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Implants give designers a big problem
Eric Wilson, New York Times
August 25, 2005 BUSTVAR0825

There are worse fashion dilemmas than the one confronting Heidi Pollert, 30, a marketing executive in Houston, who can afford suits from Prada and MaxMara but must spend a small fortune on alterations because her bust is too big for the cut of most designer clothes.

"I like well-fitted clothing with straight lines, a real classic look," said Pollert, who works for a wealth management company and tends to dress more conservatively than one might expect of a woman who has had breast implants that increased her cup size to 34F. "I'm bigger around the top, but I'm small everywhere else," she said. "So I have to have everything tailored, especially jackets."

Such is life for shoppers who have faced the double-edged scalpel of plastic surgery, which has allowed hundreds of thousands of American women to have the cleavage they deem ideal, though they no longer fit the svelte silhouette dictated by many fashion houses.

In regions where breast augmentation is most popular, such as Southern California, Texas and Florida, the wave of implants is skewing the selection of designer clothes sold at some stores, favoring sizes and styles more ample on top and creating a new market for alterations.

With many plastic surgeons saying that Los Angeles is the country's implant capital, the Beverly Hills branch of Neiman Marcus sells more dresses in size 12 than any other, while sizes 8 and 10 are the most popular for designer evening wear at other Neiman branches, said a buyer for the chain, who links the phenomenon to customers who have surgically increased their busts.

Brian Bolke, owner of a boutique in Dallas called 4510 for its address on McKinney Avenue, said, "For women who love fashion, breast enlargements and designer dresses do not go together." He estimated more than half his customers have had cosmetic surgery.

"These women have great bodies, but they are not the bodies that designer clothes are made for," he added. "There is a ton of adjustments going on, because this area is not known for small chests. Either women are having dresses completely butchered, or we're selling them separates with a top and a skirt in different sizes."

The high-fashion industry is struggling to catch up to the new plastic silhouette. After the popularity of implants dipped in the early 1990s, after the general withdrawal of silicone implants for health concerns, procedures have risen steadily.

Surgery for breast enlargement (including breast lifts) has grown by 257 percent since 1997, reaching 432,403 patients nationwide last year, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Saline implants, filled with salt water, have largely replaced silicone in the United States. Last month a committee of medical experts advised the Food and Drug Administration to allow the return of silicone, which was never conclusively linked to health problems. The federal agency has not yet decided whether to follow that advice.

In total, surgeons have performed about 1.3 million augmentations nationwide in the past decade (including repeat customers), not enough to have a broad impact on the U.S. clothing market in a population of 149 million women. But the implant trend has affected the styles sold in designer boutiques in certain cities and regions where surgeries are most popular. For example a woman who was a standard size 6 before surgery -- a 34.5-inch bust, 26-inch waist and 36.5-inch hips -- and whose implants increase her bust by two cup sizes, would need a size 10 dress. But because she remains slim through the waist and hips, the dress would have to be altered.

'It's really a challenge'

After breast augmentation, many women say they fill out sweaters and swimwear better, and they get a lot of positive attention, but other clothes no longer look right. "I gave up my wardrobe to show off my breasts," said Tara Fierstatt, a national merchandiser for Buffalo Jeans in New York, who had implants in 2000 and now fits a C cup. "Your options are so much better, but it's funny: I used to wear button-down shirts, and now they don't fit. I might have to go up a size on the top if it's too tight around the chest, but then it does not fit in the shoulders or the arms." Instead she wears tight-fitting sweaters and more daring designs from Juicy Couture and D&G.

Customer demands for more figure-flattering clothing from designers have had an impact in the past decade. Once there was a nearly constant request for dresses with sleeves to accommodate women who wanted to conceal the effects of age. Today there is a call for more halter tops and strapless gowns, said Frederick Anderson, business partner of Douglas Hannant, a designer based in New York. "When we talk about age-appropriate clothing, the equation has changed dramatically," he said. "But you can't design a collection around a customer with a large chest, because it throws the proportion off. It's not realistic. When someone is a size D cup and a 2 waist, it's really a challenge."

I'd like to shed a tear for them, but I need something to cry on.

I had a friend who couldn't stand her nice, big, beautiful, natural breasts (Too many adjectives there?...*sigh* Oh well), and decided to get a reduction. I tried my best to convince otherwise, but no dice.

Breast reductions make panda sad. Sad Panda

Funnily enough, she decided to become a stripper afterwards. Wtf?

Huge breasts do not always equal hotness.

Yes, there are such things as breasts that are just too fucking big.

Quote from: Strazos on August 25, 2005, 08:10:18 PM

Huge breasts do not always equal hotness.

Yes, there are such things as breasts that are just too fucking big.

I'd love to take the noble path and agree with you...But I'd be lying. I'll give any woman, even a "not so attractive one", a second (long) glance if she has big tits. They're great equalizers, if anything. They do their job making up for a lack of things that I usually appreciate: Legs and a pretty face [edit] Oh, and umm..Personality (And yes, this part is intentionally left in beige).

You know what makes for big, natural tits?

Fat.

Usually, girls with big boobs are big all over. No thanks.

Y'know, some people like to say that, but a lot of overweight women I see don't even fit in the category. Like the girl I mentioned: She had the best sized breasts I've ever laid eyes on to date....And the reason why she had surgery was because she didn't exactly have the body to support them.

In my experience, she would be more of an exception than the rule.

Also, what one calls "fat" is realitive.

Quote from: Strazos on August 25, 2005, 08:43:42 PM

In my experience, she would be more of an exception than the rule.

Also, what one calls "fat" is realitive.

No, actually, it's not relative. Fat is fat. Big Tits are just that.

There's a difference in "BBW Magazine" and "Juggs", y'know?

As for exception to the rule, don't make me turn this thread nsfw....

Actually, make me do it. Do the devil's advocate thing again. This should be fun. evil

Just show girls with big boobs the Dave Chapelle skit if they ever want to get a reduction. That thing was more real than real.

Quote from: Stray on August 25, 2005, 09:33:21 PM

It kind of is...A girl that may be "too big" for my tastes may be perfectly fine for you. That is what I mean.

EDIT: Grammar.

Dude, I'm a skinny guy myself, and prefer women "in my range". I like long, tall, skinny legs more than anything --- But that doesn't mean that I have to go without big breasts (if the combo is available...and it is). What I'm not though is someone who would qualify anything other than a pseudo-teen figure or near anorexic as "fat". Which I'm starting to suspect is the category you fall under. And the name for that kind of taste is : Asshole. That's the kind of guy that makes normal sized women feel like shit.

Quote from: Stray on August 25, 2005, 09:51:24 PM

And just remember what that drove poor Lindsay Lohan to do to herself.

Quote from: Stray on August 25, 2005, 09:51:24 PM

That's certainly a leap in logic.

Simply put, you are wrong, at least about me.

Maybe all the NJ trash in NJ/Philadelphia is throwing something off.

Case in point: There was not a girl, not a SINGLE solitary girl in my HS graduating class that I would have wanted to do anything with. They were either trash, fat, or just unattractive for one reason or another, and my class wasn't particularly small.

I blame it on the water most of the people were drinking at home.

If you have the thin+sizable boobies combo available in your area, great. In my experience, I don't see it very often; usually, those big boobs come with equally big britches.

Read the news. The country is fat. Men, women, children, pets.

Thing is, women are much worse to other women than any man could ever be about weight. Bitches.

Yes, there is too big.

Quote from: Strazos on August 25, 2005, 11:03:32 PM

Case in point: There was not a girl, not a SINGLE solitary girl in my HS graduating class that I would have wanted to do anything with. They were either trash, fat, or just unattractive for one reason or another, and my class wasn't particularly small.

Heh. Like I said: Asshole.

Haha. Are you fucking kidding me? cheesy

[edit] You ARE kidding, right? undecided

Quote from: Stray on August 26, 2005, 01:04:13 AM

Heh. Like I said: Asshole.

Haha. Are you fucking kidding me? cheesy

I shit you not. If I could post my yearbook, I would...but I didn't actually buy one.

And trust me, I looked. I looked a lot, long and hard.....and came up with nothing.

I don't believe you. You're too critical. You're a gamer, you can't make decisions like this with a levelhead.

Quote from: Llava on August 26, 2005, 12:17:27 AM

Yes, there is too big.

That's just wrong. They're like freakin balloons. Nipples the size of dinner plates.. blech.

Do you have x-ray vision or something? I don't see the nipples.

To be serious though, yes, there is too big.

But my limit is probably not much smaller than that.

No, I've seen enough porn to know what happens to a nipple when breasts get that big. Keeping them small is an even rarer abberation than producing breasts that large in the first place. Gravity and pregnancy will be VERY unkind to her as well.

I've known two women who were definite reduction candidates. Say what you will about your shallow attraction to fat lumps, but there are very real health reasons for a reduction, the main being stress on the back. Thin girls simply can't support a big natural rack if it's dense tissue.

It's sad, sure, one of those girls was real thin, a size 4 iirc, with 38DDs, just pendulous breasts. But she was already feeling the effects at 18. The other had freakishly heavy boobs though she was a more rational D cup, but the weight was way too much for her frame. Strap a couple weights to the front of your chest and walk around for a few weeks with them and see how your back feels...

Anyway, I'm a boobaholic, I love them (and have experienced them) in just about every size and shape (thanks rock and roll!). But at the end of the day, they are just nice ornaments on what really matters - the soul of the being they are attached to. The girl I'm with now is a B cup and she's just awesome imo. I prefer natural, no matter the size nor shape. Fake boobs are disgusting imo.

I think it's funny that the trashy no-class bitches who get implants are like "boo hoo I can't wear couture". Guess what, tramp? That shit isn't made for strippers and trailer trash. Even if you afford it from all that cash you got by giving blowjobs in the parking lot outside your workplace. And I agree with Strazos that more foten than not naturally big boobs are on big girls. I can't wait until the paradigm shift when big boobs are so common that they lose their novelty and women can stop poisoning themselves with impants just because of all the assholes out there who didn't get breastfed and have stupid obsessions with breasts.

btw, some women do look better after getting their breasts reduced. Case in point: Punky Brewster

Before:

After:

Edit: the before picture wasn't loading.

Soleil Moon Frye shouldn't have gotten the reduction solely because she was punky brewster. I would've gone for a nose job first if I was her anyway.

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Have you told your parents that you are gay yet? evil

Quote from: schild on August 26, 2005, 10:12:07 AM

Soleil Moon Frye shouldn't have gotten the reduction solely because she was punky brewster. I would've gone for a nose job first if I was her anyway.

Wait, do you mean that because she was Punky Brewster she shouldn't have done it, or that being Punky Brewster shouldn't have been her motivation to do it? SHe had D cups by the time she was 15, and her back was killing her.

Quote from: WayAbvPar on August 26, 2005, 10:13:18 AM

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Have you told your parents that you are gay yet? evil

I need f-13 to host a file for me. Anyone who's been on teamspeak will crack-up when they listen to it.

Barring that, search for "Dead Ale Wives Watchtower" or "The Dangers of D&D" and tell me if the 'Galstaff' player doesn't sound sound exactly like Strazos.

Oh I understand the health reasons behind getting a breast reduction, I just thought it was funny that someone named punky had giant tittays.

Quote from: schild on August 26, 2005, 10:12:07 AM

Soleil Moon Frye shouldn't have gotten the reduction solely because she was punky brewster. I would've gone for a nose job first if I was her anyway.

Aren't you confusing her with that Blossom chick?

Quote from: schild on August 26, 2005, 10:19:55 AM

Oh I understand the health reasons behind getting a breast reduction, I just thought it was funny that someone named punky had giant tittays.

But now she has Great New York Boobs.

One thing stands out for me in the article: F

I like boobs, but F!?! There is such a thing as too much of a good thing.

I do have to say that I agree with Strazos - big boobs on skinny frames are a rarity unless plastic is involved.

My personal taste is towards thin or fit girls with boobs bigger than A but not so big that they're drooping towards the beltline. Being in my 30s, I'm having to start thinking about the affects of aging on a girls boobies.

Oh and Stray, enough with the calling people assholes because they happen to like thin or fit women. I'm a skinny guy and I'm just not attracted to women that out weigh me. A girl can have a curvy frame and still be fit. I have plenty of average and overweight friends, male and female - I'm just not attracted to them physically.