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• I say migration, mostly. Probably made worse by the band being more loose due to the migration.

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• Ewa do a few strapless ones, might be worth asking if they can custom make them in a 26 band?

• Are they any good? I've been reading a lot about Ewa hassle around here!

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May 15, 2013

I bought a @ Playtex Convertible bra in 38DD. I'm altering the band, and the straps are convertible at the top, so I'm going to cut off the straps it has and use my nude straps from my strapless bra so I can have a halter bra to go with my halters and T Backs

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• Did you buy it online or did you have the chance to try it on before you bought it? :) Ideally, what would be your band size? I'm wondering because I'm altering bands as well, and I've read somewhere here on Bratabase that a girl here took a bra to a seamstress to make her alter the band shorter, but she wouldn't do it. I think it was 2 band sizes down tops that she wanted to alter it. The seamstress said it was impossible. Pfft. Bullshit. I'm buying 38C's from Kappahl and alter them down to about 28FF's. I've had no issues with it, it works like a charm! The trick is... If you don't want to have additional altering on your shoulders (not literally, figuratively)... You just make sure the bra you're buying has a set of wings that are even in height all the way! :) There could be a slight curve but it's easiest with a bra that has no curve to it in the back (except the leotard curve that connects to the straps). I've found the quality of the XLNT bras (XLNT is a plus size range within the Kappahl brand) to be of far greater quality than their "normal" range. In the regular range the wires are flimsier, the bands are much lower (2 hooks instead of 3) and the materials don't seem as sturdy. When you get the hang of it, there's actually perks with knowing how to alter your bras! You might prefer the features of a bra in a different size range than yours, and now you're able to get those features with a great fit! :D I particularly like that I can get my hands on a bra with side boning, 28F's and 28FF's usually don't have that. And tell me about a 28F/28FF with three hooks in the back that isn't a sports bra or a longline? None ^^ I love to have 3 hooks in the back, it's much more comfy!

  Is that why you're altering this bra? To have a halter bra? I'm sure there are none in your "actual" size. Or is it because you don't like to order stuff online?

• I bought it at the local Kmart in town. While I do buy online, I don't buy online unless I know its going to fit- the back and forth of exchanges and returns is a lot if more than once.

  I did try it on before I bought, I like trying on all my bras before I buy. I go to Macy's , or Dillards for bra study of what brands work/ fit well before I buy so I know ahead whats going to work.
  My actual size is 32, right now I'm wearing a 34 band. I like Wacoal but I'm also interested in Chantelle, and they are the only undergarment brand sold US (French) that goes to 30 band and to H cup right now. Also they are unique and creative in the bras they make, many times I have thought Wacoal could do the things they are doing with bras.
  Everything from T shirt bras to unique straps and convertible bras.

  I agree about altering, there are benefits to knowing how to alter. Once you get the feel of it, you can alter more creative and try different kinds of bras.

  With the seamstress, could be she didn't know how- or had not done that before.

  I have altered many bras and for a long while.
  If there are no strapless or other bras you can get in your size, or the bras that are available don't fit your shape, you have to wear a bra, at that point altering is a great option.

  I needed a strapless for summer, but the bras I tried they didn't fit right. So I looked for a convertible bra , I found a Playtex that had convertible straps in regular and criss cross.
  I'm taking of the straps that came on the bra and using my strapless straps so I can use the bra halter style, but I like clear straps too so it will be really versitle.

  I found a convertible bra in Wacoal line called the Instant Polish, I need to try the G/H cup to see the fit, but I have to try first and Macy's didn't have it in G and H. I liked the cup, a soft lightly lined underwire, the bra in style is just like the Playtex, so for now I'm using the Playtex.

  I think that once your skilled in altering, there are so many choices and options in bra wear, its like tailoring your own clothing/ undergarments. Lots of freedom with that.

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• I'm not in Europe, so I can't comment on shipping times, but it took almost two weeks after I sent payment for my order to be shipped. Yours might not be in the post (you should get a notification when it is), so I wouldn't worry yet!

• hi, i ordered to England. i sent my e-mail order on the 24th april. My package was sent on the 8th May and arrived in England on the 14th. I went for priority, quick packaging!
  

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• Yay! :)

• That's great :D :D

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• Haha, that's so fun you sent the bra away and then regretted it and *then* altered it :D From the pics I actually love that bra on you. Also the color matches your skin tone very beautifully <3

• The S Porcelanka, while it looks good, would look a lot better on me with a few alterations as well. The main one being taking off at least two inches off the straps. I'm nearly 5'7 but I do consider myself to have higher set boobs than 'average'. A lot of women have to alter Ewa bras, mainly the straps and the band, to get that perfect fit. It's a shame, really. Glad you got it to fit right!

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• When I returned my parcel to EM it took about 14 days to receive an email that my payment was being refunded. I think at the same day they also sent me the message that my new order was on hold (so they would start working on the new bras from that day on).

• ^14 days!! Wow.

  I guess I should´ve just made the new order in a regular way, no exchange orders. That way I would´ve already got the bra, it is (was) in stock... :(

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May 13, 2013

Went to Macy's on Mothers Day to try on bras- specifically @Wacoal. I tried the Embrace Lace lightly lined in a 34 DDD , the Basic in a 34DDD and The Dot bra in a 34DDD everything was way too small. I know I'm not a DDD, but @Wacoal does cut big, so I start lower and work up higher. ... They only had one 32G that was a mininmizer, so that was out.
I tried the Retro Full Figure in a 34 DD,DDD,G - the DD and DDD was too small, the gore didn't come close to tacking and was cutting in the middle of my cleavage. The 34G was a little big in the cup, the Retro line is weird, the way it fits/wears. Many women have given great reviews and my sister loved it as well, but for me, its just off. Could be my shape. I don't like the bra, but I wanted to try it anyway to see.

I tried the @ Instant Polish T Shirt Bra, I liked the cup style and thickness, I just need to try on the G and H cup to get the correct cup fit. Its a convertible bra, , the first I've found over a DD cup.
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Anyone who can share a few notes on these brands:

Aubade , Anita , Calida , Calvin Klein , Chantelle , Femilet, Lise Charmel , Marie Jo , Marlies Dekkers , Missya?

These are the brands that the store I'm going to a job interview for is stocking.

I've of course checked them here, and on ... their websites, but if anyone was able to apply a few key-words in terms of what they are especially good for etc., so I will be a step ahead :b I've tried some of them (Femilet, Marie Jo) but since they don't stock my size, my impression has mainly been "too small"

Poking t_maia , since she's like a bank of bra-knowledge, also besides the UK brands we see so much here
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• Calvin Klein is very popular with the under 20 set in my area; not a big range of sizes and I have been told by my teen that the bands run big. She does like the strapless, a 36 ddd fit her and she is usually a 34/32 f in uk bras, so this one is NOT a big band.

• Aubade: Expensive, but very well made. Gorgeous, sexy designs. Lots of half-cup designs. Seems to run true to size both in bras and panties (my starting-point size of 32E is my Aubade size in every one of their bras I've tried on).

  Chantelle: Comfortably (for me) wide wires. Seems to run true to size.

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• I did in the beginning, but now that I know what works and what does not, I've become much pickier.

• I do get a little pickier now, but sometimes I can't help it, lol.

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May 11, 2013

I just ordered my first Ewa Michalak bra. I can't wait to get it and I really really hope it fits!

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• What did you order?

• I ordered this bra http://www.bratabase.com/browse/ewa-michalak/s-ptys/

  I love the color and the design. I would have gotten a plunge style but the website seemed wiped out of sizes in the PLs so I thought the S would be good. I ordered my usual size of 30G so I hope it works out!

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• Amazon ?

• Thanks for your suggestion crystal I just grabbed one of these though I had to go up a size since mine was sold out there by the time I checked there.

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Sometimes, I hate being a part of this community/knowing better...

... because every time someone who is obviously NOT a 36B says "OMG my boobs so small only B cup" and I ask her what her waistline is and she's all like "28 inches" I just want to die. I know that if I try and show her these things on the internet like Bratabase, /r/ABraThatFit and Busty Resources, I ... will just get the same old "But I got sized at Victoria's Secret/ Well in AMERICAN sizes I wear a 38DD/ That must be sizing special to THAT brand/ They must be wearing the wrong sizes!/ I like when my band rides up, it's comfy" comeback, and they just look at me like I'm insane when I say that I wear 24F/28DD (pre-pregnancy) even when I show them my bra and how it fits. It feels kinda useless to me to try and help my friends get into better sizes because they insist on wearing their old sizes because they're AMERICAN sizes ad UK sizes are "wrong" -_-

Only gay men and two really fat girls (not just chubby or fluffy) have been open to this new knowledge of bras. I guess the more heavyset women are more willing to accept an explanation for their back pains/straps digging in etc. aside from their bodies being "wrong" and for some reason, a lot of the gay (male and trans female) kids at my community college know that VS does it wrong (for the current bra technology anyway).

Why must I be cursed with some knowledge of proper bra fitting? Why have I learned from this community? XD And why does everyone else here seem to have more willing friend and relatives? My sister is still insisting that she fits perfectly into a 32A despite her waistline being 22 inches. Sometimes I feel like I would have been better off never knowing.

What I do love about this community, however, is the fact that y'all have already been enlightened and every time I read something here about bra sizes and fit I don't feel insane anymore. Thanks for existing, folks.
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• I know the feeling! I hate it when people won't listen to what I'm saying and just bash it before they've even listened to me fully. I never talk about it unless being approached. "I hate my bras, I hate that xxxxxx and xxxx", then I briefly have a chat about how a bra really should fit, leaving out the details like orange in a glass and etc; I talk about how the band should be level and there should be no overspill nor gaping and that how you put on a bra affects the whole fit A LOT! I really don't bother when they won't listen. The ones who have listened are my mother, my sister and a friend of mine. Others who I've talked to about it haven't seemed like they're really convinced, and I just don't bother talking to someone who's not that interested.

  And btw, 22 inches?! That's the smallest I've ever heard of :P Is she a grown-up or a pre-teen? (I'm not trying to be rude, it's just that I've never ever heard of someone with such a small underbust)

• None of my friends seem to care about having the right sizes either. They do listen to me and most of them don't think I'm crazy or wrong. But they don't really care as long as what they have "fits".

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• You can probably try asking them to custom make it for you I think :x
  Looking at the bras that fit you though, you probably need a 70D/65DD and wear it with the pads? You can always stuff it more if it's too big :)
  It's absolutely gorgeous though :) I really want to try the 3D's, but there's not a lot of information yet on them.

• I just received a very pleasant and civilized reply to my (really very nicely phrased) question if I could exchange the 70B Ptys for a 70C:
  "Hi,

  Unfortunately we can't do such thing. We don't have any materials to sew that another for You.

  Greet
  (the infamous D. Michalak)"
  I replied that I was quite surprised to hear that, seeing as they still offer custom sizes and the bra only came out on May 1st.

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Guess who might become a real bra-fitter soon?

This girl! I have a job interview at a very fancy boutique this coming wedensday. They don't stock any real full-bust brands, but they aren't bad either - they have at least up to EU I-cup, and I have no reason to doubt their fittings really either. So I'm excited! Would do me good with a proper job soon! I've ... searched for months! Actually, this store was one I applied for 2½ months ago, and they said they didn't have any openings for me now, and I expected that to be the end of it, but they called today, and really sounded like they were impressed with my application, so yay!
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• :D

• Yay! Congratulations! I'm thinking of hitting all my local bra boutiques and putting in applications, but I don't know if any of them can afford to take on any extra employees.

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• Great! :D What kinda boob-shape would you say you're for sure certain is compatible with the Gorgoeus unpadded bras? ( = what boob shape do you have? ) I'm very interested in buying Gorgeous bras because their bras are truly gorgeous, just like the name states! I find that they have a lot of really "young" designs, very vibrant and fun.

  Also, do you have a small distance between your shoulders and where you boobs "start" ? I do, and that complicates things sometimes. Just an all-round description of your body type would be helpful! :)

• I think FoT and FoB both suit the bras? I'm FoT but lately I think I'm even, with a tendency towards FoT.

  I don't know how I can describe my boobs, but this http://i.imgur.com/Ck63Xfe.png is a diagram from a user in r/abrathatfits, and I dubbed her as my boob twin, because that's almost exactly how my boobs look. The blue and the purple part are all breast tissue on me. :) I'm 1.65m (5'5"), 52kg (115lb)

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• If you look at the listings section, there are tons of 30E/F bras and many are under $20 :)

• I'm about to list this 30F - Freya » Patsy Padded Half-cup (1223) for $15! Also I have a Tabitha listed right now for $18 :) http://www.bratabase.com/listings/dhohl/

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