Bras

You know why women are addicted to shoes? Because they always fit. You can gain or lose a few pounds and your shoes will still fit. You can have a pair of shoes for 10 years if you want because unless your body undergoes some strange metamorphosis, like pregnancy, your feet stay the same size for most of your life. Thus you can amass massive quantities of shoes on the assumption that you're going to be able to use them until there are holes in the soles.

Like pants, shoes are slightly frustrating in that you can wear any number of sizes depending on who makes the shoes. For example, in running shoes I wear an 8 because my feet swell when running and I value my toe nails. In a pair of dress shoes, I tend to wear a 7 or 7 ½ depending on the type of dress shoe, if it is cheaply made or not and whether or not it will stretch. What do shoes have that makes them superior to all other forms of clothing? They come in half sizes, so you’re almost always guaranteed to find some that fit.

You know what else should come in half sizes? Bras. I have a number of friends who would argue that bras are a waste of money anyway, but anyone who actually needs to wear a bra would agree with me. After shedding a few pounds, I find that my current bras are too big. Yay! So I did what any girl who cannot shop in the actual Victoria Secret store because all they carry are push up bras or scraps of nothing, I hopped on the website and ordered some in a smaller size. Upon arrival, I discovered that like pants, I was between sizes. Are you freaking kidding me? All I’m asking for is a bra that fits! I’m left trying to make the decision of a bra that is too big or a bra that creates the boob version of a muffin top. Neither is flattering.

If you think about it, the bra sizing system is completely ridiculous. Nothing else that we wear comes in sizes A through F. Those are letters that go on a report card, not on your bra. Plus, it goes against everything we’re taught growing up. In school, everyone wants an A and if they had given out AA’s in school, I’d have wanted one of those too. No one wants an F. Except in bra world it is completely backwards. Everyone wants to be a C or D, something that did not fly on my report card growing up. It’s completely unnatural.

So while we’re re-doing the bra sizing scale because it is ridiculous, we may as well make it more useful. Let’s add half sizes, because the only people I know who fit into a bra perfectly don’t need to wear them in the first place.