Aug 18, 2013
I have a hard time finding a bra that fill out at the upper cups. They very so much between brands for the same style.
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Interesting
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2394350/ThirdLove-iPhone-app-NASA-scientist-creates-app-calculates-bra-size.html
Can anybody find this app on the App Store? It doesn't seem to exist on the uk version and I'm so curious as to how it works....Filed under Bra sizing and fit
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The site nor application have launched yet.
There is a number of other boob calculation applications on both Android and Apple app stores. They all use different algorithms and they are all pretty bad :PThis one will be only useful to buy bras that they manufacture.
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Jj I know it'll probably be useless- I'm still curious tho...
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Ewa Michalak Sizing
After reading all the hype re Ewa Michalak bras, and since they also have such lovely designs, I've decided to take the leap and order my first online bra. However, I really have very little idea on what size to get. I am especially interested in the sizing of the Pl Black and Pl Milady.
My best fitting bra is the ... Freya Deco Honey in 28FF/60FF, though the band has lost its firmness quite quickly. I have heard both to go with your normal UK size and also to go a cup size up with EM so naturally, I am looking at 60FF, 60G, 65F and 65FF. Is anyone able to give me an idea of sizing in these two particular styles? And in comparison to the deco? By trying on a few Curvy Kate bras I have determined (very roughly) that I need about a 22.8+cm depth, and a width between 13-14cm. I would describe my bust as round, both full on top and bottom. Based on numerical data, I am thinking a 60G in the Milady but I am less certain about the Black. I would really appreciate some general advice on how these sizes run, or how they compare to the Deco, even if you're not the same size as me. Thanks
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As far as I know, their bands are supposed to be true to measure in centimetres.
In my experience many Freya models are rather loose in the band, as well as Curvy Kate. You can expect Ewa Michalak to be smaller in the band.
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Have you tried the regular Deco? My sister whose best size in regular Deco (not Deco Honey) is 28F, got a very good fit in a 60G in Milady. I'd think that you'd almost definitely want to go for the same size. She wears 28FF in most other styles (Freya unpadded, Cleo etc).
I'm not sure about how the PL Black compares to the Milady though sorry.
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Things fit yet they don't fit
I really hate this. I always find bras I absolutely love but sizes just don't work. I love the shape and feel of the Victoria's Secret Fabulous Push-Up (I don't know why it's called that as mine has virtually no push up just a little bit of gel lining which makes it comfy). It's my favorite one but I just ... don't know what to do with it. The 32D I tried horribly squished my boobs and gave me a dreaded quad boob. The 32DD fit much better, but I had to pull the straps all the way just like the 32D and it rides up in the back. Even so when I first put it on my boobs are in the right place. However the gore is not against my skin. It has cleavage under it that peeks out from under it. Also as I wear it it wants to gap when I move and especially when I lay down. I think this is all a problem of a band far to big. However are there any other reasons I'm having these issues?
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Why don't you put up a fit request? :)
I'm guessing that cups may be too small or even incompatible with your shape.
You can check if cups are too small - pull the band tighter with your hand and place boobs properly in the cups, If the gore is still floating, push it next to your skin. If you overspill it, it's too small.But yeh, if boobs are peaking under the band is probably more then 2 sizes too large for you.
So you might want to explore other brands that actually carry your real size.
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If you do find out that the shape IS compatible with you, and you really, really like the bra (it has to have the right volume in the cup for you though and no other fit issues except for the band) you can alter the band shorter. Here's a good tutorial:
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Tried on 5 Bras...What Size Am I?
So, I'm thinking I'm probably a 28DDDD/F or 28DDDDD/G. My ribcage is 26" tight, 27" loose and my bust is 34" boob perimeter is 9" and I have a lot of projection (relatively full all around but slightly more on bottom than top) and relatively narrow roots.
ANYWAY. I'm on a no-buy but I still wanted to try on ... lingerie, so I went to Nordstrom rack, and tried on some bras, here was how they felt:
1.) Panache un-padded lined bra (Melissa) (32DDD/E): slight puckering at top and sides from too-wide cups, but overall the cups had the right volume. The band was far too loose and rode up.
2.) Freya longline bra (30DDDD/F): Cup volume good, albeit sliiiightly too big, but it also cut into my breast tissue in the center, probably just a bad shape for me. Band way too loose.
3.) Freya Tartan bra (30DDD/E): Great shape for my breasts but ever so slightly too small.
4.) Panache Neve (30DDD/E): Probably fit the best, maybe cups slightly too small and band slightly too big but overall a good fit.
5.) Some bra (can't remember brand!) in 30FF- definitely too big both in rib and cup, also just a bad shape.
Judging from these I'd say I could probably take anywhere from a 30E-28G. And right now I'm wearing 30DDs and 32DDs which are not very comfortable!
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Did you try the recommendations?
http://www.bratabase.com/recommendations/Also, I'd suggest that you add this bras, even if you don't have them, mark them as not owned but report the fit, that will ensure that the recommendations you get take this into consideration.
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Suggestion One: Know Thy Boob Shape
Your measurements are almost exactly like mine, but I don't necessarily wear the same bra sizes. This is one of those "fit issues" where SHAPE is crucial, I think.
For me, the length of the underwires and the height of the wings are vital to how bras fit me. I've learned to look at measurements for center gore, side heights, and underwire length before I even ponder what size I might need in any bra. When I "research" possible fits here, I look for 3" tall sides, cups less than 8" deep, at least 2" center gore, etc. For cups, the size listed on the bra label winds up being irrelevant, and the band size winds up depending upon the cup size. It's exactly the opposite of what we've been taught when it comes to bra sizing, but, as you will soon see, bra designers are radically inconsistent in their concepts of size.
In any case, It's highly unlikely that you will have a "regular" bra size, not just because of differences in styles and brand, but because of hormones, weather, diet, etc. You'll probably find a "range" and possibly a favorite cut in a particular brand.
For example, I wear a 30DD in a Just Peachy Nonpadded Balconette, a 30D in Freya longline, a 28DD in a Curvy Kate Daily Boost, a 28E in Cleo, and a 32D in a Soma. (Sister sizing is an urban legend.) From the bras I wear and/or have tried, for me Freya and Curvy Kate have had larger bands than Panache/Cleo, even though they may be labeled with the exact same size. Soma bands run very small, Bali bands run huge, etc.
It gets even more complicated though, because sometimes the color of the bra affects the fit! I'm not joking.
My 28E Nude Juna has a longer band than my 28DD Strawberry Juna, even though they are both 28 bands. (This is a consistent with the experiences of reviewers here.) Some dyes cause fabric to "shrink" while others cause fabric to loosen faster.
So "bra size" is relative to many factors, and finding bras that fit is a long journey of trial and error.
First learn your overall boob shape. Then do a search here based on your measurements, and eventually you will begin to recognize which bras look and feel the best.
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Low on chest boobs
I'm sure other moms out there who have nursed are in my situation. My nip to neck has gone from 20 cm to 22 cm so far this year. And no end in sight for nursing! What bras have you found work to hoist low on chest boobs up so that they can become cake-on-plate boobs? Unlined ones don't seem to work. Balconnette ones have worked great. I'm hoping the Deco will work as well.
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Do you have any top fullness? The cake on plate cleavage existed because of top fullness. It's really hard to get cleavage like what you describe without that. You can still get a rounded look, but not necessarily cleavage like what you describe.
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nope, pretty saggy from nursing.
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Rethinking my shape
Continuing the breast shape discussion below...
Since I first discovered correctly-fitting bras (and bratabase) about 6 months ago, I thought I had my breast shape sorted - wide-rooted and shallow. It's taken me a while to find the best bra shape, and I think I've had some migration - I'm more often a 30E than 30DD these days. I ... saw a comment from Jillsas about narrow/average wire widths on Fantasie bras, and it got me thinking about my best fitting bras..
Fantasie Elodie (2182) 30DD
Fantasie Celia Balcony Bra (2871) 30DD
Cleo Ellis (7211)/Cleo Melissa (6991)/Cleo Bella Balconnet Bra (7001) 30E (slightly too full on top but perfect lower cup and wire width)
Bravissimo Satine (AU15) 28F
Plus my root width ratio is 1.03 (thanks Milk & Honey!) - pretty much average width root right? So I've been thinking of myself as one thing all this time when really I'm something rather different.
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I think this happens to a lot of us.
I started out thinking I was FOB and definitely shallow. Now that I have more experience, I know I'm actually even and just a bit shallowish.
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I thought I was FOB to start with too - like you now I think I'm average and not as shallow as I originally thought. It seems odd that it's so difficult for us to recognise our shape, but at least we seem to be in the majority!
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Aug 13, 2013
Well, after even trying soft cup bras this issue plagues me. Whenever I wear a band horizontally on my body, the wires end up not resting in my inframammary fold, they end up being about an inch below and then I get empty space in the bottom of my cups. Only when I angle to bra band up will the ... wires rest properly underneath my breasts. Why would this happen? It happens regardless of what cup size I wear, and even with bands that are so tight that I can hardly breathe in them. If anyone has any insight or anything I would appreciate it.
I have full on bottom breasts that are narrow but separated. I attached a photo to illustrate what I mean
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I have that exact issue in bras where the sides of the wires are too low, so I purposely angle the band upwards so I can get the wires in the right place. It's not riding up because I can't usually pull it away. Riding up band is a fit issue that really depends on the circumstances.
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I have this too (and also narrow but separate breasts)! Once I've placed my boobs in the cups and hooked everything (while bent over), I tug up a touch on the outer end of the wires/very inner part of the wing. This doesn't angle the band up the back too much, but does "tilt" the wire to follow the actual curve of my breast.
Also, I MUST have continuous bands. If not, the cups WILL slide down under the fold no matter what. Tight, loose, big cup, small cup - no dice.
I don't think there's anything wrong with it. It's just a function of the angle the IM fold is at, kwim?
Edit: and like kmoldofsky , the only ones that don't do this are Ewa Michalak - so now I buy those exclusively. They are already properly angled.
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Aug 13, 2013- Larger cup size?
Morning everyone! I was just wondering if going up a cup size or two ever solves the problem of too narrow wires. The bras I have that fit me best as Freya Deco Honey, Elomi Caitlyn, and Fantasie Helena Balconette but I want to try some more of the Panache Cleos. My boobs are pretty soft, mostly FOB and splay slightly east/west with about 2 fingers with between them. Any thoughts/suggestions are appreciated! Thanks!
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Yes, but it creates a host of other problems like too big cup, too deep cup, etc...
I'm surprised that the Deco works on you at all. That bra is the antithesis of your shape.
You should try the Lucy. Panache will probably be too open on top for you, though the Tango (and similar shapes) might be worth a shot (the wires might be too narrow though).
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The @Deco fits I think maybe because of wide wires? I also like how it brings my noobs in from the side just enough.
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What does it mean that I need to do this alteration?
So, I haven't done the alteration yet and haven't seen it online, but I have both the Cleo Lucy http://www.bratabase.com/troubleshoot/dhx92/ and a new cleo Alexa that I haven't added fully to bratabase yet.
With the Lucy, I had to initially bring in the gore. Recently it became uncomfortable (and slightly too small) so I decided to bring in ... the gore fully to make it slightly more open at top. This didn't affect the wrinkling at all.
With the Alexa, it fits perfectly at the bottom, way too open at top. The shape is a little pointy, but it's a quite lovely bra and I wouldn't want to part with it, but it has the same wrinkling at the top.
Recently, I've discovered that if I pinch in the excess fabric at the top near the gore, it looks perfect. I even get a little quadboob on both bras. I'm going to sew it in soon, but I'm wondering why I need to do this alteration. Would it be due to me not having enough tissue on the inner breast? Maybe it's due to my prominent breastbone pushing my tissue out?
Is there any type of bra that would fit this well? It seems that a plunge would work for this, but I'm rather shallow so those won't work for me. I don't mind the alterations, but I'm slowly discovering that not many well-fitting bras are wearable on me without alterations.
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Prominent breast bone and a round ribcage can do those things yes. Also shallow boobs can be full very unevenly and have a harder time filling out cups wherever they are not full.
I feel like with my ribcage even if I need most room near the gore I might still get some gaping there due to my boobs being simply generally shallow. I feel for a round ribcage Cleo is quite a bitch with either cutting in or gaping. Or worse; both at the same time.
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Thanks Branarchist. That's what I figured. But your comments about Cleo makes me feel a little worse. Cleo has the most beautiful bras (Alexa for example... I don't want to wear the bra because I'd rather sit and stare at the print for hours). But now that I've decided that there most likely aren't very many bras that I could get that I wouldn't have to alter (if there are any) I don't mind making little alterations to make these bras wearable.
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Looking for a few good bras
I think I've bought, swapped, and been given over two dozen bras this month in an attempt to find my perfect bra. I think I've finally found two! I really like the look the Parfait By Affinitas Fiona Balconet Molded Padded Bra (2701) and the Freya Deco (4234) give me. I'd also love to ... try the Freya Deco Honey (1254) and the Freya Deco Moulded Half Cup Bra (4232) . I tried the Fiona in 30FF and it was a bit big. And the 28FF Deco was also a bit big.
I'm pretty sure a Fiona 30F or Fiona 30E would fit. And a 28F or 28E Deco would be great. I found someone selling a Fiona 30E on braswap. I'll be stalking the listings here and bra swap until I get a Fiona 30F, Deco 28F, and deco 28E.
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Aug 11, 2013
I got advice from the A Bra That Fits subreddit a couple of months ago and finally acted on it yesterday. Based on my measurements, it was suggested I look for UK 40 G/GG/H or 42 H. Nordstrom Rack didn't have much in those sizes, so I got a couple Elomi in 42H to try. The cups were definitely too ... big (wrinkles, couldn't fill them) and I think I need to go down a band size as well.
The Elomi Libby fit best on the tightest hook. I filled out the cups the most that way, but there were still some wrinkles in the full coverage cup. The underwire felt like it came up too high under my arm. I can't tell if the center felt weird because the fit was wrong or if it was because I've never had a bra where the band laid flat on my sternum.
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Did you swoop and scoop properly? I apologise if this is a stupid question and you did, but it's very important when getting new bras.
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You could post a fit request here. We're always happy to help.
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"Infinity top" vs classic full on top
Edit: After discussion with MilkAndHoney in the thread I've changed the description to what it is about. It's a way to try to distinguish typical full on top boobs from this shape; http://24.media.tumblr.com/982420934946203df0f5fdf6f8845676/tumblr_mghy5fuixB1roueslo1_1280.jpg I am now somewhat jokingly calling that boob shape "infinity top". Since it goes on and on and on and won't have the ... same kind of fit issues as classical full on top.
Classic fot fit issues: Quadboob.
Infinity top fit issues: Pushed away gores, need for tall wires and cups. Need for reshaping boobs into "ideal bra shape" after leaning over. Need for tight bands and tightened straps to hold it all in place. Terribly hard to fit shape.
Old braventure:
Tall on top = vertically shallow. Top is tall but doesn't project much. Depending on firmness support is needed or not needed.
Full on top = vertically deep and full. Need for support on top depends on firmness.
Both can have low or high nipples. Nipples might sit above or below the apex. They are kind of irrelevant for determining breast shape. They just happen to correlate with the apex on most.
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Hmmm, I would define these terms differently.
'Tall' and 'short', as I see it, refer to the height of the breast relative to its width. So, a breast root that is wider than high (shaped like a horizontal oval of sorts) is 'short', and a breast root that is higher than wide (shaped like a vertical oval) is 'tall'.
'Full-on-Top' and 'Full-on-Bottom' refer to the relative distribution of breast volume. A 'FoT' breast has more of its volume in the upper quadrants whereas a 'FoB' breast has more of its volume in the lower quadrants.
'Shallow' and 'deep' refer to the amount of projection relative to root width and root height. A breast that is less than spherical (root width and/or height radius > projection radius) is 'shallow' whereas a breast that is more than spherical (root width and/or height radius < projection radius) is 'deep'. Horizontal and vertical depth ratio can but do not have to be the same, meaning that a breast can be 'shallow' horizontally, but 'deep' vertically, or vice versa.
In this scheme a breast can be 'tall', vertically 'shallow', and 'FoB', or 'tall', vertically 'shallow' and 'FoT', or 'tall', vertically 'deep', and 'FoB', or 'tall', vertically 'deep', and 'FoB', or 'short', vertically 'shallow', and 'FoB', or 'short', vertically 'shallow', and 'FoT', or 'short', vertically 'deep', and 'FoB', or 'short', vertically 'deept', and 'FoT' ...
Some combinations may, of course, be more common and others outright uncommon, but these are the theoretical possibilities of this scheme. Add in the horizontal depth ratio and you'll have another so many more possibilities ;)
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I agree, but this is more about trying to distinguish different top shapes from one another. Not different breast shapes. I don't have a clue what else I would call it. My boobs do not fit into either round or conical, either full or empty, either full on top or full on bottom. And I have to come up with some words to describe what's happening.
I could call it "infinity top" because that might be describing how it actually works :D
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Measuring Questions
I'm a bit confused about measuring. It seems like you're supposed to measure from one end of the underwire to the other when measuring a cup's depth and width according to the photos in the measuring instructions. But why is that? Would you measure straight across to get the width and depth rather than at an angle?
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The idea is that by measuring straight across it is a quite easy-to-find place to start and end, the start and end of the wire. This measurement will be at an angle, depending on the angle of the wires. While measuring parallell to the band might make it easier to compare, it would make it harder to measure as we then would have to "draw imaginary lines" to figure out where to measure.
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Ok, that makes sense. I've noticed on my moulded bras that measuring on the inside vs the outside makes a difference as far as depth goes as well. I wonder if there could be some way that we could tick whether we measured on the inside or the outside. Or maybe add an extra measurement. One for the inside vs one for the outside.
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Deco advice?
Right, so I have 2 Freya Deco's in a 28F. Normally I wear a 28F, and when I got these they were actually a good fit with only a tiny bit of gaping at the upper corner of the cup where the strap attaches. I have fairly wide, full-on-bottom boobs on a 26in ribcage.
And now the cups are too ... big. I'm sad, these are my most-worn bras (black, nude) because they work under many outfits. I haven't lost weight, the effect is less massive on my other bras and the Decos still work when my estrogen/progesterone levels decide I need a bra with extra cup space but other than that the difference between breast and bra is noticable under my clothing. Kind of defies the purpose of a T-shirt bra, right?
Now, the 28F width seems just fine, but that may just be my breasts spreading out inside it. I'm considering getting a 28E, and am also sort of eyeballing the flamingo.
I am also considering trying the Deco strapless, but should I get that in a 28E or F? My Panache porcelain strapless does still fit well enough cup-wise after adjusting the straps... its useless as a strapless.
Also, does the Taylor have the same size-fit as the Deco?
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I've made a guide for the Deco range, exactly for these kind of questions: http://petiteplentiful.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-guide-to-freya-deco-range.html
Hope it helps :)
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Does anyone know where to get a Taylor? I've been looking for a Taylor in Jet for a while now but can't seem to find anywhere that sells it in a 28FF.
I can't really help with the sizing as I only have the one Deco Honey, good luck though :-)
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What do you call "big'?
Yup I wonder, from what size do you think "big boobs"? What is "heavy boobs"?
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Big boobs are relevant to the size of the body and the one looking at it. Heavy boobs are anything weighing over 3-4lb a boob which could be any size depending on band and cup combination. And it also depends on fat vs glandular tissue, right? One adds more weight than the other.
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I have this weird duality in the way I think about my breasts. Some days I think 'oh they're massive', and other days I think 'well... they're not that big'. I realise that by any objective standard, the fact that they 1. Displace well over 2 litres each now and 2. I'm outside the current commercially available size range both imply that they're big, but they don't always feel big to me. Some days they do though.
I'd say women who are the second standard deviation or higher (so above the 66th percentile) in either overall volume or cupsize have 'large breasts' if I was to define it objectively.
I think there's also general assumptions about projected breasts seeming to be larger than shallower ones and such even if they are a comparable volume/weight.
I also seriously wonder where people get some of their breast weight figures from. I have fairly large, reasonably dense breasts, and at a guess, they're somewhere around 2.5kg each? I've tried weighing them a few times but never struck on a particularly accurate method. That's only ~5 pounds per breast. I've seen some really absurd figures thrown around before in the media.
Edit: Vaguely relevant table from a bra size survey taken on r/abrathatfits a couple of months ago.
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Aug 07, 2013
Does anyone else have issues getting the center gore to sit directly against your body?
I tried a few different bra sizes lately, and I feel great in each of them. I mean, totally comfortable, could wear the bra for the entire day and still not want to take it off (well, okay, I like going bra-less, so that's a lie; ... no matter how comfy a bra is, I still want to take it off as soon as I get home because no bra can beat the feeling of going bra-less, but I don't feel like I need to get it off ASAP is my point). The cups fit okay -- no spillage at all. The band is snug but not too tight; no riding up or down at all. But the gore is not flat.
In one bra, the cups are even gapping slightly, so it's not an issue of the cups being too small.
In the others... well, the underwire and all that fits perfectly... but the gore... nope, not flat..
I've tried a ton of different styles, and the only ones that I can get the gore to lay completely flat on are really low plunge styles. I don't like plunges for everyday, however; I much prefer balconnets.
*ETA: The lower part of the gore does lay flat -- like the very, very bottom. It's just that the entire gore does not lay flat.
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How close-set are your breasts? If you have very close-set breasts, you may not be able to get the gore to lie flat at all. I almost never get gores to lie flat because my breasts are so close together that I can't even fit a little finger between them without moving breast tissue. If a bra doesn't cut in when I push the gore in towards my chest, I count it as fitting anyway, because short of having two very, very narrow wire channels which I sew on top of each other, gores won't tack.
If you're not sure, you could always put up a fit request with your current bras and ask for some assistance. :)
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If you're really close-set and the gore doesn't have space it can pull away.
I have issues with gores twisting on me or popping out away from my chest. Especially the Cleo Marcie. That one really twisted.
Or you might just need bigger cups. It's hard it say without a fit request.
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Aug 06, 2013
My first try at a PROPERLY fitted bra was a disaster. I just plain measured wrong, somehow. And not just once! I ordered a Curvy Kate, Daily Boost. REALLY cute, but it gaped at the top and the wire was so far under my arm and so wide that it was rubbing my arm! Logic told me that it was ... too big in the band but I had measured several times because I couldn't believe it was only 40"! The idea of it being any smaller just wasn't computing in my head! When I signed up here, I ALMOST skipped the ribcage measurement because I had measured so many times but I wanted to start from scratch so I did exactly what the instructions said. And, of course, I'm only a 38! I was shocked! I had sent the first bra back and re-ordered with the same band but 2 cup sizes smaller. I received it today and had the exact same problems with it - the cups were too wide and they gaped at the top. I thought I was sunk, but NOW I know why!! ROFL! What a DOOFUS!! I thought I was doomed! Thank you SO much for this site!
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I've heard that it has the nickname Daily Beast...do remember that bigger bands can be stretchier proportionately.
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Well, as they say, size matters.
However, bras aren't that simple, so wire width/shape/strength, cup shape/style/cut/material, band material/stretchiness/etc all come into play. Plus brand! A 32G ain't always a 32G. Oh, and individual boob differences matter. And...well, you know.
Ask for fit help and go from there. I learned a lot by doing that. Still learning.
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New bras!
I ordered 2 ewa michalak bras recently. They had 2 60G CHPs listed on the website, no custom order (and as far as I can tell, returns allowed). I typically wear a 28G in UK brands to varying degrees of success, and 60GG in EM to great success (very slightly too-wide wires, but perfect cup depth and band. I've heard ... mixed things on the fit of CHPs, but the limited info on bratabase showed that 60G was a good possibility for me based on wire width, cup depth, and gore height. The 60GG /65G CHPs were too deep for me.
So I got CHP Mak and CHP Orchidea. The Mak is labeled as 60G, but the band is itty bitty. I measure 62cm around (so even the calculator puts me in a 60 band, most here would tell me 55 band probably), and I had to use the full length of an extender. The Orchidea is much more a typical 60 band compared to my other EM bras.
I'm very excited, but unsure about the fit. I always try things on more than once at different times before I make a final decision, but I'm still unsure as I have never tried any EM CHPs before, or any half cups really! I am not sure how they are supposed to fit on my body. I have plenty of upper fullness (and plenty of projection, plenty of bottom fullness...), but it feels like a lot of my boob is outside the cup. I'm not sure if I'm just not used to half cups, because I certainly don't jiggle when I walk or anything. It also looks like some of the well fitted CHPs I've seen, especially for those full on top, but we'll see. Perhaps I'll throw up a fit check here! I'm also considering putting one up on Balkonetka, as I know a few English-speaking ladies have done that with EM bras.
Either way, nothing more fun than waking up to a package at the front door of bras!
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My CHP Mak band is also tiny, says 60 but stretches to 26" if that. So annoying :(
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Yeah, it's a 60 that stretches 64cm/25" and that's with me REALLY pulling. It's fine, because I don't mind wearing it with an extender.
The interesting thing is that CHP Mak is 19" unstretched while CHP Orchidea is 21" unstretched (and just under 28" stretched, which is perfect for me). Since it was a 60 band available on the website, I'm wondering if it was a return due to 'sewing error'?
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Aug 04, 2013
Thinking about trying to get a job as a bra fitter, but searching the internet mostly just brings up people looking for a consultation and a lot of blog entries warning about the pushy sales tactics of "professional bra consultants". I have no idea where to look.
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Have you tried department stores/boutiques in your area?
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I would say department stores as well.Macy's has a limited amount of sizes,but that could be even better as that means more women would come in who would normally not be fitted right,and even if you don't have the right size for them,you can help them get started on finding the right bra. :)
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What have you tried so far?
I have been wearing a playtex 4159 38DDD wearing it fits fine, give great support. I have been trying on tee shirt bras that I can wear with low cut tops. can't find any that fill in the upper cup area. Most only go to DD.
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