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Can't afford real fakes? Bra offers illusion of gel-filled sacs (good invention alert)
Mn Star Tribune ^ | 4/05 | john Reinen

Posted on 05/06/2005 6:14:39 PM PDT by pissant

There are dozens of bras on the market that promise to make their wearers look curvier, shapelier or bigger in the bosom.

But now there's a bra that promises to make women look like they've had plastic surgery.

The Evolution bra is aimed at "women who lust after the look of cosmetic breast implants," according to Brastraps Inc., a Florida-based company that introduced the new bra on Friday. The Evolution features a sculpted, graduated cup "specially designed to mimic the appearance of cosmetic breast implants."

With hundreds of thousands of American women undergoing breast-enhancement surgery each year, Brastraps believes it's time to take a fresh look at cleavage.

"To be honest, the new standard for women is to be cosmetically enhanced, or to at least feel that's what you look like," company spokeswoman Michelle Soudry said. "It's a completely new ideal from what we've seen before, and this is a company that is catering to that."

There's no question that cosmetic surgery has exploded in popularity. There were more than 2.1 million cosmetic surgeries nationwide in 2004, an increase of 118 percent since 1997, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and surgical makeover shows are among the most popular "reality shows" on television.

The fastest-growing category of surgery is breast enlargements, which more than tripled to about 334,000 operations last year, ranking second only to liposuction as the most popular cosmetic surgery.

With the average breast enlargement costing about $3,400, a $44 bra that gives the same effect might appeal to consumers, Minneapolis marketing consultant Mary Van Note said.

"It's kind of a nice piece of puffery," said Van Note, a partner in the firm Red. "It implies something that they really don't have to prove. So if I was interested in that, I would go check

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To: Kinky
Pssst...they're fake.
21 posted on 05/06/2005 8:14:11 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.)
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To: feinswinesuksass

Woooo Hoooooo. Now that's what I call ( . ) ( . )


22 posted on 05/06/2005 8:25:29 PM PDT by Gibmeister
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To: Gibmeister

They look just like the ones in post #19


23 posted on 05/06/2005 8:30:24 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.)
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To: Dashing Dasher; pissant; BerthaDee
Oh my gosh, I wish I had balls like that.

Unless you live in California or south Florida, who the hell wants their boobs to look fake??? Even if you get bolt-ons, I thought the point was to make it look like you had real boobs and not bolt-ons.

Damn, I must just not be cool or hip or with it or whatever the kids say these days.

24 posted on 05/06/2005 9:29:05 PM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green is made of liberals...)
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To: feinswinesuksass
Thank You, Fein..

But anyone have any engineering drawings?

25 posted on 05/06/2005 9:36:23 PM PDT by MilspecRob (Most people don't act stupid, they really are.)
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To: wagglebee

"Pissant, the one thing I'd love to know is, where do you find this stuff?!"
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It finds me!


26 posted on 05/07/2005 6:51:58 AM PDT by pissant (Dead Terrorists are a good thing)
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To: chapin2500

"Nothin worse than ripping a D cup bra off a woman to find A's."
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Yes there is. Removing her panties and finding a suprise. Ask Tommy Lee.


27 posted on 05/07/2005 6:53:02 AM PDT by pissant (Dead Terrorists are a good thing)
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To: F16Fighter
Can't afford real fakes? Bra Jock offers illusion of gel-filled sacs (good invention alert) Here's one for the guys :-D

A sock works just fine.

28 posted on 05/07/2005 6:55:38 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: teenyelliott

"Oh my gosh, I wish I had balls like that."
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Out of context, that sounds pretty strange Teeny one.


29 posted on 05/07/2005 7:13:07 AM PDT by pissant (Dead Terrorists are a good thing)
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To: Always Right

or a role of quarters in your pocket.


30 posted on 05/07/2005 7:14:21 AM PDT by pissant (Dead Terrorists are a good thing)
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To: pissant

It was meant to be somewhat vulgar, with a bit of humor thrown in as well.


31 posted on 05/07/2005 7:32:53 AM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green is made of liberals...)
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To: pissant
or a role of quarters in your pocket.

Or dimes.

32 posted on 05/07/2005 7:33:26 AM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green is made of liberals...)
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To: teenyelliott

you ARE funny....


as in "strange" funny....


33 posted on 05/07/2005 7:36:15 AM PDT by pissant (Dead Terrorists are a good thing)
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To: teenyelliott

me? a roll of Kennedy's, dearie.


34 posted on 05/07/2005 7:38:00 AM PDT by pissant (Dead Terrorists are a good thing)
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To: pissant

What ever happened to that legendary long girdle from the sixties that took all the fat from the thighs and the tummy and pushed it into the bra cups?


35 posted on 05/07/2005 7:42:37 AM PDT by DeFault User
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To: pissant

Why do you have a fat impotent pock-marked confused angry little gnome in your pants?


36 posted on 05/07/2005 7:43:48 AM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green is made of liberals...)
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To: DeFault User
here you go...
37 posted on 05/07/2005 7:44:07 AM PDT by pissant (Dead Terrorists are a good thing)
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To: teenyelliott

Hey, it worked for Marilyn, it's gotta work for Teeny...


38 posted on 05/07/2005 7:44:48 AM PDT by pissant (Dead Terrorists are a good thing)
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To: pissant

39 posted on 05/07/2005 7:46:20 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: theFIRMbss

She definitely needs SOMETHING! That bra or maybe a cheeseburger.


40 posted on 05/07/2005 7:48:04 AM PDT by pissant (Dead Terrorists are a good thing)
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