* Ladies only Please* Rant

RubSlutsMommy, I know how you feel, I am a 34FF, and it is so hard to find htem in 'normal' stores, so I tend to get 36F most of the time, so like you I have one good black and white bra, and a couple of not so good ones. When I got my second credit card, I treated myself to some proper fitting bras - £100 for 5 bras.
Mav - when I was a 34D, I struggled finding bras, now I am bigger, I see them all the tim!!

Originally Posted by catloverin_ks

I have also never been fitted by anyone, excpet myself.

I really have thought about having someone help size me though......I hate bras for one thing and it always seems like they all fit differently

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You're right, they do. one 36C will fit differently than another 36C. manufacturers are just that way. Style, cut and your own shape factor in to the fit. This is why I hesitate buying a bra online. Not every 34G will fit me properly. So, I'm not spending lots of cash on bras that won't fit.

Seriously, get fitted by a specialist. I'm shy and rather self-conscious about 'the girls' but got a pro fitting. The statistics are staggering about women in this country wearing the wrong size. Get fitted... your 'girls' will thank you.

Amanda

I wear a 36D, and it's a pain to find (though nothing compared to you girls with the F cups and up) because most stores start their D cups at a 38. I've always been overweight, and I have this dream that if I lose all the weight I need to that my boobs will drop, not just to a C, but to a B, and then I will be able to buy all the cute bras without worrying too much if they have industrial strength support. I doubt it will happen, but a girl can dream, can't she?

The only time I ever got fitted I was 11 and was buying my first bra. A 32AA. Of course. My mom took me to the store and the lady just measured me over my clothes. In the middle of the aisle. Needless to say a cute boy walked by just then. And was I embarrassed!

I've measured myself, and tried pretty hard. I think it's a 38B or a 36C? According to the charts you find online or in catalogues, I've been everything from a 34D to a 40AA ?!?! But my new one is comfortable, so screw what the charts say. And it makes them look bigger!

My best friend in high school was a something EE. We'd always go shopping together, and I always felt bad because I could buy cute little lacy bras with matching underwear and she had to be in the what she called "old fat lady" department.

Evnshawn - my boobs were a 34D till I changed my pill, and they have never shrunk again, it must be about 4 years ago now!! And I have lost weight since then, but they never shrink!! It can be annoying finding clothes cos I need a 14-16 top and a 10-12 bottom!! Going out clothes are easy, cos I don't worry about showing cleavage, but the majority of my work blouses make my waist look bigger cos they have to button over my boobs!!

I've never been fitted.

I am a 34DD, which is impossible to find outside of catalogs, and even then, I have to flip through a few of them to find that size. I truly believe I would have to build a shrine to the goddess of bras in the spare room in order to find a 34DD bra for sale in a store.

I'd be happier being a C, but my breasts never shrink no matter what size I am.

It was far, far worse trying to find a 32DD.

I've seen 34DD's in stores. yes, they're hard to find. no, they're not always pretty bras either. find a store that carries European bras... you can literally find nearly any size imaginable.

Amanda

I've never been fitted. I usually just go to the store and try them on myself.

Originally Posted by RubSluts'Mommy

I've seen 34DD's in stores. yes, they're hard to find. no, they're not always pretty bras either. find a store that carries European bras... you can literally find nearly any size imaginable.

Amanda

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The only three clothing stores I have access to do not carry that size. (I live in a rural area) I've searched extensively, then asked salespeople and have been told that they do not carry that size. There's no store that I know of here which carries European bras.

Originally Posted by CommonOddity042

The only three clothing stores I have access to do not carry that size. (I live in a rural area) I've searched extensively, then asked salespeople and have been told that they do not carry that size. There's no store that I know of here which carries European bras.

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Ahh... okay... I guess I'm just used to being somewhat close to larger cities. In CA, I was close to San Francisco... Syracuse... well... that's where the old fave bra was killed... somewhat hard to find out there.

In my opionion, any clothing store worth their salt will offer to special order for you, or call other stores in their chain, if they're part of a chain.Department stores should always offer options. Smaller stores... there's the problem. Also customer service has gone way downhill the last several years, declining even faster the past couple of years. I used to work in retail (and would again, if the pay was decent enough) and always put my customer's needs first. If they weren't happy, I'd do whatever possible to make them happy... within reason, of course.

Did you ever talk to a manager in those stores? Especially a manager in the women's department (if a department store)? managers, ifthey're doign their job properly, make things happen. sales clerks, half the time, don't give a s*** about what you need, only what they can sell you right now.

Just a thought...

Amanda

Thank you ladies ...

The bad fitting she told me 38 b... I tried them and the cup didnt fit after I umm put myself in and the bad was so loose I nearly had it over the shoulders by bending over..lol...

I used to be a 32d in non underwire and 32dd in underwire.... Now I am 34d in non underwire and underwire, the second gal said I may need a 36d is some styles... Cept I got a question ... Do you have to go up a band size in a minimizer?? I got one yesturday and the minmizer just seems a bit tighter thou there the same brand...

pennys has a bra catalog

I used to be a bra fit specialist. There's really nothing to it, it is just simple math, but ditsy people tend to screw it up a lot and come out with the wrong number. Where I used to work we went through three 2-hour training seminars to become specialists, so we were pretty thorough. It sucks when you have a bad experience doing something like that. I am sorry!

I've never been fitted for a bra, I'm too shy...

I've never been fitted, all the bra's I find @ VS fit me perfectly

I finally got fitted at VS about a year ago, after my mom bugging for months! Menagerie mama, I was too shy as well, but I promise it wasn't as bad as I expected.

I really really hate being a woman and worrying about this stuff! I have small boobs, and it makes me very self consciuos about my body. I am between an A and B, which makes it hard for me to find bras. (Either the cup was a little too big, or the underwire squeezed me, etc etc.) The fitting at VS really helped, the lady picked out some great ones for me, but they still are't incredibley comfortable for long periods of time.

It sucks because the As aren't comfortable, but the Bs usually make them look mishapen b/c I'm not big enough to fill them up correctly! I have one pink and one black bra from a generic company (about 3/4 years old now) that I LOVE!! But of course, they no longer make the style. I even contacted the company to find out if there was any way for me to get more, and they told me no and gave me the style number of the closest one. SUCKED!!

At some point later in life, I would love to have a breast augmentation done, just up to a full C.

Okay, so at 18 I started at 34A, then after first year college it was 34B. Then by the time I graduated I was a 36C, which I kept wearing for years! Then I got sized at Vic secret and I was told I was a 36d, which I didn't believe. Then a few years later I was sized for my wedding and was told I was more like a 36D-DD. What a few pounds do to me! So now I pretty much try on 36D or DD and see which is better, than if I find one that fits, I buy as many pairs as the store has. Last bra I bought was a Bali 36DD. Sometimes the bras fit good, then they start poking me in armpits. It drives me nuts, b/c the companys don't seem to get that the underwire doesn't need to be that big if you aren't that wide under the lumps!

Originally Posted by fwan

wow G??


In australia Its very hard to find something with a D, As i had lost so much weight being in germany i was down to a B cup (yes you can immagine that my girlies are a bit weird now...) now ive put on 10 kilograms since and im a C - D

Here in europe though, alot of women have small tits

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I never had any trouble finding D or DD in Australia, thank god

I've never been fitted.

I do have a gift certificate for Victoria Secret and I'm going to get fitted when I use it. I watched that Oprah show a while back where they were saying most women wear the wrong size.

I can't remember who it was saying they were inbetween an A & B. I used to be that way and I can't remember which, but one company makes bras for inbetween... "almost B, almost C" etc. They are great.

Originally Posted by zak&rocky

It drives me nuts, b/c the companys don't seem to get that the underwire doesn't need to be that big if you aren't that wide under the lumps!

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I wholeheartedly agree. I'm a slender, top-heavy woman, and while I need the industrial-strength titanium underwire, some brands just make it far too big. In a way, it feels like i'm wearing novelty sunglass frames on my chest. It bugs me so much to have to readjust my bra constantly...

I've never been fitted, I'm too shy! I would hate to find out that I'm the wrong size and have to get new bras. I just try them all on in the store and only get ones that are comfy. I'm modestly endowed so never have trouble with finding a size, except at sales then they seem to sell out of my size quickly.
My husband says I'm the perfect size so that's all that counts to me!