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chargirlgenius) wrote2008-09-11 09:47 pm
chargirlgenius) wrote2008-09-11 09:47 pm
I think today has a theme...
(Well, it does obviously have a much more important theme than what I'm talking about, but I feel incapable of the task of putting more serious feelings to words at the moment.)
Wow, what a response! For those of you that saw the note late, don't despair. It was buried in the post, but the "first come first served" is based on when I actually receive measurements. It was the most fair way I could think of to do it, since actually taking the measurements is more effort than posting a "yes please!". I'll try to update status occasionally, so if there are 47 people in line and you don't want to wait that long, you're not killing yourself looking for your measuring tape.
I also went bra shopping tonight. I've always had decent luck in Nordstroms, but tonight I managed to walk out with the only two bras in the store in my size. I was hoping for three. Apparently, I've grown and shrunk all at the same time - I'm a band size smaller and a cup size bigger than I was last time I bought bras (probably about a year ago). Frequently, this can happen because the bras weren't fitting right in the first place, but when I bought them, they did fit, as I know perfectly well how they're supposed to fit. I *have* lost, gained, and lost weight since the last time, so maybe that had something to do with it.
In any case, I guess the line between G and H is the line at which many manufacturers stop. Dang it. And yet, I'm *still* too small to qualify for insurance-paid reduction. Grr.
Wow, what a response! For those of you that saw the note late, don't despair. It was buried in the post, but the "first come first served" is based on when I actually receive measurements. It was the most fair way I could think of to do it, since actually taking the measurements is more effort than posting a "yes please!". I'll try to update status occasionally, so if there are 47 people in line and you don't want to wait that long, you're not killing yourself looking for your measuring tape.
I also went bra shopping tonight. I've always had decent luck in Nordstroms, but tonight I managed to walk out with the only two bras in the store in my size. I was hoping for three. Apparently, I've grown and shrunk all at the same time - I'm a band size smaller and a cup size bigger than I was last time I bought bras (probably about a year ago). Frequently, this can happen because the bras weren't fitting right in the first place, but when I bought them, they did fit, as I know perfectly well how they're supposed to fit. I *have* lost, gained, and lost weight since the last time, so maybe that had something to do with it.
In any case, I guess the line between G and H is the line at which many manufacturers stop. Dang it. And yet, I'm *still* too small to qualify for insurance-paid reduction. Grr.
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My first suspicion is always that the bra didn’t fit well in the first place, but for the last 4 or 5 years or so, I’ve been keenly aware of fit, what belongs where, and what bras are supposed to do. It might also have to do with my body settling down after babies. When I was nursing, I was an H. Afterwards, I remeasured, and tried on Gs and Hs, and am reasonably confident that I was a G for a while.
I admit, I don’t think I buy new ones every 6 months, but I think the last time was 9 months ago or so. I think it was right before we went to France, in late November of last year, or it was right after that. Unfortunately, getting up to Nordstroms at Pentagon City is a bit of a chore.
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One of the women said that for her the secret was cutting the lower part of the cup shallower to account for the fact that more of her breast tissue is above the nipple. The whole subject is really fascinating. This book by one of the teachers http://www.bramakerssupply.com/cart/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=16&cat=Books+%26+Videos
looked good. She teaches in Ontario, unfortunately (one of the women presenting had gone there for her class).
Ooo, ooo! just googled Ann St. Clair. She's teaching a workshop in N. VA in 2009. http://ndlnookfab.blogspot.com/2008/01/intimately-yours-bras-that-fit.html Look at workshops. If they can't get one in Raleigh, I may see about going to that. The women who took her workshop spoke VERY highly of her.