Democracy Day - Female Friendly

While in one part of the world, people took ‘chill pills’ and celebrated ‘Bank Holiday’ by taking a break from ‘hustling’, in another part of the world, managers and CEO’s used the opportunity of ‘Democracy Day’ to double work load and meet company targets. 

Workers in the later part of the world could not complain much though because not complaining and having jobs allowed them to afford luxury goods like "food", and fuel for "transport".

Because my relationship with my beloved country is a bit complicated as I don’t believe the country is truly liberated from torture and oppression yet and I did not want to come off as being unpatriotic, I decided to celebrate the day by making recommendations for the liberation of breasts all over the world and being kind to yet another female who did not understand that the band size (32, 34, 36…) and cup size (A, B, C…) of brassieres (bras) have a significance.
(Yes Ade, I’m referring to you. Come and beat me.)

From personal experience and research, I have learned that wearing the wrong size bra can have psychological, physical and the occasional *spiritual effect on females.

*( X swears that ‘her village people’ send minions to pull out the underwire of her bra so it wounds her and gives them access to her blood to be used in ways best known to them. Although I think sending mosquitoes would be more efficient, I respect everyone’s opinions and have never argued with her logic)

Popular Literature on the effects of wearing the wrong size of bra include:

• ·         Rashes, bruised skin and shoulder pain.
• ·         Headaches
• ·         Saggy breasts
• ·         Serious back pains (especially in ample bossomed females)
• ·         Blockage of the lymph nodes and breast pain
• ·         Indigestion, stomach upset and tiredness
• ·         Stomach bulge’s (that waist trainer, body magic or tummy trimmer cannot hide)
• ·         Bad posture and
• ·         Low self-esteem.

Oh and then there is the occasional crankiness!

While most females are not lucky enough to personally know the CEO of Malabis Lingerie in Nigeria to get custom designed bras and lingerie, I have been to walk-in and online stores in south, east and western Nigeria that offer a wide size range of affordable, exciting-sexy bras for all body shapes and sizes.

To get the right fit:

  1. The under-band of your bra should lie flat across your back. If it rides up (and you went to my secondary school, you will be teased), the under-band is too big. You need to get a bra with a smaller band size.

 2.    The centre-front should lie flat on your sternum. If it lifts away, either the cup size is too small or the under-band is too big

     

3.    Bra-straps are for additional support only (they are not the effort strings of a pulley system). You should be able to slip off your straps and still have enough support from the under-band which is the main support.

4.    Bra cups should cover the breast smoothly. There should be no bulging breast tissues over the tops or the underarms at the side. Wrinkling of the bra fabric or too much gaps between the top means you need a smaller sized cup while the manifestation of ‘bread loaves’ means you require a larger cup size.

How to determine your perfect fit:

• ·         Band size: to get the band size, place a tape measure beneath your rib cage and tighten it till it fits nicely around your body.

• ·         Cup size: place the tape measure around the over-bust. Hold your head up, take a deep breath and release the tape measure till it accommodates your expanded chest.

With the figures you can use the chart below to determine your ideal bra size.

You know  your bra size, So what? - Shop!

After finding the size of bra that is right for you, the knowledge that a lot of problems  can be solved is quite liberating
(minus the spiritual ones though). 

A fun thing to do will be to explore various patterns and styles to fit your personality.

Kindly share this with colleagues, associates and females you care about and let these delicate body parts enjoy liberation!

Who knows, you might reduce the number of times these beautiful women throw missiles at you in sudden bursts of rage.

Cheers!!

• ·         I do not own the rights to the pictures and charts used above. Image sources include: Victoria secret, Triumph, George, Tu and Styles at Life.