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• Random thoughts from me (I have a very prominent breast muscle and many bras cut into the muscle near my armpit...): Lepel Fiore Plunge, Comexim, Ewa M Style (PL and the Halfcups work for me, too, but they are a bit more difficult), B temptd Ciao Bella, Marks and Spencer Plunge, old and discontiued Cleo Christina, jessie, Jolie, Ariane, ...Sawren (I have only tested their unpadded style), Freya Halfcups but they are shallow, Fauve Halfcups, Figleaves home brand but some styles are just cut nightmares otherwise.

• Hopefully those bra problems will be a thing of the past once you are wearing bras that are the right size for you!

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• Sister size down

• If you make your measurements visible we may be able to assist with brands and sizes that would work.
  Also, what have you tried so far?

  Adding your bras (with measurements) would give us some insight to your situation, as well as strengthening the database we have.

  Adding photos is optional, but again helpful to see where your fit issues may be.

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• I can attest to @DerangedDragons19 borrowing trustworthiness. I have sent her a bunch in a few separate batches and she has returned them promptly. 💕

• @mamapagan thanks dear ❤️

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• Have you looked at the clearance sections on Brastop and Bravissimo?

• its always good to read the reviews of the bras in your size here, to see if ppl found them true to size or what. I cant buy bras as cheap as 40, i just dont have a choice

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• Your rib measurement of 26.4” says a 28 band would be ideal. As to what cup would be best really depends on the brand and style though. As a general guideline, if you are most comfortable in the Marks & Spencer 32D (32:4) cup wise, a 28:6 or roughly a 28E UK would be the size I’d recommend starting with.

  The issue is that every brand has a different sizing approach so a 28E in one brand can be very different from a 28E in another, and different styles tend to have different volumes, so a 28E plunge can fit very differently than a 28E half cup. Since the 30DDs you mentioned you were quadding in, this shows that sister sizing doesn’t always work out either, especially across different brands and styles.

  With that in mind, trying a few in a 28E (28:6), 28F (28:7), 28FF (28:8) would be a good idea. You can check the measurements of those index sizes to compare to the measurements of your bras to get a better idea of which ones would be more likely to fit.

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• I think it is frequently from not enough projection at the wire, your breasts push it down so they have enough space in the larger part of the cup.

• I think this was covered fairly well here:

  https://www.bratabase.com/adventures/entry/18245/

  If you need more information, let us know and we'll do our best to clarify. :-)

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• Do you mean that the strap is "in the air" instead of following the body ? Will this go away if you manage to pull the underwire further back in the armpit ?

  Or by "stretching" while pulling your shoulders back ?

  I mean, if it gaps then it's either that something pushes it away or the geometry does not work.

  Which could also imply that the bra signals an incorrect and potentially painful back support.

• My straps to cup connection rarely touch my body. Anywhere from ridiculously too small all the way to too big, it can and does happen.

  Yes, if the cup is overfull, it can push that area off the body. Unless the cup is structured exactly as your breast slope is, it can/will cause that area to not sit flush against the body. I don't classify that gaping though. In those types of fits, if that section is filled you would have sideboob escape going on. 😬

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• The bra is too shallow at the wire for you, or the wire does not match the shape of your IMF. It can’t be fixed unless you get a new bra. If you’re keeping this bra you just have to keep pushing the wires back up.

• There are a few different causes of this that I am aware of:

  Not enough projection in the cup to accommodate your projection

  Cups altogether too small

  Wire shape/curve does not match your root shape

  Band too small (and creeps downward into a narrower part of the rib area)

  Breasts too heavy/pendulous (combined with band too big/weak and/or loose straps)

  Cups too big (not anchoring the cups in place)

  Band shape mismatch (ie you have a V shape and the band is designed for a | | shape)

  I feel like I am missing one or two, but I'm sure others will add.

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• If molded cups work for you and you are most comfortable in them, most definitely wear them proudly! We all have our preferences and what works for one won't always work for another.

  I prefer soft full cup bras not because I feel they are better, but instead because they fit. If I could get other styles or padded bras that worked for me I'd wear them gleefully. I would love some true half cup bras, padded or unpadded but they are not made in my size range. Even though Comexim will make their half cups in my range, they make them as if they are full coverage with an diagonal top edge instead of a true horizontal one.

  So I just live vicariously through others with envious eyes, hoping someday I'll be able to buy one myself. 😍

• I honestly don't even dislike moulded bras, they just never seem to have enough projection for me and slide down my torso...

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• You can order from lace.de! As for local, no idea

• I would also say that lace.de is a good option, but maybe it would help to do some research first about which bras match your shape either via the info here or on reddit a bra that fits community. This way ordering online would be less hit or miss

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Bralette pattern success for small band/medium bust

Hi ladies,
Not sure if this is the right category to share this adventure - but I know that many of us struggle to find bralettes that fit, are cute and provide support. I recently made a few bralettes using a free pattern (Barrett Bralette by Madalynne intimates). I am a total sewing novice but found a great online ... video tutorial on Creativebug.

I wear a 28FF/28G and found that in this pattern an XS band and XL cup provided great coverage and fit. The pattern goes up to 3XL, so there are options for ladies with fuller busts and its easy to mix and match band sizes. I used a firm powernet to line the bralette and a wide plush elastic for the band. I've been wearing them non-stop and they are super comfortable. I've linked some pictures for those interested.
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• I am super impressed, they look great! You picked cute fabrics too.

• Thanks veggiechic. The pattern is actually pretty easy. I have zero experience

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• Well never mind. I’m not sure if I will try it now. I think that it’s got a thin elastic strip at the top of the cup and I have not had any luck with that in the past. I’m not sure if for £9 I wanna try it or not. I need to find more information on alterations for the strip before I get a bra with this. It looks like the majority of the unlined Bravissimo bras have it.

• FYI: all Krislines have it too. But I'm not stuffing the tops of them so they're perfect.

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• Have you looked into Comexim? They do down to a 24 band.

  Also Ewa Michalak will do to a 26 band for sure, but are limited with style choicess at the moment. (They are trying to clear old stock.)

  Both would be custom and thus not returnable, but wouldn't require self alterations.

  Another option is taking them to a seamstress to shorten for you. From what I've read it isn't that expensive per bra.

• Also, Ewa’s M cut bras can fit quite small in the band per given band size. A 65 will fit more like 26/28.

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• Bra makers supply
  Orange lingerie
  Braphoria facebook page
  Bodils wear(sweden)
  Makebra.com (Finland)

• I know there were a few that were doing it back when I first joined but they aren't active anymore. Sorry, I cannot remember their user IDs.

  I know @Cupandahalf does alterations on hers including wire switch outs etc so she would be a good person to talk with about supplier options.

  I also know @LeProfessor had talked about starting a bra company. Maybe she would have some helpful hints?

  I know there was another recently that spoke of it as well, I want to say @Hugsforyourjugs ( or @Hugs4yourjugs) ? Sorry if that one isn't correct. She has a blog so you could find her under the "meet the bloggers" section at the bottom of the page as well.

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• Her 70G and 65GG are not sister sizes? How weird.

• Oh not even close. The 65GGs are significantly smaller in the cup (and slightly shallower at the wire too!)

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• I feel that would be dependent on the brand & style/model of bra , as well as your preference.

  If this one feels supportive and secure enough to wear in public then there is no need to size down. But if you feel it won't stay in place or that there is a risk of falling out of the cups due to the looser band then definitely go down in the band.

  You want to be both confident as well as comfortable in a bikini. Neither can happen if you worry about slippage of the band.

• Thanks! I don't feel like it's going to slip, it's more like, I don't feel like I'm wearing a band at all, whereas with my best fitting bra I feel it snug (it doesn't bother me at all, and I forget I'm wearing a bra after a while). I tried moving and jumping around, and the bikini didn't ride up or move or anything. I'm just curious if it's supposed to feel that way, since I had never had a well fitting bikini or bathing suit.

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• That sounds like in cup quadding to me.

• @Sovavosi I thought in-cup quadding occurs when when that upper section is quadding/bubbling over the seam of the lower section, but not actually cutting into the tissue above the bra (not quite sure how to explain it, 🙈) ?

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• My breasts are firm. I always pretty much have the same shape regardless of the bra. For example, a CHP always tries to force my boobs up to give that cakes on a plate look, but my boobs will not move in that direction and I can feel them fighting with the bra. I just end up feeling smushed. I also don't really get quadding. I just get an indentation if a bra is too small. I don't think it's as black and white as firm/soft. It's a range. You can also have softer parts. The area under my nipples is the softest part. My top slope is the firmest.

• When your breasts are really soft like mine, they are super malleable so they take on the shape of whatever bra I'm wearing, within reason. Soft breasts sink into a bra and fill it from the bottom up. They are super jiggly and very compressible, so that bra calculators overestimate my size and tell me I need an H/HH cup when I really need a G/GG, although that's also because they are also short. And if a bra is even a little too small, quadding is bad because they are so easily indented. I've heard Calluna refer to hers as pudding boobs, and that feels pretty accurate for me.

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• I just had Magda get me 65G and 65GG in the soft style called Lizette to try. I'll post when they arrive.

• Thanks @AprilGoulding

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• Honestly it might be easier to get help if you did a fit request with pictures and measurements. what bra will fit you is completely dependent on your size and shape - which is really hard to 'get' from a short description like this

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