The Bra Lady talks a comfortable fit, dealing with tragedy - Faces

‘My co-workers would also call me the Bra Whisperer and the Bra Guru. I had a customer walk in and say, “My friend told me to come in here and ask for the Bra Lady.’” Deer Park “I’m known as the Bra Lady. Through word of mouth, people come to see me from many miles away because I’m the Bra Lady. I’ve been with Lane Bryant for 16 years. When I started, I was trained for 40 hours with a bra trainer. I grasped a lot of what she taught me, so eventually I took her position. “I was holding training classes in different locations and teaching the girls about how bras fit and how to overcome obstacles for unusual situations; for example, somebody who is pregnant or nursing and their breast size changes; somebody who had a mastectomy and has either one or both breasts removed; somebody who removed a partial piece of their breast; somebody who had loose skin because of weight loss surgery I once fit a lady who had surgery and removed her nipples. “Now I have been in Levittown for four years, and I train all of my employees so that they’re experts. The biggest challenge is fitting women correctly. As plus-size women, we have some lumps and bumps. Some people measure incorrectly because they don’t want to get up in the lumps and bumps. I would tell them that everyone wants a good, form-fitting bra. Because I endured a lot of illness with family members, I think I am more understanding about the needs of my customers with cancer. “My co-workers would also call me the Bra Whisperer and the Bra Guru. I had a customer walk in and say, ‘My friend told me to come in here and ask for the

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