https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/continuing-the-common-theme Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 06 May 2026 19:39:18 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/continuing-the-common-theme#post-157430 Sun, 16 May 2010 21:20:39 +0000 taylor 157430@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, Jane looks terrible...I think even Sophia believes in supporting the girls in such a low and revealing dress. Bras were awful back then....but better than nothing!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/continuing-the-common-theme#post-157419 Sun, 16 May 2010 20:55:42 +0000 NK 157419@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh wait, I didn't include sports bras! I run a lot, so I have about 6-8 sports bras too. </p> <p>Okay, I'm guess I'm now the average woman! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/continuing-the-common-theme#post-157410 Sun, 16 May 2010 19:59:44 +0000 Maya 157410@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well I"m the bra guru and I only have 3 bras (though I will have 4 once the one I got most recently with a store credit is finished with alterations). I don't think you need that many actually. I'm sure that number also includes sports bras as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/continuing-the-common-theme#post-157409 Sun, 16 May 2010 19:57:49 +0000 NK 157409@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The article said the average British woman has 16 bras. That seems like a lot to me. Granted, some people collect bras, so they probably have a ton of them, but I've actually known women who have 1 or 2 to their name. I'm guessing I have between 6-8, and that includes my 'desperate' bra - the uncomfortable lace minimizer I bought years ago that doesn't really fit anymore but I keep just in case I have absolutely nothing else clean to wear! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/continuing-the-common-theme#post-157407 Sun, 16 May 2010 19:43:48 +0000 chewyspaghetti 157407@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jayne Mansfiled often went braless. There is a famous photo of her where you can see down the front of her dress and see her nipple. A friend of my husband's had that picture hanging in his bathroom. Doh! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/continuing-the-common-theme#post-157400 Sun, 16 May 2010 19:07:09 +0000 Maya 157400@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That site is just a whole new low for women...</p> <p>The few that had bra sizes listed are clearly wrong. Sigh. My job will never be done. I need to get some kind of Bramobile and do a cross country tour. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/continuing-the-common-theme#post-157390 Sun, 16 May 2010 18:15:07 +0000 Itari 157390@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sophia's expression is priceless :D</p> <p>I think that Jayne Mansfield wasn't wearing a bra in that dress. </p> <p>And here is stated that she wore... 40D!!!</p> <p><a href="http://www.listal.com/list/big-tits" rel="nofollow">http://www.listal.com/list/big-tits</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/continuing-the-common-theme#post-157386 Sun, 16 May 2010 17:57:14 +0000 Maya 157386@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This further cements my belief that the "add 4-5 inches" rule is outdated and left over from when there wasn't an adequate range of sizes.</p> <p>That reminds me...Carissa posted this picture on her blog once (Sophia Loren's glare at Jayne Mansfield's bosoms is too hilarious):</p> <p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_siB00UqURvI/SxXkNude3cI/AAAAAAAAAiM/B60xXbYRXyg/s1600-h/blog_boobs_jane_mansfield.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_siB0.....sfield.jpg</a></p> <p>Honestly, for being such a bombshell and sex symbol, I thought Jayne Mansfield looked rather saggy and droopy in this picture. Her boobs look loooong. I bet she was stuck wearing a huge band...though it doesn't look like she could possibly wear anything at all in that dress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/continuing-the-common-theme#post-157382 Sun, 16 May 2010 17:39:53 +0000 Itari 157382@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Quote: "Unsurprisingly, as no one enjoys maths or physics homework..."</p> <p>LIARS! I do ;)</p> <p>I'm so happy that I wasn't born 50 years ago, when my bra size wasn't even available. Sophia Loren wore 38C in 1955, poor thing. Looking at her old photos, I guess she was near 32F or so. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/continuing-the-common-theme#post-157377 Sun, 16 May 2010 17:16:38 +0000 Polly (thunalata) 157377@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very interesting! April - I've wondered that too, but the feeling I'm getting from those who really know is that department store fitters don't necessarily get it right. I've had a fitting at Marks and Spencers about once a year for the last few years and with all of the discussion on the forum I'm wondering if I'm fitted correctly...</p> <p>I'm thinking of going into M&amp;S and trying a variety of sizes - I'm in a 36B but will try 34C and 32D and seeing what happens... Not sure if there's a 'proper' place local to me, but will look out for those. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/continuing-the-common-theme#post-157335 Sun, 16 May 2010 15:03:26 +0000 Mellllls 157335@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think is must also mean that eventually more sizes will be readily available (and at discounted price points). At least I hope! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/continuing-the-common-theme#post-157334 Sun, 16 May 2010 15:01:08 +0000 April 157334@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, if 8000 women a week are getting fitted at just one British department store chain, surely it can't be long before those distressing "80% of all women are wearing the wrong bra size" statistics change, right? </p> <p>Great article -- I love the depth of information that is often provided by the British press! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/continuing-the-common-theme#post-157324 Sun, 16 May 2010 14:33:14 +0000 londonkiwi (now back in NZ) 157324@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>that seems to be runnning on the forum at the moment - about bra size, I found this article that ran in this Sunday's Observer (the Sunday edition of the Guardian) about why British women bra size is increasing:</p> <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/may/16/womens-breasts-are-getting-bigger" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/life.....ing-bigger</a> </p>