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I've booked an appointment for a fitting at Rigby and Pellers - is it really worth it?

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Orinoco · 22/05/2008 22:30

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ladymariner · 22/05/2008 22:33

Soooo jealous, I'd love to go there and throw myself totally at their mercy!!! Unfortunately I'm about 200 miles away

BoysAreLikeDogs · 22/05/2008 22:34

Ooooh yes yes yes.

The best bra I ever ever had.

The best £60 I ever ever spent.

Be prepared for the staff to 'rummage' in the bra cups to hoick your nipples into place, and note that they judge by eye not by tape.

I am so jealous.

OneLieIn · 22/05/2008 22:35

Never been to Brent Cross - the one in Knightsbridge is fab though. They make you feel a stone lighter and absolutely gorgeous.

They get you stuff you never thought you would ever see yourself in

Are you getting anything special??

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Orinoco · 22/05/2008 22:38

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OneLieIn · 22/05/2008 22:40

You will love it. They have fab stuff! Enjoy - let us know what racy stuff you get (no white stuff please!)

BoysAreLikeDogs · 22/05/2008 22:42

Enjoy, and let us know how you get on

Alambil · 23/05/2008 11:17

What if they tell you you're 10 cup sizes bigger than you think you are? I'm paranoid about that happening!

pagwatch · 23/05/2008 11:22

I took my mother who found that whilst she was wearing a 38B she was atually a 34G.
I bought her two bra and she now follows behind the most amazing rack I have ever seen on a pensioner.
It made her look slimmer and improved her posture and her self image 100%.
So worth it

( unless you are like me and find 36AA to be still to big. Dammit)

Buda · 23/05/2008 11:27

It's fab!

I went from wearing very uncomfortable 46Bor 48A to wearing 40E! And I looked and felt so much better. Even have a cleavage that I never thought i had!

The bras are not cheap and I spent about 200 pounds on 3 bras and 3 pairs of pants to match - DH was shocked but as I said it is cheap for that increase in cup size!!! Surgery would be MUCH more!

I handwash the bras and they do last well.

Am on second lot now - have found an on-line underwear shop that do the brand that R&P recommended and I order from them now.

motherinferior · 23/05/2008 11:27

I came out looking really youthful and perky because suddenly I had the norks of a 20something, not a 40something matron.

Be warned. You will spend money. And then you will return and spend money. However, you will also get the odd ogle, which is something that when I was a 20something I found quite madly offensive and now cling to as desperate proof I am not quite past it yet.

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Orinoco · 23/05/2008 20:29

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ruddynorah · 23/05/2008 20:33

you probably aren't 36a. i used to think i was 34c. i'm actually 32e. lol.

tissy · 23/05/2008 20:36

yep, I thought I was a 34b.

Lovely lady at R+P had a quick shuftie and came back with 32dd and 30e.

WanderingTrolley · 23/05/2008 20:45
Buda · 23/05/2008 20:48

Well I thought I was a 46A and was a 40E so you may well be a 30E!!!

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Orinoco · 23/05/2008 20:50

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Buda · 23/05/2008 21:06

Not embarassing. They told me to take my top off and then judged my size from me and my current bra.

No tutting.

florencefosterjenkins · 23/05/2008 23:10

This brings back memories..my then boyfriend (now DH) sent me in there and promised to pay for the necessaries. I went in a long-term, self-guessed & permanently uncomfortable 36C and came out a well-kitted-up, beautifully-supported and extremely-surprised-at-the-measurement 32DD. Only vaguely embarrassing, but well-worth it! They just take one look at your naked top-half & pronounce your size (quietly)..f

meglet · 24/05/2008 19:19

I went once (wearing my scuzzy jeans, nothing posh) and they were fab. They are lovely and matronly. Your credit card might get a bashing though.

I went to the Knightsbridge store there was a photo of the queen in my changing room, I was topless in front the queen .

colander · 24/05/2008 19:23

oh I'm so envious! Let us know...

MuffinMclay · 24/05/2008 19:29

Has anyone gone and been told that they are actually already wearing the right size?

Flame · 24/05/2008 19:33

First time I went - fabulous

Second time - big let down

I have no idea which one I went to (non-Londoner alert ), but they were doing it up in April which I think it why it was crap.

motherinferior · 25/05/2008 20:59

I am rather in that my latest R&Pers are F cups.

F CUPS.

Cor. I am in awe of my own norks.

Flamesparro · 25/05/2008 21:15

Mine have shrunk to minuscule 32Es.

How is it that going down to an E can make you feel teeny when it is still huge compared to many?

foofi · 25/05/2008 21:19

I hate R&P. Have been twice, spent a fortune each time, and always ended up with bras I can't breathe in and almost never wear again.

M&S have much nicer, cheaper things, and you can take them back if you get home and think WTF?