No more size NA!

Thanks to the distressed 32aaBra reader who wrote to me with this information. She is a 34AA and wears Playtex Thank Goodness it Fits bras in size 34NA, meaning “Nearly A.”

The NA and NB (nearly B) sizes in Playtex used to be excellent for petite small-busted women who wanted modesty and coverage without a lot of fuss — no padding, no uplift, and usually wire-free.

But apparently the TGIF half-size collection has gone downhill. I found the most recent line of half sizes from Playtex to be excessively padded and less comfortable than my Aerie bras with underwires.

And now, it seems that instead of trying to improve the product, Playtex is giving up on it. As of June 2010, they will stop making half-size bras.

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