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• they have the olivia in 32J, but not the ivory floris. I think it makes sense to buy now, for 25% off, rather than wait for my b-day in mid june. . . hubby isnt sure. How long does it usually take for prices to drop after a new model or colorway?

• bare necessities does the 25% off pretty frequently. It's kind of their 'day ending in Y' sale, so it's not really the amazing bargain they make it sound. But, that said, if you wait, you risk your size selling out, especially given you're looking at bras in basic colors, which often sell out in most sizes before they ever get to the point of markdowns, so you ARE taking a chance to wait. On the other hand, 32J is generally not one of the sizes that sells out quickly. If you're willing to gamble on your size selling out, there's no reason you can't wait; the 25% off sale will happen again, guaranteed. But, if you want to wait until they mark them down to clear them out for next season's styles, then you might be disappointed in your size being out of stock.

  As far as returns - using their return label costs a fortune. You'll get a lower return rate to just use your regular postal service's label, if you need to return. I've done it both ways, and will never use their label again. It costs $7-8 to use their label(if I'm remembering right), which is absolutely ridiculous no matter where in the country you are. I'm about a 30 minute drive from their return center, so it makes zero sense for me to use their label when shipping from the regular post office only costs me $2. Food for thought. I'm pretty sure I've returned everything I've ever bought from them. I don't think I've actually kept one yet. lol - but I still get their email "sale" spam pretty much daily in my inbox.

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• ouch. I actually wear a 32, but the first time I stopped in the upscale place near me, the girl who greeted me (and told me all the fitters were busy) glanced at me and pointed out that she wears a 30 band and works here and still has to order all her bras on line. I was honestly shocked she could see how small my ribcage is under the huge boobs and belly lol

• Well at least she has a good eye. Im tiny so anyone who knows anything about proper brafitting should not be surprised I need a small band. But I also have deceptive boobs that look like D's but actually need E's or F,s in 28 bands. So the lady at the store look even more in doubt when I asked for E or F cups.. like she thought I was delusional.

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• The Figleaves website (based in England) can send to Germany. Just make sure you are using the UK site. BraStop is also in England I think--that is a discount (sales) website.

• Tat I Know. but we know also not what bra is for FOB compatible

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Apr 04, 2015

Lowered the prices on a few of my bras! Just trying to make room for newer purchases. Most are sizes 32F, 32FF, 34D, 34DD and 36D.

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New on the blog!

I have posted the final part of my breast reduction experience. I hope that you all find it informative, and I would love to answer any additional questions.
Xo.

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• Under dresses that you'd consider wearing shape wear. Not necessarily fancy dresses, but for example, I've got some jersey dresses and cotton wiggle dresses that would benefit from a smoothing undergarment. Or just to feel sassy ;)

• Ohh I know what you mean... my Urkye Koperta dress shows my rolls on my back and I feel self conscious about it.
  I don't own any piece of shapewear.
  

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• Panache pulled the stock; herroom shouldn't be selling them to anyone imo

• Good to know. Thanks

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• I've been mulling these things over in my head for a few days to think about things which I'd personally like from bras, and also the general needs of women with very large breasts.

  I think that people in the know have sort of figured out about the need for narrow and deep cups, although a bit narrower wouldn't go astray. Based on a small observational experiment run some time ago on Bratabase, there's actually very minimal variation in root width between women in any cup size, with the exception of those in large band sizes who have a more undefined root. There's only so much chest wall where breasts can sit.

  What I think is missing from even the better bras available is a logical understanding of anatomy. While breasts get deeper, bodies don't become taller and wider to match. My shoulders are fairly narrow, but considering that I would primarily wear 28 bands, this should honestly come as no huge surprise to anyone. Someone with a small ribcage will have a correspondingly small frame elsewhere. This means that straps should be closer together (particularly at the back of the bra), and also that the height of the 'armpit' of bras should be lessened. There's probably also a maximum logical height for a bra cup. I think that my breasts seem to be short in relation to other breasts and not just bra cups in this size range, but I think that bra cups seem to be excessively tall for everyone when you consider likely root height and distance between underbust and armpit.

  Very close-set breasts and extreme centre fullness also seem to be a common feature which isn't very well provided for. While overlapping wire channels aren't especially feasible, changing the angle of the gore, in the manner which is done when you take it in (because I find most ladies who can, do), so that the channels run right next to each other down the bulk of the gore instead of just at the top could be helpful.

  Generally speaking, I find that constructions just aren't strong enough to be truly comfortable. Wires will distort when I wear them, straps dig in, cups fold at the bottom. I've tried a variety of band tensions and I don't believe that it's because my bands are too tight or too loose, it's merely that the materials used are insufficiently stable. I do hear that brands who design for what is conventionally considered to be the plus size demographic (Elomi and so on) have stronger bras, and I would be very positive about some of those features becoming available. It's true that the full cup styles aren't 'young' and 'cute', but if they were strong and comfortable, I'd be quite prepared to overlook the aesthetics.

  I think something else which is worth mentioning is that just because a size isn't mainstream, doesn't mean that there aren't customers who will purchase it. I'm no expert in business, but it seems so odd to me that there have been so many brands in recent years launch or expand into the E-GG/H market, where there are already huge powerhouse brands who are meeting the needs of women. What I've seen happen is that the brands seem to either settle for what they have or go under, meaning that women with very large cups (and also very small bands, and large bands small cups) only ever receive good intentions which are utterly useless at actually keeping you clothed and supported. You're perhaps not going to get the tens of thousands of customers of targeting the mainstream sizes, but there's very little competition for market share (plus if you go for large cups, you could pretty much have one size of wire for all your cups and be done with it). I wish nearly every day there was a brand who was actually good, instead of just 'good enough'. I have to commend Comexim for even trying to address the needs of this sizing group.
  

• Thank you so much for the well thought out comment. This is actually kind of hilarious to me because I literally did nothing for 5 days since posting this with the blog post itself except kind of mull it over in my mind too. And I literally started working on it today and I was typing my first draft of my first post out when I got this email.

  What's even more ironic to me is that we decided the same things to discuss. I decided to do a blog series so that I can cover where I'm coming from with the basics and then I'm going to get into the nitty gritty - which was the same stuff you mentioned. It makes me really happy to see that we feel the same about what's important, it makes me feel like I'm headed in the right direction.

  I was genuinely surprised when Erica encouraged me to give my feedback and told me Comexim/AP was thinking hard about how to improve the sizes and even how to increase the sizes. It made me feel like it was worth the effort to talk about this stuff, because we've seen brands try to expand and fail every now and then and I guess we should try to take this opportunity to help others too.

  I feel the same way about the business practices. Everyday I wonder what the hell people are doing. It would be so easy for a brand to come along with the kind of information we've gathered and start a brand for it. I do see design students here from time to time and it gives me hope. I'd do it myself if I wanted to dedicate my life to selling bras. I mean come on, it's quite simple. There's demand and no one to supply it. Why are people so afraid of the upper cup sizes? It doesn't make sense to me...

  I'm going to carefully reread your post and make sure I hit upon all those points as best I can. One area I had only thought of so far in passing is the actual construction. I did "design a bra" I thought would work pretty well but other than underwires and stiff fabric, I haven't gone much into it. It also would help if I knew how to make a bra from scratch, but I'll do what I can with what knowledge I have. At the least, this stuff will be useful for designing our own bras too.

  Oh, I was looking at some of your photos when I was doing some research. Your short root is very apparent in some photos and so is mine. I actually tried on the 75K - Ewa Michalak » Bm Aqua (578) I am selling again and noticed that the bra is literally shorter. It looks odd to me, but I think EM may have realized we don't need all that actual cup height since the BM bras seemed aimed at us. Too bad the bra fails in other ways. I don't mind having a bra be tall if it doesn't scrape, but I haven't seen that be useful for anyone.

  I took a look at the breast shapes gallery too and I noticed it seemed like mostly everyone was high set and short rooted who looked similar to me. I think there is just certain kind of breast type and that Polish bra makers have only figured out two parts of it, narrow/deep and close set, but the issues we experience must mainly be present at upper cup levels.

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• Haha found it right away even without being tagged! Yeah!!

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CK's new Friend?!?!

still it seems need some improvement

Scantilly AW15 Preview: "Curvy Kate's Naughtier...

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• I saw this a while ago and I'm so excited about it :D the sets look so sexy though i have no use for that lol

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Warg I cannot has new bras until I get my first paycheck...

I am currently between jobs as I left my old one a couple of weeks ago and my new one doesn't start until next week. I've been wanting to buy some Curvy Kate bras and I can't do so until I get my first paycheck from my new job.

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• Luckily your boobs arent going anywhere!

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Ann Summers has ALL their 30 bands on sale!

Plus international delivery is now only £3.95!

You'll need to type the size into their search bar to get all of them though as they don't all show up otherwise?!

Only stocking 30B-DD right now but hopefully will bring out some more 30E-F (or bigger!) soon!

(They also have 32-36 A-FF, 38B-G, 40FF-G, 42D, 42FF and about 60 styles for £10 or less - they don't use FF so their G is a UK FF and their H is a UK G)

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• You should just look through other bra bloggers for some ideas. I think theres a blog on this site somewhere
  

• Fit. Good for vs bad.
  Where to buy bras.

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• pics!
  

• Yeah I'll get some tonight and do measurements. I tried it on and was like "OMG IT FITS!!!!!" and haven't taken it off yet LOL

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More breast shapes added

Last night I added a few more breast shapes to the gallery, hopefully it will be better to identify yourself seeing busts of more familiar celebrities.

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• It just wouldn't be April 1 without you, Jj . ;)

• LOL Good April fools! LOL

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• I really don't get the school uniform. My students said it was lie day. Others said they got discounts on movies.

• Hahaha actually its bit of both amd I got discount on movies today

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Mar 31, 2015

Reduced prices on all my listings, as I really want them out of my to sell drawer. 34H-36GG with free US shipping.

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• You may want to take a look at how to list your bras on the site:

  http://www.bratabase.com/help/listing-a-bra/

• I thought maybe she was asking for suggestions for a strapless 32F? The post was pretty unclear . . .

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• I would celebrate a day I can see my feet, usually my boobs are in the way. :P

• Well! It's not so bad if it's your boobs! :)

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