Wonderbra recalls bra after cleavage plunger pops

AFP/Yahoo ^ | 12/13/04

[martin_fierro]

Wonderbra recalls bra after cleavage plunger pops

LONDON (AFP) - The creator of cleavage-making Wonderbra said it was recalling its latest invention after women complained their bras were snapping from the strain.

The bra, called the Deep Plunge Clearly Daring and made for diving necklines, went on sale in Britain last month, but its makers said it had received complaints that the strap connecting the two cups had broken while being worn.

The company Playtex, which like Wonderbra is also owned by Sara Lee Intimate Apparel, blamed the breakage on a "manufacturing fault" and said it only applied to a small number of products in an early production batch.

The 22-pound (42-dollar, 32-euro) brassiere would be back on the racks in January, the company said.

But it means the design will likely miss out on making an appearance beneath open-bodiced blouses and dresses on show at racier holiday parties this season.

Another Wonderbra designed for very revealing dresses, dubbed the "Deep Plunge Beyond Belief", was not affected by the recall, the company said.

Wonderbra burst onto the scene in 1994 with eye-opening ads starring supermodel Eva Herzigova, promising extra lift and cleavage through a pushed-up and squeezed-in support system.

Heralded as marking the come-back of the cleavage, Wonderbra has since lost some of the media fanfare but continues as a strong seller for Sara Lee.

The US intimate apparel giant also has a hit with its pantyhose Smooth Illusion, which promise to make the wearer's bottom appear five pounds (two kilograms) lighter.

[speed_addiction]

Sigh. So many good ideas, so little capital.

One little that made me alot of money was when I was stationed in Korea. I bought my wife (now ex-wife) a bottle of Giorgio Perfume. I was enjoying some time in a nightclub in Itaewon the night before going on leave when I saw a young Korean girl applying some perfume. I pulled out the bottle of Giorgio and told her to try it. She absolutely loved it and gave me $150 for the bottle. It was very difficult to market electronics or liquor in Korea and not get caught, but I guess no one thought about the ladies cosmetics. I would hit the PXes andbuy several bottles and just sell them when I went to the clubs. All I had to do was let a girl spray on a sample. Their girlfriends would place orders for the stuff. I was marking this stuff about 250% and could not keep enough on hand. Made about $20K in four months before rotating home.

[Darksheare]

Well.. I got a date once by answering the phone in a unique and disturbing way.

[Darksheare]

Freepmail explanation of said unique phone greeting.

PLEASE don't drink anything while reading it.

[Darksheare]

LOL!

[Slings and Arrows]

Could you please forward that to me? I'm always looking for new ways to greet phone spammers.

[Porterville]

I remember feeling cheated after a date when I was in college.

[mikrofon]

The 22-pound (42-dollar, 32-euro) brassiere would be back on the racks in January, the company said.

[Darksheare]

Done!

*wincing*

[stainlessbanner]

Recall.

[martin_fierro]

[stainlessbanner]

Sara Lee Intimate Apparel

They also make snack cakes

[JoeSixPack1]

So the wife is reading about a breast enlargement while eating breakfast with the hubby.

she asks her husband: What do you think about these 36DD's?

He replys: yeah fine, but you aint spending 5 grand on boobs!!

She asks: Well what am I supposed to do then??

He sez: Rub topilet paper between em everyday, they'll grow!

She sez: What? How do you figure that?

He sez: Well, it worked for your ass!!

:-)

[NonValueAdded]

I saw a woman wearing a sweat shirt with "Guess" on it. So I said "Implants?" She hit me. (unknown)

[Xenalyte]

"Our substitute teacher had a pair of Guess? jeans on, so I guessed size 44, and the next thing I know, I'm in the principal's office!"

-Kelly Bundy

[JoJo Gunn]

Wonderbra burst onto the scene....

....and apparently they've done it again.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Bwaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha

[Holicheese]

My idea was a "speed Pass" for strip joints. Its on the same idea as the Speed Pass for tolls. When the young lady comes over, you pass the speed pass over a receiver in her garter. You can do $1,$5, $10 and lap dance. It gets automatically charged to your credit card to the name Sports Pub. No need to mess with cash.

[ErnBatavia]

The 22-pound (42-dollar, 32-euro) brassiere would be back on the racks

If my wife tried to put a 22 pounder on HER rack, it'd break her back...

[Cvengr]

22 pounds of cleavage.???...hubba hubba..

[Chad Fairbanks]

Maybe we could extend that idea to include Strip Joint Gift Cards? ;0)