First measure your brother's height (A) without shoes; chest (B) (cir- cumference around the chest up under the arms--higher up than the nipples); waist (C) at his natural waistline (without taking a deep breath or holding the tummy in artificially!); and the hips (D) around the maximum circumference. Congratulations you have just done the most difficult part!

Measurement (A) will help you select the preliminary size you should wear from the basic size range charts. Obviously, if you are 5'5" tall you will not wear half size, tall, tall-be-tween, nor petite junior or petite misses sizes. You would be either misses or women's, depending on your other proportions.

Measurement (B) is your correct bra or longline foundation size, and could also be your slip size though many girls prefer a slip one size larger for a bit more freedom of movement. Thus, if you measure 38" around your chest up under your arms, then a 38B bra would fit best. Some slight variation might have to be allowed for whether you buy a bra which is mostly stretch material, or one which has very little elastic and is predominately unyielding cloth. Ah-ha, I hear someone saying, but what about cup size?

This is where we have some leeway that GG's don't have (though they often take advantage of “contouring" and padding, too) for we can lit- erally select the cup size we would like to be. But here again, bear in mind that it is the proportions that count and the final result must look nice. No matter what some people might think, the junior petite GG of five feet tall who wears size 11 or 13, would look sort of top-heavy with a DD, E or F cup bra!! Moderation in all things, said the prophet. Bear in mind, also, that the cup size you select will determine the overall maxi- mum bustline circumference (E), which will affect the size garment you wear. Taking our hypothetical example above who wears a size 38 bra, if she buys a 38 A bra, then with the proper amount of padding to fill the cups of this size bra, the maximum bustline circumference (E) would be approximately 381⁄2 to 391⁄2 inches. Our sister would qualify for a size 16 or 18 in misses sizes. However, if she chose a 38 B bra, then measure- ment (E) would be 39% to 401⁄2 inches, and she would probably feel more comfortable and look better in a size 18 dress and might have to buy size 20 in a less-expensive dress. (This business of sizes varying ac- cording to price was explained to me by a friend who owns a ladies' garment factory: the higher-priced clothes carry correspondingly smaller size labels. A $50 dress which is exactly the same size as a $20 dress bearing a size 16 label WILL OFTEN BE LABELLED SIZE 14!) Of

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