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Size 14, 38E body storms Hollywood?

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Scaredycat3000 · 08/09/2010 12:57

Grazia front page this week,
Here
I'm sure there are many things that could be discussed about this front page, but for me it's the bra sizing. I have no idea who she is or what Mad men is, so I really am just talking about the inaccurate bra size.
Celebrities clothing/bra sizes and weight are regularly guessed by the media. All of this unhealthy for our body image. Bra sizing is always all over the place and a poor fitting bra has been linked as a possible link to breast cancer, and generally bad for your health. So isn't it important that these things are vaguely right? A size 14 body should be wearing a 34 approx, and no way are those norks an E cup, you're going H cup upwards there.
I regularly see I'll fitting bras on models, headlines such as this, why bother? Why guess the size rather than put nothing? Why put a model in the wrong size? Obviously I can't find examples now, but I often see models wearing bras that have a huge gap between their flesh and the band, with cups that are then to small.
It's just plain lazy, surly Grazia has a lot of women working there, are they wearing ill fitting bras?

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foreverastudent · 18/09/2010 01:06

I must have a small ribcage. I'm a 18/20 in trousers, would probably be 16/18 if it wasn't for the remainder of my babybelly.

Bravissimo were adament that I am a 32J but I find wearing the 34J more comfortable, although I have been spilling out of the top so probably need to get measured again.

The outfit in the photo is so pinched in I think it's dificult to compare it to anyone in 'normal' clothes.

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