I thought to myself, bras are a rather inflexible device. When I buy a pair of pants off the rack I look for a 36-29 meaning that waist is 36 inches and the length of the leg is 29 inches, but if I happen to be 35 inches around the waist I go to a tailor and have the pants taken in a bit, or perhaps I have the legs shortened a tad.
When I buy a better pair of pants, the tailor fits them to my actual size (for a fee, of course).
But what about bras, they appear to come in a series of rather fixed sizes, you know like 36 C or 34 B or even the infamous DD. Actually they go as high a J. Is every woman exactly a C, or B or D? What does she do if she is actually a C- or B+? Perhaps worse is there any relief if she is a 36 ½ C+? However, there is hope, at least one manufacturer has introduced the A ½, B ½ and C ½, we can only hope that the B ½ is equal to a C – ½.
This all seems rather unfair to me. And what happens if a women gets one of those breast augmentations, do bags of saline come in exactly a C or D (it appears mostly in the D area) size, can you simply add or subtract liquid?
Upon further investigation I did uncover that the 34, or 36 portion of the size is somewhat flexible with an inch or so between hooks so now I feel better that there is some room for comfort.
On the other hand, I buy shirts that are 16-33, but even I am not exactly 33 inches in length for each arm, so I suspect the chances of perfect symmetry in the B or C area is a bit unlikely. How unfair. In fact, most women are asymmetrical (10% severely), with the left breast being larger in 62%.
Am I alone in my dismay? Apparently not, as surveys show that between 70% and 100% of women wear the wrong size bra and who can blame them with all this size variability.
On to the problem of Jockey shorts which only come in even sizes as well.:-1
