The Beautiful Bras exhibition is currently lighting up the windows pink at Festival Cairns HQ on Lake Street. With some fantastic ‘unique’ designs such as a handbag, fascinator and pet toys to name a few, it just shows how multi talented bras can be - just like their wearers ha!

Coming up this Tuesday night, 5 Beautiful Bras have been selected to be paraded at The Boutique Collection fashion parade at The Attic from 6:30pm. Here’s a glimpse of the bras that have been selected:-

12B Coral Wilkinson – Treasure Chest
X marks the spot
Undiscovered treasure
Pearls of wisdom
Treasure your chest

The concept is X marks the spot with mammography and marking a suspicious area on the scan. The Undiscovered treasure and pearls of wisdom relates to the support and care given by health care professionals on a woman’s journey through treatment. And Treasure your chest implies that women should take care of themselves and attend breast screening.

12C Janine Bucklar – Vintage Doilies
This bra has been lovingly hand-stitched using materials ranging from vintage doilies and buttons to youthful ric rac and polka dots to represent the coming together of different generations of individuals within a community when affected by breast cancer. 

10D Hayley Gillespie -Big Bad Wolf
I was thinking about overcoming the wolf, as well as ever changing size, bravery and what it means to be a woman and the sacrifices made by our bodies for the greater good. We are a vehicle to make life, food and comfort as well as being people in our own right.

12C  Claire Wadell – Robinson – Mer bra
Inspired by living in Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef this bra has been created for a mermaid… a mer-bra! A person once told me that cancer only touches strong people. Ever since I heard this I’ve found it to be true. Catherine didn’t win her battle and her sister Rachel, my best friend, is now in remission post a double mastectomy and two reconstructions. Rachel is an inspiration to me and I’m so proud of her, her second child Jake is now three months old and she’s undoubtedly the bravest person I know. This one’s for you Rach, love CB