Bra fitting

I apologise to the men reading this, and if you are of the kind who can’t even look in a catalogue with bras in without turning a shade of blush, I warn you to click away now.

Have they gone?  Good.

What is it with bras?  I’ve been looking for a white one for a while now, but all I can find is black or pastal shades.  I’ve got one bra which is my correct bra size…one…and it’s black so not really that convenient when I want to wear a white t-shirt.  And what is it with finding a bra that actually fits??  Take today as an example, I went into a well known underwear chain here in Aarhus today, and whilst the service seemed good, the two bras I tried whilst looking relatively ok, actually didn’t fit, yet the woman was determined that they did.  Thankfully, I know when a bra fits me or not, so it was a polite thank you but no thank you.  So it’s really not surprising to know that 8 in 10 women wear the wrong bra size, when you have supposedly trained staff saying they fit fine when they clearly don’t.

I’m not loving going bra shopping at the best of times anyway, I’d much rather do it in the comfort of my own home, however, that only works if you know your bra size and it hasn’t differed since your last purchase.  I recently ordered a mass of bras in various sizes, purely because I knew that my cup size had increased, but I couldn’t be sure by how much.  So, out of 15 bras, I ended up with one!  One bra that fitted, and worse still I am now having to wear E cup.  It wasn’t a good day for me that day.  Most women would kill for a big bust, me, I was more than happy with my C cup of years ago, then I went up a cup to a D.  It was rocky times but I got used to it, as long as I didn’t end up a DD (E), I was happy.  So of course, now I’m a DD (E).  I’m coming to accept the change, that’s all I’ll say on the matter.

But with this change, I’m coming to realise that there seems to be a threshold with bra design; up to D cup, and you get “yes here you go madam, here is the racy, lacy bits of stuff you’d like to try”, however DD (E) and above and you get “here you go madam, here’s the support you need”.  Don’t get me wrong there has been a lot of progression in design for the ‘larger’ breasted woman, and many stores have now cottoned on that us women who happen to be well-endowed, want to feel sexy, not that we’ve got half a ton of scaffolding and half your mum’s sheeting rapped round your chest!   But still, why is it that I try most bras on, and end up having the centre panel reaching to my chin, purely because I need a bigger cup size?  Eh, what’s with that?  Not only do I look like, well, not girly or sexy at all, but it also is a horrible reminder of the style of bras’ my mum wears…and I’m just not ready to go there yet at 28!!

Ladies, are you perhaps 1 of the 8 who wear the wrong bra size?  Check out http://www.bravissimo.com/perfectfit/ as they have a guide on what to look out for when wearing bras and trying them on.