maven&meddler

Fortunately, I’m alive to talk about this. Unfortunately, the radical mastectomy left the right side of my chest looking like a scarred bomb crater. My prosthesis doesn’t really do the job, since they had to take so much of the tissue from , well, everywhere.

I like to wear pretty blouses and the like, and sometimes, the v-neck things are just a bit too low cut. It’s not that I’m embarrassed. Rather, I think the ‘sight’ of what isn’t there might bother others. It’s hard to find camisoles that come up high enough, and don’t look matronly and orthopedic. Lacy and sexy would be better.

That’s why I’m so jazzed about the CamiTOO by Fashion Forms, when I found it in the lingerie department at Macy’s the other day.

You step into it, pull it up around your regular bra and hook two hooks on the bra straps. It stays right in place all day long, without the bulk or warmth (when you don’t want that) of a full camisole - while providing just enough coverage. Plus, you can swap out between the black, white or ivory, and they’re less expensive than camisoles at just $18.00.

This gives me a lot more freedom to buy and wear what I like, rather than what will ‘do’.