Rib cage sizes: if you got skinny in your old age.

[Ragged]

NB:
Not that skinny, BMI maybe 19.5, 2-3kg under my most typical adult weight.
No that old, I'm not yet 58 !

When I was young I got measured up (by every setting) as bra size 34D which I found too tight for yrs but nowadays it's alright fit. Out of ideal curiousity just now I measured self and came up with (inches) 30.8 band, almost 37 over bust. I measured repeatedly to verify those numbers.

Victoria's Secret wants me to wear size 30F bra .
They don't even SELL size 30F.

You expect body changes but I didn't realise my rib cage itself would shrink so much. Will it shrink lots more as I get properly old?

The only reliable place for bra fittings imo are Rigby & Peller and yes, they have drawers and drawers of options in all sizes.

worth taking a days holiday and a day trip to London. Honestly.

Rigby and Peller have several stores outside of London too.

Mine got bigger after pregnancy. Lost all the weight but my ribs stayed bigger

Lots of places do sell 30f bras though. Look at bravissimo.

Did your rib cage actually measure 34 inches on the tape measure though? Or was it (eg) 31.5 inches, and they added on the 2 inches that was standard when bras were less stretchy?

99% sure yes 34" on the tape. :)