So warning to all the ladies (and gents who shop for ladies) out there: pretty sure that American bra sizing has changed dramatically in recent years. I took a friend to Nordstroms today for a bra fitting (because she's had a couple kids and was complaining that none of her bras fit anymore, and it seemed like a nice day out for the two of us as a birthday gift to her.) I went in as a 36c, having been professionally fitted at that same nordstroms 7 years ago. She went in as a 36b. having never been professionally fitted. We were both fitted as 34dd's. Every bra both of us tried on today was either 34d or 34dd....and they fit. Tighter through the band than either us were accustomed to...but then we were also both wearing bras more than 6 years old. DD. Unreal. Plenty of you have met me, and while i'm by no means flat chested i'm also not super buxom (well, not without a corset.)
The only reasonable explanation is that the ladies undergarment industry is gradually increasing bra sizes. Which makes sense, honestly, there's a whole alphabet out there, why not use more of the letters? But still, it's a total mindfuck to increase a gal's cup size that dramatically without major weight gain or significant life events.
It's a shift to plus-zero band sizing, especially in Euro brands, though it's been going on for a while.
I wear a 32D now most of the time. I am a small-breasted woman; for 15 years I wore a 36B. I find it pretty funny, because in a lot of styles a D is very structured and has big straps for support, and I really don't need that (they often change slightly when you move from a C to a D). The problem is, people with actually large breasts get pushed out of standard sizes - there isn't anything bigger than a DD in many stores.
THANK YOU. I have been so bothered by needing a band size increase when by measurement I don't think I should need one. Cup size well the resize is just a pain on top of my own expansion. I am saving up for a reduction.
When I went to the fancy bra fitting shop in Toronto a year and a half ago, it wasn't at all about size as much as finding the bras that fit best. So the salesperson tried on different bras that spanned 2 band sizes & several cup sizes.
That explains why I'm a DD but none of the DD bras I can find actually fit! If a B-C is now a DD, I must be an F now. That's ridiculous.
I recall - I believe it was Aimee - defining an "F" cup as "Fuck, my tits are huge." That still makes me laugh.
I want a reduction in all of me.
I bought my last three bras online after carefully checking my measurements. I can't find front-closing 44D not covered in stupid lace or in weird colors in stores I shop at.
My breasts actually have changed in size as I've grown older.
My breasts have changed in size as I've grown fatter. I would like them to change in size in the other direction as I grow skinnier. Big boobs are a nuisance.
I am losing weight and they are still growing. I am starting to hate them.
