Errr, yeeeess - I think I know what you mean.....
Errr, yeeeess - I think I know what you mean.....
Yup, I think the 70 in 70D or so gives you the centimetres measured just under you breasts. The D would then be the cup size.
But I think in France they measure on you niples (round your back of course), so their centimetres are a little bit more for eventually the same size. England measures in inches below the breast I thought.
Fortunately now there are these really handy all-over-Europe or the-world chains of shops like Hunkemöller where they have all possible sizes on their labels. Otherwise what a problem
Only ever tried a strapless bra and one with a plastic back that closed at the front (so there was no lock on your back for a tight top). The strapless one used to fall down, and I don't have that big a cup size (A), so for women with large breasts that have started to hang, no-no. The one with the plastic back was alright until it gets really hot and then your skin starts to get uncomfortable because it can't breathe under the plastic.
The only real thing that would help for support and that would be strapless would be a corset because it has other means of support, but then under a tight top... I think the men would rather like it...
The muffin top. You know what a Scottish comedienne once called it? 'Cake top', 'because it [was] slightly bigger than a muffin top'. I like it. Haven't really got one though.
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In UK and Ireland its inches messured below bust line to determine the size (ie 36inches) and around the bust to determine the cup. (ie D)
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Hello, everybody! Finally made it here! Hope you don't mind me jumping into the conversation.
Bras....I hate them! I usually do without, even though I risk getting National Geographic twins. The most comfortable bra I ever had was one that hooked in the front. My problem, though, is that my chest gets larger (the area below my breasts)--perhaps because I do work out--but my twins don't. And then the hooks often get ruined and pinch me! I only wear them when I go to school and when I do aerobics--I'm not big, but the jiggling is painful. I've been meaning to check out this store that helps you find the right bra just for you.
Then I get those little flaps of skin around that area. I'm glad I don't live in the witch hunting times. They used to burn people for having those. They thought those little flaps were extra nipples used to nurse familiars. I know there is such a thing as a third nipple--but they talked about nipples being found around the waist or underneath the breast...so I'm assuming they met these things. Imagine--being burned for something that is caused by chafing of tight fitting clothes!
I don't care if the glass is half full or half empty, I'm just glad to have a glass.
Today I finally had the courage to go to a lingerie specialty shop. It's not like there was much selection either, but at least there were a few bras my size, whereas in other places there aren't any. I bought two basic balconette bras, black and beige, size 65E (that would be 30E. OMG, E cup. Not D, not DD, but E!) No more bra muffin top for me!
I got the cheapest bras in the shop, only 25 euros apiece. The pretty ones would have cost 80 euros... perhaps later when I feel rich
Last edited by Annamariah; 05-06-2010 at 04:21 PM.
30E? wait... as in uk size? you can get bras smaller than 32a? thats news to me!
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
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Yup, UK size 30E. Apparently they exist, but I've never seen anything size 65 (or 30) in normal shops unless it has been AA or A cup size, B at most. Which is really stupid, as there are lots of skinny women out there. I'm not skinny and 70 (or 32) is too large for me!
Come on ladies! Lingerie is an investment! Splurge once in a while!Originally Posted by Annamariah
The pretty ones would have cost 80 euros... perhaps later when I feel rich
There are very few things that I never feel guilty spending money on. The top two on the list are books and lingerie haha.
I'm weary with right-angles, abbreviated daylight,
Waiting for a winter to be done.
Why do I still see you in every mirrored window,
In all that I could never overcome?
Mine isn't an investment... well not when my dogs like to chew it up
TouchéMine isn't an investment... well not when my dogs like to chew it up
I'm weary with right-angles, abbreviated daylight,
Waiting for a winter to be done.
Why do I still see you in every mirrored window,
In all that I could never overcome?
My shoes finally came in
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
my poems-please comment Forum Rules
HI
I love fancy underwear, it always makes me feel all...well, fancy!
Shall these bones live?
Not a fan. But lost is LOL. We go shopping I tolerate the skirts she bares the shoes must love besties. Swim suit season is here again. Yay!!!I am a huge fan of the peasant skirt:
I own three of them; one red, one green, one pink and white.
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A yeah, swim suit season. I don't like it, and not because I am fat and I don't look like anything in a bikini, actually I am quite fit to be seen if I may say so myself
I like peasant skirts too. Do provençal skirts also apply? I have a real one.
One has to laugh before being happy, because otherwise one risks to die before having laughed.
"Je crains [...] que l'âme ne se vide à ces passe-temps vains, et que le fin du fin ne soit la fin des fins." (Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Acte III, Scène VII)
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