‘That weird time I was Serena Williams’ bra tester’

Not all side hustles are made equal. At least that’s what Jessica discovered when she started being fitted for bras that Serena Williams would later wear.

You guys, I’ve had a lot of strange jobs in my life.

 During my worldly hustle my career net has been cast far and wide. I like to think it’s because I’m curious and enjoy getting paid to experience different walks of life; maybe that’s why I ended up a journalist?

Anyway, before I did this I once worked at a bakery, a fruit shop and even spent a year making smoothies. Then I worked at a bar, was a waitress at a fancy restaurant, briefly worked in the billing department of a sex hotline and accidentally did one shift at a strip club. But they are all yarns for another time because right now, it’s tennis season.

So, in honour of the Australian Open I figure it’s a befitting moment to share one peculiar job I found myself doing in my early 20s.

You see, during the latter part of the noughties I was a student who mostly supported herself as a model. While most of my farrrshion work tended to be in a studio with a glam team plucking, pulling and snatching me into looking like the best looking version of myself — it took aaaaages btw — there was a particular gig I got because of, well … my boobs, and nothing else.

At the time I think I was 12 or 14 D, maybe sometimes a DD, but it’s whatever because whatever size I was saw me booked as Serena Williams’ sports bra tester. Sort of. I’ll explain. But first, some background …

 You see, as any woman on The Committee knows (you know what committee, people) bras intended for high-impact sports are not like the typical boob-smooshing styles you’re used to seeing on professional and often, flat chested athletes. For me, a crop top awkwardly stretched across my ample set of tatas means Nike’s signature logo looks less like a tick and more like a deformed sperm swimming from one sweaty armpit to the other. And don’t even get me started on the boob sweat involved in that style of “support”.

There’s more to this story. It was originally published on news.com.au — click the link if you want to read the whole yarn…