Any tips for shopping at Bravissimo?
My little sister has bigger bra problems than I do: I suspect she needs a 28 or even a 26 band, and those are not available anywhere locally.
Fortunately, she and my mother are going to be in London next month. I've already convinced them, based on reading various blogs, that they have to pay a visit to Bravissimo. It is really important to me that my sister find some well fitting bars, as she has recently started talking about getting a breast reduction, and I'm very much against elective surgery for non-health reasons.
Does anyone have any tips? I'd like to know things like: which branch is the best for these sizes? Which day of the week and time of the day are best? Is it worth mentioning in advance that they're on a budget so they aren't brought the more expensive brands to try on? Should my mother get a fitting too even though she's probably not going to buy anything, or will that just piss off the fitters?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
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This is remotely off topic as I'm from Croatia and cant afford a trip to London for a proper fitting. But I can tell you one thing - A well fitting bra, even almost fitting bra may as well change your sisters mind about surgery. When she gets her hands on a bra bigger than she needs she will stop feeling like a freak of nature. You could try introducing her to sam bra blogs like bras I hate, invest in your chest, thin and curvy, sophia jenner... All of this really helps with accepting your body shape.
Like I said, I have never been to london, but if I did go, Id visit debenhams too :)
How old is she? And what cup size do you suspect she may need? If she is young, or just generally put off my many of the bras made for "big cups" (granny-bras) then she should definitely go for some Cleo's - they are young, 'light', and probably look a lot like those young girls with A-C cups wear.
I would also recommend they schedule a fitting. I know they of course also help out drop-in's, but to get the full attention of a skilled fitter, it can be good to have it scheduled.
And of course, they should try to go for the biggest one, more choices :)
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