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Sourcing for breast cancer survivors

A note from Dana...

Life is unpredictable and as a breast cancer survivor I never thought that I would be sitting here today, missing a breast, on medication and hoping for more time. I take one day at a time and as each day comes to a close I thank God for allowing me to be with my family. I decided to share my story here on this blog and through my swimwear line because I know there are women out there right now who are in the dark. They need that light so they too will be able to move forward. I believe instilling hope in women can be life saving. It can get the newly diagnosed through the first chemo treatment or allow them to ring that bell after the final radiation. I may not be a doctor, Lord help us if I were what a disaster that would be, but I do know with this blog about trends I may be able to help. I love fashion and trends. Although after my diagnosis my thoughts of shopping and having to wear the best shoes or clothes became not so important. However, I still wanted to look and feel beautiful.  I found it quite difficult to search for hip trendy options for women like myself. I walked into my favorite department store and saw the matching bras and bottoms for women yet I did not fit into the bras any longer. I decided to bring awareness for the brands that do bring options to survivors. I will be in the future writing about brands who have items that could make woman feel great and make life fun again. The brand today is Red Fern Lingerie. I met the owner Tina online and we became instant friends. She is a survivor like myself and knew that woman needed hope. I have included a link to her website so you can purchase a bra from her. Please check back often to this blog as I will be writing about people like Tina who are making a difference in this world. The difference is giving woman hope after having faced the ugliest of diseases. Thank you....Dana Dinerman 

Hulabelle is proud to promote Red Fern as a fellow brand making a difference in the world for those who have endured the harshest of diseases. As women, we like to feel beautiful and Tina Doeihi is giving us a chance to feel that way with her beautiful high end line of lingerie.  Red Fern Lingerie is a successful lingerie brand creating European quality lingerie, even more interesting the designer and CEO is a breast cancer survivor.  An Australian native, Tina Doeihi endured the full treatment process a mastectomy, chemotherapy, and Tamoxifin.  Tina came up with the idea for the lingerie line was after a fitting process for her post op bra. 

The story we all understand and know well, Tina walked into a shop and found the bras to be not fashion forward and very uncomfortable. Tina is used to wearing quality brands such as La Perla and Elle McPherson to name a few so she knew being at such a young age (37) she needed to create something better than the what was out there. Tina has dedicated herself to making such a line and has done so by using quality fabric from Europe. She understands that even though our bodies have changed that we don’t have to be punished by wearing ugly uncomfortable bras.  There are multiple styles and colors to choose from and each come with matching bottoms. The typical mastectomy bras do not have this option which truly makes Red Fern a more quality choice for breast cancer survivors.  

Remember at check out to select a charity for a percentage of earnings to go to. Tina is devoting her line to multiple causes and at the end of each year, which ever charity received the most donation requests Tina will devote all donations to it.  Be sure to visit her site at www.redfernlingerie.com and purchase a set today.  Also, gift cards are an option if wanting to buy something for a loved one, yet a question about size and fit comes to mind. Red Fern Lingerie is about women feeling beautiful after facing a dark diagnosis. We know the silver lining shines bright with this brand made for breast cancer survivors.