How many bra's?

Thank you Chai, btw I am a big fan of your tea.

How did you know? She dropped her surname after we had a disagreement.

Wally, what in sam hill do you think chai refers to?

Chai Brisket?

Speaking of brisket, why aren't you out back tending the smoker?

Okay, Chai. I will get right to work.

(I am sorry you had to witness that on your first day here, Zayrina)

Forgot to add my sports bras in there. I've got about 10 of those in my gym section.

In answer to MG - 10 sports bras for work (not the mono-breast kind), 2 seamless (all beige for under T-shirts), 3 sexy (one black, one red, one beige), 1 beige strapless, and 1 with too much lace to wear under anything, 2 really expensive ones that have rarely been worn but I keep because they were like I said - really expensive. All fit because the old Jewish lady in my local lingere shop tells me what to to buy.

In answer to Kicky - unhook or pull down - underwires pushed up into one's neck is not sexy.

I managed to nab a bra recently. It's not quite the right size. I seem to be needing a half size, but I'll be damned if I'll go search one out. So, I have three bras that I wear regularly. One I shouldn't wear as it fits badly. One is wrn out and falling apart and one is the new one. I also have several with have no lining and are a little too revealing for work. And, since that's all I do, they sit in the drawer. I could probably wear one - three of those. I should toss the other one or two.

I currently own 4 plain beige bras. Two of them are now too big, and I should pitch them. But as much as I don't mind buying new clothes in smaller sizes, I really hate buying new bras that I won't wear out before they need to be replaced. I do a lot of hand washing. I hate that too, but it's a compromise I can live with.

One of these days (soon) I'll get back down to a 36B. Then I'll buy pretty bras again.

littlek, it's worth it to get a professional fitting and better stores do them for free. For years I spent hours trying to find the right bra and usually going home with something that I thought was pretty but never fit right. Now I know what brands work for me and what size I am in those brands. I can wear a bra for years before I have to throw it away. I can even order from discount catalogs once I know the model number.

My model number was no where to be found in the last couple stores I tried. That model is a few years old. I am a little freaked out about a professional fitting. But, some day I'll have to do it.

177.

This last few responses just gave me a great idea, on how to answer people who ask me what I do for a living.

Oooogh, I just escaped being fitted and ordered into an Olga Bra, about as I walked in the door, as I remember the name, back in Westwood, thanks, anyway.

I'll gladly agree many women need this help,
but we all don't or didn't. Lot of advert out there
directed at people who didn't need bras in the first place.


Not to nail what I remember as the name Olga bras, as they might really have been good at advising.

Let us not tease our a2ker of sim name.
Stares.

All kidding aside, I know firsthand how difficult it is for some of you women to find bras that fit right. My girlfriend complains about it all the time.

She's a 54A.

What is she only 12?

If anyone wants to know I found my usual bra that had disspeared into thin air.
It was in the washing basket, odd as its not September!

littlek, since you have the model # (god, it sounds like we're getting carburators or something), try googling it and and brand name. I've found out of production items of various things that way. Someone out there may have an inventory.

As far as professional fittings, I had them done twice, and my reaction was

The first time the woman measured me, and I could tell the wasn't holding the tabe close enough, you know, firmly enough around my body, and sure enough, gave me this totally ridiculous measurement.

The 2nd time, when another woman gave me the measurements, I was again in disagreement.

I'm a 38C, but that's because I'm fatter than I should be. I'd love to get down to a 36B, hell, I'd settle for a 36C or 38B. Just as long as something was less. Anyway, both times (the first when I was 15 pounds lighter) the fitter told me something stupid like 40 or 42 C or D.

I told her that's impossible, and to prove it took a bra of whatever size it was, put it on and said "come look at this"
The damn thing was falling off me.

That said, take what they say with a grain of salt, experiment. Go shopping when in a good mood and have the time, and be prepared to be going in the dressing room with a bunch of different sizes until you find one that fits.

A good fitter should find the right size and style for you. It's true many department stores will give some woman an hour crash course in fitting and call her trained, but lingere professionals (like Slappy) know what boobs fit in what bras.

Here's a link to Oprah's show about bras and how to get a good fit:Oprah's Bra Intervention

yeah, you're right, these ladies didn't know.