Chinese Women Bust Sizes Grow
BEIJING
(Reuters) - Bra producers have been forced to
offer bigger cup-sizes in China because improved
nutrition is busting all previous chest measurement
records.
"It's
so different from the past when most young women
would wear A- or B-cup bras," Triumph brand
saleswoman Zhang Jing told the Shanghai Daily
from the Landmark Plaza of China's commercial
hub.
"You...never
expect those thin women to have such nice figures
if they are not plastic."
The
report, seen on the daily's Web site Tuesday,
said that the Hong Kong-based lingerie firm Embry
Group no longer produces A-cups for larger chest
circumferences and has increased production of
C-, D- and E-cup bras to meet pressing demand.
The
Beijing Institute of Clothing Technology released
a report last week saying the average chest circumference
of Chinese women has risen by nearly 1 cm (0.4
inch) to 83.53 cm (32.89 inches) since the early
1990s, the daily said.
This
phenomenon, it said, was due to women eating more
nutritiously and taking part in more sport.
Similar
growth in the average height of children prompted
a rethink last year in Beijing on the height allowance
for free bus rides.