10 good reasons to wear natural fibres this summer!
In Australia, it's coming into summer and having been through the hottest September on record, we're bracing for a big one. Not something many of us are looking forward to,...
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Compostable Bras: The Future Of Sustainability & Breast Health
The below is a guest blog from our good friends at Sustainable Jungle who've quietly backed and supported The Very Good Bra since our launch almost 5 years ago. This blog...
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5 good reasons to wear a wirefree bra
The Very Good Bra was always set up to provide viable alternatives to conventional wired bras. As a woman who'd been diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age, and...
Bras in a home worm farm
A lovely customer of ours recently sent me some shots of her bras almost completely eaten by worms, it literally made my week! As you see in the image below,...
The padding files....
I'm constantly asked and I'm constantly trying, but finding a fully compostable padding for bras is truly the holy grail! I thought the hooks and eyes were bad, but this...
Sri Lanka Factory Visit
Heading back from the UK last week I managed a stopover in Sri Lanka to meet a new factory for us, who made up our excess vintage peach organic cotton...
The Bold and The Beautiful - Future Fabrics expo London 2023
This week is one of the highlights of my year, the Future Fabrics Expo in London! With family in the UK and a factory in Portugal, I always time my trips...
Five years of The Very Good Bra
Five years, my brain hurts a lot... Thanks David Bowie this just about sums it up! As does the above image which shows the incredible launch photo shot by Elise Lockwood...
Cotton Pickin' Good or Bad?
I'm just back from a wonderful week spent in the company of Cotton Australia, with farmers and the industry up in Narrabri, as well as at the Sydney conference. There's...
Why we don't make in larger sizes?
We get asked this question every week, and it upsets me that people think we are size-ist, and that sustainable brands in general are not size-inclusive, but I totally understand...
Compostable Bras: The Future Of Sustainability & Breast Health
The below is a guest blog from our good friends at Sustainable Jungle who've quietly backed and supported The Very Good Bra since our launch almost 5 years ago. This blog...
Why don't we make padded bras yet?
We are always asked for padding in our bras - for discretion, lift, extra bulk, but it's a tricky one to navigate where you are only using 100% natural materials....
Sustainable Bra Reviews, Press and how 'sustainable' is recycled polyester?
It's always nice to make the lists of sustainable bras curated by trusted publications out there, and we've had a few of late that I'm keen to get out here....
BFCM - The Good (Gifting!), the Bad and the Ugly
We don't do the BFCM thing. We're not big on discounting other than for our pre-sales because these help us fund new productions, for which we are eternally grateful. It's...
The dirty truth about sports bras (and other synthetic clothing)
We often get asked for a sports bra and it's such a key item, we'd love to help. Unfortunately, without spandex it's impossible to guarantee the necessary level of support...
WELCOME TO OUR NEW FACTORY!
Well, here we go again! Having moved from our beloved factory in Hong Kong in 2019 after the riots started impacting our delivery, we moved to Sri Lanka, where once...
Plastic Free July - What does 'Sustainable' or 'Eco Lingerie' mean and is 'recycled' better?
In my last few weeks travelling I've seen the words 'sustainable' and 'eco' attached to just about everything! Every bra brand is for some reason claiming the words and I...
