The worst part of wedding attire...

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Date: 4/11/2006 10:02:28 PM
Author: Mara
actually, did you gals see the oprah episode where they had nordy''s fitters come in and measure and fit everyone in the audience?

if i recall correctly, more than 75% of the women in the audience were wearing the wrong bra size to begin with. it may have even been higher, like 85%. i was shocked, but in reality i have heard that lots of women wear the wrong bra size....but that just totally clinched it.

during the whole show they talked about how the bras should fit and showed what was wrong and right on the various girls, how to make yourself look better, lift the twins up higher, etc. they said that the mistake most women made was wearing too small of a cup size....girls who were B''s ended up with C''s and some B''s went to D''s. oprah herself said she thought she was something like a 34 DD and in reality she was a 36 F or G!

they talked about how women have this misconception that a larger size is a bad thing or women don''t want to be thought of as ''strippers'' who have DD''s or something, but in reality more women wear D''s or similar than they''d think and that they shouldn''t let numbers and letters feel stereotypical. most of the women went up a cup size or two after being fitted by the nordy''s gals. some of them were SO HAPPY, aka original full A gals were like ''I''m a C!''..etc.

anyway it was really interesting and i would not be shocked if the VS website was right and everyone just thought it was wrong because thats not how THEY measured themselves or how they felt their bra should fit. also i think part of it has to do with ''comfort'' level, aka i don''t like a too tight bra but on the show they showed that the bra straps should fit tighter but i think that would just bug me, so i don''t know that i''d even want to wear the size the fitters said i should.

I saw that Oprah episode too. I agree that most of us probably aren''t wearing our correct size and I don''t have a problem with being a D or DD or F or whatever - the part of the VS fitting guide that I can''t agree with is the rib cage/band measurement. Mainly because using their guidelines I would wear a 38 or 40 - about 6 months ago I was wearing a 36 and had a lot of problems with my straps falling off my shoulder and the back of the bra riding up my back. Actually, I think it was that Oprah episode that said if you''re having those problems with your bra, you''re likely wearing too large of a bra around the rib cage. So, the next bra I bought I went back down to a 34 and have since ceased having strap issues and am no longer tugging it down in the back... So, my thought is that if I was having a lot of problems with a 36, I can''t imagine how I''d be wearing the 38 or 40 that VS says I''m "supposed" to be wearing?!?!

And yea, comfort is a big part of it... I did think it was awesome how they were able to get some of those gals to look so much better and even thinner just by picking up the girls and giving them some support!!

 

[MelissaSue]

Lol. the "directions" that mat posted are correct.. However.. a) You should not measure yourself.. it hardly ever comes out right.. and b)There are variations to the way that each person is shaped.. so it might not be right on for everyone..

My measurements aren''t quite right either. I wear a 34A pretty much consistently..but my measurements indicated I''m a 36AA.. Which is impossible to find. but as Munckin stated, 34A is the equivalent cup size.. (This IS true.. if you don''t believe me.. put a 34A and a 36A bra next to each other.. the 36A has a MUCH bigger cup). But with long line bras, a 34 is much too small around for me.. but I''ve never been able find a 36AA.. and a 36A is too big in the cup for me.

 

[Selkie]

Can anyone suggest good places in Los Angeles to get a bra fitted properly? I''ve never even thought about doing that. I HATE going to department stores and trying on a million bras, but that''s how I''ve done it to this point. Now, whenever I find a style that I THINK fits, I buy three or four of them! I bought a longline bra that has the same measurements I usually take, and it completely fits wrong. Argggh. I''m hoping whatever dress I end up with can have cups sewn into it, instead of dealing with some horrid rib-cage crushing contraption.