Custom undergarments

[cjsmith]

OK, Bay Area folks, I've got guests coming in to town. One of them has heard of a place (Berkeley area, maybe?) that specializes in bras for nonstandard women. Er, let me rephrase: women with a nonstandard ribcage-to-boobage ratio.

This would normally be only an amusing sidenote (oh, those crazy Californians!) but for two things. 1) I could sure use a visit to a place like that myself. 2) It's my fault she's heard of it -- apparently, long ago, I'm the one who told her!

What was it? A store that does custom work? A store with a much wider variety than usual of premade stuff? I'm sure it wasn't just the Title Nine store, but I'll take her there too.

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[dawnd.livejournal.com]

The place in England is Bravissimo (http://www.bravissimo.com/Bravissimo/). (I remembered all by myself!)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Wow, somebody gives a sh*t about this body type! I'm stunned. If they carried sports bras I'd be buying one this instant, although in some random size. (I went through their fitting checklist and all it tells me is yes, the one I have doesn't fit. Shocker. :) )

O'course my mom, coming in from out of town in a few weeks, is exactly the opposite. She got all the ribs and I got all the boobage. Too bad it's not easy to trade a little!

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

Umm... CJ?
http://www.bravissimo.com/BRAVISSIMO/ProductList.aspx?cid=Lingerie_Sports+Bras&language=en-GB

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

That's really weird. I clicked on their "Sports Bras" link and got something about how to choose one. But you found this. Maybe my mind is going. Dave... please don't do that...

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Ah, but they too don't go below a 30" ribcage. Still.. hm...

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I noticed that, too. :^( But I am wondering if you should write them anyway. Sometimes companies have stuff that they don't have enough call for to advertise, or might be willing to make up special order. And if enough people ask for it, they may end up ADDING it to their stock. You might do hundreds of women around the world a favor by asking! Plus, I'm imagining that a sports bra MIGHT be slightly more forgiving about being a tad large in the band size. They're often VERY tight, IMO. I think you'd need to try to find out. It might still be an improvement over whatever you have already. What a nuisance this all must be for you!