For the 'Ladies'

If I had to give one tip for any bride, it would be: go to Rigby & Peller and get yourself fitted properly for whatever bra you need on your wedding day. That would be my top tip, simply because it’s my top tip for anyone in possession of breasts whatever their marital status. FACT. 

And despite the fact that R&P is slightly pricier than, say, M&S, I’m not of a size these days where I can just throw on any old slip of fabric and be able to function for the day. (I found one of my old bras from my late teens the other day, that I’d previously been unable to throw away because it was so beautiful. We had a moment together, holding one another while I wept, then I chucked it, safe in the knowledge it will never again serve me as it once did). R&P bras are beautiful and extremely good quality (although the staff there wince when I tell them, I have been wearing my last batch for four years, just banging them through the washing machine like some kind of rule-breaking lingerie philistine). 

I’ve been measured plenty of places before, convinced of a good bra for me and sent away with a bag of things that ached and pained me and were never worn again. But R&P measure you WITH THEIR EYES (that sounds awful, but it is completely magic, if you can stomach standing in front of a stranger only in your pants at 10am as I did this morning) then actually try the bras on you themselves, shoving and shaping you so you’re wearing the damn thing properly (favourite moment today: when the woman helping me get into a bra said, ‘Oops! I think we’re sitting on a lady!’. I think I just stared at her with my mouth open. She didn’t look the type to enjoy a high-five). 

So whether you’re going with the strapless option for your wedding dress and looking for a basque, sporting an asymmetric dress and need matching support, or you just wear a bra ever, in summary: VISIT RIGBY AND PELLER IF YOU POSSIBLY CAN. Thanks.