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America’s denial of larger-cup bras
“In a way, we can understand the retailers — many women seem unable to accept a cup size larger than D. Somehow in our lives, we’ve been indoctrinated that a D+ cup is “huge,” or “fat,” and women simply don’t want that stigma attached to their breasts.”
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Pretty Woman
I think like many people who have seen Pretty Woman I’ve always wanted to walk into a store and say “I’m going to be spending an obscene amount of money in here today.” Well, I haven’t done it. But I’ve taken “splurge” to a whole new level and I’m pretty darned sure that many of you would think that I did spend an obscene amount of money yesterday. On underwear.
I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned it here before but yesterday I finally got around to going to Secrets From Your Sister. And I finally got a fitting. And yep, I was wearing the wrong size bra! I know, you may now all throw things at me since I told you all to go get bra fittings months ago. Truth be told I was not horrifically off. Yes I did have the wrong band size and the wrong cup size.
Band size: In all honesty I didn’t know that my current band size really existed outside of training bras. Seriously. Yes, I. am. small. I have a small frame and I have little bones. When I was a kid I could only have been described as scrawny. But it does exist…just not in the big lingerie chain stores. La Senza doesn’t have it. Neither does Victoria’s Secret although they do have a size in the next band up that I *might* be able to wear. I’ll get to that in a moment.
Cup size: Ok, I didn’t know I could get bras in my band size. I *really* didn’t know that that my cup sizes existed (at least not for small band sizes, I knew they were available in the 40+ band sizes). Yes, I said sizes. I bought 5 bras and I think only two had the same cup size. Every bra, every style, every company sizes differently. You might be a C in one bra and a D in the other. A cup size isn’t the same between different band sizes. A 32C isn’t going to be the same as a 38C.
At SFYS they examined every bra I had on to see how it did or did not fit. You see, they know their stock *really* well. If one of their bras doesn’t fit you well for whatever reason they have a pretty good idea of what other bra in stock will. I’ve always had a hard time in standard chain stores because while I have a small band size I’m certainly not an A cup.
Band size and cup size combo: Yes, on top of wearing more than one cup size, you can wear more than one band size. The hooks on which you would fasten your bra would change. And so would your cup size. If you move into a larger band size your cup size will generally decrease. See the above comment about cup size changing with band size. Truthfully, there’s really no such thing as a being a “C cup”. You might be a C in your bandsize most of the time, but again, that will change with style, company, etc.
Price: I know you are all wondering. Yes, there were some pricey bras. I bought two that were definitely in the “spendy” range. Not obscene but some of you might look like I was crazy. But I was very happy to find that many of the basic bras (t-shirt bras) were about $50. And yeah, I probably could get two bras for that price at La Senza but they wouldn’t fit me properly. And I’d rather have one bra that fits than two that don’t. How much did spend? Yeah, I’m not telling you. But enough so that they gave me a free pair of panties and free
SFYS gets two thumbs up from me. In fact, I think they may have totally ruined me for other lingerie stores. At least for bras. And that’s saying A LOT.
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Hmmm
I think this takes edible underwear to a whole new level…
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Breaking Underwear News!!!
Limited Brands Inc., the parent company of Victoria’s Secret, is buying out La Senza.
Will La Senza stores stay? Or will they morph to Victoria’s Secret??? Time will only tell.
This reminds me that I sometime I need to organize a bra revolution becuase I’m fed up with bra stores. I blame them for the fact that 80% of women in North American wear the wrong sized bra. Why? Every try to find a 32 band bra in anything above a B cup? They exist but they are a rare and elusive breed. The truth is that most bra stores only carry “standard” sizes – which are a crock. Why do I say that? Because 80% OF WOMEN ARE WEARING THE WRONG SIZED BRA.
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Happy Halloween
I hope you have a delightfully ghoulish day!
No trick or treaters here. No costume parties or the like either. My biggest issue is to decide which pair of underwear to wear…
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What Would Jane Do?
This probably could go on my book blog but I talk more underwear stuff over here so here’s where I’m putting it.
I want a pair.
Call me crazy but I have a feeling what Jane would do and what I would do in situations involving thongs would be vastly different…You can get these and other Jane items at Janeite Supply Shop at cafepress.com.
And thanks to the AustenBlog (they’re snarkalicious) for bringing them to my attention.
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What’s this doing in my house? Monday
What’s this??? No!!! It can’t be! It’s…it’s…ORGANIZATION!!!!!
Actually I have more bras…I’m just not really sure where they are hiding at the moment. They are either in the laundry hamper or hanging in the bathroom.
All this organization lead to one problem…you see I only have a three drawer dresser. So underwear is supposed to share with socks. But ummm…there’s not really any room as you can see. So I had to do something. This is what I came up with.
All this organization is making my head hurt. And this will only work if Piper decides not to nap on the socks….
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Procrastinating
Do you think $165US is too much to pay for a lamp? Cause I really, really think I need a Tramp Lamp. Is there anything that is more me???
Many thanks to Want Not for bringing it to my attention. The only problem is that I think I really do want it…
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Coming soon to a bathroom near me
i.e. my bathroom
This is something I've been thinking about for awhile. Unsurprisingly it involves underwear (hey, this is me we're talking about after all…). I've been looking at vintage underwear ads for awhile now. I just bought these on ebay tonight and then I'll need to get them framed (knowing me this will take months…) and then hang them (again could take months…). So by "soon" I really mean sometime in the (not-so? distant) future. I like how they are both very similar in colour but one is rather innocent and the other is overtly sexy.
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Wow!!!
Early in the day on Saturday I made an unexpected trip to La Vie en Rose. I was in the mall and figured I'd go look.
Little did i know that i was leaving with two pairs of the most comfortable underwear ever! And I desperately want to be able to link you all to them and hook you up but they don't seem to be on the La Vie en Rose website. *gasp*
So those of you near a La Vie en Rose go now. Go directly to the 3 for $15 table (I did buy three pairs of underwear but only two of these). They are the seamless low-rise boyshorts. I just checked the tag and they are 90% nylon and 10% elastic. They are THE BEST. I swear it doesn't even feel as if I am wearing underwear. Honestly they are so comfy. And you know me…I would never lead you astray when it comes to underwear!
I must pick up some more pairs of these this weekend…
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