First Bra Fitting

I can still remember the day I first got a real bra ... I didn’t have a clue as to what all the numbers and letters meant, and I was mortified; standing in the fitting room with my mother evicted to the other side of the curtain, I thought I might survive the experience until Mum yelled out “Don’t forget to reach in and lift them up!” I threw the bras at my mother and refused to stand anywhere near her when she took them to the counter, preferring to pretend I didn’t know her and the embarrassing products in her possession certainly weren’t for me.

These days I see many young girls coming into More Than A Handful for their First Bra Fitting. Having a good, supportive bra changes how our clothes fit, minimises back and shoulder pain, and – most importantly – gives us confidence. From smaller cup sizes to fuller cup sizes, starting early ensures the bust is always fitted in a good, supportive bra and helps give girls a comfortable awareness at an awkward time in their lives. Many women who come to us have never been properly fitted for a bra and vow that their daughters will never have to suffer through wearing ill-fitting bras as they have!

It can certainly be embarrassing – no one likes having a stranger see them in their underwear! However, in the several years I’ve been a bra fitter, I’ve never seen anyone in their underwear; I have seen a lot of bras – ones that fit, and ones that don’t. We all remember what it was like and while the role has reversed to me fitting my mother in her bras, I’ll never forget the feeling that I’d rather crawl under the fitting room wall to escape my mother than go outside where everyone – thanks to her announcement – knew what I was doing in there.

To minimise the “agony” of having to be constantly refitted for bras, we ensure the bras we fit on young girls have room for growth and we explain how we are fitting the bras and why we have chosen certain sizes to ensure there is an increased understanding and awareness of the importance of a well fitted bra.