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  • The answer is sales volumes.

    It's the same reason that men's "big and tall" stores exist - a guy who is 6'5" tall, or who weighs 250+ - is never going to find anything in a Macy's, much less a boutique mall store, that he can wear, because those stores stock sizes that fit the majority of people - the most common sizes. It isn't profitable for those boutique stores to stock clothes for taller or bigger guys, because far fewer of them are likely to buy in the first place.

    I have extremely wide feet - I wear size 10.5 EEEE shoes. I can't buy this size in any store off-the-shelf, because there simply aren't enough people who need this size for local stores to stock them. The stores will order shoes for me (in the few models that are even available in that size), but I'll never be able to just show up in a store and buy them off the shelf.

    Fortunately, I *can* order my proper size and get them, and that's fine for me, but I completely understand why I can't buy them at my local shoe store. In my town of 100,000 people, there might be 2 or 3 men who wear that size, and if they stocked my size, I might not like the color or style, or I might have purchased 3 pairs on sale somewhere else, and so those shoes might sit unsold for years. Local retailers can't afford to stock items that don't quickly sell through.

    • This would seem like the obvious answer yes, but there's a lot more to it than meets the eye! Being DDD or above is actually extremely common, but stores want us to think that DDD is the biggest size so that they can keep their size range narrow and make more sales. So having extremely wide feet is a lot less common than being DDD+. The average size is somewhere around the F-FF range, so a lot of women are DDD+.

    • That may be, but that's not what the majority BUY. I used to buy size 12 shoes - even though they fit me poorly - because that's what was available in stores, and I didn't know better. Now I order shoes that fit me properly. But from the perspective of the stores that sold me those size 12s, there was no demand for 10.5 EEEE shoes and some demand for size 12s, so that's what they stocked. If more women demand larger cup sizes, and stop buying the smaller cup sizes, the stores will adapt. Until then, the stores are doing what makes them the most money, and it's been working for them.

    • Yes, the majority of people BUY A-DDD cups but what other choice do they have? They don't realize that this is wrong. The majority BUY what's available to them. If the standard cup size range in most stores is A-DDD, this in turn makes people think that this reflects the majority of society when in reality it doesn't. The actual range would be closer to D-GG (A, B and C cups are quite rare when correctly fitted). I used to buy 32A and 30B bras even though they fit me poorly (but also because of the societal misconception that only A and B cups can be small - I have small boobs, and also because of being fitted as a 32A/30B in THREE different stores - YEP). Now I buy 26E bras that fit perfectly. There's very little demand for 26E bras so they are very hard to find - but here's the thing, they shouldn't be. It's an extremely common size. As a bra fitter I fit women in 26 bands EVERY DAY. I get women on my Instagram page asking me where they can buy 26 band bras EVERY DAY. Even 24 bands. I fitted one girl who was a 22 band and she wasn't malnourished or anything (I've had people on here tell me that as a 26 band I must be a child or anorexic, yep, seriously), she was just very short (4'10) with a very small waist (21''). This is a serious problem and luckily nowadays people are beginning to learn more about bra sizing and bra fitting but it will take a LONG time to fix decades of societal misconceptions and misinformation - misconceptions and misinformation that are SO deeply rooted and you can see this clearly reflected in this thread by the people who label me as a troll for trying to shed light on this situation.

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  • there are lots of online stores that sell them, it is probably a lack of demand, i can understand the frustration with price increase tho my cousin uses this weird kind of fitted top instead ob bras she says it is much comfier of works better, if i find the name i will let you know

    • Funny how there's a lack of demand when the average is roughly F-FF (I know society tells you the average is C but this is untrue)

    • well the average in the us is dd

    • Says who? 90% of women wear the wrong bra size so those studies that claim to know the average bra size are all inaccurate. As a bra fitter, and having corresponded with bra fitters in various other parts of the world, the TRUE average amongst CORRECTLY-FITTED women is closer to the F-FF-G range.

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  • Probable the same reason so many stores don't sell clothing that will fit out side of the norm. I'm 6 ft tall and most clothing stores do not carry anything long enough, not to mention my 36E size bras.

    • 'fit out side of the norm' - but the average size is roughly F-FF so how can being above DDD be out of the norm? Have you ever used a reliable bra size calculator like abrathatfits/boob or bust?

    • I guess I should have specified clothing industry norms. The average bra size in the United States is 34DD and 36DD in the UK. I go to a specialized bra store to get fitted.

    • Unfortunately 90% of women wear the wrong bra size so data about the average bra size is inaccurate. Although I'm a bra fitter myself, I wouldn't recommend getting fitted in a specialized store because so many of them fit incorrectly, which is part of the reason why so many of us wear the wrong size. It's always worth measuring yourself just to make sure they have you in the right size!

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  • For many it's not worth the extra costs for so few customers. Also what's a pain is that they'll tell you that you're a few sizes smaller so they can sell you a size that they do carry >:(

    • Actually it wouldn't be so few customers! The average is somewhere around the F-FF range so there are LOADS of women who need DDD+, they just don't realize it because society teaches us that DDD = small boobs. But yep the second part of your answer is 100% correct, these stores keep fitting people into cup sizes too small to make more sales!

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  • Lack of demand. The same reason they don’t have men’s shoes above a 13. It’s too expensive to carry items that rarely sell.

    • You think? The average is roughly F-FF (yes I know society tells you it's a C - this is a misconception), so sizes over DDD should be available in every store.

    • Sounds like a business opportunity. What about the plus-size stores? Are there still any?

    • DDD+ and plus size aren't synonymous!

  • I'm guessing there's not much demand for something larger than DDD. That would be very large breasts, which is pretty unusual.

    • This is the obvious answer, but it's not at all true. The average is around F-FF, so there are LOADS of women larger than DDD. How? Because DDD isn't large, this is a societal misconception that we've all been fooled by. 'But I've seen DDD women and their boobs were very large?' - yes, I have no doubt that you've seen women with very large boobs wearing DDD cups but 90% of women wear the wrong bra size. Most women who wear DDD cups actually need something like GG-H.

  • Because nobody in the world HAS anything bigger than a DDD!! Just ask the bra queen when she shows up. Probably the same reason nobody sells 16 EEE shoes! They sell 15's and 18's, but NO 16's!!

    • Do you know what's funny? We've talked multiple times and you STILL don't get it. The average is roughly F-FF so there are plenty of people above DDD and every store should carry these sizes.

    • What a damn troll.

    • LMAO!! That IS a good one!! Did you hear the one about the farmer's daughter and the horse?

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  • DDD is bustier than the average woman, and maintaining inventory is not cheap. It's hard to financially justify incurring the cost of products that you know most women aren't going to buy.

    • Nope, this is incorrect. The average size is somewhere around the F-FF range so LOADS of women are DDD plus without being busty.

    • Bra sizes have been exploding over the last 20-30 years. Apparently the average American size was 34B in the 90s, then 34DD in 2013. I guess it makes sense that the average cup size has grown passed DDD now... maybe it's a question women just not being measured properly? If obesity is the problem, there's no way I could believe that the average woman maintained a 34 inch rib cage while her breasts expanded 3 cup sizes because cup size is the number of inches your breast rests beyond your ribs. What makes you say that they are bigger than a DDD without being busty? Maybe the problem is that women aren't really a 34" band, so the larger cups aren't really needed. I know that size 34 men's jeans have vanity sizing.

    • Any data you see on the 'average bra size' is inaccurate because 90% of women wear the wrong bra size and because correct bra fitting and bra size measuring information is unfortunately not widespread.

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  • Because most women aren't that big

    • That seems like the obvious answer but is actually not true at all! The average is around F-FF so loads of women need DDD+, but because of brands only carrying A-DDD, all women think they fit in this range and so the smallest women buy A and B even when they might be DD+ and the largest women buy DD and DDD even when they might be GG+.

    • It's because they're overweight, they need to lose all that weight

    • No it's not at all.

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  • cause obviously most girls aren't that size.

    • That's what society would make you think! The average is closer to F-FF so there are LOTS of women who need sizes above DDD.

    • I don't know where you found that information but it's not correct. actually the UK has the largest average bust size on the entire planet and their average is C cup.

    • and this is not opinion or what society thinks :D this is actually scientifically surveyed, believe it or not :D

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  • Those are the hardest to find. That is what I wear

    • They shouldn't be! The average is somewhere between F-FF so loads of women are DDD+

    • When I do find them, it is hard to find cute ones. They are usually plain and ugly

    • I can see if I have any recommendations! What size are you?

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  • Cuz it’s not common, it becomes a speciality

    • Do you think? Well, the average is roughly F-FF so it's actually quite common!

  • You might have to go to a big or large store if you are above DDD. Maybe most stores believe boobs don't get that big or should be that big.

    • You can literally be small busted and be a DDD or above, so it's a disgrace that most stores stop at this size!

  • Because anything larger than that should bounce free for the general public to admire and enjoy.

    • Why, how large is DDD?

  • Because they would not sell them a lot

    • Why not? The average is roughly F-FF so how could sizes above DDD not sell?

    • Average F-FF sounds nice... but that's just not the case lol

    • @petersmith1983 You are right. We have been dealing with this troll that will NOT provide a thread of proof to her claim. Well said, my friend.

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  • Because there's no money to be made carrying sizes that don't sell

    • Strange how those sizes 'don't sell' when the average is roughly F-FF

    • yea ok. I think you're the bra size troll. so... I'm out

    • Lol. What a sad world we live in when people who spread accurate information about bra sizes are labelled 'trolls'.

  • Probably lack of demand, you can buy them online though

    • Strange how there would be a lack of demand when the average is roughly FF

    • Source?

    • I wish it were that simple. When 90% of women wear the wrong bra size, any source stating the 'average bra size' or 'average cup size' is going to be inaccurate. As a bra fitter, I can say from experience (and from correspondence with other bra fitters) that F-FF is somewhere around the average. Most women that come into me wearing C cups (what most people think is average) end up being E-F-FF, sometimes G. You don't have to take my word for it, though. Here are the Instagram handles of some reliable bra fitters - send them a message asking what they think the average cup size is and they will respond! @brafittingsbycourt is one, there's also @bellarosalingerie and @thelingerieprincess!

  • Are you a DDD woman 😉

    • Yep!

    • Lucky you😍

    • Why?

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  • Its not a common size

    • That would seem like the obvious answer, but nope, it actually is common! The average isn't C like society tells you, the average is somewhere around F-FF so LOADS of women need DDD+ bras (they just don't realize it!) because they see A-DDD being the common size range so they assume they must fit somewhere in that range.

  • They just stock what sells the most I guess, need to go to specialty shops after that, I guess that’s the price you pay for being blessed with a bigger size

    • DDD+ doesn't mean big! This is the problem. Society has fooled us into thinking that being a D, DD, DDD or bigger means you have big boobs - this is not the case at all. Many people think that C cups are the average size but the actual average (I am a bra fitter) is closer to F-FF. So LOADS of women need sizes over DDD but how are they to know, when A-DDD is the standard size range sold (the reason for this is that stores make more money by keeping their size ranges narrow).

    • If that’s the case then what do they do with all the A cups since that seems to be in the negatives according to you

    • It's a tricky one. LOADS of women wear A and B cups, but very few women actually ARE A and B cups. Most women who wear A and B cups are actually in the C to DDD range.

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  • Because that's rare size 😂

    • You couldn't be more incorrect! (I don't blame you though, I thought this once too!)

  • I don't know. I have to buy all of my bras online. No store stocks my size.

    • What size are you? I'll help if I can!

  • Anything bigger than that causes the racks to tip over, just like in real life.

    • This couldn't be more incorrect!

    • 😂I don’t know then.

    • There are a lot of reasons. But the main flaw in your answer is you're thinking that DDD and above is large - this couldn't be more untrue! But I don't blame you for thinking this, the majority people do and I did for a VERY long time.

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  • Oh here we go its the bra woman again.

    • Oh here we go it's one of the 'I'll never let a woman tell me I'm wrong' men again!

    • 🤣🤣🤣

    • I know right