Perkies

Rosie Mangiarotti had several frustrating experiences with sticky bras, and after watching her friends and sisters have similar frustrating experiences, she thought there must be a solution to this, and if there isn't, she was going to create one. Sticky bras lose adhesion easily, get dirty, and fall of when you least expect it. To combat these issues, Rosie thought to create a sticky bra with replaceable adhesives. Rosie thought of this idea in High School and it wasn't until her junior year in college (Spring 2017) when it resurfaced. Rosie studied Business & Entrepreneurship at Brown and took a class called “The Entrepreneurial Process”. Through this class, students learned all about starting a company through doing close readings on entrepreneurial case studies. As part of the class, students were split into teams to come up with an idea- a product or service that solves a customer pain point- and to create a full fledged business plan. Rosie pitched this idea and her team was on board. Rosie worked alongside her classmates in a business team of six to transform the idea of the “Reliabra” (now, Perkies) into an opportunity, an opportunity that is now a commercial reality. After I graduated, with some wind behind my back through pitch competition success, I decided to bring this idea to life! Now Perkies has several products including Perkies Petals and Perkies Nips - nipple enhancers, the first of their kind!