When cups runneth over

OK, so I have a big rack. It's just a fact, not really a selling point. I didn't ask for it, I was gifted it by top-heavy maternal genetics. I've tried to give some of it back at least twice, but damned if I can come up with $17,000 for surgery. So I'm left with the task of reigning it in on a daily basis.

In general, I buy most of my bras online from UK companies. For whatever reason, the British are the champions of the naturally well-endowed - meaning that they make large bras for those of us who actually need support. I'm sorry to tell you, those girls with free-standing DDs? Did not come by them honestly. Shocking, I know. Two patches of fabric held together with string is not going to cut it for those of us without any choice in the matter.

There's at least one company that actually has a policy of only using models that are at least a D-cup, which I applaud. When you're packing a lot of business upfront, it's really hard to tell what a bra is going to look like when it's modelled by someone who probably doesn't need to wear a bra in the first place. Yes, I'm looking at you, Victoria's Secret.

So I'm all for the employment of bustier models for the sake realism. However, I was a little dismayed to be confronted with this when all I wanted was a new minimizer:



If she actually didn't pay for those, I feel sorry for her.