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When doing the measurements on here when you measure the perimeter of one boob is that any indicator of how much cup depth you need? My boobs both measure at 16 inches when bending over and measuring horizontally... vertically its 14 inches. Average the 2 measurements and its 15... what about if i was doing a custom bra (i.e. Ewa Michalak, Comexim) and i need really narrow wires... how do i figure how narrow of wires to tell the rep? I don't want to spend a bunch of money on a custom bra and have it come in the mail wrongmaybe theres a FAQ or a blog post about this? Any input is appreciated
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Also curious on this. :)
There's a lot of variables to consider, so while there is a relation between breast perimeter and cup depth, there's no hard and fast answers.
Think of your leaning perimeter as the maximum possible cup depth your breasts could fill. For someone who is shallow with very firm breasts, they wouldn't compress much, so their ideal cup depth would be pretty similar. For someone who had very soft, heavy breasts, they may need a bra which has quite a bit less depth than their leaning perimeter.
If a bra is too wide for you, even if it has sufficient depth by numbers, it may still be too shallow to fit (Harmony, I am looking at you right now).
I know my leaning perimeter of my slightly larger breast is about 43.5cm, and I think that if I could get the cup width and height thing right, I'd have an ideal depth of about 36.5-38cm, but that's just my personal measurements and not in any way indicative of anyone else's needs.
The best way I know of estimating ideal wire width is with a Flexi-curve (it's a drawing and sewing tool), but short of that, some sort of malleable thing which holds its shape (possibly a pipe cleaner? I hope that those are called that outside of Australia) could be used. Wrap it around your breast root and then you can calculate how wide you'd like to have your wires. A slightly less sophisticated, but easier way is to mark where your breast root is on both sides, and use your tape measure to measure around your frame between those two points. Because a wire will angle a bit, it won't need to be quite that wide, but it's a starting point.
If you order from EM or Comexim, it's not a bespoke bra (the only company I know of who actually claims to make bespoke bras is Louise Ferdinand , but they suggest this will be 200 pounds minimum, so I've never enquired about it), you can just get a size made which isn't on the dropdown list, and Comexim will reduce or increase the cup/gore height. I'm pretty sure someone has asked Comexim about putting a larger cup on a smaller cradle and they've said that they won't do it (but this is just what I remember from idly browsing adventures). Even when I paid to have a 'custom' pattern made up, I was super disappointed because I was honestly expecting something drafted based on my measurements, and I ended up with a pattern which was based on a bra I had with some tiny alterations. I think that the lady who runs the business definitely does some good things when it comes to altering bras to make them better when you're in an existing size range, but perhaps I went in with overly high expectations.
I certainly don't think you've exhausted your options yet. There's things to try around a 30J/JJ which will be wearable, although I feel the frustration with 'wearable' every day myself, and want something better than just 'I can wear it for a few hours while I go out'.
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