@jamie8999

1 year ago

I’ve worked at VS for 5 years now. The amount of customers that I’ve comforted while they’ve cried in the fitting rooms because they “hate their bodies” is absolutely heart breaking. I’ve seen every body type in those fitting rooms, not a single one is “perfect” and that’s how it should be! Perfect isn’t real. Even the ones who have had surgeries still aren’t even 100% perfect. No one has two breast that are the exact same size, I always tell my customers i have one that’s a DD & one that’s a DDD to make them realize someone else has this too. Almost everyone deals with the extra skin that sometimes hangs over the band, if it’s a drastic amount hanging over then you’re probably just in the wrong band size, but it’s not possible to not really have that happen at all. People think they’re the only ones that deal with this but it’s actually rare for them not to have these things. People underestimate my job a lot but 90% of women are in the wrong bra size because if you think about it, no one really teaches us exactly how a bra should look. One bra isn’t gonna fit every body shape. That’s why there’s so many different cuts and styles. Unfortunately there are some VS stores that have shitty rude associates that put others down or don’t know what body/breast shape will work best with what bra, but I refuse to ever let myself be one of those, & I will forever call out an associate if I catch them being rude. There really isn’t anything more satisfying than seeing someone grow so much more confident once we figure out their true size, or getting a little girl in her first bra, or getting someone who just transitioned from male to female in their first bra! Hopefully the company will continue to get larger band sizes & underwear. They’re slowly working their way up with having XXL clothing & panties in PINK & giving us actual models and mannequins that look like normal bodies, but they need to move faster & continue to be better not just stop where they’re at right now HOW YOUR BRA SHOULD FIT: • your breast tissue should never be overflowing out of your bra cups! Lots of people think spilling out is “push up” but it’s not. You’re just the wrong cup size. You will get more lift being in a push up and being in the correct size! • you should never have a bunch of space and be gapping in your cups either! Like I said above, everyone has two different breast sizes, some might be more drastic than others, when this is the case, you’re gonna want to cater to your bigger breast! Example: My left boob is a DDD & my right is a DD so I cater to my left boob & wear a 32DDD because you’d rather gap in the smaller one than wear a DD & spill over in your bigger one. Spilling will show through shirts! So in this case, gapping is okay! But if you have space in BOTH cups, that means the cup size you’re wearing is just too big. (Or sometimes if your bra is super old and stretched, it will gap because it’s loose everywhere) • Always hook your bra on the LOOSEST hook. Most people go straight to the tightest but you actually want to be on the loosest because as your bra stretches over time, THATS when you start tightening it to make it feel new again. Once you’re on the tightest hook & it’s stretched and you have no where else to go, it’s time for a new bra. • measuring is just an estimate, it mainly gives us a place to start. Sometimes certain body shapes can throw off a measurement, or if you’re wearing something with excessive padding or something that’s compressing like a sports bra, so when you get measured, TRY YOUR BRA ON & look for these things! (& for the fitting room girls sake, please just try one bra first to double check your size & thennn go get a bunch of bras once you’ve confirmed it) • adjust your straps to be comfortable! If they’re too tight, it could make the cups tight which will make you overflow & lead you to think you’re in the wrong cup size, when really, all you have to do is loosing the straps on your shoulders. Same goes for them being too loose, it can cause gapping, so adjust them to fit perfectly! • if you can barely fit 3 fingers between your back & the band of the bra going outward (I hope that makes sense) then the band is too small! If you can fit 3 fingers perfectly then it’s a good band size! If you can fit a whole 5 fingers back there, OR if you’re hooking it on the tightest hook then your band is too loose! This is getting super long so if you guys have specific bra fit issues that you have questions about, leave a comment below and I’ll be more than happy to recommend what types of bra you should go for or try to explain why you’re having an issue! (Ex: spilling from the sides, top, or bottom cleavage area of the bra. Gapping from the top of the bra but your breast fit perfect at the bottom & still fill out the bottom of the bra, the center gore (in between part of each cup) doesn’t lay flat on your chest like it should, etc) ~ Edit: All of these comments have made me so happy! 😭 sometimes when I type things I just end up deleting it cause I figure no one cares or will resonate with it, but I'm so glad I posted my thoughts and feelings on this 🥺 Thank you everyone who has expressed their own personal journeys below & who will possibly continue to comment below this! Our words, actions & personal experiences can make more of an impact than we realize! Keep fighting for what’s right ❤️

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