The Great Bra Drama

It occurred to me recently how misguided the current industry is when it comes to lingerie (and as a result, how grateful I am to Bravissimo for being there for me!)

I'm a 20 year old girl, and I have 28H breasts - there, I said it. It feels filthy, like I should be saying it at some kind of Breasts Anonymous meeting. The stigma around having big breasts follows me, constantly those of us with a bit more up top are made to feel although we are slutty, or worse, deformed.

Yes - deformed. Why is it when such a large percentage of UK women have above D cup breasts (the UK average is more like a 36C than the commonly thought 34B), so many stores stop at a C/D (Topshop, I am looking at you), thus making us feel like freaks, confined to the internet for our lingerie, or to specialist shops which are only in a handful of towns across the country.

So many of us are wearing the wrong size of that, and its either through not being fitted frequently enough (ANYTHING can make your boobs fluctuate, I swear!), or through poor fitting advice - to give you some idea, the only places I trust near my boobs are Bravissimo, or Rigby and Peller - why skimp on something you have for the rest of your life.

As an experiment, I went round all the usual UK high street places that use a tape measure to do boobs (for me, a cardinal sin of boobage, how does this work when boobs extend side ways and upwards - not just outwards),

First port of call, Debenhams, who put me in a 30FF - close, but no cigar, I was busting out of the sides and top, and it was too loose around the back, I was then informed that they simply 'did not deal with people like me' and was referred to my faithful friend, the internet.

Next - onwards to La Senza who attempted to put me in a 34F, which yes, gave me ample cleavage, but also left me feeling as though in ten minutes I would have escaping boob syndrome!

I also tried M and S - possibly the best fitting advice out of the lot, who put me in a 30G, looked at me sadly and said 'I am so sorry darling, we won't be able to help you'.

All in all this high street experience has made me feel as though I am a freak for being a skinny girl with big boobs - yes, I am unusual, but I feel like I am being influenced into changing for this, and I certainly do not want to lose my figure.

High street - take notice, we are out here, we are chesty, and we want bras!