I wanna get a bra fitting

aav

I am wanting to get a bra fitting. I know Marks and spencer use to do it but do they still. I am looking for a national retailer that does it.

Jem8472

John lewis does it.

juno

If you're a D+, then go to Bravissimo. They're great!

in_my_wellies

M&S still do it

Becles

M&S still do it, but I don't rate them.

I've just been shopping for undies for my wedding. The wedding dress has thin shoulder straps and I wasn't sure what sort of bra would be best. The M&S lady measured me by tape measure and said I was a 34D. She went to fetch a recommended bra.

She came back with a 34D padded push up strapless bra. (I still don't understand why I needed padding with biggish boobs ). I put it on and it looked awful. I had a huge "in your face" cleavage, and I didn't feel secure with it. I felt uncomfortable in it because I thought I was going to fall out of it, and the lady told me to stop being so prudish. She said a wedding day was your chance to show off and I shouldn't be ashamed of my body! (What a cheek - I'm not ashamed of my body, I just don't want to flash my bits on my wedding day!)

When she left the cubicle, I leaned forward in the bra and my boobs did fall right out of it. I said it wasn't suitable and she was really offended because I wouldn't buy it.

I also overheard them being matter of fact to a young mother-to-be in the next cubicle struggling to understand maternity bras. She said she was nervous as she'd never been fitted before, and the lady just matter of factly said to her "don't be so silly. We've seen thousands of boobs before. Why are yours any different?". I felt really sorry for her.

After this, I'll never go back to M&S for bra fittings.

I ended up buying from Sadie the Bra Lady, however she only has branches in the North East. A lovely lady took me into a room, and looked at my back and cup size. From that she managed to work out my size and brough a few items in the room for me to look at. I ended up buying a strapless basque as the lady said that would give a smoother line under the wedding dress. It fits lovely, I haven't got the cleavage and I feel comfortable in it.

I've also been to Bravissimo in the past and had excellent service there. I would recommend them too.

I've also recently been to see a local dressmaker as I felt my dress needed a petticoat. She slagged M&S off too, and said there is no way a normal bra would have looked right under the dress I've chosen, so I did the right thing in buying the basque.

wolfehouse

La Senza do fittings too.

urbanlegend11

i was thinking of starting the service free of charge of course.Im no expert but im willing to learn and im sure it will give me great job satisfaction

Js_Other_Half

I agree that M&S aren't great at bra fittings, but admittedly it has been years since I bothered with them.

Beatties dept store certainly do them, and the local one definitely gets the sizing right for me.

Good luck.

black-saturn

It doesnt say where you are but if your in east anglia go to Chadds in Lowestoft. The underwear department is on the first floor and they are very accurate in their measurings and have lots of bras on sale at various prices.

fannyadams

I did have a great experience with M&S in Kingston milton keynes - it took us 1 1/2 hours to find the right bra. there was no pressure to buy anything and i have to say my male friends at work were stunned!
I also had a great maternity experience with the lovely people in John Lewis CMK - I was too big for M&S maternity bras :rotfl: :rolleyes:
But my best ever bra experience was at Debenhams (can't recall where though, wasn't local), I had a real laugh with the assistant, I tried on LOADS of bras and in the end I didn't buy anything but I did go back there after they called me to say that they'd specially ordered in some more bras and didi I want to come in a try them - I went in and got two great fitting bras at a reasonable price - How I envy ANYONE who is B/C cup. Although I am too scared to go under the knife to get mine that small!!

aav

I live in Southampton if that is any help