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Full support bra-free tops and dresses for midsize and plus size. Non-constrictive lift and shape for effortless style.

Patented support adapts to hormone & weight fluctuations. Soft, luxury weight organic cotton fabric to enhance comfort, health & focus. We are an independent, woman-owned, slow fashion brand committed to ethical and sustainable sourcing and manufacturing. We produce in small batches to minimize waste, and make every piece by hand in a woman-owned microfactory in the USA where workers are treated well and paid fairly. We adhere to the strictest quality standards and use premium quality fabric, certified STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX® organic cotton.

10/07/2026

The bra fitting room can be rough when you have a hard-to-fit size. Even when you’re a confident person.

Women’s leadership expert Beth Caldwell joins Off Your Chest this week with some insights on why we second guess ourselves, and how to make better choices when it comes to style, career, or *any* situation where we need to tap into our confidence.

Watch : How to Stop Second Guessing Your Choices➡️ https://youtu.be/D9XwCtOKXoI?si=dLvGUUQjLvPs5JBt

Self Trust | Women in Leadership | Executive Women | Imposter Syndrome | Off Your Chest | Embrago | Confidence | Career Change

10/07/2026

Comfort and confidence = all you need to step into your midlife power.

Elizabeth Carter shines in the Embrago Power Sheath, paired with a mesh jacket from FYIE BOUTIQUES | Women’s Fashion & Accessories in Mars PA.

👑Styled by Josette Michelle Gastonguay.

10/02/2026

You might not be anxious. You might just be overloaded.

Ash Cross spent years dealing with what they thought was innate anxiety, until realizing that it was actually being caused by something else: a maxxed out nervous system dealing with sensory overload. The anxiety was the result.

Whether it’s an itchy tag in your shirt, a tight bra band, fluorescent lights, the commute, the meeting where you have to act normal—all of these are draining the same bank account throughout your day.

A deep breath isn’t enough to reset that kind of neurological exhaustion.

Find out what is: conversation with Ash M Cross, career coach for neurodivergent career changers, on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/o6DjbmqLq10?si=RWYp47Mig04KCw-0

Photos from Embrago's post 09/30/2026

“Don’t overthink it.”

Three words I’ve heard my whole life that still make me flinch. Usually said by people who meant well.

This week on Off Your Chest I’m talking with Ash Ash M Cross , who coaches neurodivergent career changers — and who puts language to some familiar feelings I had never heard articulated before.

It turns out that my past issues with clothes weren’t all physical or even emotional. They were neurological, too, and closely related to executive functioning and capacity.

If you’ve ever struggled to get dressed for a workday or been driven to distraction by itchy tags, you’ll want to hear the full conversation: https://youtu.be/o6DjbmqLq10?si=yHXpBfFMSEdy3Q4X

09/24/2026

“I could never wear that.”

Have you ever censored your style choices because you had rules in your mind about what was appropriate? Or because you’d had traumatic experiences in your past of people judging you and making comments? Or maybe the style was right but the fit was just wrong.

On this episode of Off Your Chest, Luxury Interior Designer Catherine Montague Design and the founder of emBRAgo | bra freedom for fuller busts, Karen Poirier, talk about the fact that even opposite body types sometimes share the same disappointments when it comes to fashion.

It’s a clothes problem that affects both sides of the rack but we rarely talk about the judgments and assumptions we all make (especially about our own bodies). We get candid about that, and then Catherine shares encouragement and inspiration for creating living and working spaces that support us and bring us joy.

Listen to the full episode now streaming on demand on Roku and YouTube. Link in bio.

Do you have a style you love but will never wear?

09/22/2026

What style rules did you grow up with?

Growing up outside of Paris, Catherine Montague was influenced by her grandmother who ran a couture salon, and her mother who instilled a strict personal dress code. (She was the only girl not allowed to wear pants.)

When she moved to America, she was inspired by the freedom to try new things and to find her own style, a freedom she now shares with her clients, and her family.

New episode of Off Your Chest, live now: https://youtu.be/T6XhG1TldfY?si=nFP1DYeGnYBYLhKx

09/18/2026

Whether you call them shoulder dents, shoulder grooves, or just a pain in your neck, they are one of the most frustrating parts of a fuller-busted woman’s life, and one of the many things that erode our confidence and drain our emotional energy.

You now have a new choice: to be lifted and shaped without the digging pain. 💛

Full Bust Style | Styling a Full Bust | Best Tops For A Full Bust | Midlife Style | Perimenopause | Shoulder Dents | Shoulder Grooves | Tops For Large Bust | Bulit In Bra For Large Bust

📸 Pictured: Embrago Full Support Bra-Free Top
💃 Styled by Josette Gastonguay Josette Michelle Gastonguay

09/11/2026

We are never just one size. “Our bodies go through so many changes and fluctuations—from week to week, month-to-month, year to year, season to season.”—Josette, Founder of Josette Michelle Gastonguay and Owner FYIE BOUTIQUES | Women’s Fashion & Accessories in Mars PA.

Her pro tip? Find pieces that work for every fluctuation so you can avoid decision fatigue and feel confident every day. ✨💃

🎥Watch the Off Your Chest podcast, streaming now on Roku and YouTube: https://youtu.be/mgPKL2AgG10

Perimenopause | Fuller Bust

09/09/2026

Take it from a confidence coach: keeping clothes that don’t fit you is quietly eroding your self confidence.

Every time you look at them.

It’s time to let them go.

Watch the full interview on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/mgPKL2AgG10

📸 Pictured: Embrago’s Long Sleeve Luxe Support Top with Body Responsive Fit (TM) that adapts to your daily body changes—for a perfect fit every day through all of your changes.

09/08/2026

Josette spent twenty years in corporate, building a successful career and becoming a confidence coach along the way.

And then perimenopause showed up during the pandemic along with a series of personal challenges, and she suddenly found herself in a body she didn’t recognize.

Realizing she had been putting herself last, she put her own tools to work since, in her words, “even a confidence coach needs a little coaching sometimes.”

What followed was a new chapter: launching her signature program Josette Michelle Gastonguay and opening FYIE BOUTIQUES | Women’s Fashion & Accessories in Mars PA to helping women build their style confidence.

We talk about all of it in this week’s episode of Off Your Chest, plus growing up fuller-busted, learning to hide it, grieving a body you used to know, and how to move on from clothes you loved that don’t fit anymore.

Watch Part 1 of this 2-part series, live now on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mgPKL2AgG10

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