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Bad hair days, brows that
need waxing, foundation
that’s just one shade too
light… These can all make a
girl lose some confidence.
But Emily Lau had an even
bigger reason not to feel
her best; she felt like her
“girls” were too small.
“I have a small frame, and
I’m smaller in this area,”
Lau said, motioning to her
breasts. “So getting bras
has always been a problem.”
Full-figured gals usually
get all the press when it
comes to not finding bras
that suit, but small-framed
women like Lau have issues
too: the bras that do fit
both their torso and their
cup size are the same ones
worn by 12-year-olds. No
hope for some sexy cleavage
to go with those plunging
necklines!
“All my life I’ve been
like, ‘When are these gonna
grow?’” Lau said, smiling.
“But I didn’t want to get
surgery. I am petite; and if
I want a good-fitting bra,
why can’t I have one?”
So she took to altering
her bras herself, taking
them in here, twisting a
strap there until her
frustration with
badly-fitting bras became
samples that she tried on
herself and her
small-figured friends. Those
test runs eventually became
The Little Bra Company in
May last year.
Available in over 60
boutiques in the US and
Canada, The Little Bra
Company fits women with
smooth cups or lacy styles
that give an extra push to
create cleavage. The name
“Little Bra” refers not only
to cup size, but also to the
fit around a woman’s torso.
At the luxury premiere at
Ms Brafit Ltd’s office at
Queen’s Park West on
December 6, Lau showcased
her company’s intimate
apparel and fitted women
with their very own little
bras.
Ms Brafit Ltd specialises
in custom foundation garment
fitting, and owner Nicole
Chin is a certified
specialist for prosthetic
products for post-mastectomy
women. Ms Brafit is also the
exclusive Caribbean
distributor for The Little
Bra Company.
Attendees at the premiere
sat in cosy candlelight and
perused displays of
decorative bra straps made
of Swarovski crystals,
Italian-made bedroom
slippers and high-end skin
care and lingerie brands.
But what made the night
special was the air of
anticipation; women
exclaiming, “I have to try
that!”
“I think that a lot of
smaller framed women feel
like they don’t have to wear
a bra,” Lau said, adding
that once these women find a
foundation garment that is
the right size, gives the
right look, and makes them
feel great, she gets hugs
and hi-fives.
“People say, ‘I can’t
believe that this is what I
look like!’ And we give them
something with structure
that makes them feel
comfortable and look
pretty,” she said. More
styles are in store from The
Little Bra Company,
including strapless bras.
And bras come in sizes from
28 A to 36B.
“There’s nobody else
who’s doing that size,” Lau
said of the often neglected
28A and 30A sizes.
A former Hollywood
documentary writer and
producer of shows like
Lifetime’s Intimate Portrait
and the History Channel’s
Modern Marvels, Lau now runs
The Little Bra Company
full-time from her
California base.
“I love producing TV and
maybe I’ll go back to it
someday,” Lau said. “But I
was doing a lot of
male-oriented shows. Right
now I get to show my
femininity.”
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