![]() “She said if I ever make T-shirts, she will wear the T-shirt. She says it’s not her look at all and that’s OK,” Borman said. “I had to sit my mom down and say this is happening. ![]() “You’re touching your breasts anyway when you put Just Nips on, so I want to spread breast cancer awareness and teach women how to examine themselves safely and properly while they’re at it,” she told Refinery29 this week.īorman’s mom is supportive of her business message - but isn’t ready to try a pair. She is currently partnering with a cancer charity so that she can get breast self-exam instructions printed on the inside of her packaging. She said she hopes that women who wear her product feel fun, feminine and sexy, as well as informed about their personal breast health. “My typical customer is a professional woman, 20s and 30s, women who are proud of who they are, comfortable in their bodies and want to experiment,” she said. She said she sold out of Just Nips before the Women’s March on Washington and again on Valentine’s Day. “Our ‘freezing’ product does just that.”īorman said the product has “exploded” thanks to female empowerment. “Before this I worked at Ralph Lauren for five years, and I know what it takes to cut through a cable knit sweater,” she quipped. The nipples - which come in sizes “cold” and “freezing” - sell on Borman’s website for $9.99. “I want women to feel good in their skin, comfortable with their bodies, super-empowered when they wear this product,” the Just Nips founder told The Post. New Yorker Molly Borman said her stick-on pasties accentuate the appearance of nipples while also empowering women. Order the book here.A new fashion accessory allows women to free the nipple without removing their clothes. The exhibition “Bare Reality: 100 women, their breasts, their stories” runs from June 5 to 11 at The Canvas, Hanbury Street, London. I would like it to help people reconsider how they think and feel about their bodies and those of the women in their lives.” I hope that Bare Reality can help transform other people. I have photographed 100 women and I know there is no such thing as ‘perfection’ - I like my breasts more. “I have always liked women, but now I feel so tender about the female experience, and I like myself more as a woman. “Bare Reality has completely transformed me,” Laura went on. What do women think about growing up? What do women think about sex? How do women feel about motherhood? Breastfeeding? What is our experience of health, body image, ageing? It is clear to me that Bare Reality was a search to find out what it means to be a woman. ![]() “I felt compelled to look past the cultural mirror which had so long encircled me. “I became fascinated with the dichotomy between how breasts are presented for public consumption versus how we feel about them privately,” Laura told me. More: 12 Things all women with small boobs understand No better, no worse than any of the others. I can imagine my own breasts slotted into the grid. But it’s very rare to be faced with 100 topless women and given the opportunity to see exactly how different breasts can be. Of course I know - we all do - that all breasts are different. While I loved the act of breastfeeding - the empowerment, the bonding, the ritual - I didn’t like its effect on my breasts. After breastfeeding two babies (one for 13 months), it’s fair to say all the life has been sucked out of them. They were perky enough, suited my frame and didn’t get in the way when I was working out. Go on to discover millions of awesome videos and pictures in thousands of other categories. Before I had kids I didn’t really give them much thought. View 204 pictures and enjoy NipslipsNSFW with the endless random gallery on. Looking at some of the images on Laura’s website, it struck me how harsh I am on my own breasts. Today the project culminates in the release of a book and the launch of an exhibition - ‘ Bare Reality: 100 women, their breasts, their stories.’ The breasts of 100 women, all shapes and sizes, all with their own stories. So for two years she photographed breasts. Laura Dodsworth wanted to show what breasts really look like and tell their stories.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |