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A Male Perspective On Bras (What one man learned from working at Victoria's Secret)
askmen ^ | Christopher Pliny

Posted on 06/10/2013 11:19:44 AM PDT by rickmichaels

It was April of 2010, and, after five years, I’d finally graduated from college. An English major with double minors in biology and chemistry, I’d planned on attending dental school to become an oral maxillofacial surgeon. But after a series of disconcerting events, I ended up taking a job at Victoria’s Secret to spend a year studying women. I was on top of the world, really, no longer worrying about taking the DAT or writing my personal statement. All I had to do now was learn about a couple of bras, and how hard could that be?

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To: rickmichaels

Did you ever watch “Double Divas” on tv? Forget what channel. Two friends own a lingerie shop near Atlanta. If bras were too small for a customer, one would just make one for the customer. They seemed to be super nice ladies. I think the shop was Livie-Rae or something like that.


61 posted on 06/10/2013 12:31:47 PM PDT by MamaB
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To: andy58-in-nh

LOL! Well, something like that is definitely made of nylon ripstop and paracord, at least...


62 posted on 06/10/2013 12:33:58 PM PDT by jboot (It can happen here because it IS happening here.)
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To: rickmichaels

Largely a question of basic physics, with a little structural engineering tossed in - you will have to review your vector math, however:

http://scientopia.org/blogs/scicurious/2012/09/14/friday-weird-science-the-physics-of-the-strapless-evening-gown/


63 posted on 06/10/2013 12:38:32 PM PDT by Stosh
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To: Ingtar
Wasn’t it VS that had the wall of boobs for men to use to figure out the size needed? They would use the boobs to figure out which size felt right.

How many breakups have been caused when the guy decided that his girlfriend's/wife's size didn't feel right?

64 posted on 06/10/2013 12:46:53 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (This message has been recorded but not approved by Obama's StasiNet. Read it at your peril.)
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To: Gefn

There was a trend in Britain for exhibiting ladies with cleverly made, impossibly large strap-on plastic breasts. They had several “actresses” that carried on this gimmick (no pun intended). The names were so silly I still recall them: “Tina Small”, “Zelda Zeppelins”, “Zena Fulsom” and “Mandy Mountjoy”. I think there were others.


65 posted on 06/10/2013 12:48:26 PM PDT by jboot (It can happen here because it IS happening here.)
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To: equaviator
A guy must be ‘under’employed to be working at a Victoria’s Secret.

Either that, or he has his hands full.

66 posted on 06/10/2013 12:54:53 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: rarestia

At my local bar, there’s a woman who’s probably a 42DD or some such thing, and I recently heard her say, “My husband isn’t a breast guy.” And I’m thinking, “Yeah, right.”


67 posted on 06/10/2013 12:58:32 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: rickmichaels

I would wager less than 25% of the ladies have been properly FITTED for a bra. A lot of girls think they are a D and they are barely a C. It is very important for a ladies comfort and physical well being to be properly fitted. Trust me on this one.


68 posted on 06/10/2013 1:00:53 PM PDT by halfright (FAST & FURIOUS! DON'T ALLOW THEM TO DIVERT YOUR ATTENTION.)
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To: rickmichaels

I used to work with a guy that sold girdles and bras to department store chains back in the 80’s.


69 posted on 06/10/2013 1:01:22 PM PDT by Average Al ( Our founder fathers never knew we could fail due to a Techtatorship.)
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To: Gefn
"I can’t find a picture but there was a contestant on the UK version of Big Brother named Lea Michaels who was a size 30 M and I believe the largest at one time in Britain.

I,was working in London then and saw her on TV. OMG doesn’t describe it."

Further proof that it is possible to have too much of a good thing. Once boobs get beyond a certain size they can just become kind of embarrassing for the woman, and often a cause of back pain etc.
70 posted on 06/10/2013 1:01:45 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: rickmichaels

Yes, gentleman, bras can go up to an “M” cup. The straps and the back are designed to add support.


71 posted on 06/10/2013 1:01:46 PM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I’d like to go in to a Victoria’s Secret and ask some young sweetie if they sell back bras for women too.


72 posted on 06/10/2013 1:03:40 PM PDT by Average Al ( Our founder fathers never knew we could fail due to a Techtatorship.)
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To: rickmichaels

Not to cause any pandemonium here, but there are bras with cups bigger than the D.

I noticed that cantaloupes were not mentioned ;-)


73 posted on 06/10/2013 1:07:41 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: Steve_Seattle

I always found it funny that on the old Beverly Hillbillies series, Sharon Tate’s character was named Janet Tricot.

Even at a young age, thanks to endless commercials I knew that Tricot was a cotton material used in Cross Your Heart bras. And Sharon Tate was nicely endowed.


74 posted on 06/10/2013 1:09:08 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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75 posted on 06/10/2013 1:28:12 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: 21twelve

So what did they say when they caught you in the stocking section trying to refurbish your minnow net?


76 posted on 06/10/2013 2:26:43 PM PDT by fini
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To: Steve_Seattle

I’m a breast guy and I happily admit it when people meet my wife. The response is usually, “we can tell!”


77 posted on 06/10/2013 2:35:24 PM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Steve_Seattle

That’s because British women are more likely to get properly fitted. Victoria’s Secret has made a fortune convincing American women they are all 34/As, 36/Bs, 38/Cs when in reality they are three to four inches in band size smaller, which conversely increases the cup size. If VS actually had to provide the range of sizes to properly fit the population they’re profit margins would plummet.


78 posted on 06/10/2013 2:50:09 PM PDT by Eepsy
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To: Vigilanteman

When I was younger I went with a girl, a woman I’m told, who had huge memory glands and at 19 she didn’t like wearing a bra, probably because she liked the attention. Sumptin ‘bout a 19 year old with size D cups fillers in a halter top and daisy mays, viewed from the bow or the stern.


79 posted on 06/10/2013 3:11:30 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
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To: 21twelve

An old boss of mine joked when things got slow at our company that he was thinking of shutting it down. “I’m thinking I’ll go work at the sporting goods store fitting women for hip waders.”

I and couple of my collegues in a medical device engineering department used to talk about quitting and opening up a leg shaving and Brazilian wax studio, and next door, a tattoo removal studio for females.


80 posted on 06/10/2013 7:20:27 PM PDT by wetgundog (" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
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