(originally posted to my personal blog on Oct 22nd, 2008)   Basic measurements are (while wearing a decent fitting bra): Around the top of the chest/under armpits Around the fullest part of the breast (where the nipples are) And then around the rib cage just under the breast. Make sure your tape measure is not on any

Six months after moving to Dover, I got a part time job at Victoria's Secret as an offset to all the testosterone that I was surrounded by at my full time job--the USAF.  It was great!  (It still is.)  I could talk about girl stuff to my heart's content.  I could test all kinds of beauty products

With a desire to let you know that I KNOW how much of a pain it is to find a bra that fits, I'm sharing the first leg of my journey with you.  I ordered nearly 30 bras at the end of May, tried them all on--had to wait longer for some because they went backorder--and am

I think it’s important to make a post specific to any potential conflict of interest with my part time job, Victoria’s Secret.  I am not looking to take ANY business away from them.  If any of my (future) clients have sizes that fit within their size range and the styles they have are what said clients are

When a customer comes in, and they’re expecting to walk out of the store with a couple bras, it can be difficult to tell them their more accurate size. Case in point, this evening a customer was trying on a 38DD size and it was clear that it was too large in the band.  The cup was

For the past nine years, I've been doing my bra fittings very much like what is described in this post: To Ensure A Bra Fits and, come to find out (due to the recent discovery of recent of new information), I've been incomplete and fairly inaccurate in my tallies.  How incomplete?  Well, I had sized myself at a 36DDD

Even though my previous entry may seem like I’m sending the message that I’m an expert, I’m not.  I’m very new to this portion of the journey of finding what fits.  I’m hoping to bring folks along with me on this journey and help them find what fits as well.  Maybe they don’t have the resources to

Last week I got an urge to research the history of Victoria’s Secret and the multitude of scents that the company has put out over the past few decades.  I came across some really great information.  I even created a new Pinterest board for all the articles that I was coming across:  https://www.pinterest.com/nidena/well-informed-is-well-armed  (Want to see a listing