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Bra wars
Little pippins, wee plumpies, two-paracetamol-on-an-ironing-board... say it whichever way you want, my breasts are very much on the small side.
I'm petite, once so slender that when I left my trousers at my mate's house, her boyfriend picked them up and said they looked like they belonged to a toy soldier. So my A-cup bust always seemed in proportion to the rest of me. I never craved to be bigger.
That said, I'd be telling a lie if I said I didn't enjoy the amusing pregnancy side-show of watching my breasts inflate. My glorious B-cup pregnancy boobs blossomed to an unfathomable C-cup while I was nursing my baby. Twin globes, with the in-your-face look of boob-job-boobs; they were guaranteed to make blokes' eyes pop as I walked past. It was like a social experiment for me -- finding out what it was like to be buxom. And I have to confess, it was exciting... for a while.
When I weaned, the smug smile was wiped off my face. Like balloons taking their last gasp, my breasts shrank. And shrank. And shrank.
My C-cup bras were baggy and lifeless. My B-cup bras ached to be filled. My A-cup bras gaped desperately. The tape measure confirmed what they -- and I -- knew: I was an AA-cup.
It was a bit of a come-down. Especially once I took to the internet to find new lingerie to fit my post-pregnancy body shape. And discovered: the plainest T-shirt bras imaginable, mega-boosted gel bras that seemed like instruments of torture and bras in pastel shades humiliatingly labelled "training bras."
The horror of not being able to find lingerie sets -- with fashionable, sexy, sophisticated bras in my size and matching knickers -- made me feel somehow unwomanly. It could be argued that I no longer needed a bra, but I love lingerie... and, particularly with my minimal bustline, I appreciate the shaping that a well-cut bra can give me underneath my clothes.
I've become a bit of a small-busted revolutionary since my AA-cup life began. I've been writing a blog for small-busted women for a while called Small bust, big heart and I've recently launched the Every Body Loves Lingerie campaign, which asks women with Lilliputian assets to campaign collectively for better choice in lingerie in their high street stores.
My feeling is this: big, small, thin, fat, tall, short... every woman deserves the chance to celebrate her shape with clothes and lingerie that make her look and feel fabulous. It's about time retailers responded to the demands of EVERY stylish woman, not just those that fit the cookie-cutter ideal of the moment.
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Tue Jul 12, 2011 - 11:26 pm
I am 4'11", average American size (4 petite) and a large A to smal. B cup (I was almost a D in high school but lost 35 lbs and shrunk to a C and then just spontaneously shrunk in my early 30's). It is near impossible to find pretty, sexy lingerie made to fit a petite structure. Internet search 'petite lingerie' and you get nightshirts, terry robes, and 2-piece winter flannel pajamas in smaller cuts. Grrr! Short women want to feel pretty too :-(Reply -
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Sat May 14, 2011 - 12:05 pm
I now have bras in every size. I was a C cup. I was a D while pregnant, then a DD when breastfeeding. After I weaned, my boobs were smaller than ever and went out and bought some B cups. Nope. Too big. I'm now an A cup. I kind of like it, though. It's a nice change. But, agree the lingerie selection is depressing, and anything sexy seems to have way too much padding!Reply -
1 reply, Last reply by CatherineSBBH on Sat May 14, 2011 at 6:50 pm
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Tue May 10, 2011 - 6:55 pm
If there was a miracle bra for those of us (yours truly) who had mounds - at best - instead of actual boobs...where training bras are STILL TOO BIG...then please share. Sincerely Yours, Forever Small Busted.Reply -
1 reply, Last reply by CatherineSBBH on Tue May 10, 2011 at 7:01 pm
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Report Tue May 10, 2011 - 12:48 pmPost pregnancy my boobs were a perky B, during pregnancy and breastfeeding an erotic DD, after breastfeeding and now...a deflated C. It looks as if someone stole my implants and left me with this loose, saggy sorry-excuse-for-a-boob boobs.Reply -
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Tue May 10, 2011 - 10:50 am
Gah - I remember that "incredible shrinking breasts" feeling. In my case, I was delighted that I had finally stopped looking like United Dairies - but like you, mortified that my moulded cup bras had the tendency to get "dents" in them if I bumped into something.Reply -
1 reply, Last reply by CatherineSBBH on Tue May 10, 2011 at 11:14 am
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