"Cheri" > wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 07:12:45 -0700 (PDT), "
>> > wrote:
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>>>On Friday, July 1, 2016 at 12:27:52 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
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>>>> > I don't think most bra makers read those studies because it is very
>>>> > hard
>>>> > to find bras in the right size even with measurements. Another bs
>>>> > thing
>>>> > women have to deal with.
>>>>
>>>> Yep. The size as stated on the label varies very much from manufacturer
>>>> to
>>>> manufacturer and even from bra to bra. I recently mail ordered one bra
>>>> and
>>>> it fit like a dream. Ordered several others exactly the same but
>>>> different
>>>> colors. All too small.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>May I offer the suggestion that both of you (not together
>>>of course)go for a professional bra fitting? Bras are like
>>>women's clothing; they are not standardized. What might be
>>>a 34C in one manufacturers line could be a 36B in another.
>>>Even with a company's line of bras the band and cup size
>>>can vary greatly. I found that out several years ago.
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>> That actually applies to all womens clothing and is something I find
>> very annoying. The other day I bought some pants, size 8 ! I went to
>> the fitting room with 10/12 which is my size, I am not an 8 and
>> haven't been since I was a pre-teen lol
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> A lot of manufacturers do "vanity sizing" so it seems like you wearing a
> smaller size.

Many years ago I ordered pants through the Sears catalog. They were priced
so that the more you bought, the more you saved. I ordered 5 pairs in
different colors. The black pair fit. None of the others did. And it was not
just a matter of too big or too small. For instance, one fit in the waist
but the hips were far too tight. Another pair was far too short.