Street Style Sunday - Victoria's Secret

Victoria's Secret - my underwear shopping hero


Please take this post as a side-note to my usual Friday blatherings, but I wanted to shout about a positive experience that I thought could be useful for my fellow preggos and ladies alike. 

Now I don’t know about you, but I own roughly a thousand bras in a variety of different sizes, and yet somehow I never seem to have one that fits properly.  As everyone knows, it’s always important to be wearing a well-fitting bra, but never more so when you’re pregnant and your boobs are transforming from mandarins into melons.

When I was pregnant with Coco and I had the luxury of time, I would love to spend afternoons wandering around maternity shops perusing their wears.  However, shopping has never really been the same since the arrival of my little angel, and consequently I need a store where it’s customer service allows us to shop at the speed of Lewis Hamilton round Silverstone.

After frequenting my usual one-stop shop for underwear, and being greeted by it’s staff in a rather rude “computer says no” style fashion when requesting a bra fitting, I was a bit flummoxed by where I should try next.  Step forward Victoria's Secret.

I had often bought a few bras and knickers there when in the States but for some reason it had never occurred to me to shop there in the UK, especially for pregnancy underwear.  I will not make the same mistake again.  I could have cried in delight at seeing the shop assistant with her tape measure securely around her shoulders at the shop door, and I didn’t even mind when she took my measurements (over my t-shirt!) in said doorway.  I was then taken to the back to be greeted by another friendly assistant who was able to pick out the best bras for my needs and speak knowledgably about the type of bra I should be wearing at this time.  I was finally fitted properly in the changing room and advised again for another lady who seemed to know her stuff.

Now, being an American store the service there is also very American and to receive a  “Have a nice day!” from the cashier as I left wouldn’t have been a surprise.  But after receiving the shoddy service from a much-loved British department store (you know how you are!) I couldn’t have been more delighted to be fitted quickly and efficiently with bras that were comfy, pretty, accentuated my shape and made me look and feel good.  

I recounted this tale to my friend who has recently had a baby and for some reason Victoria's Secret had never really occurred to her for the less unsexy stables either, so I thought I would share my secret with you guys too.   

Gemma x

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