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Wire Width Wonderings
How do you know if a bra's wires are too wide for you? I have seen one or two bras on myself where there was a bit of wrinkling on the side so I can be sure those are too wide, but when I look at all the measurements I've added to bratabase some have the same width and look fine while a few wrinkle.
I've noticed narrower ones are more difficult to get on but once on I can't remember feeling anything different about the width. And to continue with this how do I know if I'm scooping and swooping side fat and not boob into the cup? Is there anything wrong or is it causing problems if I am doing that now or choose to do that once I figure out how to differentiate between boob and side fat?
I am currently assuming that since none of the bras have felt like the wires are too narrow I've been wearing ones too wide and I'm going to try a bunch with smaller width, but is this wrong? I'm also hoping by trying narrower wires my boobs will get out of my underarm area and my arms will be able to comfortably lay on my side and not feel like they're being held out.
Appreciate any insight or thoughts you have!
Side note is there a specific brand of bra extenders that is preferred? Looking to get some!
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"How do you know if a bra's wires are too wide for you?" you can tell on the sides because there will be space btwn where your breast root ends, and the underwires: here is an example https://www.bratabase.com/picture/dpzg2/ I know it's hard to see, but the I can put a couple of fingers in the empty space on the side.
Of note: one can still get support if the underwires are too wide, it's a matter of comfort though. I prefer to wear some of the more narrower brands (Ewa Michalak, Comexim), more comfy and better lift, imo.
As far as bra extenders, I'm not sure if there's even a brand? Like I think I just have a generic one, I'm pretty sure I got it from a fabric store, just whatever one they had there, I grabbed.
OH ALSO, not sure what your size is, but usually there is a *change in pattern* around the G/GG UK cup size. This was true for the Panache Envy bras I tried; I noticed in the FF UK cup, the wires were more narrow. Well, trying G UK cup the underwires started to go quite wide on the side FWIW.
Because of my weight I can not find an end to my breast root, I have found one or two bras that wrinkle at the sides (so clearly too big) but other than that the best I managed to determine (by squishing my boob into my chest and then all the way to the side) is 3 inches narrowerer than the wires of the bra I had on which would mean I need about 4.5-5 inch width, 14 inch depth, at 38h/hh. I'm having a difficult time finding anything under 7 inch width currently!
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