Quadboob when leaning forward, normal?
Going to ask for fitting help once pictures go through, but I wanted to say that I got a package of bras delivered a few days ago, then went to Nordstrom for a fitting today. I was fitted into the same size I've been wearing in the Wacoal Awareness, and the same size of the ones I bought too; 36H US/36FF UK. But I'm not sold. I still think I could do with going down to a 34 band, but I'm not sure about the cups. Is it normal to have quadboob when leaning forward, sitting down, or pushing your chest out? They all (all but the plunges; I think my boobs are just too soft for plunges to work) seem to rest okay on the breast tissue, maybe a little dip where the edge of the cup lies especially on ones with elastic cup edges, but as soon as I sit down, lean forward, or pull my arms back, they cut in a little for some quadboob. Is this the way fitting cups just work, or do I need to try bigger cups? Specifically I have the Goddess Rose Bandless 36H (definitely too big band) Elomi Abi 36FF (too wide wires) Panache Tango II plunge 36FF (cups way too small) Wacoal All Dressed up 36H, and Chantelle C-Chic plunge 36H (too plungy).
I did get to try a 36GG and 34GG in the Cleo Natasha, but those cups were definitely too big. But the fitter said she was surprised at how big the cups were running, so I don't know if it's good to go off of. (also, just want to say that in the fitting 36FF it gave me the strangest shape; like this if you were looking down http://i.imgur.com/zbjoZ.png This picture's exaggerated, but that sort of shape.)
Also expecting a 34GG Freya Faye in the mail that should be a bigger cup than the 36FFs I tried, so I guess I can see then, but... I just don't know, does a cup fit even if it digs in when you lean forward?
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Personally I always fit a bra for a good posture (standing up perfectly straight), as I don't want the bras to be an excuse for slouching, especially as many of us already is doing it. It is a matter for taste though, but I would say size up. When leaning forward, it could be a question of softness, but just straightening properly should not be giving you quadraboob...
Natasha does run really big, but also quite deep and narrow, so it might both be the wrong size and the wrong shape for you hard to say.
Do you scoop everything into the cups? And, in that picture, where would the wires have ended on you?
It's true I probably need better posture, but the way my computer is set up I have to slouch over quite a bit so I spend a lot of time slouched. When standing straight it doesn't seem like enough quadboob to go up a cup no matter how I scoop, but then, maybe I'd be surprised, since there's obviously enough when I lean.
I'd definitely call it the wrong shape, yes. I liked how it gave me a very forward projection, kind of where I feel my breasts should be as I'm very close-set, but at the same time it just did not smooth the sides out straight to get there. The wires ended behind that shape, so it really was the cup doing it, not the wires, which is why it was so weird. And yes the fitter jiggled me into it and I scooped. It lifted me up from the bottom quite a bit more than any of the others, too. It might have been the fault of the straps pulling in where that dip is. Either way I don't think the Natasha is for me- are the "same cut" Cleos very similar?
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