Your Cups Runneth Over...

01.29.2009

The Bite:
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...so it might be time for a new bra. Stash your T&A in precious underthings by Porcelynne Lingerie. Based in Oakland (we'd say "Oaktown" if we thought we could get away with it), PL crafts lacy bras, saucy-sweet thongs, and tie-up, boy-cut briefs out of factory overflow scrap fabrics (keeping textiles outta landfills). Now you can get all the same goods in kind-to-your-nether-regions bamboo, a biodegradable (when composted) and naturally antibacterial material that grows fast without pesticides. PL donates all its scraps for reuse; all recycling goes through Oakland's Business Recycling Program; and if you order online, you get your sexy bits shipped in a recycled paper bag, minus wasteful plastic wrapping. Needs met.

 

Wanna Try: 

Porcelynne Lingerie, available online and at RAG Co-Op, 541 Octavia St. Map It (415-621-7718).  

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Cocktail Fact

They're growing! In the 1970s, the average bra size was 34B - today it's 36C.

Small Changes Add Up

If 10,000 SF Biters buy a bra made out of repurposed material, we'll keep the weight of two lingerie models in textile waste out of landfills.  

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