Comments on: The Different Lingerie Buying Habits of European and American Women http://www.tomima.com/2008/07/11/the-different-lingerie-buying-habits-of-european-and-american-women/ (un)covering what's under everything Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: franku http://www.tomima.com/2008/07/11/the-different-lingerie-buying-habits-of-european-and-american-women/comment-page-1/#comment-15117 franku Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:42:40 +0000 http://tomima.com/?p=125#comment-15117 'European women are big purchasers of lingerie in wild colors – purple, red, citrus, chartreuse. And they don’t care if it shows under their clothing. ' So the young lady my girlfriend I and spotted downtown - college town - Saturday wearing a wildly-patterned bright green bra under a thin, tight peach t-shirt was simply being European? ; ) Interesting thoughts on US Vs. UK on colorful lingerie. Maybe it's more the dedicated lingerie fan that buys more of the brighter colors and varieties? I'd always thought that was more European than US, but maybe - sadly - a smaller percentage of the population than I'd imagined? ‘European women are big purchasers of lingerie in wild colors – purple, red, citrus, chartreuse. And they don’t care if it shows under their clothing. ‘
So the young lady my girlfriend I and spotted downtown – college town – Saturday wearing a wildly-patterned bright green bra under a thin, tight peach t-shirt was simply being European? ; )
Interesting thoughts on US Vs. UK on colorful lingerie. Maybe it’s more the dedicated lingerie fan that buys more of the brighter colors and varieties? I’d always thought that was more European than US, but maybe – sadly – a smaller percentage of the population than I’d imagined?

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]]> By: Arianna http://www.tomima.com/2008/07/11/the-different-lingerie-buying-habits-of-european-and-american-women/comment-page-1/#comment-15114 Arianna Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:20:24 +0000 http://tomima.com/?p=125#comment-15114 Love this! I knew there was a difference in culture b/w the US and EU, but I never thought of these things. Great piece! Love this! I knew there was a difference in culture b/w the US and EU, but I never thought of these things. Great piece!

]]> By: AleksandraLM http://www.tomima.com/2008/07/11/the-different-lingerie-buying-habits-of-european-and-american-women/comment-page-1/#comment-7448 AleksandraLM Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:13:24 +0000 http://tomima.com/?p=125#comment-7448 :)))) it seems that the Lobby's starting to spread its tentacles;) Proper size, Tomina, that's the key to having nice boobs, irrespective of how big they actually are. And I know you have a range of sizes in your store, at the beginning of my "bra size awereness" I bough I white Freya Zeta 30G from you. I already grew out of it, though... :) ))) it seems that the Lobby’s starting to spread its tentacles;)
Proper size, Tomina, that’s the key to having nice boobs, irrespective of how big they actually are. And I know you have a range of sizes in your store, at the beginning of my “bra size awereness” I bough I white Freya Zeta 30G from you. I already grew out of it, though…

]]> By: varulv http://www.tomima.com/2008/07/11/the-different-lingerie-buying-habits-of-european-and-american-women/comment-page-1/#comment-7400 varulv Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:43:27 +0000 http://tomima.com/?p=125#comment-7400 The article is very interesting indeed. Especially that it's totally different point of view than mine... I've noticed before that in America bras are sold in limited sizes and colours. It's interesting to to know that the colour underwear is only 8% sales... As for the cup sizes, there must be something magical in the letter D, if instead of for example 36H you have 36DDDDDD ;D The size issue: I used to wear 34C and used only padded black bras, until I have discovered that 28G [or 30FF] is actually much better [I can jump, runand above all I look slimmer]... And that I don't need a padded bra, because a beautiful see-through lace bra will provide excelent support as long as it's in a correct size. I don't believe that women in UK have bigger breasts than in US. Well, still most of the lingerie shops don't sell bras with band smaller than 32 and cups bigger than D. And I have seen one funny shop in the center of London where bras are sold in... ehem... small, medium and big... A women wearing a correct 26DD will have tiny breasts, whereas a women with 40DD will have much bigger breasts, in terms of volume. Cup size measures only 1 dimention and breast seem big if their volume is big. So my 28G is nothing huge. About colours: I know that in European countries women do wear nude bras, so my opinion is not representative... but I personally hate nude bras. For me they seem extremely boring and totally unsexy. The closest to nude I have is oyster Arabella by Freya. But, for the record, I have only one white bra [and it's not pure white anyways]. Does that help in understanding European women better? =) P.S. And by the way -- who bleaches their bras!?! It's a blasphemy!! P.P.S. And I don't think that European women consider ivory as a version of nude... I'd say we consider ivory as ...ivory. The article is very interesting indeed. Especially that it’s totally different point of view than mine…
I’ve noticed before that in America bras are sold in limited sizes and colours. It’s interesting to to know that the colour underwear is only 8% sales… As for the cup sizes, there must be something magical in the letter D, if instead of for example 36H you have 36DDDDDD
;D

The size issue:
I used to wear 34C and used only padded black bras, until I have discovered that 28G [or 30FF] is actually much better [I can jump, runand above all I look slimmer]… And that I don’t need a padded bra, because a beautiful see-through lace bra will provide excelent support as long as it’s in a correct size.
I don’t believe that women in UK have bigger breasts than in US. Well, still most of the lingerie shops don’t sell bras with band smaller than 32 and cups bigger than D. And I have seen one funny shop in the center of London where bras are sold in… ehem… small, medium and big…

A women wearing a correct 26DD will have tiny breasts, whereas a women with 40DD will have much bigger breasts, in terms of volume. Cup size measures only 1 dimention and breast seem big if their volume is big. So my 28G is nothing huge.

About colours:
I know that in European countries women do wear nude bras, so my opinion is not representative… but I personally hate nude bras. For me they seem extremely boring and totally unsexy. The closest to nude I have is oyster Arabella by Freya. But, for the record, I have only one white bra [and it's not pure white anyways].

Does that help in understanding European women better?
=)

P.S. And by the way — who bleaches their bras!?! It’s a blasphemy!!
P.P.S. And I don’t think that European women consider ivory as a version of nude… I’d say we consider ivory as …ivory.

]]> By: Srebrna http://www.tomima.com/2008/07/11/the-different-lingerie-buying-habits-of-european-and-american-women/comment-page-1/#comment-7367 Srebrna Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:18:31 +0000 http://tomima.com/?p=125#comment-7367 There might be a difference in availability. You say 'c' is average - but 'c' of what range? A-DD? In UK there are A-K (or even more) and there's more consciousness of the fact that larger cups are available at all. There might be a difference in availability. You say ‘c’ is average – but ‘c’ of what range? A-DD? In UK there are A-K (or even more) and there’s more consciousness of the fact that larger cups are available at all.

]]> By: AleksandraLM http://www.tomima.com/2008/07/11/the-different-lingerie-buying-habits-of-european-and-american-women/comment-page-1/#comment-7350 AleksandraLM Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:10:05 +0000 http://tomima.com/?p=125#comment-7350 You know guys, I would say the statement about British woman having bigger breast than American ones is not really true... It's because most women in the States don't know their correct bra size (to tell the truth it's like that in UK too - only about 15% wear correct sizes), and they just squeeze and flatten their breasts in too small cups in bras that have too wide bands and don't provide enough support. If suddenly all of them started too wear correct sizes you would start to have more G+ cups than you would ever imagine. Myself, I wear 30GG, 32G, 32GG or 32H depending on elasticity of the band and actual size of the cup and I don't consider my boobs gigantic, they are just average. I measure slightly less than 30 inches under breasts and about 41 inches around breasts... You know guys, I would say the statement about British woman having bigger breast than American ones is not really true… It’s because most women in the States don’t know their correct bra size (to tell the truth it’s like that in UK too – only about 15% wear correct sizes), and they just squeeze and flatten their breasts in too small cups in bras that have too wide bands and don’t provide enough support. If suddenly all of them started too wear correct sizes you would start to have more G+ cups than you would ever imagine. Myself, I wear 30GG, 32G, 32GG or 32H depending on elasticity of the band and actual size of the cup and I don’t consider my boobs gigantic, they are just average. I measure slightly less than 30 inches under breasts and about 41 inches around breasts…

]]> By: Tomima http://www.tomima.com/2008/07/11/the-different-lingerie-buying-habits-of-european-and-american-women/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Tomima Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:59:50 +0000 http://tomima.com/?p=125#comment-147 You bring up an interesting point. It is a known fact that women in Europe - especially the UK - have larger breast size (cup size) than US women. Therefore, they want more variety in their silhouettes. This is also why most European lingerie brands come in larger cup sizes. You bring up an interesting point. It is a known fact that women in Europe – especially the UK – have larger breast size (cup size) than US women. Therefore, they want more variety in their silhouettes. This is also why most European lingerie brands come in larger cup sizes.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.tomima.com/2008/07/11/the-different-lingerie-buying-habits-of-european-and-american-women/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Kelly Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:24:10 +0000 http://tomima.com/?p=125#comment-137 Interesting! I've also noticed that European and US women seem to favor different silhouettes from their bras- but I have no real data to back this up! Interesting! I’ve also noticed that European and US women seem to favor different silhouettes from their bras- but I have no real data to back this up!

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