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Old 06-23-2013, 12:04 PM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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LOL. I always believed this was true! Back in the day, before all this Double G nonsense, (the new sizes are made-up dimensions, designed to make girls with less front porch feel good about themselves), bras had three sets of hooks. The smart girl bought the bra that fit well in the outermost set of hooks, and when the elastic started to stretch a bit, the wearer could move the closure to the the middle set, then the innermost set, thereby making the bra last a bit longer.

And why are all the bras shaped like cereal bowls?
Before the "double g nonsense" I spent all day adjusting my bra and falling out of the bottom. All while getting no support at all. Any sports bra was an exercise in futility and even combining two bras made it too painful to jump around. So I am thankful they increased Ted the nonsense because before that I could not find bras that fit.




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Old 06-23-2013, 02:15 PM
 
Location: La Mesa Aka The Table
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Does it matter
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Old 06-23-2013, 02:19 PM
 
Location: AZ
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At Victoria's Secret, the 34 means "This is an arbitrary number we assigned to this particular style of bra, because it looks pretty and has a nice cup and we can charge at least $29.95 for it."
.... it looks very pretty. Because of that I justified paying $100 for 2 bras recently.Over the years I tried other brands but always come back to VS - for best fit of push-ups...
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Old 06-23-2013, 02:48 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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Their stomachs should be flatter....

Not aesthetic enough
That's one reason they're plus-sized women. The extra padding in various places.
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Old 06-23-2013, 10:42 PM
 
Location: Up North
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.... it looks very pretty. Because of that I justified paying $100 for 2 bras recently.Over the years I tried other brands but always come back to VS - for best fit of push-ups...

yes, I have not found a better place for push-up bras besides VS. For bras that are not push up, I prefer NOT to have VS. Their bras offer no support w/o push-up padding. My new Freya Deco bra has more support and lift than a VS push up bra but without the padding . What a miracle
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Old 06-27-2013, 12:08 PM
 
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I work for a bra company that makes plus size. For all of our customer who sell via catalogue/web, they request size 36 or 38 C cup to shoot the product. These are not plus size women, they are plus size MODELS. BIG DIFFERENCE.
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Old 06-28-2013, 10:05 AM
 
Location: West of the Rockies
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The photo is probably photoshopped, because their arms and faces are oddly thin in proportion to the rest of them.
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Old 06-28-2013, 11:24 AM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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The photo is probably photoshopped, because their arms and faces are oddly thin in proportion to the rest of them.
The company the model for doesn't photoshop much. It is their MO. people are built differently, and unedited photos are readily available.


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Old 06-28-2013, 02:41 PM
 
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These are four gorgeous plus sized models. They all probably have different bra sizes but what would you say is a ball park for their sizes?


I think they have perfect bodies!

the female form.
I am no expert when it comes to bras sizes but like most, if not all straight men, I am very much a breast enthusiast! I can only guesstimate by experience and from what the women in my family have told me. So here's my best guess from left to right, blond girl (blue bra) to black girl (white bra).

Girl #1 blue bra. I would guess that she's stretching a DD or DDD bra. Wouldn't surprise me if she was filling out a E or EE quite nicely depending on the bra size chart being used for reference.

Girl #2 beige bra. DD, maybe an E but I wouldn't say bigger than that.

Girl #3 black bra. She's looks to be the least ample of the group but the bra could be deceptive. D or DD at the most I would say.

Girl #4 white bra. Ebony lovely is the bustiest of the group by my observations. She looks closer to an F cup, maybe FF.

None of these women are in the G cup range IMO. Maybe the black chick but the other girls aren't even close to the G cup range. The "ball park" average for these ladies I would say is E cup.
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Old 06-28-2013, 03:08 PM
 
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Most of the comments about me have come from men, not women. When I'm seeing someone I'm VERY hesitant to tell them my bra size because it DOES change people's perceptions of you. They can see your bust and know it's size, but once a number like 36H is put to it it can make people uncomfortable. Most people (especially men)think bra sizes end at 36DD and anything above that is for strippers and porn stars.



I had lovehandles when I was 120 lbs at 6'1. I've known very thin women to have lovehandles whose waists are much narrower than their ribcage.
You are entitled to your opinion Jet.

Maybe the men in your life associate very large or borderline huge boobs with strippers and porn stars. I don't, but then again I am just ONE guy.

Teenagers and men who just became legal to drink usually don't have the mindset to understand the differences in breast and bra sizes in women. Yeah, the 38Gs, 44HHs, 36JJs, and 34L cup ladies of the world don't exist in huge numbers(no pun intended LOL) and these measurements can sound intimidating and extraordinary. They aren't common but I do know from experience that many women are wearing the wrong size bras and are actually surprised to discover that they are much larger after going for a bra-fitting. There's nothing to joke about that and I do understand what some women endure on a daily basis but not totally because I am a guy.

Not all men think like how you make us out to think but if you want to continue generalizing by saying "most" in relation to men, even though a lot of us know it's not true, that's your problem and only you can fix it.

That's how you rub people and the men that DO care and try to understand, the wrong way.
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