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. :)
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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