: Women's chests are expanding nearly as fast as their bellies. Poor eating habits, as well as breast implants and the estrogens in birth-control pills, have led to an increase in the past 15 years of more than one bra size for the average American woman—from a 34B to a 36C. For many women, this has been a burdensome trend. A pair of D-cup breasts weighs between 15 and 23 pounds—the equivalent of carrying around two small turkeys. The larger the breasts, the more they move and the greater...

A leading lingerie company has joined Japan's fight against high fuel use, unveiling a heated bra for winter. The fluffy creation contains special pads filled with an eco-friendly gel that can be easily heated in a microwave or with a hot water bottle. The design also includes a furry boa designed to double as a winter scarf. Lingerie giant Triumph unveiled the bra months after PM Junichiro Koizumi urged Japan's office workers to ditch ties to save on air conditioning. Being padded, the new bra packs a little more bulk than most regular designs, but the Japanese arm of Triumph...

Giant 'Bra Fence' Sparks Controversy Official Says Fence Offends Asian Cultures, South Africans POSTED: 1:15 pm EDT July 29, 2005 UPDATED: 1:24 pm EDT July 29, 2005 A New Zealand man is resisting demands to take down hundreds of women's bras strung on his farm's fence after their night of drinking, according to a Local 6 News report. "It was probably a novelty for the first six months but I think it's passed and we need to move on," said chairman Bill Gordon. "This town has got lot of Japanese students who get educated here. They are very offended by...

Residents in southern Taiwan are strapping women's bras to their faces to guard against the deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome virus, due to a shortage of surgical masks, according to a Local 6 News report. The bra-mask idea has become popular in the area because pharmacies have not been able to provide masks to guard against the flu-like SARS virus. Shortage Prompts Residents To Wear Bras As Masks Against SARS A bra factory is producing the make-shift masks, with workers cutting each of its colourful bras into two and sewing on extra straps to help the desperate villagers. Face masks...

A cartel of lingerie thieves who stole £2.6 million worth of lacy bras and briefs - more than 100,000 items - in a four-year crime spree has been broken up by French police. Luxurious underwear destined for designers such as Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein ended up instead on the black market, courtesy of five separate criminal rings operating at the Lejaby company's factory near Lyons, in south-east France. Lejaby's celebrated Invisible range of knickers lived up to its name when a consignment of 13,000 items being transported by lorry from the factory simply vanished. One of the more sophisticated...

In Foreign Parts: GI Janes flaunt their sports bras as body search arrives in cultural minefield of Afghan frontier By Jan McGirk in Peshawar 14 December 2002 I idly mention to my translator in Peshawar how a war photo published in all the Pakistani dailies has outraged everyone who has seen it.Janula Hashim Khan is usually rather bored by my attempts to make polite conversation, but he suddenly comes to life, eyes ablaze. "Yes, I know the photo. It's a disgrace to see our sisters and mothers mauled like that," he says. To my amazement, he pulls a carefully...