I BUY A 36C BRA, BUT THE PATTERN FOR THE 36C DOESNT FIT. HOW COME?
It’s called “Vanity Sizing” and it’s a common practice in Women’s RTW. Most women take Vanity sizing for granted when they buy pants and dresses, but are shocked to find it exists in bras, too! If I shop in one store, I can fit into size 10 pants, but when I shop in a different store, I’m taking a 12 or a 14. Usually the more expensive the store, the smaller size you can fit into, which means that the manufacturers are deliberately over sizing their clothing as a selling feature. After all, wouldn’t YOU rather be a size 10 than a 14….In bras, the same thing happens. Patterns have been designed to fit measurements, rather than a manufacturers idea of what that size should be.
