COMPANY INFORMATION

B & B Company and Bosom Buddy® have been satisfying mastectomees for over 20 years. The company was founded in 1976 by Melva Smith, a Boise, Idaho woman who had undergone a radical mastectomy eleven years before and was unhappy with the prosthetic choices available to her. A determined and creative woman, Melva decided to create an alternative prosthesis.  Melva celebrated her 80^th birthday in 1995, as well as the 30^th anniversary of her breast surgery!
(Click here to read Melva’s story.)

The company operated as a sole proprietorship until 1979, when it was incorporated in the State of Idaho as B & B Lingerie Company, Inc.

The product trade name Bosom Buddy was registered with the United States Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office in 1976. The trademark was reissued in 1996.

The Bosom Buddy product and accessory items are manufactured in Idaho, and retail sales, both nationally and internationally, are made from the Boise, Idaho location. Wholesale sales, to prosthetic dealers and lingerie boutiques across the United States and in Canada, are also made from the Boise plant.  We maintain an inventory of thousands of breast forms in all sizes, shapes and colors, so we can ship any order the same day we receive it.
(Click here for wholesale dealership opportunities.)

B & B employs 23 people, 17 of whom work in a production capacity, cutting fabric, sewing the breast forms or the pillows that fit inside of them, or boxing the forms for shipment. The remaining employees staff the office, answering the many calls and letters we receive, sending brochures to interested women, and processing orders. On behalf of each of our employees, President Stacie Neely welcomes you to the Bosom Buddy web site and encourages you to look around to learn more about our product. We are anxious to help you in any way we can, because your comfort is our concern!

Click on the envelope to send Stacie Neely an e-mail.

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