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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Aug 26, 2015 16:11:21 GMT -5
I'm a 34A and I have a hell of a time finding bras. I refuse to shop for training bras in the kids' section! VS is a joke. I got measured there and they kept trying to tell me I was a B cup. So I kept buying B cup bras and couldn't figure out why the cup wasn't lying smooth on my chest no matter how much I adjusted the straps. I got properly measured by a seamtress whose done it for 26 years and boy was that depressing.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Aug 26, 2015 16:15:20 GMT -5
I'm a 34A and I have a hell of a time finding bras. I refuse to shop for training bras in the kids' section! VS is a joke. I got measured there and they kept trying to tell me I was a B cup. So I kept buying B cup bras and couldn't figure out why the cup wasn't lying smooth on my chest no matter how much I adjusted the straps. I got properly measured by a seamtress whose done it for 26 years and boy was that depressing. The irony of such a post in the Plus Size thread is too much to not comment.
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Post by whoami on Aug 26, 2015 16:27:58 GMT -5
I'm 5' 11', an alleged "skinny minny" and there aren't clothes in the stores for me either, despite the fact that its "me" (albeit a few more pounds) sashaying down the catwalk. I'm a 34A or B, depending on the brand, and I have a real problem finding bras I like. Between the increasing poundage of the population and the wonders of surgical enhancement, stores seem to be stocking a lot more 42DDs than 34As. I like my breasts- they're enough to be curvy but don't interfere with exercise or require industrial-strength lingerie. I think I'm in the minority now. Im a solid 38D or 36DD at VS. I have Playtex in my drawer as well for when Im going to be sweaty and gross and they are 38B and C. They seem pretty interchangable. Sports Bras are out unless they have adj straps because they are just too short. Its rare to find any tall sizes in the store unless its of course, a tall store. I dont have a problem finding stuff and ordering online and honestly prefer it that way, but its not just the larger sizes that have problems finding what they want in the store.
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Post by emma1420 on Aug 26, 2015 16:33:51 GMT -5
I'm a 34A and I have a hell of a time finding bras. I refuse to shop for training bras in the kids' section! VS is a joke. I got measured there and they kept trying to tell me I was a B cup. So I kept buying B cup bras and couldn't figure out why the cup wasn't lying smooth on my chest no matter how much I adjusted the straps. I got properly measured by a seamtress whose done it for 26 years and boy was that depressing. VS is ridiculous. They told me I was a 40D. Despite the fact, that anyone with a taper measure and reading skills can tell that a 40 inch band would be swimming on me. VS is one of those stores that make you fit the bras they have rather than finding a bra that will fit you.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Aug 26, 2015 16:35:36 GMT -5
I'm a 34A and I have a hell of a time finding bras. I refuse to shop for training bras in the kids' section! VS is a joke. I got measured there and they kept trying to tell me I was a B cup. So I kept buying B cup bras and couldn't figure out why the cup wasn't lying smooth on my chest no matter how much I adjusted the straps. I got properly measured by a seamtress whose done it for 26 years and boy was that depressing. The irony of such a post in the Plus Size thread is too much to not comment. Yeah.....I noticed this a couple pges go.
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Post by sapphire12 on Aug 26, 2015 17:03:08 GMT -5
The irony of such a post in the Plus Size thread is too much to not comment. Yeah.....I noticed this a couple pges go. Well, many people are different sizes on the top and bottom. Some might be plus-sized on the bottom, but tiny on the top. Actually, that could be me, if I weren't careful about my health. There are kids that have larger arms than I do. I have no jiggle whatsoever on my upper arms and I am definitely past the age where it would be jiggling if it were meant to happen. But, I think the issue is that women of all sizes have problems finding clothes that fit.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Aug 26, 2015 17:05:56 GMT -5
VS is one of those stores that make you fit the bras they have rather than finding a bra that will fit you.
Do their sales people make commission? I've wondered that b/c that would explain why they tell you you're a size they have in stock at the store instead of a size only available online. Sorry I was just commiserating about Victoria's Secret.
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Post by teen persuasion on Aug 26, 2015 17:27:42 GMT -5
Yeah.....I noticed this a couple pges go. Well, many people are different sizes on the top and bottom. Some might be plus-sized on the bottom, but tiny on the top. Actually, that could be me, if I weren't careful about my health. There are kids that have larger arms than I do. I have no jiggle whatsoever on my upper arms and I am definitely past the age where it would be jiggling if it were meant to happen. But, I think the issue is that women of all sizes have problems finding clothes that fit. So if people at either end of the spectrum can't find clothes to fit them, who are clothes manufacturers making clothes for? Are they just making "average", and no one is actually "average" sized?
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Post by teen persuasion on Aug 26, 2015 17:48:03 GMT -5
But they are also losing sales to all of us that are frustrated that we can't find things to fit us.
It drives DH crazy when I go shopping for X, can't find X, so I leave the store empty handed. Sorry, if i don't find what I want, I don't buy something else (that I don't want) instead. The point, for me, is not to buy "something"; it is to buy the thing I want!
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Aug 26, 2015 18:08:08 GMT -5
They're making clothes that sell. There must be plenty of women buying the stuff they make now or they wouldn't be making it. How it fits is secondary to whether or not it sells. They're large scale manufacturing companies not tailors or bespoke designers. A couple years ago, I needed to buy a dress for a wedding.....a dressy wedding. I was living in KY at the time, so hit stores in a 100 mile radius of Lexington (Louisville and Cincinnati). I had absolutely NO luck, so started ordering from online. I was ordering dresses in 2-3 different sizes from Nordstrom's, 6-9 dresses at a time. By the time I finally found something, I bought 27 dresses, returned 26.
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Aug 26, 2015 18:47:03 GMT -5
VS is one of those stores that make you fit the bras they have rather than finding a bra that will fit you.
Do their sales people make commission? I've wondered that b/c that would explain why they tell you you're a size they have in stock at the store instead of a size only available online. Sorry I was just commiserating about Victoria's Secret. Someone at VS tried to Measure me for a bra after she argued with me about my size. She measure me at like a 42E or something and told me to go across to maybe Bryant to find something. For giggles I did and I tried it on and it was commical. It just hung there on me and the cups were almost to my arm pits. I seriously wanted to have someone from LB escort me over there to show the bitchy sales girl that she was on crack. I went back and told her what happened and asked for someone else to help me find a 36DD because of I wasn't interested to in her help at all. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using proboards
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Post by kittensaver on Aug 26, 2015 19:04:03 GMT -5
VS is one of those stores that make you fit the bras they have rather than finding a bra that will fit you.
Do their sales people make commission? I've wondered that b/c that would explain why they tell you you're a size they have in stock at the store instead of a size only available online. Sorry I was just commiserating about Victoria's Secret. Someone at VS tried to Measure me for a bra after she argued with me about my size. She measure me at like a 42E or something and told me to go across to maybe Bryant to find something. For giggles I did and I tried it on and it was commical. It just hung there on me and the cups were almost to my arm pits. I seriously wanted to have someone from LB escort me over there to show the bitchy sales girl that she was on crack. I went back and told her what happened and asked for someone else to help me find a 36DD because of I wasn't interested to in her help at all. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using proboards I'm a 36DD also, and I recently found an excellent selection in my size at Kohls. It's self-serve (lol), but once you find the right size and shape in a manufacturer's line that you like, you don't have to deal with pesky, bitchy sales girls. Win all around .
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Post by MJ2.0 on Aug 26, 2015 19:06:49 GMT -5
I'm 5' 11', an alleged "skinny minny" and there aren't clothes in the stores for me either, despite the fact that its "me" (albeit a few more pounds) sashaying down the catwalk. I'm a 34A or B, depending on the brand, and I have a real problem finding bras I like. Between the increasing poundage of the population and the wonders of surgical enhancement, stores seem to be stocking a lot more 42DDs than 34As. I like my breasts- they're enough to be curvy but don't interfere with exercise or require industrial-strength lingerie. I think I'm in the minority now. I wish I was a 36C - these A's are not where it's at.
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Post by teen persuasion on Aug 26, 2015 19:21:07 GMT -5
They're making clothes that sell. There must be plenty of women buying the stuff they make now or they wouldn't be making it. How it fits is secondary to whether or not it sells. They're large scale manufacturing companies not tailors or bespoke designers. A couple years ago, I needed to buy a dress for a wedding.....a dressy wedding. I was living in KY at the time, so hit stores in a 100 mile radius of Lexington (Louisville and Cincinnati). I had absolutely NO luck, so started ordering from online. I was ordering dresses in 2-3 different sizes from Nordstrom's, 6-9 dresses at a time. By the time I finally found something, I bought 27 dresses, returned 26. Yeah, thinking about the last half dozen or so weddings I've attended, I don't think I've bought any dresses from a store. Several I made, two were given to me by my sister and I altered them to fit me (little sis is 6" taller and her DH has a knack of shrinking her things), and for a NYE wedding when I was very pregnant I opted to make a loose, flowy top (to go with pants I had). I spent less in time and frustration making what I liked, to fit me, in my colors (rather than trendy colors and styles).
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Aug 26, 2015 19:24:43 GMT -5
Someone at VS tried to Measure me for a bra after she argued with me about my size. She measure me at like a 42E or something and told me to go across to maybe Bryant to find something. For giggles I did and I tried it on and it was commical. It just hung there on me and the cups were almost to my arm pits. I seriously wanted to have someone from LB escort me over there to show the bitchy sales girl that she was on crack. I went back and told her what happened and asked for someone else to help me find a 36DD because of I wasn't interested to in her help at all. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using proboards I'm a 36DD also, and I recently found an excellent selection in my size at Kohls. It's self-serve (lol), but once you find the right size and shape in a manufacturer's line that you like, you don't have to deal with pesky, bitchy sales girls. Win all around . I don't normally get shop there, but I may check it out! VS quality has gone downhill quite a bit over the last few years. I stopped buying my panties from there after several pair literally started coming unraveled on their first wash. Now their bras are falling apart quickly. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using proboards
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Aug 26, 2015 19:26:06 GMT -5
I'm a 34A or B, depending on the brand, and I have a real problem finding bras I like. Between the increasing poundage of the population and the wonders of surgical enhancement, stores seem to be stocking a lot more 42DDs than 34As. I like my breasts- they're enough to be curvy but don't interfere with exercise or require industrial-strength lingerie. I think I'm in the minority now. I wish I was a 36C - these A's are not where it's at. I am willing to share! I can share a few sizes with you then we can both be 36c Sent from my HTC One_M8 using proboards
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Post by thyme4change on Aug 27, 2015 0:58:03 GMT -5
VS sucks now. Soma isn't very good either. I gave up on expensive bras. I find what I want at Target - they don't last super long, but I can buy 4 for what one cost at a place with such expensive advertising, and they are more comfortable. Probably last nearly as long. Every once in a while, I go in and get measured, and then try on bras, complain a lot, and leave. If my size changed, I go to target and buy 8 bras in my new size. I usually piss off a sales lady that just fondled my breast for 10 minutes - but whatever.
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Post by milee on Aug 27, 2015 5:58:04 GMT -5
Paid to fondle breasts you say, how does one get that job? I'm looking for something to get back into the labor force. Around here we call these women the Boob Whisperers. The two I know of (one at a local Dillard's and one at Soma) are older, no-nonsense ladies who have been doing this for years. They're awesome at doing really accurate measurements and don't waste time BSing with stuff. They manhandle you a little bit and tell you exactly what will fit. Rare, but awesome talent.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Aug 27, 2015 6:30:28 GMT -5
VS sucks now. Soma isn't very good either. I gave up on expensive bras. I find what I want at Target - they don't last super long, but I can buy 4 for what one cost at a place with such expensive advertising, and they are more comfortable. Probably last nearly as long. Every once in a while, I go in and get measured, and then try on bras, complain a lot, and leave. If my size changed, I go to target and buy 8 bras in my new size. I usually piss off a sales lady that just fondled my breast for 10 minutes - but whatever. I actually just bought a Target bra on clearance a few weeks ago. It's great! I'll probably stick with $10 clearance rack bras from now on.
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Post by The Captain on Aug 27, 2015 8:52:26 GMT -5
Paid to fondle breasts you say, how does one get that job? I'm looking for something to get back into the labor force. Sorry, I don't think you'd pass the physical.
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 27, 2015 8:52:34 GMT -5
I need to hit target it seems.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Aug 27, 2015 8:54:49 GMT -5
I need to hit target it seems. If your boobs are on the small-to-average size (I'm a 36B) and you aren't picky, then Target might work!
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Post by The Captain on Aug 27, 2015 8:55:20 GMT -5
Paid to fondle breasts you say, how does one get that job? I'm looking for something to get back into the labor force. Around here we call these women the Boob Whisperers. The two I know of (one at a local Dillard's and one at Soma) are older, no-nonsense ladies who have been doing this for years. They're awesome at doing really accurate measurements and don't waste time BSing with stuff. They manhandle you a little bit and tell you exactly what will fit. Rare, but awesome talent. I can't rave enough about my lady at Torrid! Another place I like to go (it's a bit of a drive for me) is the nearest legs/bali/hanes outlet store. I've always gotten great fittings from the ladies there (they were the ones who got me through my ohmygodwhatdoido! nursing, not nursing. loosing weight stage).
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 27, 2015 8:55:22 GMT -5
34B. I think.
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Aug 27, 2015 8:59:11 GMT -5
much to my chagrin, cheap bras and my boobs do not agree.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Aug 27, 2015 9:04:49 GMT -5
I'm not overly concerned with the sizes I'm in but damnit, I do not want to measure my bust, attempt to determine my bra size and then have to spend 45 minutes trying on bras before finding the size I am. Which happened last week at Kohl's. I'm a 42 C now and by golly there where more options for 42DD than the 42 C. I gave up after finding 5 bras and a stunning number of signs that basically said 40 C was as high as was carried in store and I think online too. I now have 1 black, 2 beige-y, 1 white and 1 extremely pale pink. Because apparently us larger busted women don't like brightly colored bras. Kohl's carries Vanity Fair, which comes in 42C (I'm a 42C) in a lot of different styles and colors. try online...? your Kohl's cash should work online too. last time I bought any bras, I came away with bright purple and fuschia ones in the mix. I was also trying to avoid padded and/or pushup bras too. I don't like having padded cups so there were LARGE sections I just avoided because of that. What scary is that the padding is thicker than the nursing pads I used when I was bfing 5+ years ago. AND they were calling it thin/light padding.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Aug 27, 2015 9:12:59 GMT -5
Paid to fondle breasts you say, how does one get that job? I'm looking for something to get back into the labor force. Around here we call these women the Boob Whisperers. The two I know of (one at a local Dillard's and one at Soma) are older, no-nonsense ladies who have been doing this for years. They're awesome at doing really accurate measurements and don't waste time BSing with stuff. They manhandle you a little bit and tell you exactly what will fit. Rare, but awesome talent. I had an excellent young woman help me at Sears, about 7 years back. She said Sears had them attend classes on measuring women for bras and she had a certificate to hang in the dressing room. This was when I needed a couple of bras to get me though the last 2-3 months of a pregnancy. And after one of the pregnancy stores measured me and assured me that I was an For a G cup and I needed to order online. Um, no. A D cup fit fine. Actually, I think I still have the bra. I tossed all bur 2 of my old bras because I have a couple of really sweaty/nasty events coming up and I didn't want to do that to my poor new bras.
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Post by 973beachbum on Aug 27, 2015 9:13:14 GMT -5
I haven't had much of an issue with vanity sizing. I bought some clothes in a higher end store and man did they have it but regular stores like JCPenny or wally world not at all. Shoes on the other hand why can't a size 8 just be a size 8 I ordered two pairs of shoes for my second job. They have to have that oil resistant/no slip sole and I am old so I like the velcro straps one. Don't judge it is totally on my feet and I can loosen them easily at the end of the day if my feel swell. So they come in and as soon as I look at them I know they are a size too small. I check the inside of the shoe and it clearly says 9W but holding it up against the pair I already own it is both not long enough and too narrow. How can the exact same shoes in the exact same size be completely different sizes??
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Post by Lizard Queen on Aug 27, 2015 9:15:33 GMT -5
I need to hit target it seems. If your boobs are on the small-to-average size (I'm a 36B) and you aren't picky, then Target might work! It's been a few years, but I've found Target bras exceptionally uncomfortable, and they don't seem to fit well. The last ones I've gotten were from Kohls after trying on a ton. I hate underwires, so that complicates things for me. Seems like at least 90 percent of the stuff out there is underwire.
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 27, 2015 9:16:04 GMT -5
I buy two colors, nude and black. I have others but never wore them so ended up donating them. Still had tags on them. Hit the VS sale.
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