I can’t remember how I stumbled across @CaralynMirand on Instagram but I’m so glad I did. She’s simply a great person to follow on that platform, and has so many useful tips that she shares in her feed, stories, or on videos.
Since following her I learned that she feels very strongly that women need to get properly fitted for a bra, and that is something I’ve been interested in doing now that I’ve had children and am finished breastfeeding. On Monday she “challenged” me to go get fitted at Nordstrom, her top recommendation for places to get fitted, and I said yes!
I asked Amanda to come along as well, and after mentioning this adventure on stories my friend Kathleen chimed in that she’s been wanting to go do that as well. The three of us met at Nordstrom in the morning and went through the fitting process together. We had a very nice and helpful consultant and it didn’t take long for Kathleen, Amanda, and I to start sharing how different the correct size bras felt when we put them on. It took a few size tests for some of us, but ultimately we ended up all leaving in quite different sizes than we walked into the store with!
I was recalling fit tips that Caralyn has shared in the past on her Instagram account and the bra fitter followed those as well. I went from wearing a 36B to a 36D! I was really surprised to see how well this new cup size fit my silhouette. The consultant shared that a lot of people (including me!) th...