Leslie Lehr knows boobs. She’s the author of A Boob’s Life: How America’s Obsession Shaped Me—and You, a 2021 memoir (and soon-to-be HBO Max series co-executive-produced by Salma Hayek) that examines American society’s ever-adapting treatment of breasts. She has also grappled with her own changing anatomy, going from breastfeeding to breast implants to breast cancer. So she knows firsthand how difficult shopping for comfortable and well-fitting bras can be.
Lehr’s funny and at times heartbreaking book chronicles American history—and her own—through the lens of breasts, from the intersecting rise of Playboy and bra burning in the 1960s (which transpired during her adolescence), to the film industry’s treatment of breasts as she tried to work in the field while juggling breastfeeding and motherhood, to the process of undergoing breast augmentation and, later, treatment for breast cancer.
We spoke with Lehr about changing breasts, inconsistent (and often exclusive) bra sizing, shopping online, and other factors that can make bra buying fraught. We’ve condensed and edited the interview for clarity.
from Wirecutter: Reviews for the Real World https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/leslie-lehr-q-a-bra-shopping/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=RSS%20Feed
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