By Jenny Rapson | Leave A Comment
Happy Friday everyone! It’s the last Friday in October which means I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention – your BREASTS!! It’s breast cancer awareness month! So Fight the Frump by doing your self-exams and getting your mammograms if you are over 40 or have a family history! Because let’s face it, breast cancer can lead to lots of tragic things, including frumpiness! 
(I jest, but I’m serious about the self-exams part!! And the Mammograms!!)
Another important thing you can do for your breasts to Fight the Frump is put those babies in the CORRECT SIZE BRA. Wearing the wrong size bra can lead to the dreaded “quadri-boob” – two boobs in your bra, and two that don’t fit in there poking out the top – OR the dreaded “Boobs at your waist” when your bra is too big and your ta-tas are waaaaay lower than they should be. Neither of these looks are attractive in ANY WAY! So get the right size bra!
How??? You ask? I’d say, at least once, go to a nice departments store and let the nice lady that works in Lingerie measure you. She’s a professional and will get you the right size! If you’re too skittish to go this route, try the method outlined below in this super-sweet video from Video Jug.
Underwear:
How To Measure Your Bra Size
Ok, now that your breasts are in the right place and lookin’ good, tell me how YOU Fight the Frump! Leave your linky below, all we ask is a link back to this post. Let’s go Frump Fighters! It’s time to make the internet a prettier place!
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Bra Photo by DOS82 on Flickr
ABOUT Jenny Rapson
Jenny Rapson is a SAHM of two great kids. She loves fashion, is a makeup junkie, and can be found b{read more}
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I have to interject another suggestion – If you think you might be bigger than average, a department store measuring may fail you. Some of us ladies are just bigger in the cup than what a department store carries, or actually need a smaller band size than the standard measuring method will generate.
Remember, the weight of your breasts should be mostly carried by the band – not the straps.
A speciality store (and I’m not talking Victoria’s Secret) might be the best way for such women to find the right size. The one I have shopped at for 14 years carried up to a 52L (yes L – DDD is not the end of the road). These speciality shops not only carry a wide range of sizes, but many of them also specialize in mastectomy bras, swimwear, and bridal/formal bras.
Just my 2 cents!
What a GREAT post!! I think it is such a mystery, sometimes, trying to choose the correct bra. I am one of those super sized girls, and we REALLY need our bra support!! So, thanks.
I so agree! I went to my first specialty lingerie shop to be fitted when I was nursing, and I won’t buy a bra anywhere else now. The ladies at store have you try them on and then they do a fit check and adjust the straps on each one. They will even say, “No, you can’t buy that one. It doesn’t fit the way it should.” Love them, and it really makes a difference.
The mammogram was the single most torturous and painful procedure ever. Why twice???
And I feel slightly irresponsible posting that; however, if someone had warned me, perhaps it wouldn’t have seemed so bad. I am sorry that no one warned me!