About three years ago my cup size outgrew victoria's secret. The only stores I knew that supplied my size were (on the West Coast, Nordstroms and Macys) and then out here I resigned myself to Lord and Taylors. By resigning myself I mean that all the bras available in my cupsize looked like something a grandmother would wear. No offense to my deceased grandmothers.The worst part too was all of the bras would be "minimizing" and rarely did anything to show off my endowments. As melodramatic as it sounds, I often would leave department stores in frustrated tears, spending $75+ on a bra I didn't even like.
Enter, the New Yorker community on Livejournal. Someone mentioned the list of New York's best independent lingerie stores as per Time Out New York. LPC was listed as having cute styles in larger sizes, so I figured I'd give it a shot. VICTORY WAS MINE! Ellen (a store employee) was super sweet, resized me and found me a plethora of cute, s*xy bras to try on. Yay! They were the exact same prices as the department stores too.
Also bonus, since I've been working on getting back in shape, Ellen said any bra purchased at the store they could cut down the band size to fit if it went down FOR FREE! (miracle words to a poor grad student)
LPC now has my business as long as I live in NYC. And perhaps if their shipping return policy remains amazing I'll continue to buy online when I return to the West Coast.
*The one heads up is when you come to the door, they buzz you in. It seemed to confuse a few people intially*
Pros: cute s*xy bras in larger cup sizes
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