D’s

I have stumbled onto a conspiracy.  Vanity sizing.  I first noticed this conspiracy when retailers like Banana Republic changed their sizing four or five years ago. Size four became a two and a two became a zero.  I won’t start to rant about how annoying this is to me. The manipulation of our body image by these companies is silliness.  A few weeks ago I stumbled onto yet another vanity sizing conspiracy – cup sizes.

Is it possible I have grown from a B to a C to a D in the last five years?  This cannot be possible.  I weigh less now than when I was a B.  If I were to hold a D cup size breast implant in my hand I’m going to venture a guess it is much bigger than what I have going on.

I shared the story of my recent trip to Nordstrom for bra sizing with my mom and we both got a really good laugh over the thought of me having “D boobs” and then she asked in all seriousness, “Does your new D bra have the really wide back with six hooks?”

If this vanity sizing trend keeps up does this mean in another five years I will be a size G?  Does that even exist?

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