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My hard to fit shape

So, I think I'm slowly figuring out my breast shape. I've figured out that I do have an awkward shape that is hard to fit, and that is fine.

I measure to be a 28F but actually fit a 28FF, but get a huge amount of quadboob and gaping in every bra I've tried depending on my movements.

I have a prominent breast bone.

I am shallow.

My vertical root is high/wide.

My horizontal root is wide.

I think I'm more full on bottom, but I look like I'm even.

I have little to no fullness in the center.

With all of these characteristcs together, I'm not easy to fit. The masquerade Rhea, Curvy Kate Thrill Me, and Cleo Karen are the best fitting bras I have, but I get quadboob in all and serious gaping in the Rhea because the straps are too far apart, but
if i bring them in it will be far too small. If I try a size up in any, they will be far too big.

My breasts are actually low on my chest, but the root extends to almost at my collar bone, and the top is super shallow, but the bottom isn't necessarily shallow. So, anything that's not open at the top gets quadboob (and many things that are open) and I still can't fill out the top. I've determined that I can only fit myself properly into moulded/padded balconettes without alterations.

I'm still hoping that one day I'll find a non-moulded or padded bra that I can fit into well. I get wrinkling/gaping in every one that I've tried, but I'm going to try to alter the Cleo Zia and Meg bras so that I can wear them regularly. I think it will work. With the Zia, I have to sew the wrinkle down, and with the Meg, bring in the lace detail on top to the gore.

It's frustrating that I haven't found a bra that I'm truly comfortable wearing a tight t-shirt over, but I'm starting to feel okay about the lace detail or slight gaping/quadboob showing under my shirt because most women wear bras, and what's the problem?

If any of you have any recommendations of bras for me to try, I'd appreciate it, but I was just trying to get my fitting "issues" out there so that I can really organize and focus better on bras that would work better for me.

Filed under Boob and body issues

Shared on Nov 12, 2013 Flag this