- Trying to box these babies up.
I have a lot of difficulty buying lingerie
from typical stores.
A lot of times, I don't know where the clothes came from.
I don't know who made them.
I have really tiny itty bitty titties,
and then a huge ass.
Your girl's not finding anything.
- I have a difficult time
buying lingerie from typical chain stores
just because I always feel rushed.
You're in a changing room.
There's always other people waiting,
knocking at the doors.
Either the top doesn't fit right,
the bottom doesn't fit right,
or I just don't feel particularly confident in it.
- My body, I have a smaller waist,
I have bigger breasts, and it's definitely hard
to find something that just fits you perfectly.
You go in and you see these girls
and they kind of advertise that plus size girls
can go in there too, but I don't think
I've ever been able to find my bra size,
other than a clearance rack, at Marshall's.
- This week, we're gonna be trying custom lingerie.
- Lingerie.
- I'm Monica, designer and founder of Uye Surana.
Lingerie should feel like second skin.
It should be both beautiful and comfortable.
We offer over 60 different sizes,
as well as free custom sizing.
Most of our lingerie is made specifically
for the person who's ordered it.
Today, I will be meeting with three different women
and I will be creating a bralette and panty for each one.
I'm interested to see how the lingerie looks
and what their thoughts are.
- Hi, I'm Tatiana. - Hi, I'm Monica.
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
- So what are you looking for today?
- Maybe something a little lacy.
Maybe a halter, I'm thinking white.
- Probably sexy but sweet, cute, fun.
I love pinks.
- I'm looking for 1950s pinup meets
the woman you see at the grocery store in her sweatpants.
Hot but super cozy and relaxed.
High key without seeming to be.
- Here at Uye Surana, we can gather all of your information
and we'll send you something that will fit you well,
so you don't have to rush to decide how you feel.
- Yay.
- So what's this pretty little thing?
- [Monica] We have a wraparound style.
It's very adjustable in the back.
You have three rows of hook and eye.
- [Syd] It really does look like a modern take on a corset.
- [Kuwilileni] Yeah, it's like a corset that
doesn't oppress you, it just loves you.
- We're gonna gather your measurements
and based on the things that we've talked about,
I will surprise you with some styles,
and we will messenger them over to you
and some tote bags.
It's really become the catalyst for me
to listen to a lot of different women
with what things are missing
in terms of representation with models,
in terms of offering more sizes,
and to not just answer it in a way
that only speaks to me,
feeling like I didn't see women like me growing up
in magazines, but that speaks to women
in a more larger, identifying way.
- [Syd] Look what finally came in the mail today.
- [Syd] It is so beautiful.
There's a collar, there's a bra, underwear,
and also she even gave me
little stockings, sexy,
and then one of these things.
I don't know what they're called,
but I know you pull them off at the wedding.
- So here it is on.
As you can see, it doesn't fit quite like it should.
I think it's really beautiful.
It's super unique, but it is definitely a little bit tight.
- I just tried it on, so cute.
Honestly, everything fits so good.
- I was a little worried about
the sizing, and
particular pieces, especially the underwear,
'cause I have a bigger butt,
and then a smaller top, so
I wasn't sure if the bottoms were gonna fit
but they actually fit pretty well.
- Okay, day one of wearing these.
I love this color, I think it's very cute.
Some of the things I'm still iffy about
on my own body, I'm still gonna be iffy about.
- [Kuwilileni] It's underwear, that's what's happening.
Waiting for tonight.
- It's squeezing a lot.
- [Kuwilileni] I know, she didn't--
- It's actually really cute though,
I just feel like it's just really tight.
- I am dressed head to toe in lingerie, feeling super sexy.
Under that duvet is my lovely boyfriend Alvin.
We are doing a grand sexy lingerie reveal.
- All right, so jury's still out on how I feel
about customizable lingerie.
As I expected, I think the pieces were incredibly beautiful.
I feel like they themselves were a work of art,
which is awesome, but it was kind of a bummer
because they didn't fit.
- I have felt so beautiful and so confident
in lingerie, which was something I was kind of
awkward about before, but
really, I felt so great, and I can't thank Uye Surana enough
for giving that to me.
- I wish that custom lingerie could just fix
all of those things, iffy things that you feel,
but I don't really think anything could do that.
I think only you can work on that as a person.