So, I'm tweeting about bras with M&S. Who wants to tell me which stores have given incorrect measurements?

[WeAreSix]

They have asked which store fitted incorrectly. Apparently they've invested a lot into their Bra fitting and would like to know which stores have incorrectly measured / fitted.

Shall we give them a list?!

I think a 30D is an 8D in Australian sizes.

And yes, it is almost every store - although some are getting it. In general John Lewis seem to do it right (not to Bravissimo standards but much closer!), Debenhams is variable but seems to have retrained at least some of their staff. Same for House of Fraser. Of course the problem is, if you don't know what you are looking for then you don't know if you have a new or old style fitter. I think someone said that Selfridges are doing it correctly too although I couldn't swear to it.

I did wonder whether someone with the enthusiasm and forthright approach of Gok Wan would champion somehing like this.

I could just imagine him running round M&S with SorrelForbes staging interventions at the doors of the fitting rooms.

First of all they would of course have to demonstrate live on TV by measuring her bangers leaning over!

We did try GokWan...no joy...probably because of the aforementioned +4 nonsense

Didn't M&S have a campaign on badly fitted bras a couple of years ago though? (The irony!) I seem to remember some posters with statistics about how many women are wearing the wrong size bra ( probably because they'd been fitted at M&S).

Trinny and Susannah?
They were quite big about getting women into decent bras...

Still no twitter reply. I'll try again Monday...

Sounds like you've joined me and Sorrel on their "crazy bra ladies" list

Is it wrong that I'm a little bit proud that M&S now ignore me

Just to add my two pen etch, I couldn't resist as I have whined about this for years. marks and Spencer in Solihull would have me in a 36B I am a 34 D. I couldn't believe the diff when I discovered it!

yy to a mumsnet campaign!

I am wearing a 30dd after years of badly fitting 34b (thanks M&S!) I cannot believe the difference a properly fitting bra has made to my boobs. they look lovely and I feel so comfortable!

so thank you ladies now I just need to get my mum away from M&S and her supposed 36 back size!

Sleepywombat Elle Macpherson does some styles in 8D. You could also try 10C as I think some Aussie brands (like Elle MacPherson) come up smaller in the back than UK brands. Have you looked at Zodee - It's an Australian size and starts at size 6 (28") back.

Just to rejuvenate this thread - another thing that really gets me about M&S bra fitting. You can't get any 'advice' without a sodding pre-booked appointment! Any request for a quick check of fit is met with a snotty 'sorry we're too busy, you should have made an appointment'. This happens every time, not just a one off. I can't always plan when I need a bra checking when I'm shopping with my 1yo!
Anyway since I realised they don't even stock the 30F that I actually am (measured at JL, bravissimo and HoF), I'm quite happy to say I'll never shop for a bra at M&S again.

Norwich and croydon. Both fitted me as a 34D.

I'm a 30g.

Not me but a friend got measured in m and s Bristol. I don't know sizing but to make the bra 'fit' they told her to pull it right down so the cup was smooth on her boobs but the underwire was then about an inch below her boobs on her rib cage. Apparently this was ok as the cup 'fitted' but I can't see how it was supporting her boobs at all if it wasn't even touching them!

I'm going to share the link on twitter for M&S. Again.

I had a fitting recently, 36D at M&S. Not one of the 15 bras produced fitted. The assistant wouldn't budge on the measurement even though it was clear tht they just didn't fit.

I did it as a bit of an experiment as Sorrel had me down as a 30E

Went to John Lewis who confirmed 30E and I purchased 3 beautiful bras.

M&S are shite!

Well, I bought 2 fantastic bras from M&S...and thought I'd buy a third, so ordered another bra in the same size, and merrily wore it for the day...only to discover it was nowhere as big, even though the label said it was the same size.

London Marble Arch.
Said I was a 32B. I have a v wide back so knew it couldn't be true. I'm a size 20 ffs.
Anyhoo, popped down the road to Debenhams Oxford Street, met a lovely bra fitter there, she made me relax and said I was a 38 D. Then she went around the store picking up about 10 different styles in the correct size and advised me on the best ones for me. I will go back.

M&S had me measuring at 36C when I should have been about a 30e. I haven't shopped at M&S for years but I remember back in the 90s they rarely stocked bras smaller than a 34 and the 32s only went up to a C cup. M&S are only to measure you at 30F if they don't stock that size.

Not going to measure you.