One of the many ways I’ve been changing my consumption habits is by purchasing non-food items used or made via sustainable business practices. Several months ago I was in the market for bras and I found a company: Decent Exposures that was a shiny, happy company that would satisfy that need.

I am a sport bra type of person. I hate those girly bras with wires and laces and hooks that poke me in the back. Further more, the girly bras cause their residents to bounce around too much which attracts unwanted attention. The bra I bought from Decent Exposures was designed like a sports bra (no hooks or wires). However I soon discovered a problem.

The problem stems from the way my body is constructed. You’ve probably seen those Indian statues of women with ginormous boobs on otherwise normal bodies. Well…the sculpturers weren’t exaggerating. If there is one thing I actively have been working on since puberty, it is trying to hide my identical twins from the variety of creepy people drawn to them. The Decent Exposures bra didn’t do anything to hide them. They also didn’t have extra padding to hide what is often referred to as headlights. And since I’m almost always cold, I didn’t want to look like I was in a permanent state of arousal.

So what does this mean? This means that I’m going to go back to purchasing my bras from companies that hire women to sew these bras padded bras in small, sweaty, crampted quarters with little pay.

While I could just get comfortable with my body and continue supporting shiny, happy companies, I don’t think that is going to happen until I hit menopause.

Update:

I wrote to DE at the suggestion of Sylvia, they got back to me within a few minutes saying this:

Thanks for writing us with your questions. We couldn’t seem to open the link to the website in your email, but what you described sounds similar to our racer style (which you ordered), just without the "looper" in the front. If you still have the bra, have you tried cutting the looper off to see how that works?  If the front scoop ends up too high, let us know how much lower you would like, or any other adjustment you think would do better for you - that is the benefit of making to order.
 
We can do lined cotton bras; actually, what seems to work for those who want cotton bras with extra padding in the cup, is to make the cotton bra with pockets on both sides. We started offering this for mastectomy patients, but have found it works as an extra layer of coverage as well - it differs from lining the cup only in that the pocket ends at the bottom of the strap instead of going all the way up the strap making the strap a little thicker and stretched out. If you wanted to order something like this online, you can order the cotton bra and request the modifications in the "special intructions" box, the pockets or lining would add $5, other adjustments would be no charge & we would recommend trying one first to be sure it all fits well.
 

Let us know if you have any other questions, you can email again or call us at 1-800-524-4949.

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So now I have my shiny happy bras. Yay!