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dragonlady7Sites by and for women are, disgustingly often, extremely amateurish, done in ridiculous colors, and featuring terrible grammar and spelling, incorrect word usage, and, most irritating of all, inconsistent information.
After searching awhile to discover what my bra size would be in UK sizing, I am forced to conclude that I don't know what fuckin' size my bra is in US sizing to begin with. Each site had a different sizing guide as to how one ought to measure, and of all the comparison charts, no two had the same answer. (One site had two charts on the same page and they differed.)
For example: In US sizing, are DDD and F the same? Or are they distinct sizes? Extensive research on my part has proved inconclusive; apparently, it varies by manufacturer.
Without knowing whether DD, E, DDD, or F are indeed separate sizes (they are all a confused jumble), I can't find out my size.
So. Please. Anyone. Anyone who knows anything about this, please help me.
My measurements are:
around the chest under the bust: 34" (86.5 cm)
around fullest part of bust (in reasonably well-fitting, unpadded bra*): 44" (112 cm)
So WHAT SIZE AM I?
I've no fucking clue. There was one calculator online, and I entered the measurements and it blithely assured me I was a 38F, but then I realized it was an international site and it didn't specify whether that was American, British, or European sizing. So I still have no idea.
*it has always amused the crap out of me, in a thoroughly unfunny way, that in order to determine your bra size, you have to already have a bra that fits, and yet they still assume that if you have a bra that fits, you're going to go to the trouble of measuring rather than just looking at the tag and buying another one. Except that the tags of the bras that more or less fit me all say different things, or are so worn that they say nothing at all. Which is, I suppose, why this ludicrous method of fittings is still the standard way of doing things.
I would abandon all attempts at buying lingerie online, except that I have already established that of the shops in the mall, I can only find my size at Fredericks' of Hollywood, and their 36F (the saleslady explained that DDD=F, which I have found is not universally the case) fits me okay except that I really ought to go one cup size larger, as they tend to need drastic readjustment every time I bend over. And they don't make any larger ones, so it's not an option.
And nobody else in the mall carries even that size, except sometimes at JC Penney you can find the Old Lady Specials in up to size GG, but those aren't bras so much as lifestyle systems for a lifestyle I don't plan to get into for another 30 years or so.
And yes, this is after losing 15 pounds.
Conclusively, bras are designed, manufactured, and sized exclusively by men who don't know and women who don't care. I suppose this is all inconsequential if you're a carefree B or so, but for me, the support undergarment is the most crucial bit of my wardrobe, and it requires not only consideration but also engineering. I do not own one single solitary bra that is actually satisfactory, and it's bumming me way the hell out.
After searching awhile to discover what my bra size would be in UK sizing, I am forced to conclude that I don't know what fuckin' size my bra is in US sizing to begin with. Each site had a different sizing guide as to how one ought to measure, and of all the comparison charts, no two had the same answer. (One site had two charts on the same page and they differed.)
For example: In US sizing, are DDD and F the same? Or are they distinct sizes? Extensive research on my part has proved inconclusive; apparently, it varies by manufacturer.
Without knowing whether DD, E, DDD, or F are indeed separate sizes (they are all a confused jumble), I can't find out my size.
So. Please. Anyone. Anyone who knows anything about this, please help me.
My measurements are:
around the chest under the bust: 34" (86.5 cm)
around fullest part of bust (in reasonably well-fitting, unpadded bra*): 44" (112 cm)
So WHAT SIZE AM I?
I've no fucking clue. There was one calculator online, and I entered the measurements and it blithely assured me I was a 38F, but then I realized it was an international site and it didn't specify whether that was American, British, or European sizing. So I still have no idea.
*it has always amused the crap out of me, in a thoroughly unfunny way, that in order to determine your bra size, you have to already have a bra that fits, and yet they still assume that if you have a bra that fits, you're going to go to the trouble of measuring rather than just looking at the tag and buying another one. Except that the tags of the bras that more or less fit me all say different things, or are so worn that they say nothing at all. Which is, I suppose, why this ludicrous method of fittings is still the standard way of doing things.
I would abandon all attempts at buying lingerie online, except that I have already established that of the shops in the mall, I can only find my size at Fredericks' of Hollywood, and their 36F (the saleslady explained that DDD=F, which I have found is not universally the case) fits me okay except that I really ought to go one cup size larger, as they tend to need drastic readjustment every time I bend over. And they don't make any larger ones, so it's not an option.
And nobody else in the mall carries even that size, except sometimes at JC Penney you can find the Old Lady Specials in up to size GG, but those aren't bras so much as lifestyle systems for a lifestyle I don't plan to get into for another 30 years or so.
And yes, this is after losing 15 pounds.
Conclusively, bras are designed, manufactured, and sized exclusively by men who don't know and women who don't care. I suppose this is all inconsequential if you're a carefree B or so, but for me, the support undergarment is the most crucial bit of my wardrobe, and it requires not only consideration but also engineering. I do not own one single solitary bra that is actually satisfactory, and it's bumming me way the hell out.
