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I had my annual mammogram yesterday, and I was thinking before I went wow - what a great opportunity to bravangelize on a 'commercial' scale, and also what a great opportunity to ask a professional about my mysterious roots! (I posted here a while back on my frustration with not being able to find them, and got tons of helpful ... help but remain mystified - but I digress!). I chatted up the really nice, mature woman doing my mammo and she wasn't even vaguely interested in talking about '80% of women are in the wrong size bra', etc. I asked if she saw marks of ill-fitting bras (like those gouges on the shoulders) and/or issues with scans that could be caused by excessive compression or whatever. Again, no engagement. I wrote that all off to professional detachment and job requirements - they have an important medical job to do, and can't get personal. So I then asked if she could tell me where my roots were at the top, and she had never heard the term and was curious. A breakthrough! I showed her what little I know & there we were, exchanging information from our relative knowledge bases, as I did a hand bra and she pointed out my tail of spence (except she called it something clinical sounding). I asked if she could tell me if I had inner fullness, and that was also an unknown for her....more hand bra and leaning over and all that fun stuff ensued. At the end I gave her the ABTF website and this one and she gave me a name for a local small shop that still fits bras the old-fashioned way and even does custom work. So what I learned (in this highly unscientific and statistically insignificant sample) is that there is a gap between the medical and bra-fitting worlds, and that bravangelizing works better one person at a time
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I placed an order on April 12, it was shipped on May 6 and I just received it yesterday (May 16). I think sometimes it depends on how many bras are in your order as well as every order before yours. And if there are alterations/customizations requested, it could back them up a bit more. Add to this the retailers (bra obsessed/zathiya) orders and exclusives (Jade, Annika, exclusive swimsuits) oh, and don't forget the people trying to get Anna Pardal bras before the fabric is gone. I always order a few at a time and always with alterations, so I'm probably slowing down the entire process somewhat (sorry ladies). But I've heard that Comexim has been making changes to their order processing and fulfillment to streamline the process for both retailers and us individual buyers. Sometimes these changes temporarily slow things down a little at first, but in the end, it should save valuable time. As a side note, Anna said that they have not released any new bras yet because they are in the process of implementing these changes but that she hopes to have some new things coming soon. Hope this helps and that you get your bra soon... what did you order? :)
My recent order took 7 days to make it and 4 days to receive within Europe ;) but it was bikini top so maybe they put priority on the swim suits?
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