Well, it's no good having fabulous, gorgeous clothes on, if you've got the wrong bra size on and your cup runneth over....four boobs is so not a good look and there's no excuse for it with all the damn fine underwear that you can get to accommodate your womanly curves these days.

Bravissimo I'm going to single out for two reasons though.

1. They are bloody expensive
2. They make a big deal about selling bras up to 'Oooooh Matron' size but their knicks only go up to a size 16. What's all that about?

Oh no, sorry, apologies. They do make this in a size 18.

Bravissimo cami £28

Don't overdo it! It's as if the whole range was designed by people with fake boobs who haven't worked out that if you have a big set of boobs, the chances are you will have a matching big backside. In fact, being as there are so many pear-shaped women, it's actually quite a bizarre marketing ploy, to offer women bras the size of two large hammocks but no pants to match. The Bravissimo woman is, therefore, eternally condemned to the hell that is mis-matched lingerie. To me, though, it says "Big boobs are allowed, but you can't be fat!"

Anyway, no such prejudice in the gorgeous collections on Simply Yours. Styles on there go up to a curvelicious size 32, so no embarassing pant catastrophes. They do a sexy range of basques and corsets too, so you can spice up your love life - or just keep the fact that you've got naughty undies on as your own little secret when you go to work, if that's what gets your pulse racing. I'll let you in on a secret....I have got last season's version of this one  Corset £52

Another good place to find lingerie especailly designed for those who are well endowed in front and to some extent the rear, is Uplifted Lingerie.com

Their sizing is a bit complicated, and annoyingly there is no sizing guide. Would you know what 4XL meant? Four extra large butt cheeks? Hmmm, I'm not so sure. They have some very nice bras on there but for a site that claims to offer your curves the support they deserve, I'm a bit put off by the fact that they don't give any sizing advice at all. I'm intrigued by this though:

Waist nipper

It's a 'waist nipper' and looks incredibly uncomfortable...it's available in small (because small people obviously need all the help they can get) medium, large and XL...whatever that is...answers on a postcard to....

I prefer the corset. It must be impossible to feel feminine with a tubigrip around your middle, one bite of a salad roll and you'll wish you'd left it at home...especially if you're like me and try and get away with a size down, "because it will pull it all in a bit more."

No, it just constricts my breathing, makes me want to lie down flat and gives me trapped wind which is never good in polite company!

I know I'm being a bit mean about Uplifted - I mean there is some lovely underwear on there and I could be tempted, even though I'd have no idea what size knickers to get...but I have to add this just to emphasise the point about big boobs, small everywhere else. look, I know she's in a corset. I know that, But I just-can't-avert-my-eyes-from-that-boobage!!!!

Corset - Uplifted.comI suspect that may well be the idea....

And a mention should go to Anne Summers. Once the preserve of tacky nurse's outfits, edible undies and nasty crotchelss red numbers, the housewive's favourite has gone all upmarket and sexy. Probably because the sales of the Rampant Rabbit (which I still insist on calling the Jessica Rabbit) have meant they can afford to splash out on more luxurious fabrics.

Check out this gorgeous set - which comes in sizes up to 18/20....you don't have to be skinny to be sexy, so work it in sexy frillies and feminine undies...even if nobody knows but you...