I honestly can’t even imagine what that’s like for any of you. I have never needed to wear a bra at all, even when pregnant.
But if I did want one, it looks like I would have to buy it in Seoul.
I can add no redeeming value to this thread whatsoever, but in the interest of fairness, I thought you should know: The phrase above will now be my default rejoinder in any conversation I have for the foreseeable future.
Me and my HH’s sympathise. The only bra I can wear comfortably is made by Freya and I hope and pray everytime I go to buy a new one that they still make them. One day they’re going to discontinue that line and me and my boobs will cry.
I can think of nothing sadder (or ickier) than lachrymose mammaries.
It’s also very difficult to find 32 D. Apparently if you are female and measure 32 around, you don’t have boobs.
So I shell out a lot for my bras at Nordstrom (who is one of the few that carries bras in my size). I think the last trip there, the bras ran about $75 each. Yes each. They do last far longer than a year though (maybe because I have three, plus a strapless? I rotate through the bras a lot).
I just wanted to emphasize the almost. I had to hunt a good 20 minutes earlier this week to find a bra I liked and could wear. My first choice ended at 36D. I’m a size up from that ( :mad: ) so it’s another underwire for me.
For what I paid for it, it had better last more than a year, too.
On the flipside of that, it’s also hard to find a C in a larger band size. If you’re a fat chick, you must have big ol D’s, right? :rolleyes:
Just the one? Do you walk around in circles a lot?
Do you really need to keep the underwires? Maybe it’s just the styles I’ve gotten, but I’ve always been able to remove them and have a perfectly useful bra. I’d do it as soon as I got them home. Just find the end of one of the wires, make a little slit on the inside of the bra, where it won’t show, and grab the end of the wire and pull.
So far, each time I’ve tried it, the wires were just loose in a sewn pocket and they came out easily. Which is good, because I hate being poked and I’ve never yet found an underwire that didn’t poke.
It sucks when you can find one with no underwire that has those frickin’ vertical side wires. A little bulge and it pokes you forever!
I’ve been known to pull out the wires too, but only on older bras.
I need to go bra shopping. <sigh>
If it helps, you can put your nipples in my bellybutton any time you want.
try an off price store. they will have a surprizing selection for you. most stores don’t stock them at all or will keep them in the back. then the “odd sizes” (when they don’t sell), get sent to the many off price stores; burlington coat factory, ross, daffys, tuesday mornings, etc. they will be well under 75 dollars.
special made bras, i found out on a long ago donohue show, come up to size o. as in after m and n. the woman who wore this size o was very interesting, and yes, at the time she was an exotic dancer who used the name “rocky mountain”. she could not reach around the mountain range, so to speak.
We’ve got Wal*Mart, KMart, Kohl’s and Penney’s. Luckily I found Playtex “everyday” bras for $15 or less, in big sizes.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5811784
In the store they come in a variety of colors, and they aren’t lacy. Soft and comfortable, but, yes, the wires eventually emerge.
I was severely disappointed when Lane Bryant, in their infinite wisdom, thought that someone with 48DDDs such as mine were (mine seem to rise and fall in size . . .) would enjoy bending over, butt to the world, and searching through the rack 4 inches from the floor for the appropriate size.
But then at least the bra hangers were color-coded like garanimals and I just had to look for the dark purple labels. THEN they decided that silver numbers on frosty hangers were so much more chi-chi.
To which I responded by setting my lucious ass right down on the floor and sitting indian style to search through the racks, to the delight of a wandering four year old and the dismay of the store manager.
When asked why I sat that way - I explained, “I’m here to lift my boobs, not my butt . . . move my size off the floor, and i’ll move my butt off the floor.”
One of the clerks suddenly had enough time to find all the 48DDDs in my size . . .
On another note, one of my best friends and I call ourselves “The Rebar Sistahs” — because some of us need underwire, and others need rebar.
Looks like I just found some new sistahs 
:smack:
Oh geez, now you can tell I’m a blonde who just got home from a very long day at work.
Let’s pretend I said “all the bras in my size” :smack:
Buying underwear is getting better for me- now I know the shops and brands that stock my size (30DD- 30F depending on the brand and style, usually 30E). I spend an insane amount of money but I have 10 bras…admittedly some are so impractical that they never leave my bedroom (i.e. the ones irishfella likes best) but I figure that spending money now will save me a fortune on a breast reduction and/or back surgery in the future!
Maternity bras usually don’t have underwires.
I have one that I wear to work nights so that I can sleep in it, because I’m not running bra-less to a cardiac arrest, sleeping while wearing an underwire bra is just not going to happen and sports bras are just too squishifying to be comfy in bed. I ordered it online so as not to have to face awkward questions in the shop about when my non-existent baby was due.
Personally I love underwire, and cannot imagine wearing a bra without it. That said, I haven’t been properly fitted in over a year, and my bras are either hand me downs from my sister or ones that mom got me when I was in high school, 7 years ago at least (yikes!). Oh, I do have two strapless from VS that I bought because I needed strapless and I couldn’t find another store who would have it (I didn’t think of checking out Lane Bryant).
I’m scared of going bra shopping… Shudders It will be almost as bad as swimsuit shopping, except you have to keep doing it because you need the damn bras. Anybody knows of a good place that have good old ladies that will measure and fit you well?
I am feeling so excluded. Does anyone want to talk about my penis size?
No thanks sweetie, but I’m sure it’s perfectly lovely.
Me either. I’m baffled by the notion that underwire = uncomfortable. I’ve never been poked by underwire unless the bra didn’t fit. That happened last summer after I’d dropped some weight and gotten pretty fit. That was also the clue that hey! I need to get fitted again.
Speaking of which . . .
Nordstrom is wonderful. I can’t say enough good about the whole process there, the ladies have always been very professional and so very helpful. A couple of years ago I needed a strapless bra for a wedding and I’d also just had major surgery so running around the store was flat out. They parked me in a fitting room and worked around me–very helpful since I was just two weeks post-op.