Description
According to a September 2006 episode of the “The Oprah Winfrey Show” countless American women are in need of a serious “bra intervention.” Eighty-five percent of women are wearing the wrong bra. What else don’t we know about which one is the right one?
The Bra Book author Jené Luciani—a fashion expert and a go-to guide for beauty advice—once and for all arms women with the knowledge they need to find the right fashion support. From the best bra to wear under every outfit to important information about bras and breast health from puberty to retirement, from the physics behind bra design to how you can best ensure a proper fit, The Bra Book is the source for women everywhere.
Luciani’s warm, supportive style guides the reader through a minefield of bra facts, fallacies and faux-pas in chapters like “The Herstory of Bras,” “Breast RX” and “Mountains vs. Molehills.” Each chapter offers expert advice alongside a plethora of photographs and useful diagrams, witty quotes from real men and women, tons of tips and a tear-out guide to take the confusion out of bra shopping—and put the fun back in. The Bra Book doesn’t just tell women how bras work; it shows them how to make their bras work for them!
About the Author
Jené Luciani is the author of The Bra Book: The Fashion Formula to Finding the Perfect Bra. The fashion, beauty and lifestyle editor, expert, host and broadcast personality can be seen regularly doling out tips and advice on local news outlets all around the country. She has appeared nationally on “The Daily Buzz,” the Style Network, the Discovery Channel, Better TV and on Fox’s “Good Day NY,” to name a few, and is a regular fashion commentator for Fox 23 News in Albany, N.Y. She was recently quoted as one of NBC’s iVillage.com’s “favorite style experts,” alongside Finola Hughes and Clinton Kelly. She has also been quoted in the Chicago Sun Times, a nationally syndicated column in the Albany Times Union and many other publications.
As the New York Contributing Editor for the national luxury shopping Web site Pink Memo and the Fashion, Beauty & Lifestyle Editor for the luxury publication The Wag Magazine, Jené is a noted authority on the topic, along with her highly regarded blog, Beauty and the Burbs.
Luciani has represented prestigious brands such as Bloomingdale’s, where she hosted a fashion show for their biggest benefit shopping day of the year, and Lands End, for which she regularly appears on-air as a spokesperson. She has also interviewed some of the biggest faces in entertainment today, including Bette Midler, Michael Kors, Madonna, Ashlee Simpson, Glenn Close, Vivica A. Fox, Sigourney Weaver, Ellen Pompeo, Vanessa Williams and Molly Sims, and has styled photo and cover shoots for celebrities such as Kerry Kennedy.
Prior to becoming one of the most trusted voices in fashion journalism, Jené had a successful career as a television producer. After spending four years at the NBC affiliate in Albany, N.Y., covering 9/11, countless elections and state politics, she moved to New York City, working for News 12 Networks, the Emmy award-winning CW-11 News and a national production company, where her work appeared regularly on the CNN Newsource feeds, “The Daily Buzz” and countless other news outlets.
You can visit Jené’s Web site at www.JeneLuciani.com. Jené lives in New York City with her husband.
