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Center full and close set

28" and 30" bands provide great lift, but lift almost always results in a wire compressing my breast tissue. I may be able to tolerate this for two hours, but the next day there is intense discomfort and the only bra I can wear is the uniwire Heidi Klum http://www.bratabase.com/bra/di826/

I've tried narrowing and overlapping gores, and this results ... in comically open cups gaping above my very short roots. Thankfully, I can laugh. I've also created a muti-layer, narrow fabric "riser" to place between the wires and lift them off my tissue. This sometimes works.

Now, I'm trying 32" plunges. My tissue isn't lifted, but it is corralled and rounded. And, it begs the question: why wear a wired bra?

Other ideas? Thanks.
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- I've been thinking about your problem a bit for a while, and my question is, why not wear a soft cup? What about the Deco Soft Cup? It looks really comfortable and attractive and if it were in my size I would buy one.
- I've read it doesn't work well for projected breasts, but most others bras don't work for close-set, center-full breasts. ;-) So, I'll give it a whirl :-)
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Sizing of Comexim bottoms

Hi ladies,
could you please help which size would I choose in Comexim Bikini Bottoms? Specifically Samoa Bikini Pants. Is it bigger or smaller than usual? I usually wear S or 8 but I dont have any experience with Comexim Bottoms. Thanks.

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- I'm a S/XS in most US underwear (and a 26/2 in Levi's jeans if that helps) and found the S to be a little tight across the hips.
- I am an Uk 12/14 and size S in Comexim fits me no problem.
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32G Panache Cleo Sadie 5891

Alright so I just got a pre-owned Cleo Sadie Demi bra and was wondering about some minor fit issues and whether or not alterations would be able to fix them. First of all, the size I ordered was my recommended 32G, the bra fit like a glove when I first tried ... it on but after a few hours I had noticed that my breasts were gradually making a break for it from behind the wires, I also usually have issues with filling out the bottom of bras, which is what I experienced in this but as usual I gathered all of my tissue into the cups, tried my best to mash it in and I filled out the top part perfectly...the bottom...not so much. I was thinking that either I'd need more supportive side wings to hold these bad boys into place, a possible band alteration, and maybe a few others...are there any suggestions?
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- I think some photos on a fit thread would help... I'm not sure of the problem you are describing!
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Comexim Eris plunge

I'm posting my blog review since there doesn't seem to be a lot of talk on this marvelous bra.

Comexim Eris plunge 65F

This is a bra that I got in my very first comexim order, when I wasn’t sure of m

https://themusingsofrenzilla.wordpress.com/2016/08/04/comexim-eris-plunge-65f/

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- I've always loved the Eris. I've just always had something else grab my eye & steal the money for Eris away. one of these days I need to get an Eris 3HC
- lcl0706 I have the 3HC also. I love it. The band isn't as stretchy if I recall correctly. I'll be reviewing it either today or tomorrow
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Need more wireless bras! Please help me pick...

I have been wearing my Freya Deco Soft Cup regularly for a long time now and it seems that it is now just a tad too immediately shallow for my shape. My shape is still slightly to moderately shallow, but I do need just a little bit more immediate projection in a wireless bra. I'm thinking about trying the Fortnight ... Mira/Luna, Lepel Lyla, or the OnGossamer Mesh Unwire Uplift / Cabana Cotton Wire-Free. Which one(s) are the most likely to offer more immediate projection than the Freya Deco Soft Cup? Are there any wireless bras that are not extremely shallow?
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- The fabric on the Fortnight bras is stretchy and I believe it would work well for many shapes. Definitely not as shallow as the Deco Softcup. However the shape is much different. Under clothes, I feel like it gives me no lift and a very natural, separate shape. I don't need much support but I just don't like the look for wearing out. Meanwhile my Deco Softcup gives a shape that can compete with any of my wired bras. So it depends on what you have in mind in terms of shape.
  
  Have you considered sizing up in the Deco to get a bit deeper cups? Might be too big all over then, but that's what I want to try right now - 28E is a bit too shallow and small, gonna look for 28F.
  
  Interested to see what answers you get about other wireless bras!
- I would love to buy any of the Fortnight wireless bras but upon closer inspection they are all too expensive! I wish there was a store near me that carried Fortnight so that I could try it on, see if it fit my shape, and then order from ebay if all went well.
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Swimsuits for tall girls

I'm trying to buy a swimsuit for the first time in years, and I'm finding they all come up too short, so that they don't cover the tops of my breasts.

I've tried Panache Portofino, Bravissimo Milano, and Narooma by Zoggs (also from Bravissimo), and had the exact same issue in all of them, even when I sized up.

I have plenty ... of bikinis, so it's not a matter of getting the breast part to fit. I want to start swimming, which is why I'm looking for a full swimsuit now (not strapless, not halter, and preferably not padded).

Does anyone have any suggestions for swimsuits that are known to suit taller women? (Besides the obvious one, which is: tankini).

Thanks
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- Hi! I used to swim a lot, and with my 32G cups, i was only wearing regulat sport swimsuits, not the ones specifically made for large breast.
  I recommend Speedo and Tyr (avoid Nike). They come in regulat or long lenghts. For sizing, you MUST choose the tightest swimsuit you can fit it. When trying, remember that it will not feel as tight under the water.
  When choosing the right size (32 =S, 34=M, 36 =M/L, etc.), you breast will be compresed and not move that much. And there is not much bouncing in the water.
  Some swimsuits are better for large breast, especially the ones with wider straps, they usually offer more coverage under the arm.
  
  Hope it helps!
- I have a long torso and 32j so I'm wondering about this too. Currently I'm wearing a black milk two piece (high neck) with EM bikini underneath. I am wondering if a long torso speedo type swimsuit would pull my boobs downward? I find the feeling disturbing and sometimes painful. I'm considering wearing an enell, but it would be so obvious. Following for ideas!
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Curvy Kate overview post up

I wrote a brand overview of the many Curvy Kate bras I have been trying in recent months (minus the Princess Plunge, which I'm ordering in a larger size. I will update the post when I have both and can compare). I'm ordering a few Ewa Michalaks this week from a US retailer to compare the two brands as well. I love research and data!

Brand Overview: Curvy Kate

My UK size: 40HH My Curvy Kate size: 40HH When I joined Bratabase looking for my

https://babesbrasandbooze.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/brand-overview-curvy-kate/

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- Fantastic!! I bought a $9.99 Atomic plunge and a Portia. Eager to find a very comfortable Curvy Kate for these very short, narrow, projected breasts :-) :-)
- Looking forward to hearing how they work! It looks like the Portia is a lot like your Dreamcatcher. I hope you get some gore comfort from the plunge!
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Do sister sizes really work? :3

I've been eyeing some bras but they don't come in my sizing - 30D for normal bras but 30DD for pushups. The websites always recommend me to go by sister sizing (get a 32C) but I don't know if the band size will be too loose and if the cups are too small! Do they work or not?

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- It really depends on how the bra runs. It the band runs loose, then it may not, if it runs tight it might work well. Also, the width of the wires will change a bit and the strap placement as well. I find that due to my small frame with a bit of chub it works better for me to sister size down and wear an extender.This gives me the correct band size I need but narrower wires and strap/cup placement. Really, you will need to try to find out. Hope that helps some.
- I recently purchased an 80E Ewa Michalak whose sister size is a 65G. The 65G has slightly more narrow wires than the 80E, but the depth is identical. This worked very well. And, band alterations are easy. You may be thrilled or you may be disappointed. I was thrilled and I won't hesitate to purchase a sister size again.
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Half cups or vertical seamed bras

So tell me about half cups or vertical seamed bras .. I see that a lot of people really like the half cups that are large cup small band well tell me what is it about them .. as I have never seen one in my size in real life .. a 30jj/k in most bras . They look on most people to be more than half of a cup so more like a vertical seamed bra or is this just a scaling issue when it comes to my size , idk so what makes them great ?

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- I like them because I have short boobs. I particularly like the Polish ones because they are so narrow & have the immediate depth I need without too much apex projection, which I don't need. It's soft boobie heaven.
- They are open on top. Most bras cut in pretty bad on top, and 3 part "half cups" don't. Before learning about proper fit, I'd only ever heard and seen them called balconettes, so I still tend to call them that because they look like a balcony on a building. 😊 They give the shape I like too. I can't stand the pointy shape other styles give me.
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Overlapping or Narrow Gore

I just learned something interesting about Comexim gore alterations, apparently overlapping gore and a narrower gore are different. Overlapping is where the wires touch at the top of the gore, but the bottom goes back to the normal gore width. While a narrowed gore is one where the entire gore is narrowed from top to bottom. Can anyone tell me ... which one fits each type of center full/close set busts.

IMO one type looks more like 00/UU where they are close set and center full, but have an equal amount of space (or no space) between top and bottom in the center. The other type is more like /\ where they touch in the middle but have more space at the bottom than the top. I do not consider this to be "splayed," but rather the center fullness weighing the breast out because the outer fullness is low/not there. In my case I have even top/bottom fullness, but I have a lot of right/left aka inner fullness and have a slight /\ shape.

Has anyone noticed what type of fullness shape they have and whether or not a overlapping or a narrowed gore worked better for their shape?
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- Order both alterations in one bra if you are close-set from top to bottom.
- Make a hand bra and look how your breasts sit. Mine are close from top to bottom and I require both overlapping and narrowed gore in the same bra.
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Mademoiselle K - Fräulein Annie Falling in Love 30F + sho...

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Full but not full, orange/cup thing, maybe? Cleo Maddie 28DD

Hi all!
Would love your fit advice!
I'm shallow, a little FoB, wide/tall roots, and close together, more outer fullness.
So, I got the Cleo Maddie Moulded Balconnet T-shirt Bra (7091) in 28DD. The band feels uncomfortably tight. I prefer a 30 band. But the cups - so if I bend over and scoop n swoop I ... fill out the cups completely - very nicely in fact. But when I stand up my flesh falls and the cups are no longer full. I get larger gaping on the left (my smaller side), but not as much on the right. If I puff my chest out while standing I can fill the cups, but if I am standing normally, the fit isn't as good.

I would love your advice on what to do. I had originally tried this on in a 28D which was too small, but now the 28DD seems too big, kind of? Maybe it's the shape of my breasts v. cut of bra?

I'm guessing that I need to go to a 30 in the band for more comfort, but I have no idea what to do about the issue with the cups.
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- If you have the right amount of breast volume for the cups, and the wires are a good width for you, it is probably a shape mismatch. I have the same issue with Maddie. It's perfect, as long as I walk around puffed up all the time. Hah. It's hard to say without seeing it on you, but for me it seemed that the cups were slightly too shallow on bottom, but too open on top (I am full/projected on bottom but shallow on top). People say that Maddie is good for shallow FoB, but it wasn't a good fit for me. I actually think it's better for shallow breasts that have more even fullness.
  
  What did work better for me, for the most part, was Cleo Jude, Masquerade Ardour (but size up a cup if you can find one), and Timpa Duet Lace Demi (sized up in band and cup). You could also try Cleo Juna. It fit me better than Maddie, but it still didn't work well enough to keep (but it might for you).
- Btw, I would only try Jude if you are definitely full on bottom. It is VERY closed on top and causes quadding for most people (I quad slightly in it on my larger side myself, but not enough for it to bother me).
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Jul 16, 2016

I finally got my tutti rouge bras that i ordered from brastop and i got a liliana in my 38FF size and while a lot of the reviews state the band runs tight on tutti rouge my band feels a little loose does anyone else have this problem and does sizing down to a smaller band i love the bra ... and i want to get the blue shade from tutti rouge but dont know if i should buy the bra on herroom (for double the price) to check if sizing is correct aka does anyone have a 36G 38FF or 36FF tutti rouge lilliana they want to part with
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- I had the older yellow, and pink Lilianas, and they both ran big for me
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Ewa Michalak vs Comexim

Are there any notable difference between these brands in general? There aren't enough measurements here in my size range to really know, but it seems like EM (at least in the M cut) seems to run a bit wider and shallower than most Comexim bras. Am I wrong?

I'm considering making a Polish purchase in the near future, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea since I have broad roots and somewhat shallow breasts.

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- This is sacrilege to say but I don't find comexim wires narrow but I'm only going by measurements people list in my size. If you know your minimum wire width that's comfortable people might be able to weigh in more specifically
- The most important thing to consider is which size range and which cuts you're looking at.
  
  I personally find Comexim to be narrower and shallower than Ewa Michalak (around 30FF/G/GG) in general
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Freya Hero in small sizes

Does anybody here have any experience with Freya Hero Side Support Plunge Bra (1841) in small sizes (like 30E)? I usually can't wear Freya's non-padded bras (only Marvel fits me) because they are too deep and too close on top for me so I would like to know if the Hero is the same. Thanks.

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- I don't have the Hero but I have 30E and 30F Freyas in Marvel, Patsy plunge and halfcup, and Firecracker plunge. I'd say it looks like the Hero is cut closer to the Firecracker plunge than the Marvel (narrower wires, taller cups). Hope that helps.
- Did you ever try this bra? I'm wondering if it is short roots, FoB friendly...
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Does anyone have bra recs for outer fullness?

I just searched on reddit a bra that fits and came up with results for a lack of outer fullness but I need bra recs for the opposites of that.

I think I am somewhat oddly shaped - tall and wide roots, and close together, shallow and somewhat FoB. Last year I could fit a 30D Natori Feathers - ... I don't know about this year - I think I need to start the fit process all over again.

After commenting on another user's fit post, I realized that part of the reason why I get a gap near the gore is because I lack inner fullness. Does anyone have recommendations for a bras that are good for outer fullness? Would love recommendations for good cleavage bras too for this shape! Thank you!!
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- Outer fulness and wide roots usually mean that you need wires. You could try the bras on Libby's "bras for wide root shallow boobs" http://www.bratabase.com/adventures/entry/2346/
  The list is a few years old, but most bras mentioned are still around - either on ebay or in outlet sections, or as newer versions with the same cut (bratabase is a huge help with that).
- I was going to suggest the Betsey Johnson Stocking Stripe but I see you've already tried that. There's a chance it would work in a size up, but I think it's too closed on top for you. I think the discontinued Curvy Kate Wild (SG1701) is also good for this shape. Someone made a post about this shape on /r/abrathatfits a while back but I can't find it at the moment.
  
  Maybe shallow half cups? Freya padded half cups in a 28D/DD or 30D. could be worth a try.
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Wellfitting sizing?

I pretty consistently wear 60H in Comexim. What size should I be looking for on Wellfitting? I wear 28F normally, and have a FoT average protection shape.

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- I would email and ask. I have two bras from them - one longline and one regular and in my longline I got a 40HH and in my regular I got a 42HH. Typically I'm a 40H in other bras and the 40HH was slightly snug and the 42HH was slightly snug so in the longline it is +2" in band a 1 up in cup and in the regular I would say a 44H would have been just about right so +4" in band and same for cup. They are really helpful so don't hesitate to ask!
- If you have 60H in Comexim, take 28H in Wellfitting. They use almost the same sizing, 60 = 28, 65 = 30, 70 =32, etc. and D = D, E = DD, F = DDD, G = G, etc.
  However be careful about cuts, I, for example, need 65G (= 30G) in plunge but 65H (= 30H) in 3HC.
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Pink Cleo Marcie sizing inspection

I consider my size to be closer to 30E, but I found a Marcie that fit well in 30F in pink. Just recently I also tried a Marcie in 30E in turquoise - I'm comparing them here since it's so often said that the pink Marcie runs small.

Link to my pink 30F Marcie: http://www.bratabase.com/bra/dicsc/
Link to my ... turquoise 30E Marcie: http://www.bratabase.com/bra/difem/

Measurements in Inches (Pink 30F left, Turquoise 30E right):

Cup width 5.5 / 5.3
Cup depth 9.1 / 9
Depth ratio 1.7 / 1.7
Wire length 10.5 / 10
Cup height 6.0 / 5.3
Cup separation 0.6 / .6
Gore height 2.8 / 2.5
Wing height 3.5 / 3.5
Strap width 0.5 / 0.5

Conclusions: They both fit and measure very similarly. The pink Marcie has slightly taller cups and longer wires. Since cup depth and width are so similar, I'd say it is true that the pink Marcie runs a cup size small.

So first, I wouldn't recommend getting the pink Marcie in your "regular" size since it does seem to run a full cup size small. Opt for another color instead.

However, sizing up one cup size and selecting a pink Marcie will give you taller cups than would be in your "regular" size. I think this helps my 30F pink Marcie be even more FoT friendly, though other times it gapes on me the tiniest bit. On the flip side, the 30E turquoise ever so slightly will cut into my top fullness at times. The shorter cups of a non-pink Marcie might suit someone who enjoys shorter cups or needs slightly less FoT room.
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- Helpful!! Thank you :-) :-)
- I think part of it, tho, is the stretchiness - you didnt measure band or stretched band. THe raspberry was super stretchy, band and cups
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Lands' End Bikini Review

I thought I'd try out some Lands' Ends DDD-cup bikini tops after seeing that they offer some kinda-sorta bra sized swimwear "up to DDD cup", which is about as accurate as it sounds. I tried out the Sweetheart bikini top in 6DDD and 4DDD hoping to approximate a passable small-band, large cup option. I also added measurements to the review ... on my blog since I'm not sure LE tops can/should be added here ...

I'd be interested to hear anyone else's experiences with LE swim and how they fit because I think they might work well for other size ranges, just not really for me at 28G.

The link is to my blog.
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Swimwear Review: Lands’ End DDD-cup Beach Living Sweethea...

Oh, summer. It has long been my least favorite season ...

https://letstalkbras.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/swimwear-review-lands-end-beach...

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- Such a shame about the massively stretchy bands. I love white polka dots on a navy ground. I have a Panache swimsuit with that pattern.
  
  I love the uniwire in the Land's End bikini tops you reviewed. I just discovered a Heidi Klum bra with a uniwire. It doesn't hurt my sternum at all! Even plunge bra gores rest on breast tissue on me, so uniwires are my new favorite thing. My tissue is firm, though. I don't miss the greater support of a higher gore.
- I used to wear them, i forget what size. I really iked them. i wore tankinis tho
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Jul 04, 2016

Hi, I have an odd question that may very likely just be me being pedantic....but on a particular bra online the website states: "U-shaped ballet back prevents band from riding up".

I don't know enough about different shaped backs to have any understanding of what would make a band more/less likely to ride up other than more obvious things like size, firmness of elastic, maybe whether the material is slippery/matte etc....
Is it true a U shaped back is more likely to not ride up?

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- sounds like marketing crap to me. Tho I do think its more comfortable to have more band on the back, rather than just a skinny little band and a T connection to skinny little straps.
- maybe because the strap weight will be distributed to the left and right of where a normal strap would attach?
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