It’s important to understand the complexities of bra fit, rather than settling because we blame ourselves for not sizing up in some way or another. Our bodies change over time, and sometimes week by week. That’s the first challenge. One of the areas where weight fluctuation is most evident is our breasts. Indeed, the average woman will wear several different bra sizes throughout her life. How long has it been since you’ve checked yours? I lave you worn the same size since you stopped growing? Ever go on the birth control pill. .. off die pill . . . had a child . . . breast-fed? Does your weight fluctuate according to your menstrual cycle? Have all those mornings at the gym begun to pay off, or are you starting to see the effects of not working out? Has gravity caused your boobs to look down instead of straight ahead?
Do you find that you want to rip off your bra at the end of the clay? If you answered yes to any—yes, ANY—of these questions, you probably need to reexamine both your mind-set and your bra size.
Introducing yourself to lingerie is an education. And when it comes to bras, most of us are still in the dark ages.
What I’d like you to do first is to think of your bra not as a pretty fluff piece, but as a work of careful engineering. And the bigger your breasts are, the more complicated the “rigging”—and not just by a little, but by a lot. The worst part about all this is that most women accept bra discomfort unquestioningly, assuming that its just one of those things. No matter what size you are, bras are meant to help, not hinder. Yet people look at me like I’m joking when I say that a bra should be comfortable!
Women who are really into fashion don’t necessarily know more about proper bra fit than the most clueless, couldn’t-care-less cases. You’d think that someone who reads every magazine would have a better shot at understanding how bra sizing works—but they don’t! The playing field is level in this regard. The few-and-far-between who are more knowledgeable in this department usually have a specific person or experience that they can credit for their bra-awareness. Maybe your grandmother took you to a department store where you got the kind of service you just don’t get anymore, or maybe you went to a professional fitter and realized you’re a completely different size than you thought. But if I have any say in the matter, all women will get bra savvy. We all have our dreams. Mine is that in ten years we’ll look back in disbelief that almost every woman experienced some sort of breast or bra discomfort daily.
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