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4th September 2010

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taming the boob

ladies, i don’t have to tell you that breasts are tricky beasts. and there isn’t one way to tame them. we spend our entire lives trying to figure out how to live with our assets, how to feel most at ease even when we’ve strapped them down, how to go about our day-to-day lives without them getting in the way, how to deal with unwanted looks or gestures from our prey. every chest piece is different, and even though our moms probably tried to teach us all they knew from their own experience, when it comes to our lady lumps, it’s hard to graduate past boobs 101.

luckily there is linda the bra lady, who has spent the last 23 years sizing women’s breasts at her store, linda’s bra salon. after opening a lingerie store, the american cancer society reached out to her and asked if she’d take a week-long course to learn how to fit bras for prostheses and mastectomies since no one was doing so in her area. she conceded, and realized after taking the course that she had been wearing the wrong size bra: she was wearing a 32b, when really she was a 34a.

now i know i’m not the only one who has been told to get fitted. a while back, i met a girl who worked for a lingerie company who spoke of how many women wear the wrong size. i was intrigued, though my stubborn streak shone through. i told her i was pretty sure i was the right size, which i guess is the usual reaction. she promised she’d fit me if i went to her store. so i did. and she found that i was part of the small percentage of women out there who got it right.

but obviously i’m the minority. and there’s something to be said about not knowing your body well enough to know what’s the right size for you. “the wrong size bra is very uncomfortable,” says Linda. ”it’s the same as the wrong size shoes, and you know how much that hurts. women are walking around every day in the wrong size bras, sometimes their entire life.”

so ladies, do yourself a favor and go get sized. it could change the way you feel about yourself, and finding the right size will no doubt improve your body image. and if you find you are, in fact, wearing the right bra size, then you can bask in your own self-confidence and be proud that you really know your body.

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