bra size

[nosecretlies.livejournal.com]

this may sound like a stupid question, but im rather confused.
the numbers in a bra size is the band and the letter is the cup. so logically thinking, it would seem that the first hook on say a 32b would be the same as the last hook on a 34b. am i missing something here?

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Re: I'm a 38 DDD so....

[hildybrant.livejournal.com]

I'm going to send you where I send everybody I encounter who shares this problem.

I feel your pain. I used to have an entire drawer full of gorgeous bras in all kinds of colors and patterns, and suddenly I found myself with one bra, standard cut, in solid black.

Check out www.figleaves.com. They have plenty of bras in an enormous range of sizes, very reasonable prices, and excellent customer service. Sign up for their emails; they have some incredible sales every so often. I just recently bought a bra for $45 that would have normally sold for $90.

I'm not in any way associated with them except as a loyal customer. I've been buying all of my bras there for years now. It's just about the best thing ever, in my opinion.

Re: I'm a 38 DDD so....

[frolicnaked.livejournal.com]

I have a quick question: How does one go about purchasing bras at websites?

I've done it before, but only in the exact same styles and sizes I've already recently tried on in a store. Given the variation between manufacturers -- and personally, the fact that I simply can't wear some brands regardless of size (Wacoal) -- I'm really uncertain how to know it will fit and really, really hesitant to spend money on what seems like a gamble.

Re: I'm a 38 DDD so....

[hildybrant.livejournal.com]

Check out the site's return policy. I believe that as long as you don't remove the tags, you can send it back to them for a refund. I'm not sure if they refund the cost of shipping it or not, as I've only ever had to return one bra from the site, and that was about two years ago, but either way, it's not a huge cost to ship the bra back, so you're not taking a huge hit to the wallet if they don't refund shipping.

In my opinion, it's worth taking the risk of paying shipping to potentially own more than the no bras you can find in department stores.

Re: I'm a 38 DDD so....

[frolicnaked.livejournal.com]

Yes, it looks like Fig Leaves has a better return policy than some sites I've used in the past. I don't know whether they'll refund the cost of shipping, but they will pay the cost of shipping it back to them, so I'd conceivably only lose $4.50 that way. With other sites I've used, not only did they not repay the cost of shipping, but I also had to pay to ship my merchandise back to them, which meant that I had to pay twice to ship an order that wasn't really working out for me after all.

Personally, I think it might be worth the cost to do it once or twice. But when I think about how many bras I try on in stores before I find one (if I'm lucky) that fits, this could still conceivably be a pretty expenstive e-tail excursion.

Re: I'm a 38 DDD so....

[tanoshii-chan.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, that is going to go on my bookmark list. I can't wait to be able to go more than a day without having to wash and line dry a bra.