Women challenge Marks & Spencer bra pricing policy

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[Dianna]

I wonder about the dimension -1” and the AA cup size.

You've never had a daughter? The breast tissue that develops first is generally the area around the nipple. This leads to a bit of a protrusion that is embarrassing (because it doesn't look like a real breast, it appears pointy) and doesn't look nice under clothes. A bra smooths things out.

[Aquinasfan]

Um...don’t larger sizes require more material...more underwire...etc.? Doesn’t seem like a conspiracy...just economics.

But they feel bad, so they win.

[bert]

Not to put too fine a point on it but the calculation was made by subtracting the circumference immediately below the breast from the circumference at the nipple line. To obtain a minus 1 would imply a depression rather than a protrusion.

I confess no daughter but I do have the text called A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown

[reagan_fanatic]

Marks & Spencer Quality Control Agent.

[Dianna]

Not to put too fine a point on it but the calculation was made by subtracting the circumference immediately below the breast from the circumference at the nipple line. To obtain a minus 1 would imply a depression rather than a protrusion.

Sorry, I wasn't thinking a minus one. I assumed you were using a hyphen to offset the number or something. Ooops.

[Dianna]

I confess no daughter but I do have the text called A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown

Sounds like a fascinating document! Boy, some of those contraptions are little more than torture devices given the support needed to hold them up. Luckily, my good sense has allowed me to accept that my strapless days are well over.

[MissNomer]

Silly me!