Don't know if this will be a compliment but I feel like she's that comedian who's gonna get better and better as she becomes older and we're gonna love a 65 y/o sarah milican Netflix special
My first fitting, the woman told me "You've got very broad shoulders for a woman," and then quickly tried to save it with "not that that's a bad thing!"
In college, I work in the lingerie section of a department store. I spent many Saturdays measuring women for bras. I was a psychology major and was shocked when one of my psychology professors came in for a bra fitting. She was a little Austrian lady and said, "Elisabeth, I have to do visits at the prison. I'm in need of a wireless bra or they'll have to pat me down around by boobs. Can you help me?" Of course I did and I didn't speak of it to any classmates. I somehow got a slight bump in my grade😏
I learned how to measure and fit bras while working for a lingerie company. It became my biggest and most requested party trick. My friends all preferred that I did it rather than a stranger in a store.
I don't feel confident in my body and so I don't go for bra fittings, but if I did I'd prefer a stranger who I will probably never see again (or even if I do, hopefully they won't recognise me) to a friend or family member who I do have to see.
It's 22 year since I worked for "Sadie the bra lady" & I still find myself looking at ladies when I'm out & thinking " well you should be in a different size bra pet !!!" lol
Don't talk to me about bra fittings. My first proper fit i go into Marks and Sparks and tell them I there for my appointment. And who swiftly arrives, but my old headmistress. Turns out she'd become bored in retirement and decided bra fitting was a good part time job to keep her occupied. I wish to point out that she was the loveliest headmistress I have ever had! But I was still very uncomfortable getting my bra fitted especially when she told me to call her by her first name! I jist couldn't do it! 🤣🤣
I'd have died if my headmistress had taken my bra fitting so I can relate lol but I'm 51 now I think my headmistress is dead 😂🤣 if she isn't and she sees this sorry miss!! Lol 🤣🤣
I hated by first bra fitting. Like my mum had been pestering me to get it done and I was like 13 and the whole thing was so cold and insensitive, the lady was like 65 and cross. I don't care if they're all women, it was horrible. Never doing it again.
I went with a friend and her mom. I just tried on different ones till we found one that fit comfortably. My first time getting a fitting, she measured OVER my bust. Like, the bra don't go 'round there ma'am! Every bra in what she claimed was my size was painful to wear.
@@ocharakau645 I didn't have a bra fitting until I was 25. They didn't even do it right lol. I always just measured myself. If I wore the size SHE told me, I'd have died from lack of air or being bleeding from the wires digging in.
Same thing happened to me when I was14. And since I was there to get a strapless bra, she decided for me that I didn't need to breathe, my boobs just needed to look good.
I could listen to you all day and night, Sarah Millican! It's like being with a friend: cosy and funny. You make me want to get a cup of tea and a biscuit (not just the one biscuit if I'm honest. Never just the one!). Thank you for...everything really.
Although I am not your target audience (I'm a 54 year old man), I'm so glad I found you. When I mentioned to my dearest cousin that I found this comedian who looked like her doppleganger, she felt deeply complimented (she was already quite aware of you). Thank you for your honesty-- it's educational to us blokes.
I wasn't a huge fan of my first bra fitting, not because I was self-conscious or found it embarassing, but just because it ended up being one of the most uncomfortable bras EVER that I paid over $40 for. Turns out that right where the wires go over the ribcage, I've got a sharper corner than apparently most folks have, and I ended up with bruising over my ribs. Very unimpressed! I'll stick with my equally as expensive but way comfier sports bras, thanks very much.
Sports bras are ok but if you fancy a prettier fancier bra you could get a wireless one. They can but very supportive too. Sounds like you may have got a “bad bra” I mostly wear underwired bras but have occasionally got one that was just to painful and uncomfortable to wear. Maybe it was a rubbish bra regardless of the price tag rather than a “fault” with your ribs 🙂❤️🌸.
my niece once said to me, when she was very small, "your boobs are bigger than my moms." i patted her on the head and so "no, sweetie, they're just longer."
My grandmother once told me a joke about a lady and her granddaughter. Girl goes braless, tells her gran "I wanted to show off my roses" Next day Gran goes braless, tells granddaughter "I wanted to show off my hanging baskets".
@@sestables Once an elderly suicidal woman asked her doctor, "Exactly where is my heart located?" The doctor replied, "Just under your left breast." That night the woman was admitted to the ER with a gunshot wound to her left knee.
My blue eyed Irish-American hubby & his mom would have loved you. He's been gone 5 years; his mom, on my birthday last year. Both enjoyed a good solid laugh. Thank you for bringing such good memories to my heart💖💓💗!!!!
I love a bra fitting as I get much better bras than I would otherwise. Though it is much more expensive than Target and Kmart etc. I do actually subscribe to the lift and separate school of thinking. I just think of it as "Divide and Conquer!" :) My worst experience as a plus size bra shopper is having a young shop assistant tell me she wouldn't give up til she'd found a bra in my size. She hunted for so long she ended up forgetting me altogether. When I finally gave up and dressed and exited the change room, I found her chatting to a co-worker at the counter. Never been back to a store in that whole chain since!
Hilarious! And completely relateable. Bra fittings are different from store to store. Personally, I like Soma the best. They get a band measurement (no need to remove your existing bra), then they bring you a range of cup sizes to try on until you find a good fit. I think Nordstom does something similar. Way less embarrassing then flashing a strange lady in the mall.
I've had most of my fittings at VS. Band and then around the bust for cup size. Had one at Pea in the Pod when I was pregnant. I thought it would be more professional/thorough than a fitting at Victoria's, nope.
I worked for "Sadie the Bra Lady"(yes that really was the name of the shop!) in the North East of England for a year in 1999...I can still roughly guess what size a woman should be wearing just looking at her !! Its a fact that 80% of women are in the wrong size.... ..just flapping in the wind !! Lol
Northgate Darlington 👍🏻🌺❤️ I think once you find your proper size you can easily tell quite acutely what size other ladies are. One of the off putting things about a good bra is price many people find it difficult to get best part of 40 quid together to buy one but end up spending (me) just as much on cheap ugly padded things that don’t last five minutes and don’t fit and make you look misshapen😬 I spent years wearing a 34 a until I discovered my good to go size was 28 ff. when you know the size / style etc of what works for you you can get Bras from eBay ex catalogue shops at a lower price and still go to Sadie’s for a new release for a treat🙂 it’s money well spent when it makes you feel great and you are wearing a comfortable bra 🙂🌸❤️
Suggestion to anyone who is not comfortable with bra fittings, wear a thin singlet under your first shirt (or just a thin shirt). My first time getting fitted i was like 12 and was decently shy about the whole process. The angel of the woman said she would measure over my shirt and it made me so much more comfortable, she also helped me find a great bra for under my white school shirts (if it rained they were transparent). Moral of the story see if they will do the measurement part over your shirt most people especially the younger assistants are very accommodating.
Women all need to KNOW that they do not need to remove their bra for a fitting. I was a bra fitter and I soon learned it was imperative to tell them right away or you would be left to deal with a half naked woman, which is awkward and impossible to measure! Often times it's just as much about the shape of the cup as the size. We aren't there to judge, we want to see you get into a decently fitting bra!
Bra fittings are soo sexist it's unreal, I went for one once and immediately got dragged out by security and the police. Apparently it's women only....... My moobs need support too you know.
Some of it is a legacy of old English, where pretty much everyone in the country pronounced certain words as 2 syllables but it died out in many dialects and became 1 syllable.
And by the way, since we're talking about language, it's Geordies. Not Geordi's. You never, ever use an apostrophe to form a plural, only to show posession. Geordi's means "belonging to someone called Geordi".
Geordies traditionally come from Scottswood road in Newcastle Northumbria (as was). Sarah comes from South Shields which is on the south side of the river Tyne and is historically County Durham now Tyne and Wear. She has a wonderful accent many people from the north east and even going into North Yorkshire Marske/Saltburn have this “Northumbrian blur” and we get called Georgdies even though we all sound distinctly different to each other 😊.
It doesn’t matter how many times I watch her stand up it always makes me laugh. I’ve seen some brilliant talent throughout my lifetime ,( morecambe and wise, the two ronnies Tommy cooper) and she is right up there. It’s a shame how times have changed, Christmas Day specials were fantastic and Sarah could nail it without blinking.
Listening to this with headphones on a wet windy walk in the Yorkshire Dales and laughing out loud because I thought I was on my own. So did not hear the woman and her dog come up beside me. She scurried away like I was a lunatic 😆😆😆
I've never been fitted for a bra. My mom and her friend took me shopping and HER FRIEND measured me. It was the most awkward thing I've ever experienced and I've never had a fitting since. I just wearing sports bras
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Love to see her tour in the United States, in California. Her brand of humor really makes me smile. Please come to California. We really need a laugh now.
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Awkward bra fitting sessions is something all women can relate to. Everytime I go to a shop to buy one, there's always a wierd guy at the counter who correctly guesses my bra size just by looking. And the funniest part is, sometimes even I'm not sure of the size but somehow he gets it right everytime!!😂😂😂😂
My first bra fitting was while pregnant. I always by wired bras because they don't allow the fabric to fold and pinch a scar under the edge of the cup. It's VERY painful when this happens. The woman was insistent that I needed an unwired bra to sleep in while nursing, to the point when I balked at buying one she dragged a series of 4 other women into the change room to testify that it was required... all while I was just in a bra and the other stood looking through the now open doorway. I finally bought one just so they would stop the parade and I could get dressed and leave. Worst part was that it PINCHED and caused swelling and I was unable to wear it. 2nd worst part was that it was very expensive - over $75, and I later found out I could buy it at any department store for $25.
Went to John Lewis for my first bra fitting when I was like 12. They made me feel so awkward and they were so VOCAL about everything. To everyone else in the fitting rooms omgg
as a person who was litterally brought up within a lingerie store because it's the family business all of these comments about awkward fittings or wrong advice hurt my soul and I'm so happy I never had those experiences
Take it for a chance to take notes for the business and otherwise to tell ppl where they can go to not experience that mess. :'D Or sales ppl where they can come to learn how to handle it better!
Oh dear... 😅 I'm going to need a bra fitting soon and this is making me nervous about it! I recently grew out of my old 10C bras and decided to buy myself some new ones. Just me, by myself, no one else helping me. Well I went for the cheap ones in Big W (first mistake), and I discovered that I needed to up my band size to a 12. No problem, I thought. What about the cup size? I tossed up between the 12C and the 12D. In a slight moment of vanity, I decided to buy the 12D. Second mistake! After wearing one of the three pairs that I bought (third mistake!), I discovered it was way more uncomfortable than it had been in the changing room... Now I'm stuck with three uncomfortable bras, and the only consolation I have is that I only spent $12 on them. Which in hindsight was an idiotic thing to do! Don't skimp on your bras ladies!!! Don't go for the cheapest option because it may be good for your wallet, but it *won't* be good for your boobs!
I've only worn sports bras/tight crop tops since I was 16 (20 years) and my 34Ds are still perky, and I've been comfortable the whole time. Bras are boob jail. Don't fall for it ladies!
@@joeymerry9027 some people feel more comfortable wearing a bra though I also like wearing something pretty and fancy make me feel good. It’s good that you have found a solution to the tricky bra fitting issue if you are happy that’s the main thing 👍🏻 🌺
Absolutely hilarious! I can definitely relate as I was one who was fitted once, but never again. I was a teenager and got a fitting from Victoria's Secret. Moot point in being there because they did not carry my size 😳😱
Been to the same place across from Harrods. I kept going to the back of the line because I didn't want to really do this, but a difference it makes to wear the right size.
I only ever had one bra fitting, when I was in my late teens, and I hated every single second of it. Never been so embarrassed in my life, going to the gynae is less embarrassing IMO!!! Maybe because the gynae is more professional, but I felt so judged, and found wanting by the lady who measure me…Ended up with a bra, that felt way to small around the ribs, it left horrible marks on my skin and I never wore it - really expensive too. This was hilarious, as always, thank you so much Sarah 🙏❤️
My least favorite part of my last bra fitting was wearing my new bra and having my eagle eyed friend who also fit people for bras tell me that I was wearing the wrong size the first time she saw me in it. She was right, too.
Another reason I miss the big old paper catalogues from Sears and Eatons. They had good directions on how to correctly measure oneself for a well-fitting bra, and would even mail them to you !
I really like your sense of humor and your jokes because I I very much relate to them. I especially liked this video because as a person who is trying to cut down on using the F word, I noticed that you only said it once in this whole time frame and I appreciate that so much. I think sometimes humor is a lot funnier if it if a person doesn't use the F word, and the F word doesn't make the story better.
Seriously THIS description of a bra fitting is perfect!! Maybe it is because people in England have better manners than Americans, but I feel like the fitter was pretty kind. They can be so mean!
we grew up with Bra Commercials.....Playtex, to Lift and Separate with underwire support for all day and all night comfort, Playtex, in fine retailers everywhere. my mom wore Playtex bras, I remember the smell of the box and the fresh rubber. the joke was a cowboy stops in to buy a bra for his wife, the clerk says, ''Playtex?''and cowboy responds, ''sorry ma'am, not now, I"m on my way home to the wife''.
How have I not known about Sarah Millican before? She's fantastic! As for the bras fittings... first one was delayed so long by my aversion and my mother's refusal to accept that I was turning into a "young lady," by the time I had it done I was an A cup (not AA, AAA or trainer), and four months later I was a B. Hated the old women who did it. Then came the hippie years - the better part of 4 decades with no or minimal bra usage. Then I did a Secrets of the Red Carpet workshop with Hollywood costume designer Luke Reichle. He told all the actresses who came to him for their costumes that they were wearing the wrong bra size and before he would put together their costumes, they had to be fit at this particular store in the LA area, Sarah's Lingerie. Very ultra-expensive shoppe with skilled European fitters. I looked at the bras there but couldn't afford even one. Then a dear friend who is much better off than I am offered to buy me whatever I wanted for my 60th birthday and I said, "A good black bra!" We went to Sarah's and my friend bought me SEVEN bras, all of them fit terrifically. Sarah herself fitted me and included positive, praising statements all along. (My friend went back on her own and basically cleaned out the store in her bra size.) It's more than a decade later and I still wear those same seven bras (though never during Covid). Hopefully, I won't wear them out, so there'll be no more fittings for me!
Brilliant! Very funny. Glad this popped up on my feed. Most women are not good at stand up. Sarah, you were wonderful. Yes. I smashed and hit the button. Lol
My fittings were uncomfortable so I'd just measure myself and call ahead. One store told me they had my size, when they didn't. They refused to help me to the point I looked at every bra in the shop, stood at the desk gor 5 mins before calling them out. This is a plus sized store. On top of that I needed a bra so I tried on everything till one of tgem opened the doir and told me to put everything back for someone who was actually going to buy clothes. Absolutely horrific.
56, never been bra-fitted, but Sarah, you're so funny and your accent so charming, that I'm subscribing and definitely will be watching more of your stuff!!!
Thank you for the great laugh. One of my clients (@rubiesbras) said she went for a fitting and the lady said to go and get a breast reduction! Talk about awkward!
I am a 59 year old man and have just learned that bra fitting is a thing women do! Glad we men don't have underpants fitting! But it can get rather tight down there I must admit!
Unrelated experience, but similar sentiment... I was at the dr.'s once for a check-up. You know how everything is always so cold and uncomfortable? Paper sheet, flapping hospital gown, chilly stethoscope, breezy conditioning, frosty speculum... When he got to the breast exam, I blurted out, "Your hands are so nice and warm!" As soon as the words were out of my mouth, I realized my mistake. I quickly realized that trying to back-pedal would only make things worse, so I just shut up and quietly died a little inside. He absolutely scurried to the opposite corner of the tiny exam room, half turned his back, and kept his eyes on his notes for the rest of the visit, which ended very quickly!
I once tried to find out what size of bra I need by using an online site. After measuring properly what the site demanded and inserting the measures I was told to please insert realistic measures 😮😮😮.
This reminded me of a story my great aunt told when I was ten years old in 1961. She went for a girdle fitting (a Spanx-like thing with garters for hosiery) and was shy about stripping from the waist down. The store clerk said: "Don't worry. I'm like a doctor. I look but I can't see!"
Don't know if this will be a compliment but I feel like she's that comedian who's gonna get better and better as she becomes older and we're gonna love a 65 y/o sarah milican Netflix special
Oh my gosh yes!!
Netflix will have long gone bust by then.....
@@fantomphalcon9153 she's at the Apollo, who cares about Netflix
I hope she doesn't see this comment, she's going to slap you! 🤣
@@BouncingTribbles Read the original post I’m responding to! Witless moron.
I love her voice, even when she's not making jokes. The absolute definition of loveliness.
Agreed❤️
Her voice always gives me a flashback to the Catholic nuns in elementary school.
@@mattpj1 Geordie nuns perhaps.
I always think she sounds like she's being strangled.
My first fitting, the woman told me "You've got very broad shoulders for a woman," and then quickly tried to save it with "not that that's a bad thing!"
Wish I had broader shoulders. Might be easier to carry backpacks and shoulder bags without them slipping off. ^^,
@@rosalynnejames6346 spoiler alert, it's not :)
I was told the same thing once as a young impressionable older teenager.... thanks for that lifetime of self doubt lady!
@@DelphineTheWorstBladeEver Yeah, I suspect it's the wide neck muscles that actually push things off... Oh, well. At least I have pretty collar bones.
Same! My ribs are like a birdcage and when the lady was trying to measure me she said I was rather “large in structure for a young lady”. Like what-
In college, I work in the lingerie section of a department store. I spent many Saturdays measuring women for bras. I was a psychology major and was shocked when one of my psychology professors came in for a bra fitting. She was a little Austrian lady and said, "Elisabeth, I have to do visits at the prison. I'm in need of a wireless bra or they'll have to pat me down around by boobs. Can you help me?" Of course I did and I didn't speak of it to any classmates. I somehow got a slight bump in my grade😏
I'm just here to tell you you got 400+ likes
@@FreezingmoonDSBM Thanks for saying something. I didn't know anyone read it. I hope people got a little chuckle. I always laugh when I remember it.
Maybe she figured you understood empathy so that got her approval as a teacher.lol. I'm definitely not a physiologic major
Lol
Two bumps possibly ? 😁👍
What a chuckle ,,how cute ! how kind you were " not to mention " it to anyone.. exactly as it should be .,you make a special good friend to anyone.!!
I learned how to measure and fit bras while working for a lingerie company. It became my biggest and most requested party trick. My friends all preferred that I did it rather than a stranger in a store.
I don't feel confident in my body and so I don't go for bra fittings, but if I did I'd prefer a stranger who I will probably never see again (or even if I do, hopefully they won't recognise me) to a friend or family member who I do have to see.
It's 22 year since I worked for "Sadie the bra lady" & I still find myself looking at ladies when I'm out & thinking " well you should be in a different size bra pet !!!" lol
@@lisahenry20 Lickily I can also give them the info to do it themselves if they want.
Don't talk to me about bra fittings. My first proper fit i go into Marks and Sparks and tell them I there for my appointment. And who swiftly arrives, but my old headmistress. Turns out she'd become bored in retirement and decided bra fitting was a good part time job to keep her occupied. I wish to point out that she was the loveliest headmistress I have ever had! But I was still very uncomfortable getting my bra fitted especially when she told me to call her by her first name! I jist couldn't do it! 🤣🤣
Sarah, you have a true gift for the funny side of life. Keep it up. Do you ever plan on coming to the colonies,,,,errrrr,,,, United States???
That is hilarious! I hope Sarah reads this and adds it as a mention in future shows when she's on this topic!
That is super awkward
Oh my god no!!
I'd have died if my headmistress had taken my bra fitting so I can relate lol but I'm 51 now I think my headmistress is dead 😂🤣 if she isn't and she sees this sorry miss!! Lol 🤣🤣
When I need a bit of cheer, this woman hits the spot. Watched her by accident and now ..its a staple!!!
Thanks for sharing 😊
Same here 😊
I hated by first bra fitting. Like my mum had been pestering me to get it done and I was like 13 and the whole thing was so cold and insensitive, the lady was like 65 and cross. I don't care if they're all women, it was horrible. Never doing it again.
How awful! My mother just went to a shop without me and bought me my first one. It was light blue.
Much better!
I went with a friend and her mom. I just tried on different ones till we found one that fit comfortably. My first time getting a fitting, she measured OVER my bust. Like, the bra don't go 'round there ma'am! Every bra in what she claimed was my size was painful to wear.
Wait, you were 13 and decided never to have one done again?? How old are you now??? I wanna know if I can get away with not having one done... 😆
@@ocharakau645 I didn't have a bra fitting until I was 25. They didn't even do it right lol. I always just measured myself. If I wore the size SHE told me, I'd have died from lack of air or being bleeding from the wires digging in.
Same thing happened to me when I was14. And since I was there to get a strapless bra, she decided for me that I didn't need to breathe, my boobs just needed to look good.
I could listen to you all day and night, Sarah Millican!
It's like being with a friend: cosy and funny. You make me want to get a cup of tea and a biscuit (not just the one biscuit if I'm honest. Never just the one!).
Thank you for...everything really.
Although I am not your target audience (I'm a 54 year old man), I'm so glad I found you. When I mentioned to my dearest cousin that I found this comedian who looked like her doppleganger, she felt deeply complimented (she was already quite aware of you). Thank you for your honesty-- it's educational to us blokes.
Just bloody fantastic! At 71 I've seen a few comedians, but there isn't one that even comes close to you Sarah, you really are the best. X
I wasn't a huge fan of my first bra fitting, not because I was self-conscious or found it embarassing, but just because it ended up being one of the most uncomfortable bras EVER that I paid over $40 for. Turns out that right where the wires go over the ribcage, I've got a sharper corner than apparently most folks have, and I ended up with bruising over my ribs. Very unimpressed! I'll stick with my equally as expensive but way comfier sports bras, thanks very much.
Sports bras are ok but if you fancy a prettier fancier bra you could get a wireless one. They can but very supportive too.
Sounds like you may have got a “bad bra” I mostly wear underwired bras but have occasionally got one that was just to painful and uncomfortable to wear. Maybe it was a rubbish bra regardless of the price tag rather than a “fault” with your ribs 🙂❤️🌸.
Same here. It was expensive and uncomfortable!
when you started talking about the 1 finger rule I thought you were going somewhere completely different
lol...me tooo....something along the lines of "it's two for a doctor". hahahahahahaha
omg i was thinking the same thing...(just for a second) seems as though we're both going down that same road....lol
It's the 2finger rule I was a bra fitter.....
@@karla.karlaabbott3254 and you re absolutely sure you not mixing it up with the dog collar 2 fingerrule?
The finger I thought about was "giving the finger" as it's called in the U.S.
One of my aunties used to complain that as she got older, her bra size changed from 36B to 38 long.
I think thats gonna happen to me too xD
my niece once said to me, when she was very small, "your boobs are bigger than my moms." i patted her on the head and so "no, sweetie, they're just longer."
😅😅😅🤣🤣 good one
My grandmother once told me a joke about a lady and her granddaughter.
Girl goes braless, tells her gran "I wanted to show off my roses"
Next day Gran goes braless, tells granddaughter "I wanted to show off my hanging baskets".
@@sestables Once an elderly suicidal woman asked her doctor, "Exactly where is my heart located?" The doctor replied, "Just under your left breast." That night the woman was admitted to the ER with a gunshot wound to her left knee.
the fact that im a 15 year old on a Friday night and honestly watching sarah is my favourite way to spend the night :)
Yeah I'm 15 to 😭🤜🏻
haha same
Sarah is brilliant. Have a look at Gina Yashere, I recommend :)
Literally me right now 😂 what a coincidence. Its friday night and I'm 15!
Same😂
My blue eyed Irish-American hubby & his mom would have loved you. He's been gone 5 years; his mom, on my birthday last year. Both enjoyed a good solid laugh. Thank you for bringing such good memories to my heart💖💓💗!!!!
Always enjoy your humor. Thanks for the laughs, ma’am.
I love a bra fitting as I get much better bras than I would otherwise. Though it is much more expensive than Target and Kmart etc. I do actually subscribe to the lift and separate school of thinking. I just think of it as "Divide and Conquer!" :) My worst experience as a plus size bra shopper is having a young shop assistant tell me she wouldn't give up til she'd found a bra in my size. She hunted for so long she ended up forgetting me altogether. When I finally gave up and dressed and exited the change room, I found her chatting to a co-worker at the counter. Never been back to a store in that whole chain since!
Target in the old Ringwood Sq by any chance?....
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We been crying In hysterical laughter you are Epic x
Hilarious! And completely relateable. Bra fittings are different from store to store. Personally, I like Soma the best. They get a band measurement (no need to remove your existing bra), then they bring you a range of cup sizes to try on until you find a good fit. I think Nordstom does something similar. Way less embarrassing then flashing a strange lady in the mall.
I've had most of my fittings at VS. Band and then around the bust for cup size. Had one at Pea in the Pod when I was pregnant. I thought it would be more professional/thorough than a fitting at Victoria's, nope.
I hate soma a clerk there kept telling me how full I was and made me feel.reqlly self conscious last time.i went there. I haven't gone back since.
I worked for "Sadie the Bra Lady"(yes that really was the name of the shop!) in the North East of England for a year in 1999...I can still roughly guess what size a woman should be wearing just looking at her !! Its a fact that 80% of women are in the wrong size.... ..just flapping in the wind !! Lol
Ahh good old Sadie in Fulwell
She's still there I think
Ashington !!
Northgate Darlington 👍🏻🌺❤️ I think once you find your proper size you can easily tell quite acutely what size other ladies are.
One of the off putting things about a good bra is price many people find it difficult to get best part of 40 quid together to buy one but end up spending (me) just as much on cheap ugly padded things that don’t last five minutes and don’t fit and make you look misshapen😬
I spent years wearing a 34 a until I discovered my good to go size was 28 ff.
when you know the size / style etc of what works for you you can get Bras from eBay ex catalogue shops at a lower price and still go to Sadie’s
for a new release for a treat🙂 it’s money well spent when it makes you feel great and you are wearing a comfortable bra 🙂🌸❤️
Suggestion to anyone who is not comfortable with bra fittings, wear a thin singlet under your first shirt (or just a thin shirt). My first time getting fitted i was like 12 and was decently shy about the whole process. The angel of the woman said she would measure over my shirt and it made me so much more comfortable, she also helped me find a great bra for under my white school shirts (if it rained they were transparent). Moral of the story see if they will do the measurement part over your shirt most people especially the younger assistants are very accommodating.
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Women all need to KNOW that they do not need to remove their bra for a fitting. I was a bra fitter and I soon learned it was imperative to tell them right away or you would be left to deal with a half naked woman, which is awkward and impossible to measure! Often times it's just as much about the shape of the cup as the size. We aren't there to judge, we want to see you get into a decently fitting bra!
My first bra fitting was really awkward, all the shouting and security turning up, apparently you have to be "trained" and "work there"
I remember you, l've never been in M&S since.
Eleanor and Matt .... you two are a comedy act ... Thank you! You both made me laugh !
Bra fittings are soo sexist it's unreal, I went for one once and immediately got dragged out by security and the police. Apparently it's women only....... My moobs need support too you know.
That's funny!
OMG! I missed about a minute and had to rewind after “pull himself out without toppling her over” because I was laughing so hard. 🤣🤣🤣
Omg I'm in knots of laughter she is bloody hilarious 🤣
Thank you for being a relatable queen Sarah. Love you!
I love how Geordi's can turn 1 syllable words into 2 syllable words.
Some of it is a legacy of old English, where pretty much everyone in the country pronounced certain words as 2 syllables but it died out in many dialects and became 1 syllable.
And by the way, since we're talking about language, it's Geordies. Not Geordi's. You never, ever use an apostrophe to form a plural, only to show posession. Geordi's means "belonging to someone called Geordi".
Geordies traditionally come from Scottswood road in Newcastle Northumbria (as was). Sarah comes from South Shields which is on the south side of the river Tyne and is historically County Durham now Tyne and Wear. She has a wonderful accent many people from the north east and even going into North Yorkshire Marske/Saltburn have this “Northumbrian blur” and we get called Georgdies even though we all sound distinctly different to each other 😊.
You fill my heart with Joy, when I feel very lost. Thank you.
It doesn’t matter how many times I watch her stand up it always makes me laugh.
I’ve seen some brilliant talent throughout my lifetime ,( morecambe and wise, the two ronnies Tommy cooper) and she is right up there. It’s a shame how times have changed, Christmas Day specials were fantastic and Sarah could nail it without blinking.
Hilariously funny her patter and timing just has me in stiches a comic genius
Listening to this with headphones on a wet windy walk in the Yorkshire Dales and laughing out loud because I thought I was on my own. So did not hear the woman and her dog come up beside me. She scurried away like I was a lunatic 😆😆😆
I've never been fitted for a bra. My mom and her friend took me shopping and HER FRIEND measured me. It was the most awkward thing I've ever experienced and I've never had a fitting since. I just wearing sports bras
56, never had a bra fitting, worn sports bras since.... dear lord, so long that I can't remember.
I love your sense of humor, observation of life, and comedy. Come to America and you'll be a hit.
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Sarah you are an amazing comedian. I love your outlook on the world. Girl you are so funny.
Hi Sarah! I’m probably one of your biggest fans !! If I’m ever having a bad day or not feeling right I always watch you, you always make me laugh and you seem like an amazing person to be around! Thank you so much for being your true self, and for being so awesome I love you so much !!!!💙💕 I hope to one day go to your shows. That would be a dream !!
Love to see her tour in the United States, in California. Her brand of humor really makes me smile. Please come to California. We really need a laugh now.
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Awkward bra fitting sessions is something all women can relate to.
Everytime I go to a shop to buy one, there's always a wierd guy at the counter who correctly guesses my bra size just by looking. And the funniest part is, sometimes even I'm not sure of the size but somehow he gets it right everytime!!😂😂😂😂
Clearly he has trained extensively for that job. In fact, I'm going to start calling it that.
He's probably not interested, so he can view them objectively and can make an accurate estimate.
i've never been fitted a bra. I didn't even know that was a thing
@@mainadonaldson lucky you👍🏻😂
Damn, I thought that correctly guessing bra sizes was my secret superpower.
Sarah is one of the funniest women in comedy!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Watching you 😂 makes me cry from laughing so hard. So glad I've found you, telling everyone so they can have a great chuckle
My first bra fitting was while pregnant. I always by wired bras because they don't allow the fabric to fold and pinch a scar under the edge of the cup. It's VERY painful when this happens. The woman was insistent that I needed an unwired bra to sleep in while nursing, to the point when I balked at buying one she dragged a series of 4 other women into the change room to testify that it was required... all while I was just in a bra and the other stood looking through the now open doorway. I finally bought one just so they would stop the parade and I could get dressed and leave. Worst part was that it PINCHED and caused swelling and I was unable to wear it. 2nd worst part was that it was very expensive - over $75, and I later found out I could buy it at any department store for $25.
Sleep? In a bra?! I only wear one when I leave the house, that evil thing comes off as soon as I get in!
Went to John Lewis for my first bra fitting when I was like 12. They made me feel so awkward and they were so VOCAL about everything. To everyone else in the fitting rooms omgg
@the super family ost yh I went to M&S and the lady was super nice but since then I've preferred to measure myself lol
@@mojojojo3212 yeah that’s the best thing to do some bra fitters aren’t that good anyway.
Sarah's my go too when I'm having a rough day
So talented
I see a Sarah Millican video and hit "like" straight away 😉👍
as a person who was litterally brought up within a lingerie store because it's the family business all of these comments about awkward fittings or wrong advice hurt my soul and I'm so happy I never had those experiences
Take it for a chance to take notes for the business and otherwise to tell ppl where they can go to not experience that mess. :'D Or sales ppl where they can come to learn how to handle it better!
Oh dear... 😅 I'm going to need a bra fitting soon and this is making me nervous about it!
I recently grew out of my old 10C bras and decided to buy myself some new ones. Just me, by myself, no one else helping me. Well I went for the cheap ones in Big W (first mistake), and I discovered that I needed to up my band size to a 12. No problem, I thought. What about the cup size? I tossed up between the 12C and the 12D. In a slight moment of vanity, I decided to buy the 12D. Second mistake! After wearing one of the three pairs that I bought (third mistake!), I discovered it was way more uncomfortable than it had been in the changing room... Now I'm stuck with three uncomfortable bras, and the only consolation I have is that I only spent $12 on them. Which in hindsight was an idiotic thing to do! Don't skimp on your bras ladies!!! Don't go for the cheapest option because it may be good for your wallet, but it *won't* be good for your boobs!
I've only worn sports bras/tight crop tops since I was 16 (20 years) and my 34Ds are still perky, and I've been comfortable the whole time. Bras are boob jail. Don't fall for it ladies!
@@joeymerry9027 some people feel more comfortable wearing a bra though I also like wearing something pretty and fancy make me feel good.
It’s good that you have found a solution to the tricky bra fitting issue if you are happy that’s the main thing 👍🏻 🌺
One of my faves, for sure. Love you lots, Sarah!
You are genuinely funny. Subscribed, thank you!
Really talented comic. Had me laughing the whole time!
Absolutely hilarious! I can definitely relate as I was one who was fitted once, but never again. I was a teenager and got a fitting from Victoria's Secret. Moot point in being there because they did not carry my size 😳😱
Been to the same place across from Harrods. I kept going to the back of the line because I didn't want to really do this, but a difference it makes to wear the right size.
Anyone who says those dishes can wait a bit longer, is a friend.
I only ever had one bra fitting, when I was in my late teens, and I hated every single second of it. Never been so embarrassed in my life, going to the gynae is less embarrassing IMO!!! Maybe because the gynae is more professional, but I felt so judged, and found wanting by the lady who measure me…Ended up with a bra, that felt way to small around the ribs, it left horrible marks on my skin and I never wore it - really expensive too. This was hilarious, as always, thank you so much Sarah 🙏❤️
Sarah is a very very funny lady. No real malice, but true life tales you can believe.
I've never done the bra fitting thing, but now I don't want to even more XD
Love your work much regards and respect to you from Australia
Best Line EVER; Travel pillow
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🥲🥲😊😆
Genuinely funny. A very very good laugh.😂
That bra skit is hilarious. 😂
My least favorite part of my last bra fitting was wearing my new bra and having my eagle eyed friend who also fit people for bras tell me that I was wearing the wrong size the first time she saw me in it. She was right, too.
She is magical.
Oh Sarah, you are wonderful indeed! Sending love, laughter and giggles all the way from Australia 💝
I love all of Sarah’s voices
Always brings me up 💜 such a gift to do that-
Brilliant... never misses a beat.❤️
I think your wonderful I love it whenever you're on Graham's show.
Another reason I miss the big old paper catalogues from Sears and Eatons. They had good directions on how to correctly measure oneself for a well-fitting bra, and would even mail them to you !
God, I wish you would do a tour in the USA! If you do, come to Northern California! I love your comedy even though I don’t get all the British jokes.
I get the popcorn reference 😂😂😂 xXx
Perfect chuckle for a friday night in
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Sarah, you are naturally funny and naturally beautiful! 💓💓💓
PS: my favorite picture of you is the one in the end of your vids where you're trying to lure us away from doing the dishes 😊
The funniest lady I have ever seen. What a talent.😂😂😂
I really like your sense of humor and your jokes because I I very much relate to them. I especially liked this video because as a person who is trying to cut down on using the F word, I noticed that you only said it once in this whole time frame and I appreciate that so much. I think sometimes humor is a lot funnier if it if a person doesn't use the F word, and the F word doesn't make the story better.
Seriously THIS description of a bra fitting is perfect!! Maybe it is because people in England have better manners than Americans, but I feel like the fitter was pretty kind. They can be so mean!
we grew up with Bra Commercials.....Playtex, to Lift and Separate with underwire support for all day and all night comfort, Playtex, in fine retailers everywhere. my mom wore Playtex bras, I remember the smell of the box and the fresh rubber. the joke was a cowboy stops in to buy a bra for his wife, the clerk says, ''Playtex?''and cowboy responds, ''sorry ma'am, not now, I"m on my way home to the wife''.
Ooh, Triggered that one didn't she. Love You Sarah, thanks for all the Laughs !!
Hehe!
We Love you Sarah!
How have I not known about Sarah Millican before? She's fantastic! As for the bras fittings... first one was delayed so long by my aversion and my mother's refusal to accept that I was turning into a "young lady," by the time I had it done I was an A cup (not AA, AAA or trainer), and four months later I was a B. Hated the old women who did it. Then came the hippie years - the better part of 4 decades with no or minimal bra usage. Then I did a Secrets of the Red Carpet workshop with Hollywood costume designer Luke Reichle. He told all the actresses who came to him for their costumes that they were wearing the wrong bra size and before he would put together their costumes, they had to be fit at this particular store in the LA area, Sarah's Lingerie. Very ultra-expensive shoppe with skilled European fitters. I looked at the bras there but couldn't afford even one. Then a dear friend who is much better off than I am offered to buy me whatever I wanted for my 60th birthday and I said, "A good black bra!" We went to Sarah's and my friend bought me SEVEN bras, all of them fit terrifically. Sarah herself fitted me and included positive, praising statements all along. (My friend went back on her own and basically cleaned out the store in her bra size.) It's more than a decade later and I still wear those same seven bras (though never during Covid). Hopefully, I won't wear them out, so there'll be no more fittings for me!
Thank you. Love your humour.
Brilliant! Very funny. Glad this popped up on my feed. Most women are not good at stand up. Sarah, you were wonderful. Yes. I smashed and hit the button. Lol
My fittings were uncomfortable so I'd just measure myself and call ahead. One store told me they had my size, when they didn't. They refused to help me to the point I looked at every bra in the shop, stood at the desk gor 5 mins before calling them out. This is a plus sized store. On top of that I needed a bra so I tried on everything till one of tgem opened the doir and told me to put everything back for someone who was actually going to buy clothes. Absolutely horrific.
56, never been bra-fitted, but Sarah, you're so funny and your accent so charming, that I'm subscribing and definitely will be watching more of your stuff!!!
Thank you for the great laugh. One of my clients (@rubiesbras) said she went for a fitting and the lady said to go and get a breast reduction! Talk about awkward!
I have been trying to get a reduction for ten years!
Your a fucking legend Sarah!
Love you, Sarah. You are so funny.
Love your shows
I am a 59 year old man and have just learned that bra fitting is a thing women do! Glad we men don't have underpants fitting! But it can get rather tight down there I must admit!
Sarah, You are Wonderfully insightful and funny.
Love her voice! So quick witted and quirky! 😂🙂
Are you sure the ‘window cleaner was by mistake’ ? 😀😃🤣
So funny!! Can’t wait to see more!
You’re so brilliant ❤️
Did anyone else instantly think of the two finger dog collar rule before she mentioned it? Thanks for the chuckle, I needed it tonight.
Yes I did. Lol
yes but for a split second I went down another path...lol
Didn’t know about it, but now that I do I wonder if we are treating dogs more humanely than women...
I'm very grateful to have had good experiences getting bras fitted. Bras 'n Things have great staff, they don't make you feel uncomfortable.
I LOVE YOUR COMEDY
Unrelated experience, but similar sentiment... I was at the dr.'s once for a check-up. You know how everything is always so cold and uncomfortable? Paper sheet, flapping hospital gown, chilly stethoscope, breezy conditioning, frosty speculum... When he got to the breast exam, I blurted out, "Your hands are so nice and warm!" As soon as the words were out of my mouth, I realized my mistake. I quickly realized that trying to back-pedal would only make things worse, so I just shut up and quietly died a little inside. He absolutely scurried to the opposite corner of the tiny exam room, half turned his back, and kept his eyes on his notes for the rest of the visit, which ended very quickly!
I just love her deliveries
Aloha from Hawaii. This is hilarious 🤣
Thank you I was in need of a really good "belly" laugh!!
I once tried to find out what size of bra I need by using an online site. After measuring properly what the site demanded and inserting the measures I was told to please insert realistic measures 😮😮😮.
This reminded me of a story my great aunt told when I was ten years old in 1961. She went for a girdle fitting (a Spanx-like thing with garters for hosiery) and was shy about stripping from the waist down. The store clerk said: "Don't worry. I'm like a doctor. I look but I can't see!"
I had a tattoo artist tell me something like that once. I was getting a tattoo on my hip & he said, “Just think of me as a doctor, only cooler.” 😳