Lord, woman...you could be seriously injured in an extreme underwire failure scenario.

Mrs. Elspode has much this same problem. I never know when one is going to let go and impale me through the head while we're driving down the road.

That's actually pretty typical, and even happens with guy's jeans (sized in inches). Unwashed jeans run larger than prewashed jeans run larger than stonewashed jeans. The washes cause them to shrink; it is cotton, after all. The designer ones you're used to probably have Lycra and other synthetics in them.

Now, if I can figure out why unwashed black jeans run larger than unwashed blue jeans, but shrink down to nothing even faster... harsher mordant, maybe?

It's a conspiracy to make you buy new before the time at which the pants become too faded to wear. This has happened because dyes are more colorfast than in the past, and detergents formulated to reduce fading are available.

I did the men's jeans for awhile because at the time, low or superlow-rise flare bottom were about all I could find in women's jeans. Not flattering on a newly postpartum person. I liked being able to pick the length and waist, but again, hard to find a style that fit alright.

I wonder if insurance would cover that.



(and thanks for making me smile today!)

LabRat, I'm also 5'2". I gave up trying to buy regular sized pants. Even the "short" Levi's are too long. So I find a pair that fits good in the butt and take them to the cleaners to have them altered. Makes for an expensive pair of pants, but it's worth it. And, I stock up on pants in the summer. Stores usually have pants that aren't as short as capri's but are shorter than regular pants. They fit perfectly! I dunno if you have Target stores near you, but they carry Mossimo brand. I just got 3 new pairs of their "short" summer pants. They're awesome.

Bra shopping. ICK! I'm in between a 36C and D so I always have to try on double the amount because one style will fit completely different then the next. I recently splurged and got my first Victoria's Secret bra. The “Angels, lined demi” fits perfect. I’m going to go back and buy a bunch of them.

34A---PLEASE don't complain to me about bra shopping :lol: I have a helluva time trying to find ones with enough padding to differentiate me from my male labmates, but not so much I look like a freak in a T-shirt. I pretty much exclusively shop at VS for my bras, when I find one that's perfect, I buy 3. $ouch$. God I loved breastfeeding. I have never had cleavage before... I must say tho, it felt like I was leading the way with 'em and I was barely a C. My husband was in heaven :love: .

I am 5'3'' and have the same problem with pants - the short lengths are still too long. GAP is about the only store that has jeans in a shorter length that I still don't have to cuff.

Forget capri pants - I've complained to ever store on earth that people under 5'5'' would like to wear capris too. Knee length peddle pusher styles usually end up as capri length on me.

In general, I just stick to skirts and pants.

I bought my first victoria's secret bra ever - and I LOVE IT!

Actually I remember reading a few years back about a woman (I think in the UK) who got struck by lightning & it went right for the metal underwire.
:eek:

I was wearing an A cup in the 5th grade. Since then, boobs have never been a happy subject in my life. I was a cheerleader in high school and HATED that I had to wear a sports bra to keep from hurting myself - I even considered reduction surgery. It sucked. Still does. It really affects my physical activity. And when you start gaining mammaries so young, they also start to sag when you're still young. I'm only 28 and I'm embarrassed of the way they look. Bigger isn't always better.

Yes, Undertoad, but T'Pau (Queen of the Universe) was named because of her ears. She has the most incredible long and pointed ear-tufts I ever saw and an attitude of entitlement and superiority to match. I tried to post a photo of her on the screen but could not figure out how.

As for the story of the underwire bra conducting lightning, it's TRUE :eek: I read about it too.

It seems like we gals are about the same height and breadth, with the exception that I quit wearing a bra because nothing fit me anyway without one of those little packets that the latinos call "rellenos". So I just wear peasant shirts or T's now and celebrate the fact that if nothing shows anyway you have nothing to hide ;) My doctor laughs and says he never saw anybody my age so completely un-selfconscious about their body. I tell him I have "nothing" to be ashamed of!

If you haven't figured out why the jeans are all too long yet, trot over to the shoe department and look at those Li'l Abner boots and platform/spike heels they are selling to the kids right now and it will all become clear. I solved that problem by wearing cowboy boots with 2-inch or more roping heels or getting some thong sandles with some flashy trinkets attached that come with a huge platform. Around the house I just roll up the cuffs, because that's supposed to be hip right now too. So when you can't beat 'em and you refuse to join 'em, just do it YOUR way.

One size fits all. :)

skintight!

If the wire rubs under your arms it's because you're not DD but E or more, gal. If the wire comes out, well, I guess it's an old bra.

Aaaahhh! Bruce has discovered clothing painted to order. First introduced to the public awareness/horror by Demi Moore. Well, if any of us had paid for as much plastic surgery as she did, we would want to flaunt it too :D

Can't understand why this style never caught on for men, though ......