Years ago I went to a LB and someone on staff told me I want allowed to feel stress about an outfit not looking the way I wanted it to because I carried my weight "well." I was 20 years old and heart broken, at the height of my eating disorder and I never set foot back into an LB
Until yesterday. I saw a targeted add for LB bras. It's been nearly a decade, thought that I had been dramatic or emotional that day and thought I would give the brand another try. I ordered two bras and went in store to pick them up. If I was leaving a review for just yesterday it would be five stars. Two different ladies were running the store and they were super inviting. I saw a shirt I wanted, but there was an outfit sale and I was in my lunch break so I was low on time. I also wanted to make sure the bras I purchased would fit well for my shape. I said I would come back tomorrow when I had more time to look. I wish I would have just bought the shirt and not wasted my time today.
Today I walked in and no one greeted me. I grabbed the shirt I knew I wanted and started walking around looking for a bra. Now, I'm a 50G which I understand is pretty hard to find. I'm clearly trying to find something but I don't want to make a mess an no one reaches out to me to ask for help. But they looked busy so I did t want to bother them. Eventually I ask if I could find my size in a sports bra. I'm going to Disney in a few months and I want something comfortable, but cute. They lady at the front basically acts like LB doesn't even carry that size. But mind y'all I'm WEARING a LB bra in that size when I walk in. I walk away, a little dejected, to look at the underwire bras when she calls me back to say they do have one online in my size! But upon further inspection it's not actually in my size. That's not her fault though. I will say that LB online bra search function is the worst because it will let you filter bras in a band size and then a cup size, but don't let you look for those separate pieces together. So I ask if I can just use the 50% coupon you get when you pick up an item in store on the shirt and call it a day. The lady helping me didn't know so she asked her co worker who started answering my question, already defensive that OBVIOUSLY I wouldn't be able to use that coupon ( I had no idea. I was just asking if it was worth buying the shirt there or doing it on line where there are more promotions) but answers the phone in the middle of answering the question. I'm trying to ask if anything is excluded from the promotion, just trying to get clarity because I want to know what I'm getting into and what I can look at to make the deal work - otherwise it didn't make sense for me to get what I didn't need and just get the shirt. No one knows and it's like asking a question is asking them to give up their first born. I ultimately walked out without anything because no one could help me, no one knew the answer to anything, and I left crying. LB is a store for the plus size. I'm solidly in the middle of their size runs and even here I can't find bras that fit.
I just wanted a shirt and a bra that fit and I left wishing I had never stepped back foot in the store in the first place. read more