Why am I being so indecisive!!!!! I need new bras! Hubby even told me I could spend a little extra but every time I find a bra that might fit I find some reason that it "won't fit" and talk myself out if it. And now I'm second guessing the Deco Half Cup because I didn't realize it had so much push up padding. I thought it was more of a bump at the bottom not half the cup padded.
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Does anyone else still feel uneasy when looking for new bras??? For some reason I'm nervous to buy bigger sizes (even though I desperately need to) because they just seem so HUGE! Part of me is still slightly stuck in the "bra size matrix" because I look at my boobs and still see the "flat" 34A that I wore for so long but the tape measure and several bra calculators clearly say 30FF-28G...
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Hell no! Embrace your boobs!
I love shopping for bras because I think about how great I will look in them. I was so happy to ditch the 32As and embrace 28E :) I'm so happy in my new bras! Your boobs are wonderful and so are you! :D
I'm still amazed that I can fill out a DD tbh
I still think I'm pre teen flat in my head
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So, I have no idea who this is, but of course, my first thought was 'what bra is she wearing?' I clicked on to the picture to see it bigger, and then read the comments - most of them were saying she should get a reduction, they make her look chunky, its going to hurt her back, etc. I was rather shocked.
https://celebrity.yahoo.com/news/ariel-winter-16-models-her-bombshell-curves-...
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Her boobs aren't making her look chunky, it's because the dress doesn't have enough room for them! People amaze me. Because it's a celebrity they have the right to publicly criticize her body? Not that people don't do that to normal people too.
Also dbmamaz she plays the 'nerdy sister' Alex on the show Modern Family. Interesting that she was cast as a smarty who wears huge tees to cover all that up and then WA-BAM! at the awards shows. Wish they'd cast more big boobed 'nerds'
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Only here can I post this and be understood.......
My boobs have grown!!!!!!!! Again!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
But sadly I'm to the point that my to small bras out number my fitting bras :/
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Ok so this is kinda a funny story... So I'm laying in bed texting with my husband while he's gone working. He asked for a picture so I send him a boob shot. As I'm looking at the picture I'm like "OMG I can totally see I do have tall roots!!!!!" I couldn't help but laugh hysterically at myself but after almost 2 years on my better bra fitting adventure I was finally able to see how tall my roots are. I'd been told on fit helps I had tall but couldn't see it for myself til that picture.
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What exactly did you see that made you realise you have tall roots?
The tissue was more spread out and I could see the outline better. Its hard to explain in words LOL
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Awwwww.......
Confession time
Sometimes I think My body is not good-looking tho I believe all size and all shape are beautiful. and that words just fit in my body.
It feels like except but me everybody looks beautiful.
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we all have our moments of doubt. i'm always harder on myself than on everyone else
I, too, get this way. I wish I have all those beautiful curves you have instead of my bony upper body. Then I realize that no matter what your body looks like there will always be something that makes you, you; it should be something you embrace and not hide. And no matter who you are there is someone out there who wishes they were more like you.
Grass is greener on the other side syndrome.
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with whole boobs and face with big smile ain't that easy
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Story of my life haha
ProperlyFitted So does mine :)
I happened upon a photo with a quote from Dolly Parton today and I was kind of bored so I just decided to google her bra size to see what the Internet thinks since we all know how many people know how to measure a bra properly (sarcasm). I knew that it would be off but when I saw ... just how off I had to crack up laughing. Depending on the source, the measurements are so insane it isn't even funny.
Here is a direct quote from one site. I'm adding all caps at one point for emphasis to draw your attention to their idiocy:
"Dolly Parton is undoubtedly famous for her breast implants. The plastic surgery made her breast size an ALARMING 34DD. Her boob job has always been part of her mantra and she's always lived up to it while not being afraid to show them off. The result of Dolly Parton's breast implants are obviously incredibly large. Also, there's no before and after photo because Dolly Parton had her boob very early in her career." - plasticsurgerystar.com
Did you catch that? Her breasts are an ALARMING 34DD because they are "obviously incredibly large." Because a 34DD is terribly, scary and incredibly large. All I can say is that some of you poor women who have 34 anything larger than a DD would probably scare the bejeebus out of this author. LOL
And then another site:
"Dolly Parton is the legend for Country Music, she is the singer, composer and also known as song writer. Beside famous as singer, she also known as the celebrity who has huge bra size. She has 40DD bra size and Dolly’s measurements are 41-25-38 inches (104-64-97 cm) (bust-waist-hips). What a Large bra size right?" -Celebrity bra sizes & measurements
And multiple others sites repeat the 40DD claim and at the same time they links where she gave her measurements at 40-20-36 in interviews in 1994. I'm not sure if the 20 is correct or was measured with a waist cincher on since she routinely wears that sort of thing, but she definitely does have a tiny waist. She is my frame and height and her waist looks much smaller than mine. Mine is 24 but if I squeeze it really tight 23. It's not unthinkable that her waist is 1-2 inches smaller than mine. I think she's been honest about her measurements. It is just so silly that these people list her bust size as her band size. Talk about zero support lol.
Her doctor performed my revision surgery and I also came across multiple comments where people were claiming her breasts were real too lol! Ignorance abounds!
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40DD hahahaha! The band would actually be flapping behind her like a cape. That's like Justin Bieber trying to wear jeans with a 40" waist.
what do you think, 28J?
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Whee! Just got my second email back from Anna after confirming size/availability. She sent me the paypal address but I have a question. ginganinja maybe?
Do I send it as 'send money' or 'pay for goods/services'? I think the only difference is that goods/services will charge them a small fee but I want to make sure I ... get it right. Also, I know someone said they write a small summary of their order in the note section, if I do that should I include the customizations or will she have the email on file with it to check? Thanks so much.
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Always use pay for goods & services. If you send it to 'friends/relatives' you have 0 protection if something goes wrong. Goods & services protects both of you.
And yes, include the customizations in the summary
Thank you!
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So, I was reading some stuff that essentially was that small lingerie designers/retailers are struggling so much while the big companies make their profits with their assumption that nearly everyone will wear a 32/4 B in their lifetime so matrix sizes are less of a risk to stay with producing. ... Oh, and instead of complaining about the fact that non-matrix size bras are so expensive, we should be buying them full price instead of waiting for sales because that's why companies assume those sizes are too risky - thus why they end up on clearance. While I get the thought process that is involved in coming to such conclusions, I don't have to like it. Frankly, if they spent half the time on developing new design patterns as they do rationalizing why this retail niche is the way it is along with coming up with non-solutions, we'd all be seeing a sudden increase in new designs in non-matrix sizes.
What bothered me most was the part where mass production leads to cheaper prices for everyone but those who don't wear the standard matrix sizes. So we're supposed to be used to paying higher costs, and keep on paying those higher costs just to get the attention of companies who make even the most minor of attempts in adding a couple of designs in 'unusual' sizes. That is so not helpful.
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what is the "some stuff"?
My tumblr feed had 2014's most popular posts from The Lingerie Addict the other day - not all of the 'stuff' was specifically from the blog articles but the comment section with them...I'm not taking offense to the content in original posts, everyone is entitled to their opinions.
I tried to compare my boobs with those in the Bratabase section of breast shapes, but it's nearly impossible, since when it's cold they look like this ( http://www.bratabase.com/breast-shapes/6abbc6aL/ ) and when I'm warms and toasty they look like this ( http://www.bratabase.com/breast-shapes/78e5e2dL/ )
Help? ;(
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It seems even and high set.
Commenting so I can follow.
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Ladies; PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE take care of your bodies!
I just got home (3AM) from picking my aunt up from the emergency room at the hospital. Both she and my mother suffer from COPD due to lives of cigarette smoking! Neither one has breast cancer (yet) which I'm sure is a miracle. Sucking that nasty stuff down into your lungs behind your breasts has to be bad!!!
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Neither one of them can wear a bra because they don't have the lung strength or capacity to inhale with a bra strap hooked around them!
That´s very sad :(
If anybody wants to stop smoking but finds it difficult, please read Allen Carr´s "Easyway to stop smoking". Stopping does not have to be difficult or pain in the ass!
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My husband just showed me this (to show me what I sound like lol) and I had to share it with you gals. Enjoy!
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GZAJlANW4Zs
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O my gosh. That's crazy/funny!
When I watched this one,I thought like OMG So TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!! and I did LAMO
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I dyed my hair again. So awkward Back to original : brunette from ginger. Damn!! I DONT KNOW WHY BUT WHY MY BOOBS LOOKS BIGGER!!!!! it feels like my brown hair highlights my body shape !!!! Has anyone felt this way???
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I am a strawberry blonde gone raven black, so yeah, dark colour do that.
It's possible you're simply not seeing your hair first, but instead whatever other noticeable attributes about you. That may also mean that the hair color does or doesn't fit you (that it would hide or highlight other features). It's all in the eye of the beholder I guess.
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My name is Emma, I'm 18 years old and in university. I decided to make an account here because I discovered that my "true" bra size isn't stocked in stores near me, except for specialty boutiques (I'm from Canada), and ordering online is so much cheaper than paying the markup at a privately owned boutique. I would love to be ... able to support local small businesses, but on a student budget, it really isn't possible.
All of this started when I was 16, which was when my boobs really grew. Before that, I was very small (A/B cup), and I was a HUGE fan of Aerie by American Eagle. At the time, I thought I was a 32 band size. Before long, I was popping out of their 32C (at the time, they didn't carry any larger sizes in a 32 band size). I had that ugly, unsightly quadraboob, but the staff there never said anything about it. They told me that I looked like that because I was wearing a push-up style, and then told me that I should try fuller-coverage bras. And just like that, my life became a world of black, white and nude. That still didn't fix the fact that the wire was still cutting into breast tissue. And I thought that this was how things should be.
Eventually, I got to the point where I couldn't wear Aerie bras anymore. And that REALLY hurt because they were so damn cute and affordable. But the staff at Aerie eventually got to the point where they couldn't pretend that their sizes fit me anymore, so they told me to give VS a try because VS apparently has a wider size range.
So I went to Victoria's Secret, and they in fact do carry 32D's. And this was a major revolution to me because there were no more digging wires, and the gore actually tacked. No more quadraboob or stuff spilling out everywhere. But then I realized that the cups weren't the only problem when I bought this strapless bra from VS. I was constantly pulling and adjusting it because it felt like it was about to fall off of me. It kept slipping down because the band was too loose to really have any grip. That's where my love of VS ended. I asked them for a 30 band size, and they didn't have it. And then I asked La Senza, and they told me that Victoria's Secret might have a 30.
I was done with all of these corporate giants, so my mom recommended that I try The Bay. I'd heard from people that The Bay has all sorts of brands in all sorts of sizes. I got my hopes up a little too high because when I asked them for 30 bands, they automatically assumed that I wanted a 32. My mom was there with me, and she and the sales lady persuaded me that the bras fit, when I felt that there was still a lot to be desired.
Guess what? I went back to Victoria's Secret because their sales were better than The Bay, and their styles were cuter and more colourful, which is important to a teenage girl. But I was still so sick of being told that my body type was unnatural, or that my size didn't exist. So I went into a bra boutique to get properly fitted and to try on some styles that would actually fit me because I was THAT desperate to feel better about myself just for that one moment. I really wanted to be able to buy some of the bras in that store, but I didn't have the money as a broke college student. The sales people were a little pushy because I was reluctant to buy, even though the styles they were giving me to try on obviously fit properly.
But that opened my eyes to a completely new concept: ordering bras online. I have had mixed successes and failures in the world of online bra shopping because I still have yet to find an everyday bra that is perfect for me. That's why I'm always reluctant to buy online because most sites that have free shipping (and sometimes free returns) to the US or the UK, do not have such generous policies for Canadian customers. That being said, I love many of the UK brands like Freya, Panache, Fantasie, Curvy Kate, and others. When I have more money to spend, perhaps I will invest in more of these bras. But for now, it's hard for me to go back to brands like Aerie and Victoria's Secret, just because I think that the D-K cup UK brands promote a much healthier body image for women, because they provide sizes for a much wider range of body types. Still, to this day, I have not purchased another bra from Aerie, although they have since slightly expanded their size range, just because of how their bra fitters destroyed my perception of beauty and femininity when I was a young teenager.
But now I feel that I'm ready to put the past behind me and work on finding clothing that complements my body just the way it is. Because I've realized that there's nothing "wrong" with me. Having a 28/30 back size and a D+ cup doesn't mean that I'm humongous and therefore I must have implants. This is such an important issue to me now, given the struggles that I've been through with body image and my friends telling me that I'm crazy because I don't look bigger than a B or a C. It's sad that for me, my breasts were the primary source of my self-esteem issues for so long. And it shouldn't have to be that way because everyone's boobs look good in a proper-fitting bra. Imagine what the world would be like if 80% of women wore the RIGHT bra size. I bet you we'd drive these companies like Victoria's Secret out of business, and there would be a lot more 28 and 30 bands on the market. It doesn't seem like much, but if I stop supporting brands like that, it's a step in the right direction.
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Glad to have you here!! I identify with many of your struggles. I, too, am a student who spent way too long feeling bad about my boobs. Correct sizes boosted my self image a ton, and I love them more than anything :) I spent probably 4-5 years wearing the same 32A bras to find out I need 28E. It's been a crazy journey and I'm glad to be where I am now!
Anyway, we are glad to have you here, and I hope you enjoy the site! I spend way too much time here :P
Welcome to Bratabase! :)
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Anyone else deal with blisters due to bands slipping? I have one spot where I regularly get them and another spot that recently appeared (and I know it's from where my band usually sits, not where it's supposed to sit-there's also a dark band from where my bra bands are sitting). I've tried tighter bands and usually that does one of two things: I spill out of the cups or can't breathe. I have no clue what the solution is.
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That depends. Where exactly do the blisters show up? Do you know what type of movement causes them? What do you do that's causes the friction that causes the blisters? If a tighter band makes it hard to breathe, have you tried a looser band? Maybe your band is too tight to start with.
I'm not sure what causes them, just that when I go to take off my bra at night, I'll have blisters from where my bra has moved down during the day (the blisters are in the front and one the side with my smaller boob). My breast are heavy and I feel like I need a firm band in order to get proper support, I have a couple of larger band bras that I wear when I want something comfortable and they're worn on the tightest hook and still have plenty of room. The last bra I ordered (it has not arrived yet) is a 32K. I have the same in a 30K and I know the band is too tight and I fall out of the cups so I'm sizing up in order to see if that solves the problem but this happens in all my bras, even the one's that aren't too tight.
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That's what my girl friend called it when I asked her. My boobs seem much firmer in the morning. Is that usual? Will that stop when my boobs stop growing?
Yea, I know, kind of a weird question. *grin*
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My boobs were hard like rocks while I was growing up and that never really went away... so I can just say that most likely the rock-hard-boobs will stop being so hard wen they will stop growing :)
Hmmm mine still kinda do this... After 2 kids and almost 29 years old they couldn't still be growing.... Could they?!?!?
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Is it appropriate here to discuss issues that are not directly related to bras/boobs/clothes etc? I'm pretty new here and I really don't want to commit a bratabase faux pas, but I feel like I'm part of the community here and am starting to make friends, and sometimes I want to talk about things with my new friends that ... aren't covered by the handful of subject categories that are available.
I can certainly understand if the site owner wants to strictly keep the focus on bras and I have no problem with that. I've owned discussion forums before, so I understand the issues involved.
Anyway, sorry for the interruption. You may now return to your regularly scheduled bra discussion. *giggle*
--Kristine
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I think most things can be related back to bras, but I also don't think it would be bad to talk about other things! I just made a post about a specific food allergy, because it gives me crazy bloating... I've seen people on here talk about clothes and even about the struggle with their identity (thinking specifically of a man on here who talked about how hard it can be to want to wear bras while identifying as male). As long as it goes along with the topic of conversation, then I think it's okay :)
I think it would be weird to talk about a concert in your city or complain about a friend unless you could tie it back into this community, because that stuff is more in line with a personal blog or a subreddit. That being said, asking for advice on other lady-stuff makes sense because this is a primarily lady filled website!
This is all just me though, so I'm not sure how everyone else feels about it.
animated and Kristine I must confess. I cannot tell a lie. I was that guy :), and as you noted, I have certainly brought up one or two non-directly related bra/boob issues, and I have worried about doing that. I hoped I was not taking Bratabase's focus off what it is intended for. But Jj is the boss, and she seems to think a little bit of alternate-subject stuff is OK :D. For that, I am deeply appreciative.
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So I am one of those people who doesn't eat gluten. Don't hate me for being a part of the fad though! It makes me sick! I've been tested for Celiac twice, both times negative, but I still react badly.
My first reactions when I've eaten gluten is really bad bloating and comically large burps that are pretty much ... endless.
I always wondered exactly how much my bloating I actually get because I always use an extender in when I feel it at work or when I can't go home (I keep one with me at all times) or immediately take my bra off when I start to feel burp-ey. A few days ago I accidentally ate gluten - I still don't know exactly how - and decided to take some measurements since I was at home and happened to think about it.
My normal measurements are about 27.75 tight, 26 very tight, and 31 falling off loose. The measurements I came up with while extremely bloated: 28.25 tight. 27 very tight, and 31 falling off. On my petite frame (5' 2" and fairly slight) I added 1.5" inches in my tight underbust! No wonder my 28 bands feel horrible when I've accidentally eaten gluten!
Measuring made me feel much better about saying "I get extremely bloated" because I can quantify how bloated I get! Usually I just try to discretely un-clasp my bra, but now I kind of feel like I have a reason to leave work when I 'get glutened' and start to feel the effects!
Has anyone else tried to measure during extreme situations like mine?
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It's not uncommon, my sister has bloating related to IBS and her torso is short enough (and boob roots reach low enough on her torso) that major digestive bloat reaches bra band level.
I have IBS too. :(
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TMI post.
I am not a fan of my nipples/areolas. I feel like when my I am warm, I have these huge man boobs (though I am a woman) and my nipples are flat. When I am cold, it's like my boobs shrink so much but at least my nipples stick out then. Gah, am I alone in feeling like this?
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*hugs* You are certainly not alone in not being happy with your boobs, or some part of them. I'm not happy with the shape of my boobs, nor the size of my nipples.
--Kristine
I used to really hate my nipples and areolas (and it did not help when a lactation consultant at the hospital where I delivered my first child took one look at me and decreed that "your baby isn't going to be able to nurse, your nipples are too tiny and the breast is too large" O RLY F YOU VERY MUCH TOO!!!) But weirdly, after 2 kids they have changed and now I like them fine.
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I get like that. I'm so afraid it's not going to work, that I'm going to be very disappointed, so I avoid the disappointment in advance by not making the purchase.
Look at it as research and buy only from places that do free returns until you know what you like.
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