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I added a swim top that wasn't in the system and do have a stock photo. How do I add the stock photo?
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I added a swim top that wasn't in the system and do have a stock photo. How do I add the stock photo?
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I am furious today - can't find a single extender when I need one. I found all my 3column ones, but I am missing 3 or 4 2column ones. I spent about 3 hours looking for them turning the whole house upside down and came up with nothing, zilch, nada...
I am not actually sure how many I ... should own atm, as gave some away.
The good part: I found a pair of glasses I've been missing for a couple of months now.
So, I am ordering a whole bunch of extenders from e-bay right away.
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Same here! When I need one who knows where it is!
Find the odd sock, it's right next to it!
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My friend's daughter is visiting from Texas and we took her for a professional bra fitting at our local bra boutique. She would love to buy more bras in the near future. I told her Amazon Prime is her friend, of course. But can anyone recommend any bra boutiques in the Houston area? She got a 32D bra, so she doesn't need somewhere that caters to large sizes, but she did say she would like to find a boutique in her area.
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Looks like there's a few in Houston!
Thank you! I'll pass that along!
Am I the only one doesn't know that comexim does make their cups deeper as customization?
Almost all of my comexims have got smaller and shallower since my breasts grown, but I didn't want to go size up because the current size fits everywhere like the strap attatchnent, cup height except the cup depth. So I asked comexim about the ... sizing and they kindly answered me that it is possible to make their cups deeper without changing anything else. Yay!!! I think it's good to share here lol. Now I am planning to order a 3hc with deeper cups and then will share about the result
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Comexim is so great with customizing exactly to their customers' needs. :) Wonder if they'd do something like this for their plunges as well. It makes me kinda sad that I can't wear them because there's not enough depth at the wire.
Wow I wish I had know that before coming up with an overly complicated alteration list! I just ordered a bra with the straps moved in, a shorter cup and narrower wires (so basically just a deeper cup lol).
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I am the saddest person alive about how Cleo Piper Longline Balconnet Bra (9351) fits me. Curse these tall roots and lack of upper fullness! Has anyone else noticed much in-cup quad with this model?
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I don't know about in-cup specifically but a LOT of people were disappointed to find it was not a great fit on them. It seems to have a fairly flat upper cup element that doesn't work on a lot of people at all.
wendybien It closes off pretty sharply, or it seems to on me, anyway. I expected some above-apex wrinkles just because unlined cups seem to work that way for my slight projection, but dang. The immediate depth is amazing, though!
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I stumbled upon a list of bra bloggers a few days ago and forgot to bookmark it. It had them arranged by categories suc as small bust, foreign languages, etc. And even had the social media they used. I'm pretty sure the background was pink. Does anyone happen to know the link?
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I think this might be what you're looking for: http://www.estylingerie.com/lingerie-blogger-database-48-w.asp#b
There's also this http://www.bratabase.com/bloggers/list/ but it depends on bloggers signing up, we don't add blogs manually.
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I need a distraction today. Let's talk about what you've got on the way!
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well, unless someone receives one of those purple bras from ewa overnight, there isnt much that can distract me lol. I want my purple SF and a new S. Honeslty, if i cant stop gaining weight, I want another beige SF too, so I hvae something to wear under white/light shirts
I went ahead and bit the bullet, I'm keeping my 30G - Cleo ยป Hettie Balconnet Bra (9011) and looking very forward to my incoming Ewa Michalak Bm Bibi Flamenco (808) from Anya99 :)
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Has EM's 'M' cut always come up to a 65FF? I thought it stopped at 65F. I'm not sure if she's expended to other sizes as well, that's just what I noticed.
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I think I remember seeing something about the M expanding it's size range to include 65FF.
It did expand! I know this because I counted the number of sizes a few months ago in the M cuts and it was below 50, now its above 50 :D
I keep a track/celebration of bras that are made in over 50 sizes and tag the brands (in the hope that they won't remove any sizes we all need!)
https://www.facebook.com/brasinmanysizes/
Now up to 28G and sister sizes!
Some stop at 42B and some stop at 42A. That depends on the bra.
Almost a month ago, I ordered my cat bra from Wellfitting so I hope that means it ships soon! And from Jaimie, I ordered one October 16 and another one September 16th and I have no idea when the hell those will even ship.
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I ordered my 2nd PL fairytale from Jaime, and it got put in Oct 4th, so I'm hoping its done soon. She said I got the last fairytale made. So I'm hoping I get it soon.
Prettyncharmeuse I almost ordered another one in a band size down but I decided against it since I thought it would be too late. I don't want to send Jaimie a second email asking about shipping on the September one since I asked last week.
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I just got the email that my Ewa Michalak order has shipped! Let's see how long it takes to get to Pennsylvania from Poland.
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@dbmamaz - That purple SF is on the way!
I got an email that mine shipped as well! I have 3 new SF bras on the way, including the purple one. ;)
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We've spent years bashing VS here - looks like we may be part of a trend? VS is not doing so well, apparently. The do mention competition from boutique and start-up companies, but also from bralettes.
L Brands' woes may extend beyond its recent shift in strategy โ meaning a recove
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/breast-augmentation-surgery-free-fall-165213454...
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Cleavage is out? I'm so fashionably screwed. Lol
its kinda annoying that body types go in and out of fashion. its not like we can really go buy a new one one. I mean, aside from boob jobs. which were never much of an option for me.
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I ended up at Soma. I have no idea how their sizing works-I started off at a 32G and asked to try the next size down which was a 32DDD but I ended up with a padded bra! The band runs super tight and there's not enough room for my inner fullness/projection at the bottom but I don't hate it. I'll have a full post up about my bra adventures on my blog tomorrow but for those in the States, Soma isn't actually half bad. I had a very pleasant experience.
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Just made a custom Comexim order using the reddit polish translation guide. Hoping to get Honey Cookie 70HH in 3HC with wires overlapping at the gore. Holding my breath. I can't wait until asophisticatedpair starts doing custom comexims again. Hopefully 6 weeks from now I won't end up with a) a crazy frankenbra, or b) the standard plunge (which would probably be worse on me! haha). Fingers crossed! #terrifying. DOes anyone know what the Comexim turnarond is of late for orders?
reddit: the front page of the internet
https://www.reddit.com/r/ABraThatFits/wiki/polish_translations
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I did this last week! Totally rationalized buying myself one by also buying my sister a Christmas present... and now no idea if either one will fit right. I'll update once mine ships!
I think all of my recent orders have been 3 weeks from ordering to receiving. The odprder before last I literally came to me 4 days after it was shipped.
also, you can write to them in English. I just try to write in simple sentences "all bras as 3HC" "reduced gore" etc. my last order, I ordered 1 bra as a plunge and as a 3HC, I asked for s reduced gore for the 3HC, and they asked me if I wanted the other bra to have a reduced gore as well.
Hopefully your bra works out for you. ๐
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I washed some of my padded bras on Thursday. I spun out as much of the extra water as I can using my salad spinner and laid them to dry. Today, two days later, they're still slightly damp! We don't heat our upstairs and that's the only place I can leave them to dry unfortunately. Obviously I need more bras so that I have more to wear while some are getting washed!
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That makes perfect sense to me! Get on it ;)
Where do you live? My bras dry faster in the winter because the air is drier. But i do hang them. I hang them over pants hangers, by the gore, and then hang those on the shower pole. but hanging anywhere would work. more air flow
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Trying to catch up with reviews from bras I've bought over the last several months. I picked this one up from a fellow Bratabase user! http://www.bratabase.com/bra/dijvm/
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I assume this is the link you posted as the title.
http://www.bratabase.com/bra/dijvm/
Yes Prettyncharmeuse Sorry, this is the first time I've done a bra review this way. I added the link in the text; and THANKS! ๐
Because asking for things sometimes works?
So I asked if she would possibly think about bringing out the following:
- J hook bras (because my shoulders are sloped)
- Sports bras (because wow, sports bras in KK+ cups would be good)
- Longlines or basques (because... they look good?)
The response from Kaska was:
- we don't currently have those hooks ... but you could try a racerback clip
- we don't want to make sports bras as there are already good ones on the market (I assume she means Panache or something) and we prefer more open designs
- we currently don't have any longlines or basques, maybe there will be a longline in the future, but not at the moment
So... I guess that's two "we might end up doing it" and one "no"
I really hope those maybes turn into products!
Maybe if other people email too she might consider sooner?
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I hope she makes another bikini in the future. I'm not a fan of the color of the one she has and those bottoms have way more coverage than I prefer.
Actually I commented on the bikini on facebook saying it would be good in lilac or bottle green and she said it was a good idea, so you never know!
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That morning I woke up dreaming of an olf friend of mine who sat there in a terribly wrong non fitting bra and I thought: "You are a 34JJ but you won't believe me, right?" So I dreamt I had some 34JJ Freya bras and looked at them holding them into my hands.
I wore a black tight shirt with no ... bra and tried to wear that 34JJ over the shirt, but it was of course far too big.
Suddenly she said: "You are wearing the wrong size.I will try instead!" She was also wearing a black shirt with that wrong bra beneath, and she took all my 34JJ bras, which were about 50 pieces and started getting them on.
At first she was happy. After having put on 30 bras all over another she said she felt uncomfortable.
When she put on bra number 59 she said she probably needed a 36K now.
So I consulted ebay.com and ordered a package of 50 36K bras. For some reasons which only in dreams occur, that package arrived immediately.
I helped her to get all those on, too, because she could not move her arms wearing all those bras any more.
Suddenly she startet getting angry because her baby started crying. It was a cute 3 month old who wanted to be breastfeeded by his mom, the 34JJ/36K friend of mine. The baby's head became dark read as he cried and cried while me and my friend tried to get rid of all those bras quickly.
For another reason, which also only in dreams occur, it was impossible to find a way out of all those bands and straps because they were all meshed together to one untimative bra which started to grow and became alive.
So at that point it turned into a nightmare:
I started screaming and tried to get her out of the bras, they struggled her and in the end I woke up because of my baby crying for milk.
At first I was quite irritated because my friend was gone and her baby was still there ... then I touched my boobs and realizedI was wearing no bra at all.
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that is one crazy dream lol
There have been some sneak peaks of new FB bras that Ewa posted on her Facebook. She has one, a blue bra with white polkadots that I absolutely adore. However, I'm not in the FB size range and whenever I ask Ewa if I can custom order it as a BM. The first time she ignored me/didn't see it and ... then the second time she just said any alterations that are possible are in the item's description on her website-this bra isn't even released yet! This is why I prefer to go through Jaimie. I don't mind waiting days/weeks/months I just want to know if I will even be able to wear it.
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Yes, I agree...Jaimie will work the details for you - it's worth the extra cost just to have her lobby on your behalf :)
I wonder if it's possible I'd the fabric is,the reinforced fb fabric to have in in a bm cut ...I am thinking it would be more like a sf with that firm fabric .
Does anyone know when EM is releasing more models? I really am frustrated (again) with my bras and probably need to go ahead and buy a bigger SF and another S (hopefully in the same size?) And that would be the purple SF and probably the glamour S. But if there are more coming soon . . . . well . . i could wait another 2 weeks and still call it a holiday present, right?
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She only just put out the last bras a week and a half ago, so I doubt she will for a while now. My guess is around a month's time, if not in the new year
When she released the last batch of bras, I asked and was told that the following may be released in November, but no guarantees. Ewa changes her mind all the time.
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OMG, the moment you realise u r gonna be in a city with a shop that actually sells in stock Ewa Michlak bras! Oo
I am so flashed!!
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!!!!! I'm green with envy ;-) Hope you have a grand adventure :-) :-)
I am so jealous! I hope to go to Poland in a few years and will definitely find a bra shop when I am there!
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http://www.bratabase.com/help/uploadingpictures/#I-have-the-stock-photo-i-just-wanted-to-add-it-to-the-site :)
The thing with stock photos is that we need to know that this image came from the manufacturer's website and is not something that a store took, so it's more useful to link the site that contains the image, I can grab it from there and I know that it is the right place. Just attaching an image file doesn't tell me where it came from.
Well it looks like a manufacturer's photo, but I got it from the e-bay seller's site. It is not available on the original Figleaves site as it's discontinued and sold out there. When I search the name of the bikini top in images, it is the same one, but once I click on it directs me to the Figleaves site with no availibility of photo or merchandise.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Figleaves-Tobago-Swimwear-Bikini-Bra-Top-Padded-Sweetheart-Red-Select-Size-BNWT-/301163536591
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