Happy Boobies: It's National Bra Fit Week!

While a raucous China/Tibet protest ensues in the area, I'm going to finish up this post I started a while ago, as evidently, it's National Bra Fit Week.

For those who are unaware, it's not just about bras.  Clothing is manufactured on a B and sometimes a C cup... but of course women tend to want the bustline to fit without much extra room, or even to be snug.  Each cup size translates to an inch, so a DD requires 3" more fabric circumference than a B.  Tailored clothing? Forget it. And of course, I only mention DD, because that's the largest size polite people are supposed to discuss (based on what can be seen in stores, catalogs, etc), but obviously breasts get bigger than that, and the larger the size, the more variance possible in the shape, which makes clothing all the more difficult to design. 

I should point out that underneath one's breasts are one's lungs.

I had for quite a while been hoping someone, somewhere would adopt a sizing mechanism for tops based on bust size and sleeve length (like mens' neck and sleeve length), allowing for different types of fit (equivalent to men's "fitted", "average", and "athletic").

Well, after years of their existence(!), I've found the store!! It's so exciting I can barely type!  OK, it only really addresses those issues specific to my body type, but let's face it all supermodels and many post-pubescent teens have the "my shoulders and rib cage are too large!" fitting problem for which Victoria Secret has kindly devoted an store full of push-ups and other ways to enhance cleavage.  My fully-fed and grown up C-and-under friends can walk into VS or any other store, or even read Vogue (or Cosmo) for leads on which designers cut their clothes in order to help the athletic or "apple-shaped" among us feel voluptuous (without the backache). 

But larger-breasted women are forced to either look like they're flaunting it -- sometimes we do, sometimes we really, really don't! -- or wear baggy clothing.

Introducing: bravissimo.com.  About the founder:

Sarah had been appalled by the lack of choice in her size and was fed up of being offered enormous matronly contraptions more suitable for landing parachutes and being told she could not possibly expect to find gorgeous bras in her size. 

Gosh, I just love that! The exchange rate aside, I've contacted Sarah who says she's putting out new dresses in mid-April, so go take a look!