She didn't wait to be chosen. She chose herself first — and built the technology to prove it.

Your body. Your blueprint. Built by you.

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Shannon R. Giles - Founder of Lumen Build-A-Bra

Why Build-A-Bra Exists

The Intimates Industry Has a Problem

Traditional lingerie retail treats bras as products to be sold, not as tools designed around your body. The experience is:

  • Rushed and transactional — Get measured, pick a size, checkout. No space for your comfort.
  • Triggering for trauma survivors — Bright lights, small fitting rooms, strangers touching your body without consent-based practices
  • Disconnected from wellness — Zero integration of nervous system regulation or holistic body support
  • One-size-fits-all sizing — Standardized measurements that don't honor your unique body

For Sensitive Bodies, It's Even Worse

If you're highly sensitive, traditional bra shopping is sensory overload:

  • Fluorescent lights overwhelming your nervous system
  • Sales pressure making you feel unsafe
  • Synthetic fabrics that feel wrong against your skin
  • No acknowledgment of how intimates affect your nervous system daily

You deserve better.

The Market Gap

  • 80% of women wear the wrong bra size — not because they're wrong, but because sizing systems don't honor body diversity
  • 1 in 5 women identify as highly sensitive
  • 70% of trauma survivors report dysregulation during clothes shopping
  • Zero intimates brands integrate microencapsulated botanical wellness technology
  • Zero retail experiences offer trauma-informed body blueprint fitting sessions
  • Zero brands serve women AND girls ages 8+ as their core market

This Isn't Just a Bra. It's Your Body, Your Design.

Every day you wear a bra that doesn't support your body is a day you're fighting it instead of being held by it.

Build-A-Bra Studios exists because you deserve to feel held, supported, and whole — physically, emotionally, and completely.

This is the intimates revolution. And it starts in Amarillo, Texas. April 2026.

What is Build-A-Bra?

The Body Blueprint Experience

90 minutes of trauma-informed, body-positive design and fitting

FrequencyWear™ Technology

Botanically-infused fabrics, therapeutic textile patterns, Sanskrit affirmations

Three Collections

FOUNDATION to TRANSCENDENT ($79-$399)

Choose Your Base Model - Shadow & Gold or Light & Silver

Two Base Options to Start

Shadow & Gold

Black base with golden therapeutic textile spirals

Light & Silver

White base with silver therapeutic textile spirals

Then YOU customize everything else: fabric blend, color gradients, therapeutic textile patterns, Sanskrit affirmations, and wellness inserts.

Sustainably Made. Intentionally Designed.

Every Build-A-Bra begins with materials chosen for your body AND the planet. Our botanically-infused organic cotton is grown without harmful pesticides. Our colloidal silver therapeutic textile printing is non-toxic and skin-safe. Affirmations are woven using clinically-studied techniques — zero synthetic dyes, zero unnecessary waste.

We don't mass produce. We never will. Each bra is made intentionally, for you — because fast fashion has no place in a wellness studio.

🌸 The First Fit Body Blueprint — For Her & Her Girl

Because her first bra experience should feel like a celebration — not a checkout line. Girls are developing earlier than ever. By age 8, many are already navigating changes in their bodies — often in silence, often in the wrong size, and almost never celebrated.

The First Fit Body Blueprint is a mother-daughter design experience — a milestone moment where she gets to choose her fit, her color, her affirmation, and walk out feeling like the powerful young woman she already is.

What She Gets

  • A custom-fitted bra designed specifically for her growing body
  • Botanically-infused fabric — gentle, breathable, skin-safe
  • Her own affirmation woven in — chosen BY her, FOR her
  • A milestone memory she will never forget
  • A mom who showed her: your body is worth celebrating

First Fit Design Collection

First Fit - Nature Guardian

Nature Guardian

Mint green with gold botanical swirls

Ages 7+
First Fit - Rainbow Soul

Rainbow Soul

Soft yellow with pastel rainbow therapeutic patterns

Ages 7+
First Fit - Dream Weaver

Dream Weaver

Ocean teal with white wave patterns

Ages 7+
First Fit - Mystic Magic

Mystic Magic

Lavender/pink with rose gold moon phases

Ages 7+
First Fit - Cosmic Explorer

Cosmic Explorer

Pink/lavender botanical blend

Ages 7+
First Fit - Fire Starter

Fire Starter

Coral with gold sunburst patterns

Ages 12+ ⭐
First Fit - Warrior Spirit

Warrior Spirit

Black with silver diamond patterns

Ages 14+ ⭐

⭐ Designs marked with a star are recommended for ages noted. All other designs are recommended for ages 7 and up.

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FOUNDATION Collection

FOUNDATION Collection

Orange/gold with therapeutic textile spirals

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EMPOWERED Collection

EMPOWERED Collection

Purple therapeutic pattern with star design

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TRANSCENDENT Collection

TRANSCENDENT Collection

Lavender with lotus and golden spirals

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Therapeutic Pattern Example

Therapeutic Pattern Example

Turquoise and gold spiral design

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Custom Design

Custom Design

Rose gold with flowing therapeutic patterns

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Custom Design

Custom Design

Soft pink gradient with therapeutic textile pattern

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Custom Design

Custom Design

Deep purple signature collection

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Our Collections

Three collections to match your journey

FOUNDATION

$79-99

  • Botanically-infused organic cotton
  • Therapeutic textile pattern printing (colloidal silver)
  • Sanskrit affirmation of your choice
  • Standard comfort inserts included
  • 30-day satisfaction guarantee

EMPOWERED

$149-199

  • Everything in Foundation
  • Premium wellness inserts
  • Enhanced therapeutic textile patterns
  • Premium packaging
  • 3-month insert subscription

TRANSCENDENT

$299-399

  • Everything in Empowered
  • 3 interchangeable wellness inserts
  • Luxury packaging + wellness kit
  • 1-year insert subscription
  • Private wellness session with Shannon

Launching April 20, 2026

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Shannon R. Giles

“For Sarah. Through Sarah. AS Sarah.”

Shannon R. Giles, Founder & CEO, created Build-A-Bra after her personal journey with nervous system regulation. Her mission: wearable wellness technology that helps people feel held, supported, and whole.

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