Wait.. they actually charge more for bigger cup-sized bras? Wow. Next you'll be telling me that they charge more for bigger sized condoms.

Wait again.. do they even still charge for condoms anymore?

I see, so in the U.K., Asda is the evil fucking empire. Duly noted.

Oh good, the same crappy price for the same crappy tit sling. Be still my un-supported bosoms.

Of course, a bra for bigger breasted women has to be called something as unfeminine and dainty as "George".

Ok so now I have to pay for the larger breasted ladies without any of the perks (other than my gravity defiant B-cups of course).

Why are there giant mussel shells on her rack? With crosshairs on them?

Um, except supporting Wal-Mart hurts all women, regardless of boobilage. Did you know that Wal-Mart is currently the target of the largest class-action discrimination suit in history? Can you guess what they're in trouble for?

Yup. Systematically undercutting women -- from depressed wages to skipped-over promotions to basic respect, Wal-Mart (and it's partners abroad) do not deserve our patronage.

So, uh, I guess us bigger ladies will just burn our bras or wear hilariously cheap ones from trashy.com. Or something.

"And we will pay the workers who make them the same amount, 2 cents and a thimble full of caster oil, for whatever size cup they make!"

Thanks, Wal-Mart! Progress!

@MakeMeSmile: George is the clothes label, with all types of clothes coming under the title. It's 'George at Asda'.

My dirty pillows don't snuggle up to anything owned by Wal-Mart. I'm willing to pay for the extra fabric.

@Reluctant Financier: Not necessarily, but it is difficult to find larger cup sizes at reasonably priced retailers. I am an E and I can only find decent bras at one store, which happens to be independantly owned and on the expensive side. Mom and I go and buy bras once a year (we are the exact same size), spend a bunch of money and wear the hell out of those suckers.

Would be nice to buy a cheap, cute bra occasionally.

last time i let something called George hold my tits i ended up pregnant.

This may have something to do with Katie Price's lingerie line being sold at Asda (Katie Price is "Jordan" the chavtastic Page 3 woman who now inexplicably has her own talk show, books, perfume, etc.)

Wal-Mart vs Hard to find, expensive large bras? Sounds like you're damned if you do, damned if you don't.

@ratherbesleeping: HA ha ha ha ha.

I got the first professional bra-measuring of my life about a month ago and found out that I've been wearing the wrong size. Because I have shitty luck, my correct size has been hard to find and I had to pay almost $90 for one ugly, beige bra.

@ratherbesleeping: Niiiiiice

@ThaKadinskyPapers: No worries, babe, I'll pick one up for you. I can see you in a "Ditsy (SIC) print":
[www.george.com]

What size would that be?

Well, I've recently decided to do the bulk of my lingerie shopping at Target since I bought 3 bras there that are cute, fit well and were each $12 or less. Once again, Target wins.

@tailfeather: Yeah, I think that "Ditsy" tag being misspelled is more than appropriate for Miss Katie. Also, why would you pay money to have boobs that big? They look freaky (not to mention uncomfortable).

@DorothyZbornak: Really? I generally love Target, but the underwear choices there (at least in my experience) are not good, at least for me (I'm a dd cup - panties aren't an issue as I wear the standard 6). It seems like they either have very cute but no suppor bras, or Maidenfrom fortresses. As a matter of fact, what is a good brand for big boobed gals? Anyone?

Yes, it always burned me that I have to pay more for my larger cup-sized bras, although I do need more material coverage, so I guess it isn't so wrong, and it is usually only a few dollars difference.
But Wal-Mart bras are terrible, and like y'all said, do not provide decent support. Of course, they don't carry my cup size anyway, and if they do, they think I must weight 400 pounds and like hideous matronly girdle-type bras, or that I am a stripper, and therefore unaffected by gravity so there is no need for support or coverage. Stores that specialize in larger bras charge $100 per, but at least they last more than two washings, and the wires don't pop out and cut me (I still have a scar!). There's no happy medium.

@DorothyZbornak: I love Target, but every larger bra is overly padded. I've grown enough padding on my chest, I don't want to add more.

I get my bras at an outlet. They are the right size and 10% the normal prices!

@tailfeather: does it come in 'Dignity' or 'Self Respect' perhaps?

@tailfeather: holy crap is that Jordan aka Katie Price modeling those??? even for walmart, that's just TRASHY.

@hamsterpants: slightly ashamed to admit it, but Lane Bryant's Cacique stores have, like 2 bras that I actually wear and trust me - they are dead sexy and no-one would ever believe where they came from. One is this 6-way contraption which has a clear back strap (not as tacky as it sounds) and the other one I forget the name but if you message me I'll look it up. I like it because you can change the straps to be crossed in the back which gives me lethal cleavage (38DD's, yo) and it plunges and separates.

I'm finding more and more that plus sized clothing is more expensive than the "regular sized" counterparts of the exact same design. Quite annoying.

@ThaKadinskyPapers: Why ashamed? (Is there something about LB that I've missed and therefore I really shouldn't be spending my money there?) I second their Cacique lines though. Those are the only bras I'll wear anymore. Anything I get elsewhere pales in comparison. And Victoria's Secret? Yeah, the secret is their shoddy construction. I can pop a VS bra with a mere inhale.

I don't trust a Wal-Mart bra to support my ladies. And they're not even that big.

@ThaKadinskyPapers: Dude, I keep hearing things about them. I think I might be too small (34D), but I'm weirdly on the cusp of "full-figured" and not.

@ThaKadinskyPapers: Somehow, no!!!

I will happily look into the "Tarty" and "Weak-Minded" lines for you, though. Something lacy and stain-resistant.

@MsPants: only because everything else they carry (besides the two I mentioned) I find to be shiteously ugly. Talk about matronly! Actually, I will concede that they have made an effort as I've noticed they have nicer fabrics and colors, but almost everything still has yooge straps and cups and might look cute hanging on the rack but try and put your beautiful tits in it and all of sudden you look like a lump of play-doh that was left to melt in the sun with some crayons.

@TruculentandUnreliable: Unfortunately, yeah. They start at 36-C and go up from there. No 34s. So I say you indulge in your favourite high calorie foods until you get the extra two inches. (Or not.) :-)

@ThaKadinskyPapers: I think it's the "Bra 6" bra ... which I keep thinking of as the "Girl 6" bra.

@MsPants: Trying to lose some of that, actually. Though really, my tits are the first place I gain weight and the last place I lose it. Not bragging or anything. I used to think I was a 36C and then I actually measured myself, and I most certainly am not.

@ThaKadinskyPapers: Ahh, fair enough. I find a few things here and there. I do love their "Right Fit" jeans and their camis. Everything else there tends to be hit or miss, but I can't forsake the camis that don't pull down and show off every illicit inch of my cleavage at work, or the Right Fit jeans with the magic butt pocket.

im on the bitty titty committee but my girlfriends who are DD and F cup swear by nordstrom for bras that are pretty and last. one friend (the f cup) even got a strapless there that supports her girls comfortably.

@AbbyNormal: aw i have a scar too! im not big but the underwire on my VS bra popped while i was partying and i was too drunk to feel it. when i got home i saw the damage :( beauty is pain eh?

@TruculentandUnreliable: My tatas are kind to me as well. Whereas I might gain inches around, I never have to go up in cup size. And the first place I lose weight is my chunky-trunk, right around my ribcage. So when I'm at my thinnest, I tend to just look like tits on sticks.

Figleaves.com, you guys. Has all sorts of not usual sizes, and generally at least one in your range will be on sale...

@ThaKadinskyPapers: I'm so going to check out Lane Bryant soon. I never even thought to check out their bras, and of course they would carry cup sizes the department stores don't. (And why do so many stores still only carry A-D or at most DD, when as a nation we are getting larger?)
@MsPants: I know, Victoria's Secret bras and panties are of such poor quality! And they are not cheap. $50 for a bra that will fall apart even with hand washing- no thank you.
When I was younger, I wanted to design underwear for the fuller figure that would be sexy, actually fit, and support what it was designed to support. No offense, but larger woman aren't shaped just like smaller ones, only bigger. And it seems that most bras are just sized larger, like with most clothing, not specifically designed for a larger woman's contours. I wish I was a better seamstress, because it seems like this market is bereft of the quality, concern and adoration of the fuller figure that we need in the conception and construction of bras (and clothes) for those above the D-cup range.

@AbbyNormal: Wires popping out has to be the most painful experience, six hours at work, wondering why there was pain, had a look and knew why. Ow!

@MsPants: I have a big ol' booty, too, and that's the second place all the weight goes. I know that I'm in trouble when my stomach starts getting big.

@chouflur: Oh!!! Thank you for the link-- they have cups up to K!!!! Although they don't go above 38 despite the cup size.

@TruculentandUnreliable: ahh, see you're barely into D territory. Consider yourself lucky, the one thing I really, really hate about being big titted is the WIDTH of the back bra strap. Seriously, modern science can't devise something better?? 'Cuz there is NOTHING sexy about reaching back to show off the one-handed bra-removal skills, only to be thwarted by the doubled-handed requirements of a DD bra.

True story, back in the day Kadinsky had landed herself a date with a semi-famous local radio talent and after a very entertaining evening was on said talent's couch preparing to unveil her 'twin peaks'. The boy was assuredly the more excited of the two about this, and he reached behind her caressingly, fingertips tracing their way up to the locking mechanism. Before I had a chance to straighten up and release the damn thing myself, I heard him mutter, "Shit. A four-banger."

(as in, FOUR fucking clasps = at least 3 hands and a ten minute delay).

*sigh*

@TruculentandUnreliable: I'm getting a little worried now that I have a couple of personalities and I'm actually conversing with myself. I have a big ole bum too--hence my love for the Right Fit jeans at LB that understand I can have a relatively tiny waist with a badonkadonk. (Did I really just use that word?) My belleh is also my litmus for "Pants! Gym! Now!"

@AbbyNormal: I wonder if you could put up an advert on a site somewhere seeking a good seamstress to sew your designs up? I can sew, but I mainly stick to blankies and crafty type stuff. I don't think I could do justice to a bra. But I'm more than willing to pay good money for a pretty bra that's made with the understanding that the sammich-eating contingency of women* are shaped differently than the size 0s that walk the runway.

*please note I am not slagging off thinner women by implying they do not eat sammiches. I just find the word "sammich" to be much kinder and more fun than "fat."

@pink_orchid: @beastybeatsy: The worst part was I cut myself in two places! I was at work, and didn't realize that the wire had come out, just that I felt sore under my arm-- I absent-mindedly reached to check it out, and cut my hand deeply. I was bleeding, and too embarassed to explain how I cut myself!! (And it was my favorite bra, too.) I was stuck at work (no pun intended), so I had to push the wire back in, and I put bandaids on the area that was adjacent to the offending wire. When I got home I was a mess!

@ThaKadinskyPapers: Now, see, a "four-banger" means something completely different at my house.

@AbbyNormal: awwww! there should be a compensation/class action law suit against underwires!

In related trivia: the boning in corsets were only bone for the wealthy. the poorer women used metal wires that could potentially break and stab the wearer giving them blood poisoning.

@hamsterpants: @Leiakat: I probably should've thought before I spoke (I'm hopped up on cold medicine today, so I'm in a bit of a fog) since my boobs aren't that big. But I have heard good things about Cacique from some friends more blessed in the boob area than me.

@ThaKadinskyPapers: Ha! You should've told him that it's a tradeoff--yeah, it take a lot longer to get the bra off, but once you get to the goods, it's totally worth it.

@MsPants: I can never find pants that fit. I'm also tall; usually I go with something that fits my ass but is a little too big in the waist, so they're about long enough. Yes, I know I need to go to the tailor, but it's only recently that I've had enough money to buy clothes worth tailoring in the first place, not to mention pay for tailoring.

@bangieb: VULGAR!

@TruculentandUnreliable: oh hell, do not get me started on fitting my too long-too big in places torso into things off the rack. I'm over 5'9 with big tits, a big ass, a small-ish waist but a long and crooked torso. Crooked as in, I have several pieces of clothing that once put on, somehow do not line up with my belly button - the zipper or center hem will be like, 2 inches to the right, wtf??
Generally I have better luck with skirts than pants, and pants win over dresses because dresses NEVER fit me off the rack.

And that dude? I was mortified, just mortified at the comment. True, at the time I was a lot younger and my fashion sense meant the bra I had on would be something I clean the house in today, but still. In all that time the size of those 'four bangers' has not improved.

@AbbyNormal: please don't encourage retailers to dinimish our already low stock of A cups? There are few premium brands that acually make them (most start at a B...I'm looking at YOU Wacoal). Of the brands that do offer A cups, most of them will feature a beautiful, underwire, translucent, non-padded bra in every other cup but when they get to the A, they add a lining of padding in the same style.

Once in a while, a style will allow me to get away with a 32B. But that's NOT my size, and a 34A should be eligible for all the benefits of B cups.

God damn it, I should be able to look like an 70s hooker in any size.