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Hi, do you have breasts? Do you hate your bra? Did you know that over 80% of women are wearing the wrong size bra?? Dressing well begins with your skivvies. Therefore, do yourself justice. Breasts are complicated and difficult creatures. Cup sizes can range from 28AA to 36K to 54GG and beyond. Every woman is different, but everybody should know how to wear a bra that fits. First off, go get yourself sized. I'm not talking stop by Victoria's Secret, I mean go straight to the fanciest boutique in town or a well respected department store, ask the saleswoman for help and try on two dozen bras until you've successfully identified your proper size AND fit. Here is a figleaves.com guide on common bra issues. How bra sizing works: Basically, your cup size is the ratio of your chest to breast. Your band size (32, 36, 38, 44, etc) describes the size of your rib cage. Pick a band size that is firm and snug against your body. You should be able to breathe but cannot pull it more than an inch or two away from your flesh. It also should be snug on the loosest hook, so as the bra stretches you can tighten it. Now, your cup size is *roughly* the difference between your band size and your widest point around. However, this is not the end-all-be all of bra fitting! To make sure this fits well, your breasts should be firmly enclosed without excessive spillover on top or any pudging out the side of the cup. Just as important, the center gore should lie flat between your breasts, no matter how large you are, barring any rib cage disformities. The way to size (if the band size is wrong which is what ~80% of women do) down is to SUBTRACT a band size and ADD a cup size and the way to size up is to ADD a band size and SUBTRACT a cup size. So if a 36C is too large for you, you should try a 34D. If a 36D is too small for you, try a 38C. Common issues: By far, the most common issues with bra fit are band size that is too big, cup sizes that are too small, and straps digging in. A bra should be supporting your breasts fully. The vast majority of this support comes from the band, NOT the straps. The straps are there to keep it in place and lightly assist. If your straps dig in, you need to size down your band. Also, if your band rides up your back, it needs to be sized down. It should be firmly parallel under your shoulder blades. If your cup size is too small, get a bigger one! Many women get stuck thinking "There's no way I could be a D cup, that's just so huge". Not true; a D isn't massive, in your face tatas. It's just another size! So, if you're finding your bra doesn't lie flat against your sternum or your ribcage under your breasts, size up. If you're spilling out the sides or over the top, size up! Extra Considerations: All women's breasts sit differently. Some have natural perkiness, some are lower on their ribcage. Maybe yours sit wide on your chest, maybe you are much fuller in the center. Some have very round, equally distributed tissue, while other women have all their fullness in the bottom. Bras are also all different. Sometimes, it takes some dedication to find the BRAND that works for you. If you are totally skint on your bras and buy a $25 one from Target, don't expect it to make you as comfortable and supported as a $65 Chantelle, Wacoal or Fantasie bra. No matter what size you are, from 32A, 30D, 36C, 38B, 42E, whatever, there are comfortable and sexy bras available! Know your bra size and know it firmly, then shop around department stores and boutiques for the best fit, most comfort and best price. If you're between 34C and 38D, congrats, you can go to Victoria's Secret for regular bras. Everyone else, know, there is a bra for you. An excellent resource is http://www.figleaves.com. or http://www.bareneccessities.com My best recommendation for bra sizing that is non-location specific is Nordstrom. Their staff is nearly always excellent and they have a huge range of sizes in all prices. (Disclaimer: When I first wrote this post, which is copy pasted from the Women's Fashion and Shopping Megathread in W&W, I was unemployed. I was then employed there for a while and learned more to help you all! I will leave in my recommendation because it is still a fantastic place to get fit.) Also, if you're lucky, there may be an Intimacy near you, who carry every possible size ever and can custom make you bras. Please remember I am speaking my own opinions and views and they in no way represent the opinions or positions of my place of employment. Have questions? Want to complain about your tiny chest/humongous gazongas? I am a "Certified fit expert" and am qualified to talk about anything up to prosthetic breasts. Have at it! Gonktastic fucked around with this message at Feb 4, 2011 around 06:41 |
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So, you probably need new bras at some point. Did you know a bra is only really able to last 8-12 months of regular wearing before the elastic totally gives out? Add in potentially poor washing habits (more on that later) and your bras will lose their support within 6 months sometimes! Here's your super handy-dandy guide to bras so you can sound like an expert! Styles of bras: Full cup: Any cup that completely encases the breast tissue. Often available at all cup sizes, and can be found lined and unlined.  Demi cup: A lower, more revealing style bra. The most common with younger women. This bra allows for lower necklines and is a little more forgiving towards how your breasts sit in your bra. Can be plunge, full support, padded, etc. The most versatile bra style.  Balconette: A style that is low all the way across (like a balcony), and tends to support from below. This style often offers natural lift, and can be very nice for lower necklines.  Unlined: A soft-cup bra that does not have any sort of extra fabric or foam lining. Often a single layer of lace or mesh. These bras can be very pretty, and still offer plenty of support, but can allow nipples to show through.  Lined: Again, a soft-cup bra, but one that has extra layers of fabric to help guard against cold days. Offers more support than totally unlined, while still giving you a flexible, comfortable cup.  Moulded/Coutour: Usually confused with padded bras by women who don't want "extra bulk". These bras very rarely make you look any bigger, but they offer a cup that is preshaped, and can give you a more rounded look and sit very smoothly under teeshirts and sweaters.  Padded/Pushup: A bra with EXTRA padding inside the cup which takes up space where your breast tissue would otherwise sit. This causes the tissue to bulge out the top, giving you more cleavage. Sometimes DD women want this, sometimes A cups don't. Personal preference, good under V-necks or for going out.  T-shirt: Any bra with a seamless, smooth cup that is free of lace or embroidered decoration on the cup. Since most women wear clingy shirts these days, by far the most popular bra style. However, this doesn't mean the bra has to be dull, or boring! Many invisible bras are available in pretty and funky styles.  3-panel/seamed: By far the best supportive bra. Moulded cups hold the breast tissue, but do not give as much support. A bra with multiple panels holds the breast higher and more firmly than otherwise. This is fantastic for women who are DD and above. Can be unpopular because seams can show through, but utterly worth it in terms of comfort and support.  Unwired: Some women just hate the feeling of underwire against their rib cage. Before going further, half the time, I've found it's because they've never had a bra with underwire that actually fit properly and it was digging in somewhere. However, if desired, these are available from A cup to G cup.  Minimizers: So your tits are huge. You wish they were smaller. Obviously, minimizers are brilliant! WAIT. They do not make your breasts look any smaller. In fact, they just give you nice, smushed pancake boob and actually push the tissue under your armpits, so there is less bulk in front. Additionally, minimizers compress the ligaments that keep your breast tissue firm and perky, and can end up damaging them over time. Hint: they actually increase sagging. So do yourself a favor, find yourself a great fitting full-figured bra, and realize that they will actually look sleeker and less noticable if they're politely tucked away instead of smashed against your entire ribcage.  A few words on laundering Bras have high amounts of spandex/elastane in them due to their purpose and use. Spandex wears out quickly with repeated use. It also needs time to regain its elasticity after being worn. Here are a few basic tips to keep your bras in good condition and clean. Only wear a bra for a day, then give it a day to breathe and regain its elasticity. Keep at least 3-4 bras in your rotation so that you have one for every day and you are not wearing them out too quickly. As they start stretching, tighten them from the loosest to tightest hook. Hand-washing with ultra delicate detergent is always your best choice. If that's too much work for you, I recommend carefully folding one cup into the other (saves the shape) and putting them into a lingerie bag, and using a front-loading washing machine. Agitators in top loaders can REALLY wreak havoc on underwire and bra lining. A lingerie bag will keep the bra from getting flung around and mashed. NEVER use a dryer for them. It will utterly destroy the elasticity. Lie flat to try and reshape cups if neccessary! Gonktastic fucked around with this message at Nov 9, 2009 around 07:27 |
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Does Nordstrom's carry nursing bras or am I stuck with pregnant lady boutiques until the beast weans?
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They do! They are usually kept off the sales floor because they require careful fitting. Go in 3-4 weeks before delivery for a proper fit.
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I'm a transgender woman, and bras have been difficult for me. It's hard finding anything with a band size that fits me and cups that aren't too large for me. Can you get bras with larger band sizes and smaller cups? (I don't know my exact size, unfortunately.)
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The higher your band size, the harder it is to find small cup sizes. Your best best is to probably check online sources. Many stores have free shipping over $100. I often recommend buying 4 or 5 that look nice and trying them on at home. Good luck- it's tough to find smaller sizes.
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Testimonial time! Before Gonktastic came to my rescue, I was wearing something stupid like a 38DD, which rode up like it was heading for my ears, straps falling down when they were tightened to the max, double-lobed boob, and the drat thing was still the best option I had and thus had been repaired so many times it was patched with duct tape and darned in places.  It's not like I hadn't tried to find new bras, but every attempt I made left me sobbing in the car, empty-handed and miserable. I tried department stores like JC Penney and Dillard's because they were all I had available to me, and the women there would often do things like wrap the tape measure around me under the armpits and declare me a 40D, even though they were also measuring the top of my breast tissue. They did this in an attempt to try to get me to buy something from their measly stock, as it's inconvenient for them to stock small band + large cup sizes- this is common, according to a former Macy's fitter I spoke to. I even had one tell me that I should lose weight so I'll have smaller boobs if I want to have more options because stores don't stock large cup sizes. This was really upsetting because while I do have reasonably large breasts, I am not some giant beast that belongs in a circus tent and there are lots of women who have much larger busts than I do. Saleswomen were constantly trying to force me to buy a 38 or 40 band size even though I knew from experience that those band sizes would stretch within a day's wear to become completely useless as far as support went. I was bitching in the the girls' irc channel and Gonktastic decided to take matters into her own hands (so to speak) and ordered me to take some measurements and pictures in a tight shirt with and without a bra (I really recommend this if she's still willing to do this for people), and send them to her and she'd visually try to fit me so I could order bras online. She immediately determined that like most women, my band was far too large and my cup too small. She helped me pick out some 36 bands in DD+ cup sizes from http://www.barenecessities.com and had me order a whole bunch of them so I could experiment with sizes and shapes. BTW, on that note: bras vary widely in how the cup is shaped, it's not just size, it's shape too. I think I ordered 6 bras and kept one that was 36DDD because it felt AMAZING compared to what I was used to, but kept having the riding up/straps falling problem. I asked Gonktastic if it was "normal to be able to pull the band about 6" away from your back" to which her reply was pretty much:  That meant I had to size down again in the band to a 34, and spent about 6+ months experimenting with size and cup shape. By trial and error (and many, many exchanges of bras) I have learned I am a US 34J (UK 34GG)!!. And department store saleswomen were trying to get me into a 40D. Jesus gently caress. I do not have massive boobs, my bust measurement is around 43". It's hard for me to believe that I'm wearing the equivalent to a US J cup (all my bras are UK brands) but it took 6 months of me constantly shipping large orders of bras back and forth for me to figure out my size. Seeing as I've tried on a ridiculous number of bras, I wanted to offer some advice on the shape as Gonks has covered sizing, because this was a big issue for me. Bras would constantly cut into the top of my breast, but if I sized up further I'd have a gape at the bottom. The problem with most bras is that as the cup size goes up, the height of the cup doesn't change, just the width. Because I have a lot of breast tissue at the top (aka my boobs don't puddle in the bottom of my bra like melted wax), most bras begin to taper in too soon and thus are starting to curve at a place where my breast is still very full. It took me MONTHS of frustration and almost giving up before I figured out this was the problem! Also, beware of seamed bras- they're starting to make them with curved seams instead of flat ones, which helps to fix the 1950's cone boob problem that a lot of seamed bras have. Watch out for this when you're bra shopping. Size if the first thing to figure out, but shape will also have a big impact as well. Since I went through a trial by fire to figure out my own bra problems and have helped a few others, I'll be happy to pitch in to answer questions when Gonks is buried in work. If you're shy you can always PM me instead or drop by the irc channel. tl;dr Thought I was a 38DD and am actually a 34J. Gonks is my heroine.
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Why do some girls wear bras to sleep and some don't?
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| # ? Nov 9, 2009 07:23 |
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I'm a 36G and hate my life because I can never find something that is 1) cute, 2) supportive, and 3) not hugely expensive. Any suggestions for brands? I own three bras total -- two ugly Wacoals and an Enell. I want to wear something sexy 
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Look Under The Rock posted:I'm a 36G and hate my life because I can never find something that is 1) cute, 2) supportive, and 3) not hugely expensive. 935 posted:Why do some girls wear bras to sleep and some don't? Absolutely no clue. To me, that sounds terrible for your body, terrible for comfort, and terrible for your bra!
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935 posted:Why do some girls wear bras to sleep and some don't? Before I was married and got protests, I would wear a bra to sleep to support them because they had a tendency to get mashed/pulled as I shifted in my sleep, and they ached from a long day of being badly supported by my lovely, non-fitting bras. At times I wish I still could (at least a loose no-wire bra) because I an a restless sleeper and I constantly have to wake up enough to rearrange them after I shift because they're being painfully crushed or something similar. I'd also tend to wear one when I was on my period due to how sensitive they were. If someone is wearing one intermittently it might have to do with her cycle making them painful or possibly as a warn-off that she's not interested in you playing with them that night? Look Under The Rock posted:I'm a 36G and hate my life because I can never find something that is 1) cute, 2) supportive, and 3) not hugely expensive. I'm wearing this one right now in teal/gold 34GG, and it's cute as hell: http://www.barenecessities.com/Pana...51_,search,.htm. What I do for the sake of my wallet is I do my fitting with Bare Necessities and then when I find something I like I buy duplicates of it off ebay for cheap. Ebay rarely has my size so I set up search alerts for the brand + size and get emailed when one crops up. I'd recommend experimenting with fit and seeing if that helps with the supportive issue?
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Wow, useful thread! I guess I should go and get fitted. Is there any reason to recommend wireless over underwire bras or vice versa? Also, once I overheard a cashier/fitter saying if you wear only wireless for a long time, the breast tissue changes and eventually you won't be able to wear underwire bras. I don't get why that would happen. Is it even true? I like wireless because I hate handwashing but the pretty bras all seem to have wire.
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Whats your advice for someone who has 36Ds on a wide chest and wants that sexy rounded boob cleavage on a night's out? Padded bras never seems to have enough padding or the boobs will shift around and I have to rearrange them together from time to time. The trick that seems to work well so far is to sew the cups closer together but I'm sure there is a better way to do this.
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I support this thread (about support). (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Baldrik posted:I support this thread (about support). (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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| # ? Nov 9, 2009 08:25 |
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Is it strange that I find pushup bras the grown female equivalent of male crotch stuffing?
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| # ? Nov 9, 2009 08:35 |
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Is sizing done with a bra or sans bra?
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wigtrade.cc posted:Is it strange that I find pushup bras the grown female equivalent of male crotch stuffing? Don't they need them sometimes to look good in certain tops? maybe its the same if you need your dick to stick out of a fancy pair of pants anything that gets boobies out into the open i am for
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Am I bad? I think I have only ever bought two bras for myself - the rest were gifts from mother/grandma or hand-me-downs from my (younger) sister. The ones that others bought me have fit better than the ones I have bought myself. They are all at least two years old. Actually, I don't really think I need a bra, but the ones I have are all padded to make me fit into clothes (otherwise there is always bagginess in the bust area). I am not particularly tiny around the ribcage, but am small in the cups. I find it incredibly depressing to go shopping for bras. It'll go like this: Try on A cup - cup too big; try on another A cup - band too tight, cup too big; try on band size up - too loose and baggy; try on another A cup - OH MY GOD REALLY SMALL CUPS, try on the B - HUUUUGE; give up; go home and sulk. I'm far too impatient for this bra stuff. Are there bras with padding that don't make you look as though you have round shells on your chest? That's how I'm looking at the moment. I know padding is never going to look completely natural, but I know I need it.
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Miss Shell, try browsing lulalu.com. I have small girls too and *hated* bra shopping before finding this site. The Victoria's Secret chick measured me and said I was 36A... I'm actually 34AA, bought some great items online and have never been more comfortable. (and it was because I saw Gonk's posts in the women's fashion thread that I decided to look around, so, thanks Gonk!) I particularly like this bra. It's comfortable and doesn't make you look like you have coconut shells strapped to your chest.
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After you measure your ribcage are your or aren't you supposed to add anything to get your band size? I have heard anything from add nothing to add six inches - which is it? Or does it depend on the brand?
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Why does DD exist, why not just go to E?
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shoulders posted:Wow, useful thread! I guess I should go and get fitted. It depends on your size, but once I got past a B cup bras without wire were useless. Get a bra washing box (I have a mesh one from BN)/ball and just toss it into your regular wash on cold water only, and then hang to dry. wigtrade.cc posted:Is it strange that I find pushup bras the grown female equivalent of male crotch stuffing? Many bras encase the breast entirely and can visually drop you entire cup sizes (plural) which is fine for work but if you've got 'em, sometimes you want to flaunt them. What's the point of having boobs (if you aren't using them for breastfeeding) if you can't show them off? Pushups let you wear low-cut tops that would otherwise expose the bra. yuming posted:After you measure your ribcage are your or aren't you supposed to add anything to get your band size? I have heard anything from add nothing to add six inches - which is it? Or does it depend on the brand? That six inches thing appears to be a holdover since the days of industrial-support bras of the 50's that didn't stretch at all. Use the tape measurement as a starting point, and just experiment. My underbust measurement is barely under 34" but I learned the hard way that 36 bands would start sliding up my back by lunch. You're just going to have to experiment.  nummularia posted:Why does DD exist, why not just go to E? Different brands use different sizing representations and will also vary in sizing between brands. Watch out for US/UK/Euro sizing differences as well.
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I was doing laundry the other day and my roommate's laundry was all done washing. Well, I wanted to use said washer so I moved her stuff to the dryer. One of the items I tossed in there was a nylon mesh bag filled with a couple of bras. Being woefully ignorant of all things breast-support due to my lack of need for any such support, I tossed the bras into the dryer with the rest of the stuff. I got yelled at for that. So, is it true that the heat of the dryer will gently caress up the elastic bits on the strappy parts?
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Seconding the "try out wired bras even if you don't like them now" advice. I hated wire bras when I was younger, but just never got one that fit properly. Now I have a nice pink wired bra from figleaves that is my favorite bra ever.
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comaerror posted:I was doing laundry the other day and my roommate's laundry was all done washing. Well, I wanted to use said washer so I moved her stuff to the dryer. One of the items I tossed in there was a nylon mesh bag filled with a couple of bras. Being woefully ignorant of all things breast-support due to my lack of need for any such support, I tossed the bras into the dryer with the rest of the stuff. Yes. It's like how you're not supposed to throw jeans with stretchy fibers in the dryer because it wears out the stretchiness much faster. Hanging/laying bras to air-dry is the best. little wing fucked around with this message at Nov 9, 2009 around 16:16 |
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Honestly, putting ANYTHING in the dryer is going to make it wear out faster than if it had been line-dried. If you want your clothes to last, don't put them in the dryer. Bras are a special case where they won't just wear out faster, though, they can be absolutely ruined by one cycle through the dryer.
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Melicious posted:Bras are a special case where they won't just wear out faster, though, they can be absolutely ruined by one cycle through the dryer. All ladies should be sure any dudes they share laundry facilities with know this. Some of us just don't know any better.
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Thanks to Gonk I'm also a convert, from an ill-fitting 36C to a much much better 30G. I did notice at first though that by the end of the day, my ribcage right under my breasts would be sore from the band being so tight. It was especially noticeable when I was alternating between my one good bra and my old wrong-sized bras, but now that I have multiples in the proper size to alternate with, it's not so bad. Is that something that I just have to suck it up and deal with, or does it mean I should be buying different styles? (I assume I don't need a bigger band size, because I can fit 2 fingers in the back without any troubles).
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I've seen a couple of websites that have lists of "If you're bra is doing [this], that means [the band size is too small, etc]", but I've never seen my problem listed -- the bands of my bras are fine (stay horizontal, don't ride up, etc.), but the straps are always, always too loose, even at the tightest setting. I'm 5'4" and don't have a really short torso, so I don't know what my problem could be. Except.... RedFish posted:I do not have massive boobs, my bust measurement is around 43". It's hard for me to believe that I'm wearing the equivalent to a US J cup (all my bras are UK brands) but it took 6 months of me constantly shipping large orders of bras back and forth for me to figure out my size. I'll also admit to wearing a bra to bed (or a camisole with a shelf-bra). I do it because my bras are really comfortable and I CANNOT STAND the feeling of being unrestrained. When you move in anyway and you can feel everything shifting around under your shirt, lifting away from your ribs when you bend over...gah, it makes me shudder.
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Yep, you'd be surprised at how non-humongous larger breasts are on some bodies. Just because it's D or above doesn't automatically mean you're falling over top heavy.
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So, I'm pretty small (small ribcage and probably a small B cup?) and based on your descriptions up there, I guess you could probably say my fullness is more at the bottom. So there is always a little gap between my boobs and the top of my cups, which makes the top of the cups stand out through my shirts. It drives me crazy. What kind of bra would you recommend? Unlined would solve the problem I'm sure, but I'm not comfortable with that.
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What's the secret behind having super cleavage for smaller girls? I'm a 32C/34B with naturally really perky boobs, so any pushup bra I try on doesn't actually push up anything, they're already up there. What I want is something that actually pushes them together moreso than up. Any brand recommendations or tips?
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quote:Short answer yes, long answer, go get fitted! Er, well, yes, I do have one that old(I'm getting ready to retire it). The other two are less than a year old, and I have the same problem. The first few times I wear it, the band is almost too snug, but within a week or two, the straps are falling down.
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Yes, just when I needed to buy bras! I have the same problem as Thirsty Girl. Small breasts, fullness at bottom, creating a gap at the top that my shirt always manages to get stuck in, thereby highlighting the problem. (Not that I'm bitter.) Also, Maidenform no longer makes my bra (Dream, #7109). So now I need a new size (?) and a new style, preferably something similar to my old one. I won't lie, it has a lot of padding. Please, please have some ideas for me. I hate bra shopping so much.
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shoulders posted:Wow, useful thread! I guess I should go and get fitted. Wire is extra support. It gives the cup shape and foundation so that the breast is much better held in the cup. 3lfangor posted:Whats your advice for someone who has 36Ds on a wide chest and wants that sexy rounded boob cleavage on a night's out? Padded bras never seems to have enough padding or the boobs will shift around and I have to rearrange them together from time to time. The trick that seems to work well so far is to sew the cups closer together but I'm sure there is a better way to do this. Friends posted:What's the secret behind having super cleavage for smaller girls? I'm a 32C/34B with naturally really perky boobs, so any pushup bra I try on doesn't actually push up anything, they're already up there. What I want is something that actually pushes them together moreso than up. Any brand recommendations or tips? Find a bra that has a soft middle that can be twisted together. It pulls the cup narrower so that there is more cleavage created in the middle. This OnGossamer bra is one that I've had good luck with. wigtrade.cc posted:Is it strange that I find pushup bras the grown female equivalent of male crotch stuffing? Not in the slightest. Many smaller (and larger women) hate the feeling of additional bulk because they know it's not them. Some women like a push up bra to look good under certain tops. Other women wish they were bigger and fix it by wearing a padded bra. Now, we could pretend we lived in a world where women aren't judged by their breasts and tell everyone to be happy with what they've got. ...But if spending 8 hours a day being women's insecurity sponge has taught me anything is that women feel constantly judged by their chest, for hundreds of reasons. justFaye posted:Is sizing done with a bra or sans bra? 27" and smaller = 30 band size 28-31" = 32 Band size 32-33" = 34 band size 34-37" = 36 band size 38-39" = 38 band size 39-41" = 40 band size 42-43" = 42 band size 43-45" = 44 band size Ater 44 however, I have no experience, I am sorry. See how some cover 3 inches and some are 1-2? Band sizes are straaaaaange. This is why all sites that tell you to "measure and add 4 inches" could conceivably give you a 36 band when you are a 32. Next huge post incoming in a few minutes!
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Does bra padding make them more comfortable, or is it just for looks/hiding nipples, etc?
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comaerror posted:Does bra padding make them more comfortable, or is it just for looks/hiding nipples, etc? I don't think it makes them any more comfortable. In my case it makes clothes actually fit me instead of being all saggy in the chest area.
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Miss Shell posted:Am I bad? I think I have only ever bought two bras for myself - the rest were gifts from mother/grandma or hand-me-downs from my (younger) sister. The ones that others bought me have fit better than the ones I have bought myself. They are all at least two years old. Rabbit Hill posted:I've seen a couple of websites that have lists of "If you're bra is doing [this], that means [the band size is too small, etc]", but I've never seen my problem listed -- the bands of my bras are fine (stay horizontal, don't ride up, etc.), but the straps are always, always too loose, even at the tightest setting. I'm 5'4" and don't have a really short torso, so I don't know what my problem could be. nummularia posted:Why does DD exist, why not just go to E? comaerror posted:I was doing laundry the other day and my roommate's laundry was all done washing. Well, I wanted to use said washer so I moved her stuff to the dryer. One of the items I tossed in there was a nylon mesh bag filled with a couple of bras. Being woefully ignorant of all things breast-support due to my lack of need for any such support, I tossed the bras into the dryer with the rest of the stuff.  The dryer not only FRIES the elasticity, it will ruin any decorative lace and sometimes warp the underwire as well. My boyfriend accidently tossed a $95 dollar Cosabella balconette of mine into the dryer and ruined it forever. You should offer to buy her a couple new ones, to be honest. You likely wrecked her bras. KasioDiscoRock posted:Thanks to Gonk I'm also a convert, from an ill-fitting 36C to a much much better 30G. This could be due to the quality of the bras you bought. I've found that lower priced ones tend to have less comfortable fabric and stiffer underwire. In a 30G, I would recommend trying styles like Chantelle, Fantasie and Panache. They tend to be of a higher quality than others. quote:...this sounds like me! I've been wearing C for years, and I thought everything was fine, but I recently measured myself properly and there's a 5" difference between my ribcage and my bust, putting me at a DD. And that freaked me out a little, because my boobs are not that big, seriously. But I guess they don't have to objectively look big to warrant that size, huh? I don't really know about sleeping with large, unrestrained breasts because I'm rather petite myself. A 30D doesn't really require much support or adjustment! ThirstyGirl posted:So, I'm pretty small (small ribcage and probably a small B cup?) and based on your descriptions up there, I guess you could probably say my fullness is more at the bottom. So there is always a little gap between my boobs and the top of my cups, which makes the top of the cups stand out through my shirts. It drives me crazy. What kind of bra would you recommend? Unlined would solve the problem I'm sure, but I'm not comfortable with that. Take a look at some of these comaerror posted:Does bra padding make them more comfortable, or is it just for looks/hiding nipples, etc? Contrary to what most photoshopped and/or augmented breasts look like, many women have conical areolas or puffy nipples. Other women just have very... strong nipples. All this shows through in certain unlined bras. It's actually quite fascinating to see how the standard "breast shape" has changed in the last few decades. From the 60's and earlier, a more conical, natural shape was considered perfectly normal. Think Madonna's Cone bra. However, since the rise of augmentation and celebrity obsession, the shape has shifted to looking perfectly round and even. Let me tell you, as someone who sees probably 100+ breasts a week, this is NOT what most women's tits look like.
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