Over the shoulder boulder holder

[cjsmith]

I was very pleased to discover that Title Nine has a store in Palo Alto. They don't carry my size (no one within a couple thousand miles carries my size) but they have something close.

I walked out with a 32DDD - yes, three Ds - in something that I am guessing runs small. I also ordered a 32DD for those days when I might want to descend a stairway while carrying something in my hands. You curvy ladies know what I mean, I'm sure.

One advantage of shopping at a sports store: you get an undergarment that does something more than just make lines on your shoulders.

Dear Victoria's Secret,

I will never darken your door again. I'm sure your feeling of relief at that statement is second only to mine.

Sincerely,
Someone crass enough to have an actual chest

Comments

[jcgbigler.livejournal.com]

The U shape gives a lot of extra stability to the fabric. My best guess at the force redistribution: the weight wants to go *down* but it can't because it would have to stretch a shoulder strap, and having the wire there means the weight going down would *also* have to stretch the sides of the cup. This way they don't have to make it out of concrete.

In many ways, a bra is the clothing equivalent of a suspension bridge. Basically, you want to increase the load that the bridge can carry. The underwire serves the equivalent of a combination of the floor and the stiffening trusses in the following diagram.



And yes, like suspension bridges, a bra that's designed badly is prone to failure, much like the Tacoma Narrows bridge in Washington did in 1940:

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

I've read A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0138526575/sr=8-1/qid=1142789596/ref=sr_1_1/104-2464898-1428737?%5Fencoding=UTF8), but I never thought I would think of Galloping Gertie and bras in the same thread. :-)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

that was the first thing i thought of too :)