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| - If you're "well endowed," I highly recommend getting a bra fitting here. My mother (36E) lost weight recently, gained some back, and I'm pretty sure has never worn the proper bra size. We walked in, were greeted promptly, and my mother went back for her fitting. We seem to have finally gotten her properly sized (I measured her recently and got the same bra size our fitter got by eyeballing it) but the bras are so expensive, and neither of us could see that they were really twice(!) the quality of a bra at Dillard's or Macy's. My mother liked none of their styles (what few they had).
I was fitted next. If you're on the smaller side (34C in my case)? Don't do it. I requested bras without padding and lining--I have more than enough of those bras for several lifetimes. The three bras my fitter brought to me? Two had padding, one was lined and--I don't know WHO it was designed for. They were all a cup size smaller than what I usually wear. The two padded ones, I spilled out of (I suppose that's the point, but I was straightforward: it wasn't what I wanted). The lined one just looked terrible, and the cups were too small. None of them flattered like the unlined bra I went in there wearing (which I purchased from an online merchant). I can get much prettier (MUCH prettier) padded/lined bras at places like Aerie, or VS, or any department store for less than half the price (or even a quarter the price), if that's what I was in the market for.
None of the bras we saw seemed like they were any higher quality than Wacoal, and Wacoal makes some beautiful bras--hey, also, unlined in my size that fit like a glove and flatter like crazy without making me something I'm not. It took me damn near 34 years to learn there's nothing to be embarrassed about by a 34C, and I managed to have that stripped of me in under 10 minutes.
This store just doesn't have the kind of selection they taut. They say they offer over 90 sizes, but I suspect they have a very limited selection in each size. . . Or, perhaps, just a very limited selection in the smaller sizes. Either case, not helpful at all for me.
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