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I noticed yesterday that my bra was pinching me a little—at the band, the cups are still depressingly well-fitting—so I went into M&S in my lunch time to look for a bigger size. Now, the cup size is proportional to the difference between the ribs and the breasts, not an absolute, so to get the same size cups as a 36A with a 38 band, it would have to be 38AA.

They don't make 38AA bras. In fact, there were only about two 38As in the shop, and they were black push-up ones, and were a little big in the cups anyway. If they make 34Ds, why on earth can't they make 38As??

I refuse to go into trainer bras at the age of 22, even if they do make them in 38AA and not just 26-32. I shall form the hypothesis that the band of my 36A has shrunk in the wash.

Now I must go and shower, and I really must work on my Vorkosiverse ficathon entry...

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Can't you get one of those extender things from a fabric store? It has hooks and eyes that you can use to attatch it to your bra closure and extend the band at the back.

:( My roommate wears about that size. Apparently a large ribcage automatically means big breasts.

Clothesmakers have strange ideas about how the human body works. *is apparently six feet tall due to her waist size :p*

clothing sizes are wierd. I begin to see the advantages of the pre-industrial 'make your own clothes or have them tailored' system, and not just because I sew.

Somebody else who has the same problem!!! I once went into a lingerie shop when I was visiting Los Angeles (I mean, surely, if there's a city that has everything, you'd think that would be it) and asked if they had any bras in 38 A and they looked at me disbelievingly and then laughed. Gee, thanks, girls.

Now that I have three kids I have a larger cup size, but I've found I'm no longer comfortable in a 38 anything, and the last time I tried on a bra that came close to fitting properly it was a 42 C. The cups sag depressingly, but nobody makes a 42 B, of course.

This is extra sad considering that I am 5'7" and weigh 140. I just have an enormous rib cage, apparently (though nobody who knows me believes that this could be the case -- I don't look big-boned either).

There is a woman locally who measures and makes custom bras. I'm sure they cost at least $100, but I'm not sure it might not be worth it in the end.

Womens clothing, on the whole, is hella dumb when compared to men's clothing sizes. It makes me want to scream and kick and call men nasty things. :)

I think you may want to go with the band extender, as previously suggested.

I was bra-shopping today and facing once again the 'between cup sizes' woes when I saw that Playtex apparantly Makes bras in half-sizes (http://www.playtexnet.com/landing-tgif.asp), including "Nearly A." Because I'm a very wierd freak, it reminded me of this post.

As it turns out, they were no help to me because they didn't offer *my* half-size, but you might have better luck.

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