![]() I’ve been binding for about 15 years, and like Adryan, I quickly quit binding once the pandemic started, and working from home allowed me to feel a little more comfortable with giving my body a break. ![]() I also understand that all bodies are different, independent of their sizes, and the limitations that size charts have in accommodating all types of larger bodies. I’m conscious that if I were a size 4XL rather than 2XL in clothes or had a larger chest with a larger cup size, I could potentially be sized out, especially since these binders require you to size up. Typically, I’m a size 2XL, and I also don’t have a large chest, but I ended up needing a 4X GC2B binder. However, it’s important to note that more than one of our team members had to size up. Thankfully, I can have both with my GC2B binder. I’m someone who opts for comfort nowadays, but as I learned in the sizing process, comfort doesn’t need to necessarily be sacrificed when binding. Without the care team’s help, I would’ve absolutely picked the wrong size and continued to wear a chest binder a size too small. During my first time binding years ago, I wore a tank top binder that in hindsight was far too tight. It turns out that I’ve been wearing binders too tight all along. Though I could’ve done this as a customer, I likely would have guessed based on their sizing chart. Much like the gender binary, my body has always fit outside standard sizing measurements, falling in-between sizes, which has made online shopping a total nightmare.įortunately, when invited to review a GC2B half binder, I was able to communicate directly with GC2B’s customer care team to help specify my chest size. However, a barrier to binding has been sizing. Though as parts of pre-pandemic life open back up, I do have a desire to bind again. (Coincidentally, my first binder happened to be a GC2B tank binder since I heard about them on Tumblr, although that has since been donated.) Being at home, I’ve gotten more comfortable in my own body. I haven’t binded in over two years since the pandemic began.
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