shopping on behalf of my boobs in finland

[cimorene]

So I have one perfect bra - 100% cotton jersey inside and out, 65A (that's 28A in US terms). I found it on sale at Citymarket like 2 years ago, but there's a manufacturer (Finnwear/Nanso) outlet so I went there and - not a single 65-band in the place (or in either of the department stores in town btw). I bought two 70As, but they have to be fastened at the tightest hooks and you're supposed to fasten them at the loosest when they're new. :(

I asked the clerk about it and she looked it up for me and they don't make any 65s now - at least not this season. It did occur to me that it might have been intended for children, but at least at the outlet they didn't have any cm-sized ones in the children's section.

But on the plus side, I had a whole conversation with her in (slightly wrong) Finnish! It's the first time I've done that with a storeperson, not counting the standard Hi, Thanks, etc.

ME: Minulla on yks rintaliivit Finnwearin, 2 vuotta vanha, ja se on 65A. Tiedätkö sinä jos se laittavat tämä koko nyt?
HER: En tiedä. Mä löydän. [WE LOOK IN A BOOK.] ...Ei (something something).
ME: Ehkä oli tyttölle.
HER: Mikä?
ME: Ehkä lapsille... se on muumin...
HER: Kyllä, voi olla. Sinä voit löydä -
ME: Eh, tämä on ihan ok.

And then she rang my stuff up. I totally realized some of the mistakes right after I said them! But not all of them. I didn't actually know how to say everything.

#woes of being tiny in the ribcage

Comments

[bluesbell]

How brave of you!

Bra shopping is the worst. I'm tiny in the ribcage too, but have excessive boobage. I think I'm 65F or something. :/

[cimorene]

XD #especially with that many errors!

[harpers_child]

this is totally unasked for, but i feel the need to share the big bra info now that i have it.

sophisticated pair has the most accurate size calculator available. http://www.sophisticatedpair.com/bracalculator.htm best starting point i've found. i ended up a cup size above what they suggested*, but it was miles better than anything i've been measured in person**. once you have a size i recommend shopping at brastop.com. closeout prices are the best kind of prices. also check out the bratabase to find out what brands/styles will fit the best.

*a UK 32H. the calculator suggested a 32GG.

** mostly 36DDD because that's what all US companies put busty girls in. i have a couple in 38F. in high school i bought a strapless in a 40DD then pinned the sucker into all my dresses.

[harpers_child]

ewa michalak does small bands. http://www.ewa-michalak.pl/

i'm at the other end of things re: cup size so most of the companies i've got bookmarked won't do you a lick of good. you could look at the bratabase to see what brands are out there. http://www.bratabase.com/

i think braless in brazil has done a couple of tutorials on how to make back bands shorter and/or stretch less but i could be thinking of one of the other blogs i follow.

good luck finding bras.

[cimorene]

That was a good suggestion, thank you!

Although sad that there's only 1 28B and 1 28AA in their database. I suppose these things are more useful to big cups, since with small ones you can go without with far less pain and inconvenience...

[krait]

Aww. It's so difficult to find those things from year to year -- even when it should be easy, i.e. "I'll just buy a duplicate of this awesome one".

Maybe we could, like, average our ribcages together? :D

[cimorene]

I would be up for this. I think basically any size below like 50 would be easier to shop for...

[twistedchick]

I don't know if they still exist, but there's a (I think Swiss) company called Grernier that has all-cotton bras in small ribcage sizes. They were very comfortable when I wore them; I can't get them any more in the US. It might be worth looking for them where you are.

[cimorene]

If you want to mail order them you can apparently get them here: http://brabarella.com/grenier_bras.htm And they are Canadian! Thanks for the tip - the transatlantic shipping is rather reasonable too.