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• Do you have soft tissue? A wise woman told me soft tissue often will love a bra initially and settle into a misfit throughout the day. She recommended a slightly larger cup to help with "settling."

• FoodForest I'm not really sure, but I think my breast tissue may be on the softer side. Right now my boobs are fuller and firmer due to PMS, but right now they feel more like stress balls in terms of firmness, usually they feel more like the firmness of water balloons, sorta. If said water balloons were slightly underfilled.

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• I think it's very much down to individual preference and anatomy. I am certainly not Ms Washboard Abs Of the Year but bandless bras always feel more diggy than banded to me. THis being said, most of my tummy pudge is located lower down. Perhaps people carrying a bit of weight on the upper ribcage (high tummy) are the opposite? Curious to see other people's experiences...

• I strongly prefer bandless bras, but I haven't had one since I left the bra matrix. I'm obese and my ribcage/upper tummy slopes outward (like a ski slope), I assume that's the reason they made such a difference for me. An underwire can wedge itself inbeween my breasts and belly, a band can't. It just fights my body and digs or I give in and loosen my band and lose support.

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• I think it varies, depending on the size and style of the bra ordered. When I ordered my 60K Mimi half-cup and 65K Queen of Hearts plunge, Joanna said they could lower Mimi's gore 1cm and QOH's gore 3cm.

• Oh. Im my 70F was lowered only by 0.5cm, so not much but maybe as u said is because of the size or style. I was hoping for but more to be lowered but anyway bra doesn't fit me :(

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• When I've bought Cleo on Zulily the sizes on the product pages themselves have been in UK sizing and I was sent the correct size. The size dropdown on the event pages always uses some weird US/EU hybrid sizing thing.

  I realized while saying this though, that I'd only ever bought 30D bras which wouldn't get into the UK vs US weirdness. Hope someone in a bigger size can weigh in.

• Hi drawingdwarf , thanks for your reply. Someone else on a fb group I'm part of has said UK sizes too so I'm going to cross my fingers and hope for the best! Thanks :-)
  

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• The recommendations don't update live. They are a snapshot of the moment you requested them.

  At the bottom of the screen there's a button to recalculate them again.

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• I found the cup and band to run small

• I found the band is a bit small on longlines but on normal bands they are true to size. (on 32s)

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• Theoretically, a value of 1.0 is a perfect match. As the number approaches zero, decreasing match. This link my help :-)http://www.bratabase.com/help/recommendations/

• Where did you find this bra reccomondation page? Sounds like somethig usefull to know about! :)

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• Depends on what the website does, which one is it?

  Else, you could ask them if they're displaying the US size or the UK size, and if they are doing their own US/UK conversion (terrible idea) or of they are using the conversions that come on the tags on the bra (which may vary per brand ... and per season >__<).

  Ugh... I'm sorry that I only give complicated answers regarding size conversions :(

• Can you give us a link to which site it is, maybe? Your best bet might be to ask the company which system they use, though.

  I often wish websites would just list by the way the brand labels the bra... that's what I do as an eBay seller and I've never had problems, yet I've received bras that were say a 30F instead of 30G because they listed the "US size"...

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• If you want to look for fit, go by measurements (but be mindful of the cut - Plunge vs full cup). The canonical conversions are only referential but at the end stretch/material/fit is what will make the difference. That's why they say that it "runs short on the band" (coming from a different brand experience as a base line).

  If you want to tell other people about one bra, call them by what they are labeled, that will cause less confusion (they know what you bought and decide from there). It is almost a wide agreement that EU 65== UK 30 and so on. (although brands are still free to tag their bras whatever they please - ahem Ampere )

  Don't call a 65 a 28 for Comexim , but say that a 65 fits like a 28 in whichever brand you're used to. Simplifying paradigms drags error.

  Polish manufacturers (just like other manufacturers) are independent, so the rule that you follow in one polish will not work for another polish. Better to think as a brand change than group by region.

• I think also it seems Polish brands these days are trying to make their bands fit more like their UK size equivalents. Older EMs do seem to run a band size small and 75 fits me perfect, but the new models 70 seems to stretch right to 32 or .5 to 1 inch tight, which is no more difference than Panache usually has on their 32 bands.

  Also despite hearing people say Comexim bands are a size tight, the 75s I ordered last time fit quite like 34s and were slightly too large for me. It sometimes seems like sub-34 bands run tight, then 34+ band runs TTS, which is frustrating to me as a person right at that 32 mark..

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Bra Fitting vs Shoe Fitting: Compare and Contrast

Over the past two years I have slowly discovered that there are a lot of parallels between bra fitting and shoe fitting. If you feel that your "matrix size" shoes fit just as badly as your "matrix size" bras, have a look at my info dense post on how bra fitting and shoe fitting relate to each other.

Fun Sized Fashion Blog: A Bra That Fits vs A Shoe That Fi...

http://funsizedfashionblog.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-bra-that-fits-vs-shoe-that-...

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• I find this interesting, because long before I got into bra fitting, I found a rare gem of a shoe store. I'd been wearing size 8- 8.5 regular width shoes with a lot of discomfort since puberty. The shop owner measured my feet as a women's size 6.5 with a 2A (narrow) foot and 4A (super narrow) heel.

  I usually size up to a size 7 or 7.5 to give my toes some wiggle room, and prevent the top of my foot from getting squished, but I look for narrower shoes, now. It helps a lot. Lol I think I'm just narrow everywhere but my hips!

  In short, I also find bra fitting is really similar to shoe fitting.

• That was a fun read!

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You know you are bra-obsessed when...

... You see this photo in a clickbait-y side strip on a website and your first (indeed, maybe only) thought is OMG please somebody help this girl find a bra that fits!

Marina Vovchenko on Instagram: “Есть люди, принципиально ...

“Есть люди, принципиально несчастные оттого, что они дошли до такой степени душе

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• She is so beautiful! Her breasts defy gravity, so she might not be aware of what size would be optimal.

• Where is her chin?

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• Unfortunately, the more you go up in cup size, the more root height becomes a problem. Firstly because cups get taller, and secondly because the more projection you have, the bigger the difference you'll find between your horizontal and vertical breast perimeters. (Mine's nearly 10cm these days. :( )

  I alternate between picking a size which is too small for me and not adjusting my breasts into the cup correctly and hacking the tops of bras which are deep enough. Neither of these solutions are exactly great, but there's not exactly an abundance of bras available in my size either....

  If you can get one in your size, Cleo Meg is a great bra for short roots. It's quite deep in the centre, and has room in the upper cup but closes off fairly quickly. I'm not sure how easy a Meg would be to find these days though.

  Anna Pardal's customisations are a good option. I figure that if you've got a good thing, there's no shame in sticking with it.

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• I just ordered custom comexims by leaving a message in the order form and i got exactly the customizations i wanted (:

• But if you ordered a custom size, did you still choose a size from the menu, and then mentioning in the comments box that in fact you want another size? I would be worried that they don't notice the comment and I receive the "standard" size

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• I have a wide v-shaped back, add to that the fact that I'm wide root and shallow and that's a recipe for serious fit issues. Bands feeling too tight and cups feeling to big. For me the biggest problem is not the band riding up, but riding down, the tighter the band the more the band wants to slide down and adds lot's tension on the straps. I have found that wider bands seem to help spread out the load and seem to stay in place better. Non-stretch straps, though not as comfortable, also helps keep the band from sliding down and keeps the bra "fitting" throughout the day.

• If your torso is very tapered (like mine), it might be almost inevitable to have your band sit higher in the back: if you wrap a straight strip of fabric (or paper, if you'd like to try this experiment for yourself) around a cone-shaped object it simply will not sit horizontally.

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• I don't have Ty Wiesz, but I have both the Czarna brief and the thong. I have them both in a UK 8 (36). I find them comfortable and a great fit. I think UK 8 is a US 4 (S) so they're more or less true to size.
  The majority of my Ewa Michalak underwear are a size 36. Most are perfect, some are too big, a few are tighter than I'd like. I ordered Syrena in a 38. My last order of underwear were mislabeled (or sewn in the wrong size) and 3/4 ran quite small (I ordered 36s, they came tagged as 38s, they fit like 34s), I'd prefer slightly larger over too tight. I have 38" hips 30" at the bone where the waist sits. I wear a Medium at Comexim and an XS or S in US brands.

  As far as the bra, I wear the same size in the S as I do the SM. The SM in general runs slightly small, about 1/4 cupish.
  My Czarna is slightly wider and shallower than the other SMs that I have.
  I wear a G in Comexim and an F in the SM, they're both 30:7 index sizes. I'm not sure if that will work for you, but 70J seems like a good starting point since it fits you alright in the S.

• I have had a very similar experience with the panties as jlcl119 . I take a 36 in EM and i typically wear a US small/4 in thongs. Ive only purchased a few sets, but they have all been either perfect or slightly looser than expected (which im okay with). Only one was tighter around the hips and cut in a bit, but it was a much earlier model and i have heard they have changed their cut a bit. So for the most part, true to size id say. With fitting the SM cut, its really individual! Some ladies wear the same size as padded, some wear smaller, and ive even seen some that wear multiple sizes smaller! Actually, i think ive seen someone that takes a size larger in the SM than the padded too! I dont have czarna, but i had wrozka and that one definitely ran small! I do have ty wiesz and i feel as though it runs a bit shallow. The wire gets pushed downward from the IMF. But i really dont have a ton of experience with the unlined EMs so that may be how they all are and i just dont know it!

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• I say go for it! As a fellow softie, I could never fit in EM's PLs either (and I spill out terrible in Deco), but I think they've done some boob science re-engineering to their design, so I can wear them now without issue. My 75GG - Ewa Michalak » Pl Blekitna Rapsodia (658) fits great, and I don't spill out at all during the day. Size-wise, one cup up from my UK size works for me, so I'd recommend 34H for you.

• @ginganinja Thanks for the input! I'm not necessarily soft, but fuller on the bottom. I think I will go for the 34H tentatively :)

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• Andorra comes in a plunge, but almost impossible to find, at least in my size. Which is too bad for me, as its one of the only soft cup bras I've found that fits.
  

• Thank you, Sc2401! I'm wondering if it will fit the same or not? I suppose the only thing to do is to try it.

  It's funny, I was going to suggest the Clara, too, because Andorra and Clara are the only two I've found that fit -- though I suppose I haven't tried a lot. But, I looked at your profile and see you already have one! :-)

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• I usually test from the back, right at the clasp. I can't quite help with your other problem but if you like tight bands and the 28's are comfortable, I'd stick with them. They sound like they give you the best support and fit you the best cup wise. If you want to try 30's, try looking for the tighter ones that measure at 29~. That way they'd be tighter than the 30's but a little looser than the 28's.

• You should not be pulling on your bands at all! That does not help determine anything, the tension involved in actually sitting on your torso is completely different from the tension that occurs when a band is being pulled manually. You should be relying instead on support and whether the band stays put. If the band is riding up on your back, or worse, on your front over your boobs, that's clearly too big. A band that is too tight will often ride down, the gore or lateral ends of the wire may poke you, or the wires may be pulled out too far laterally.

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