when i was 18 i was measured in marks and sparks as a 38DD. My mum took me to rigby and peller for my birthday (no such thing as bravissimo then), and i came out a 30FF. as soon as i put them on i looked 18 instead of 40, and three stone lighter. The bras were hideously expensive (about £40-60 each, in 1992!), and also, pretty hideous. one of them was black, which was about the only nice thing.
Anyway, obviously over the years i put on weight. I was a size 24 when i started this diet, and wearing a 36K. Have now lost 4 stone (halfway to my goal = BMI 28) and this is my second set of new bras. first time the back got too big, so I had to get new ones or i'd've been crippled. so i bought three in a 34K, and then the cups got too big. I would've managed with that, except for my vanity... so I bought another set to make me look perkier, and they are 34JJ.
it's funny because what else can you do with used, but still good quality, expensive bras but put them in the bin? no one wants them from a charity shop, for obvious reasons, and the chances of having a friend or relative who is exactly that size to pass them on to are slim.