Double-D Duds: Clothes for Young Large-Chested Women

If you're like me, you've heard this line a million times: "I wish I had your boobs."

And if you're like me, you've laughed it off and made some sort of witty comment. And you've secretly thought, "Yeah, right. You have no idea."

The young well-endowed woman faces some unique challenges when buying clothes. What's a 20-something with a Hooters-worthy rack to do? Not many designers cater to this population. There are some, like Curvation, but they're geared towards older women.

We hot-to-trot young chicks don't get nearly the selection that smaller-chested women do. It's hard to celebrate our curvy figures when the clothes that are out there for us make us look frumpy and dull. And we often have to pay higher prices for our clothes--they're "specialty" items, after all.

Here are the five areas where you will find the most trouble, as well as ways to work with and around the body you're rockin'.

Swimwear
The beginning of summer brings the most hellish shopping season for us. How many times have you seen the cutest swimsuit only to find that it doesn't give you the support you need, or worse, doesn't even cover you up? How many times have you found a suit that keeps you in place and covered up, but it's nowhere near as cute as the "normal" ones--in fact, you're pretty sure your grandma had the same one?

To keep yourself from spilling out of a too-tiny top, sagging or bouncing all over the place, and resorting to hideous one-pieces just because they have built-in bras... try the tankini. Tankinis with built-in bras can be found and are usually cuter than one-pieces with the same feature.

Since belly fat is often a problem with large-chested women, the tankini is ideal for covering up this trouble spot. Tankinis are also great because you can mix and match separates, avoiding the annoyance of a suit that fits on top but is too big on the bottom.