My recent plea for memories of your first bra brought a flood — actually a torrent — of stories. Also, thanks for answering my question: Why are they called “training bras?” What are breasts in ...

As a result, growing up, I felt like I needed to take up less space. I'd squeeze into whatever 'trendy' clothes I could because most stores didn't carry my size; I'd shuffle and hunch in a way that ...

Stephanie Waxman teaches in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program. “Tall women never become old ladies,” my mother told me as we drove to the Broadway department store in Hollywood to buy my first bra.

I remember going to get measured for my first bra in the 1990s. It was in Marks and Spencer, of course, the retailer has had a firm hold on that particular market for decades, and I absolutely cringed ...