Shopping for garments

[Justagirl💃]

I started out on this site in boy mode and hiding my breasts behind baggy layers. I was going braless at that time.

Neck and back pain, and a little encouragement from my doctor's nurse brought me to the realisation that I needed support. The occupational therapist suggested compression vests and those were a total failure. I came to realisation that I needed a bra.

My first bras were trial and error over Amazon. I went off the measurements that the occupational therapist had given me. Needless to say I wasted a lot of time and money trying to find something that would fit. I finally found a bra that would fit in the Glamorous brand and went with several of them. Unfortunately I noticed that my breast had teeth with those bras and ate right through them as they did not last long. Some of that might have been due to not properly washing them as well.

A CNA at the day-centre suggested I try Soma for a fitting. After much encouragement I finally decided to go in. On the way to Soma I passed Victoria's Secrets and decided to go in as well. The sales associate at Victoria's Secret was very kind and took my measurements, then calmly told me that they did not have anything in my size. She suggested I go to Torrid as they were for plus size individuals.
I decided to go ahead and go into Soma for a fitting as well I was basically told the same, Torrid was the place for me to go.

I was waited on by the store manager at Torrid when I walked in and she was very kind and understanding. She of course tried to sell me on the sports bra that I declined and told her no that the underwire is what I needed and she quickly grabbed handfuls of bras that fit my measurements. I settled on a few and purchased them. The first experience at Torrid was something I'll never forget.

I weighed 450 lb when I first went into Torrid, I was massively obese. I wore a 54 D. 
As I started my weight loss Journey Torrid was always there to help me fit into a new bra. I have been buying all my bras at Torrid ever since. I am now down to a 44 triple D.

Much has changed since my first experience at Torrid, for one I'm no longer in boy mode. Now bra shopping is just second nature and I pick up some nice tops and things to go with them.

Where do you shop? What has been your shopping experiences?

[Dudewithboobs]

At this point I simply shop online. I know my size for bras, tanks, and panties and jeans and brands I like. Being a guy makes it more about function and purpose than option and wardrobe to me so I just Amazon shop. 

When I did go into a store it was Walmart in the opening hours to avoid traffic of people and browse and find my preferred options and sizes and brands to try out in fitting rooms to make sure but don’t feel it’s neeeded now days