WEARING THE RIGHT BRA CAN MAKE YOU FEEL
so much better
CHOOSING A BRA TO WEAR AFTER SURGERY IS A VITALLY IMPORTANT FIRST STEP FOR WOMEN AT THE START OF THEIR BREAST C ANCER JOURNEY. LINGERIE EXPERT MONIC A HARRINGTON HAS HELPED HUNDREDS FEEL MORE CONFIDENT AS THEY ADJUST TO THEIR NEW BODY SHAPE Monica has always been fascinated by the power of lingerie and has worked with women everywhere – from high fashion celebrities to cancer patients in hospital Tell us about yourself ? I’m from Cork in Ireland, my family live there so I pop over on a regular basis to see them. Home is north London. I have lived in London for 30 years but travel globally for work. I’m married to a guy from Perth, Australia, and we have one daughter who just turned 13. How did you start in your career? I got into it totally by accident. After my A levels I got a summer job working in the lingerie department at a department store.
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That summer, I saw hundreds of women transformed by the power of well-fitting lingerie. As you’d expect, their clothes looked better when their bras were correctly fitted, and I was fascinated by how lingerie could increase body confidence and make clothes look amazing. How did you end up working with breast cancer patients? Almost 30 years ago I began fitting women post-surgery, and I trained to fit breast prostheses and loved it. While working for Triumph I set up a training programme to teach other women working in lingerie departments and boutiques how to offer a proficient bra-fitting service to women post-
