Editorial Policy
Last updated: November 13, 2026
A fit guide is only useful if its numbers are right. This page explains how articles on The Fitting Room are chosen, researched and corrected, what will never appear in them, and how guest articles are handled.
How topics are chosen
Topics start with the questions people actually ask: how to measure bra size, what the letters on a label mean, which type of bra suits which outfit or activity, how to wash one without ruining it, and how long one should last. Alongside those practical guides sit a few reference pieces on how particular designs are built and how the garment developed over time. A topic is taken on only if it can be written about accurately and without recommending products.
Fact-checking
- Sizing systems. Band and cup progressions and conversions between US, UK, EU and other labels are checked against published size standards and charts. Because makers do not all follow the same chart, articles say when a conversion is approximate.
- Care guidance is checked against textile and laundering sources and always defers to the garment’s own care label.
- History. Dates, inventors and patents appear only when they can be confirmed. Where sources disagree, or a popular story is not well supported, the article says so or leaves it out.
- No invented figures. The site does not publish statistics, studies or quotations it cannot source, including widely repeated ones.
- Health topics — sports, pregnancy, nursing, discomfort — are covered as general comfort and fit information only. Anything medical is referred to a doctor, midwife or lactation consultant, and no article claims that a bra prevents, treats or causes a condition.
How articles are written
Articles are prepared with the help of digital tools, including AI, and are edited under the rules on this page. Each one carries the byline of one of the two writers described on the About page. They are experienced shoppers and sewing hobbyists, not professional bra fitters, lingerie designers or health professionals, and they do not claim to be. Bras are discussed purely as clothing: fit, construction, fabric, comfort, care and history.
No product recommendations
Articles never name or rank brands, products or stores, and the site carries no affiliate links, prices, discount codes or buying guides. When an article explains what to look for in a style, it describes features — band width, cup construction, strap placement, fabric — not specific items to buy.
Images
Every image on the site is an AI-generated still life: garments on hangers or folded on a surface, fabric, measuring tapes and sewing tools. Images never show people or bodies, never use body-shaped mannequins, and never show logos or real products. A picture sets the scene for an article; it is not a product photograph.
Corrections
If you find an error — a conversion that does not match a published chart, a care instruction that seems wrong, a historical date you can source differently — write through the contact page. Name the article and, if possible, the source for the correct detail. Reported errors are checked, and confirmed mistakes are corrected in the article. A significant correction is noted at the end of the article.
Guest articles
From time to time the site publishes articles by outside contributors, sometimes in paid or partnership arrangements, under the guidelines on the Write for Us page. Every guest article is reviewed before publication against the same rules as the site’s own articles — facts checked, no product promotion, no medical claims — and may be edited or declined. Its author is responsible for its content, and payment or partnership never buys a change to what the site’s own writers say.
Independence
The Fitting Room is not affiliated with any brand, manufacturer, retailer or fitting service, and does not speak for any of them.