A little help with underwear..

Zulu

Hey folks,
I'm currently trying to by undies for my OH. I have her bra size, but am stumped with the bottoms!!?! S, M, or L? Whats that about? She's not an L, but how can I tell if she's S or M. When I see S I'm thinking really, really small girls??
Help.
Please.

Rozabeez

It would help if you told us her bra size.

Ginny

Smalll 8-10
Medium 10-12
Large 12-14

thats what they usually class them by.

Zulu

She's a 32, and (thanks GinnyJo) A s/m - she's a size 10.
Argh, do I get medium so?

Eh also - how do stocking sizes work pleasE?

Rozabeez

Ask the lady in the shop

Nevyn

How big are her feet ?

Ginny

get her a medium to be sure so:D, so either way shes not offended.

Zulu

her feet! Damn it, I dunno. Eh smaller than mine? 6? 8?

@Rozabeez: I'm too much of a wus to go into the shop. I'll be buying on-line. Some AP stuff dilivered. I hear they package it all up nice etc.. (Everyones a winner)

@GinnyJo: Thanks a million for your help. Life saveer

tinkerbell

Get her a medium!

Rozabeez

Ooh, online sizing? Go medium.

Zulu

for stockings yea? medium?

Rozabeez

You're getting stockings too? As in hold-ups? Just buy them in a shop they're all one-size.

Zulu

Well I was going to get the whole kit and kaboodle! Bra, pants, corset/suspender belt, and suspenders.

By the by - what size in corset thingie?

mollybird

heh easy to find out. go routing in her presses. that what i did when looking for my man's shirt size. only way to know for certain.

Rob_l

mollybird wrote: »

heh easy to find out. go routing in her presses. that what i did when looking for my man's shirt size. only way to know for certain.

It would have been funnier if you had said go rooting in her drawers

Ginny

The corset will probably be related to her bra size..have you looked at what you want online?

Oryx

Regardless of what size she is, never buy large.:)

Size 10 sounds like medium. Small can sometimes be very small and who needs cheese string for underwear?

Hmmm. Corsets can make smaller girls look really flat, if you know what I mean. You really should be gritting your teeth and going to a good underwear shop. The staff will be helpful and wont snigger.

Stockings should be easy to fit.

kmick

GinnyJo wrote: »

get her a medium to be sure so:D, so either way shes not offended.

By that thinking get her a small. If she has to squeeze in all the better for ripping them off with your teeth and you get extra kudos for thinking she is small!! Alriiiiiight high fives self [clap]

Lil' Smiler

Also with corsets it can be hard to find the right size

I'm a size 8/10 in clothes and 34b but i've a wide enough back and finding corset type dress/dresses with quite tight bust can be difficult for me


in any case if you get her the wrong sizes she can change them.. well probably not the briefs for hygienic reasons!

Ginny

kmick wrote: »

By that thinking get her a small. If she has to squeeze in all the better for ripping them off with your teeth and you get extra kudos for thinking she is small!! Alriiiiiight high fives self [clap]

or it doesn'rt fit and she gets embarassed when its too small....take it from a girl get medium underwear, get her bra size bras and the corset should correlate to the bra size.

Malteaser!

GinnyJo wrote: »

or it doesn'rt fit and she gets embarassed when its too small....take it from a girl get medium underwear, get her bra size bras and the corset should correlate to the bra size.

I agree. Deffo go with a medium!!

Zulu

Again - thanks a million GinnyJo. Yea I found what I want to get her

Jules

When in the name of god is 14 a large!

It goes in inches....

27-29" - small which is 8-12
30-31" - medium which is 12-14/16
32-35" - large which is 16 - 18/20

It's all to do with hip and waist size.
Really think women have a warped idea of size.

Zulu

Ah for fu(k sake. I'm just after buying a med for her!?! So size ten isn't a med?


...ok just checked size guide:

Small : 8 - 10
Medium : 10 - 12

Seems I'm ok, pheww. Minor heart attack there.
Ladies - thanks a million for your help. Bought last night (didn't quite realise how expensive these thing were!!!)
Hope she likes them.

Ginny

Jules wrote: »

When in the name of god is 14 a large!

It goes in inches....

27-29" - small which is 8-12
30-31" - medium which is 12-14/16
32-35" - large which is 16 - 18/20

It's all to do with hip and waist size.
Really think women have a warped idea of size.

Hey I'm just going by what I've bought in shops, la senza has 12 as med and 14 as large, in thongs they do anyway.

Jules

Zulu wrote: »

Ah for fu(k sake. I'm just after buying a med for her!?! So size ten isn't a med?


...ok just checked size guide:

Small : 8 - 10
Medium : 10 - 12

Seems I'm ok, pheww. Minor heart attack there.
Ladies - thanks a million for your help. Bought last night (didn't quite realise how expensive these thing were!!!)
Hope she likes them.

I was talking in general.... im just in a pissed off mood... fair play to ya for getting off your arse and buying her something nice.

I just hate the image woman are projecting these days.

Ginny

Join the club Jules:D
The weight thing pisses me off, I've been a size 0 (kept the clothes to remind me) and its not healthy at all, I've also been at a stage where I've been sick and put on a few stone and been a size 16. The way people treated me and assumed I was a lazy arse when I put on weight was astounding, it really makes you realise how superficial and false some people are.
Now I'm a 14, some people still think I'm fat..:rolleyes: I think I look good, i have the proper curves in the right places. I'm happy in who and what I am and if people have issues with it then thats their problem.

Zulu

Jules your pissed off mood almost game me a heart attack. 300lids down the tubes.

Jules

I apologise Zulu, didn't mean to do that. Where did you buy them?

Zulu

Ah no worries - it got the blood pumping first thing; woke me up!
I got them in Agent Provocateur, nice and not slutty. ...I hope! Was it a good choice? (I suppose it's a personal thing so I'll find out soon enough!)

Oryx

Zulu wrote: »

Ah no worries - it got the blood pumping first thing; woke me up!
I got them in Agent Provocateur, nice and not slutty. ...I hope! Was it a good choice? (I suppose it's a personal thing so I'll find out soon enough!)

You done good. Just the name alone will impress.

Must get my fella to read this......

Zulu

yea me! So I she'll have heard about them then?

I'm getting all excited now. (It's great, a present for me disguised as a present for her everyones a winner)

cuckoo

Zulu wrote: »

yea me! So I she'll have heard about them then?

Oh, she'll deffo have heard of them.

Think of it like this - Ann Summers is the tacky souped up boy racer car, cheap and with go faster strips.

Marks and Spencers is the sensible Volvo, does the job and is dependable.

Agent Provacateur is the Rolls Royce of lingerie - seriously classy.

Zulu

Super - thanks a million (I'm chuffed now)

Blisterman

cuckoo wrote: »

Oh, she'll deffo have heard of them.

Think of it like this - Ann Summers is the tacky souped up boy racer car, cheap and with go faster strips.

Marks and Spencers is the sensible Volvo, does the job and is dependable.

Agent Provacateur is the Rolls Royce of lingerie - seriously classy.

So, what does that make La Senza?

Ginny

Hmmm I'd put them between AS and MS, only because MS is more expensive, but i'd wear la Senza more

Yeah I have to say great choice
I recently bought a corset in la senza and I ordered a 36dd and its too tight everywhere except the bust area I mean tight to the point I won't wear it which is **** because my boobs look fantastic in it

I'm a 14 and i have a 33" waist last I checked so I am by no means what is considered a big 14

Zulu

Ok, so back hear again, but I've progressed a lot since we last spoke. So much so, I've been into a shop asking for help!
So what do I want back here?
...can anyone tell me why a man can't get a corset/basque for a lady with a larger bust?!?
They all only go up to a D cup on Agent P. or figleaves, or la senza. Ideally I'd go back to AP, but nothing. They can't be got. Why?
Or is there somewhere else I could look for a bigger busted lady?

Many thanks again!

pookie82

Online might be your best bet if you want a corset for a larger bust. Have you given her the other stuff yet???

Not to rain on your parade but I'm a size ten/twelve and I'm always swimming in medium underwear. Small seems to be a ten size. But maybe that's just me.

Jules

Jules wrote: »

When in the name of god is 14 a large!

It goes in inches....

27-29" - small which is 8-12
30-31" - medium which is 12-14/16
32-35" - large which is 16 - 18/20

It's all to do with hip and waist size.
Really think women have a warped idea of size.

I tried to go shopping this week.
Size 14 is actually XL now. S is an 8. XS is a 6!
WTF! When that happen!

pookie82

While we're on the subject, is it just me or do wimmins in general require a size smaller than their dress size for underwear??? I'm always swimmin in a ten.

LolaDub

Agent Provocateur is expensive, most of their stuff is gorge but some is a bit trashy, its obvious what the slutty stuff is though, with the nipple peepholes etc. Sizes are crazy nowadays. My friend was in brown thomas the other day and tried on a size 12 dress, to her joy it was too big and bounced back to the assistant and asked for a 10. The reply was the assistant didn't think they had any of the bigger sizes left!! Designers and stores have a foul attitude to sizes now

2 stroke

Zulu. Is this still the same lady?

pookie82

LolaDub wrote: »

Agent Provocateur is expensive, most of their stuff is gorge but some is a bit trashy, its obvious what the slutty stuff is though, with the nipple peepholes etc. Sizes are crazy nowadays. My friend was in brown thomas the other day and tried on a size 12 dress, to her joy it was too big and bounced back to the assistant and asked for a 10. The reply was the assistant didn't think they had any of the bigger sizes left!! Designers and stores have a foul attitude to sizes now

I was in a Tally Weil shop y.day and nabbed the last pair of ten jeans going. All of the other racks contained tons of size six, four and zero. I was like Hah!!! Bein smart with yer teeny weeny sizes and now no one's buying them!!! Clothes shop assistants are generally foul creatures anyway. Other than A-Wear ones who, for some reason, always start up a really nice chat with me.

Zulu

pookie82 wrote: »

Online might be your best bet if you want a corset for a larger bust. Have you given her the other stuff yet???

Anywhere online you can recommend? Figleaves, AP, La Senza have all come back with nothing for me
I have of course given her the other stuuf (thanks ladies) and she was delighted with my choice.

2 stroke wrote: »

Zulu. Is this still the same lady?

Aye aye c'ptain - why?

LolaDub

Have you tried victorias secret?

rain on

pookie82 wrote: »

While we're on the subject, is it just me or do wimmins in general require a size smaller than their dress size for underwear??? I'm always swimmin in a ten.

I actually always go a size bigger for my underwear -- I'm a size 10 in clothes but that size in underwear always gives me appalling muffin top. I wear 12 or 12-14 knickers just to get a smoother line.

pookie82

pookie82 wrote: »

I was in a Tally Weil shop y.day and nabbed the last pair of ten jeans going. All of the other racks contained tons of size six, four and zero. I was like Hah!!! Bein smart with yer teeny weeny sizes and now no one's buying them!!! Clothes shop assistants are generally foul creatures anyway. Other than A-Wear ones who, for some reason, always start up a really nice chat with me.

My example of sizes is actually from Tally Wiehl.
So you think a ten in there is actually a Large?

KatCookie

rain on wrote: »

I actually always go a size bigger for my underwear -- I'm a size 10 in clothes but that size in underwear always gives me appalling muffin top. I wear 12 or 12-14 knickers just to get a smoother line.

Thats why i have stopped buying bras from penneys. i have both B and C's that are too small and i have no clue of what chest size to get because every bra is completely different there, plus there are v. many horribly trashy slutty ones there..

i firmly believe that IF the government that is currently in at the moment, regulated the clothes industry and said that a size 8 is a small, it is X inches, size 10 is etc etc etc then we would vote them in time and time again because all the women would be so happy that they can finally be sure of their size and we wouldnt have these sorts of problems!

rain on

KatCookie wrote: »

Thats why i have stopped buying bras from penneys. i have both B and C's that are too small and i have no clue of what chest size to get because every bra is completely different there, plus there are v. many horribly trashy slutty ones there..

I stopped buying bras in Penneys because the underwire in them squeaked so loudly I was conviced people could hear me coming!

i firmly believe that IF the government that is currently in at the moment, regulated the clothes industry and said that a size 8 is a small, it is X inches, size 10 is etc etc etc then we would vote them in time and time again because all the women would be so happy that they can finally be sure of their size and we wouldnt have these sorts of problems!

You might be on to something there.. if while they're at it they could mandate that trousers cut for women should take into account that most of us have waists that are quite a bit smaller than our hips, I'd be happy as a clam (totally off topic there but it can't be just me that finds it really hard to find trousers that aren't massive on my waist when they fit my hips, or totally bet onto my hips when they fit my waist.. I'm not overweight, I'm perfectly fit and healthy, they're called curves dammit :mad:)

rain on

rain on wrote: »

You might be on to something there.. if while they're at it they could mandate that trousers cut for women should take into account that most of us have waists that are quite a bit smaller than our hips, I'd be happy as a clam (totally off topic there but it can't be just me that finds it really hard to find trousers that aren't massive on my waist when they fit my hips, or totally bet onto my hips when they fit my waist.. I'm not overweight, I'm perfectly fit and healthy, they're called curves dammit :mad:)

My waist fits fine, but I'm straight up and down, and I end up with wings in trousers where my hips and behind should be.

There is no happy one suits all solution.