Fuck bras. tis all.

[ItsAll4Kim]

So we vacationed in Mexico recently. We were shopping in Playa del Carmen, which has a pedestrian street about two miles long with shops of every kind...from mom 'n pop boutiques to national franchises. Kim needed a new bikini. We're nudists so beachwear isn't something we shop much. So we stopped in every shop that might have women's suits. Made it all the way to the end without finding one suit that fits her 38DD top or her ample booty. Nothing. Dejected, we made our way back. Then I spotted a shop we missed. There are at least four versions of this shop and all sell novelty tee shirts, but this one also had bathing suits. With separates. In large cup sizes, up to G. An F-cup fit her perfectly. An XL bottom was also purchased. That wound up not fitting well. But a reasonably priced $30 top among non-fitting $120 tops was a victory!

Question: is DD the same as E? And therefore DDD is F? That's been my assumption, and as this line of tops skipped or was missing E, and DDD, it seemed to be so. Makes no sense, so any insight would be welcome.

In case anyone is interested the brand is "H2OH Wear". Their site has quite a selection in larger cup sizes, but not a huge variety of patterns, mostly solid colors.

 

[LaFemme]

So we vacationed in Mexico recently. We were shopping in Playa del Carmen, which has a pedestrian street about two miles long with shops of every kind...from mom 'n pop boutiques to national franchises. Kim needed a new bikini. We're nudists so beachwear isn't something we shop much. So we stopped in every shop that might have women's suits. Made it all the way to the end without finding one suit that fits her 38DD top or her ample booty. Nothing. Dejected, we made our way back. Then I spotted a shop we missed. There are at least four versions of this shop and all sell novelty tee shirts, but this one also had bathing suits. With separates. In large cup sizes, up to G. An F-cup fit her perfectly. An XL bottom was also purchased. That wound up not fitting well. But a reasonably priced $30 top among non-fitting $120 tops was a victory!

Question: is DD the same as E? And therefore DDD is F? That's been my assumption, and as this line of tops skipped or was missing E, and DDD, it seemed to be so. Makes no sense, so any insight would be welcome.

In case anyone is interested the brand is "H2OH Wear". Their site has quite a selection in larger cup sizes, but not a huge variety of patterns, mostly solid colors.

An E and an F and a DDD are all basically the same size. It’s just stupid. Depends on the brand.

 

[554279]

It's all perspective; you see an evil entrapping beast...as a man with a bald spot I see the true potential for two hats for the price of one, a potential bowling ball cover, a canteen cover, the possibilities are endless

and right about now your probably thinking about suffocating me with one...never mind tit subjects always take my hyperactive thoughts where they shouldn't be

 

[EllieP]

An E and an F and a DDD are all basically the same size. It’s just stupid. Depends on the brand.

And an EE is considered a G according to some. I wore a 34G for a couple of years before getting professionally fitted, which I recommend to any woman. He asked me one question: what bra was I wearing before 34. I said a 32DDD. He then said I was a 32H. And dammit he was right. It was like a new lease on life!

Even though we've been wearing them since we were young doesn't mean we were wearing the right ones.

 

[185248]

Over the shoulder boulder holders.....as my Grandmother used to say.

 

[ItsAll4Kim]

An E and an F and a DDD are all basically the same size. It’s just stupid. Depends on the brand.

It's as if some bra manufacturer ran out of printing letters and decided to just use up all the D's. Goofy.

And an EE is considered a G according to some. I wore a 34G for a couple of years before getting professionally fitted, which I recommend to any woman. He asked me one question: what bra was I wearing before 34. I said a 32DDD. He then said I was a 32H. And dammit he was right. It was like a new lease on life!

Even though we've been wearing them since we were young doesn't mean we were wearing the right ones.

Now EE being a G makes even less sense...you'd think EE would be F and EEE would be G.

All of this must've been taken from the same genius who decided that D was a medium shoe width for men then E was wide but then started stacking E's for wider shoes. And if finding comfortable bras is even remotely as difficult as finding 12EEEE shoes, you all have my eternal sympathy.

 

[Scarletbegonia]

I just have to say Playa del Carmen must have changed radically from the beach/ backpacking town it was when I was young.

 

[LaFemme]

I just have to say Playa del Carmen must have changed radically from the beach/ backpacking town it was when I was young.

Very touristy. Cute, but busy and jam packed with tourists.

 

[ItsAll4Kim]

I just have to say Playa del Carmen must have changed radically from the beach/ backpacking town it was when I was young.

Totally. Even in the ten years we've been going there, it's grown by leaps and bounds. Three years ago, UK tourist conglomerate Thompson bought over a full city block on 5th and put up an enormous hotel and shopping complex. The city has expanded west of highway 307. The Playacar community prevents southward expansion but will eventually be leapfrogged especially if the aggregate/limestone corporation sells its huge plot south of Playacar. There are now two ferry terminals. The tiny airport will probably be sold, as it's completely landlocked and no longer has much potential.

To find the rural backpacking type beach area, you must travel below even Tulum, which recently had a huge Playacar-like community spring up. The tiny nudist-friendly eco-spa resort Cabanas Copal/Azulik is long gone. There are still plenty of raw beaches but more and more mega resorts are being built...and as is typical in Mexico, being abandoned after failure.

 

[Scarletbegonia]

Is the Elephante still there? Santa Fe campground?

 

[Spartan727]

Damn hunni, I get the same shit but for the opposite reason, I've always been envious of the sexier prettier bras in the smaller sizes. trying to find something sexy in anything above a G-cup has me pulling my hair out too sometimes, then I find one and can tell it ain't really gone stand up to the job for very long. yeah price is a bitch, I get my best bras from a little shop in Worcestershire, they specialise in larger sizes but jeese they're expensive.
And don't get me started on mainstream manufacturers and their interpretation of cup sizes Lol.
I feel your pain sister from the other end of the scale across the pond X

I can also relate cleavage can be such a nuisance! Last fitting I had I had a vision of assault on the woman fitting me! Lol It wasn’t what I wanted to be told! And thank goodness I was in uniform so I had a grip!!!
If I could wear a sports bra I wouldn’t be attacked by the dam under wire when I’m having to wear Armor yes as a firefighter I now have to wear armor as if scba gear wasn’t enough!
Isn’t that always the case we want what we don’t have...

 

[ItsAll4Kim]

Is the Elephante still there? Santa Fe campground?

I've never heard of either, can you describe where and what (Elephante) in more detail? My friend is there until at least May so he can look.

Edit: Wait, do you mean the Hotel Elefante on 10th? Then yes.

 

[Scarletbegonia]

That’s it!

 

[ItsAll4Kim]

That’s it!

Poking around Playa, there is a neighborhood on the west side of the highway called Santa Fe. I wonder if it's built on the campground site. There's a Home Depot there too, if you decide to check Google Maps....