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win some, lose some. well, win occassionally, lose lots. amiright?
So here's something I've maybe learned about myself: my shape(?) means I need to size down in a halfcup.
I only have two concrete data points to support this theory: the Avocado Camelia (S174F) fits me in a 65G, but the Avocado Kyoto (S149A) in 65G is so laughably small I look like a VS model crammed into a trainer bra. The Masquerade Delphi (6411) in 32F is so big on me I could use it to smuggle stuff into the cinema, while the Cleo Marcie (6831) in 32F is perfect in the cups.
Is this a common thing, or related perhaps to having soft tissue? Something perhaps to do with the wider wires of halfcup cuts? Or do padded cups in general run larger than unlined cups?
Anyrate. Glad I've figured out that little factoid. Just wish I hadn't had to spend quite so much time, effort and money in the process. Oh for free shipping/returns to Australia!
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For me, it's the opposite: My size is in the 30FF-30G range, and I almost always need the 30G in half-cup bras or else I get quadboob, since the cups tend to be on the shallower side. I have fairly firm tissue, though.
When you are faced with a bra that is more closely compatible with your shape, it is very common to find that you have to (or rather, that you CAN) size down. If you look at it the other way round, it really just means that you have been forced to size up in all the other, less shape-compatible bras!
My very narrow based, inner-quadrant-full, and projected boobs mean that in 90% of OK-fitting or well-fitting bras, I am going to actually size up a bit in order to get the depth I need; some of that cup volume will go to waste, notably at the side and the top of the cup, but I need to be in that size cup because a smaller size will see me spilling over. On the rare occasion that I find a bra cup that is cut both super narrow and not too nigh, all of a sudden, SHAZAM! I can size down by a whole cup. Perfect example is the Prima Donna Deauville Full Cup (016-1811)--it's PD's deepest style and in this bra I fit in a cup size that would be laughably too small in most other bras. Ditto Empreinte.
Similarly, if you have a shallower, taller and/or more laterally distributed breast shape, you may be used to sizing up in most bras in order to get the wire width and cup height you need, even though this also means there's then some unused space. But if you find a bra design that really matches your own width and height needs, again you will be able to size down because you'll be utilizing all the space in the cup instead of having wasted space.
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