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Nov 04, 2015
Just a little rant over blouse/shirt sizing, that I know most of you will understand:
why is it so hard for companies to actually make these pieces with chest measurements that will actually accommodate boobs, especially when you're hourglass shaped?!
I bought some new shirts lately (no buttons, of course, I'm tired of all the popping and opening through the day!), and I thought the EU 38 would suffice (after a 34 and 36 disaster) so I didn't try them on! BIG MISTAKE! I cannot stand straight while wearing them without being reminded how it SUCKS to be a curvy girl in a world of companies who only care about ruler/pear shapes! -.-'
You get me, right???
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It's not hard for them to do so, they just don't want to do so. It's kinda like how the average woman in the US is 5'4"-5'5" yet mainstream manufacturers make clothes for women who are 5'6" and high end manufacturers make clothes for women who are 5'9". Clothing manufacturers don't want to make clothing for the average woman. They want to make clothing for their "ideal woman", who is 5'9", weighs 115 lbs, wears a size zero, and has very little in the T&A department. Now, people who really do look like that deserve respect and equal treatment. However, we gotta acknowledge that very few people look like that.
My advice is to start making your own shirts. Plenty of shirt sewing patterns come in dress cup sizes. Just remember that dress cup size has very little correlation with bra cup size. You may find that your bra cup size is 'F' but your dress cup size might be 'C'. For more information on how to make shirts with dress cup sizes go to: http://sewing.patternreview.com/
Found a beautiful shirt on clearance at Kohls - with buttons and cinched in low in the waist. I tried an XL first, and it totally poufed out around my shoulders. I tried a large, and the buttons gapped at the bust. Grrr. SO beautiful - a black and white rose pattern on a heavy woven cotton
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