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Jul 16, 2014
This is more of a complaining adventure, but if anyone will understand, it's everyone on here!
I am getting so sick and tired of trying to find camisoles, tanks, and their variants in bras that won't require alteration, because if I want enough material to cover a little bit more than a centimeter or so above my nipples, I have to buy a larger size that needs to be altered so it doesn't look baggy/sloppy. I mean, what's the point of getting an non-wired bra to lounge around the house and sleep in if the only way that my boobs will be covered will also have a band with enough room to smuggle my 14lb dog unless I bust out the sewing machine. Is it the assumption that anyone who wears a size small or medium will not have more than a C cup? Maybe it's assumed that if they wear a larger cup size along with a s/m, the occasional wardrobe malfunction a-la-Janet Jackson-halftime performance isn't something they'd be concerned with (if it happens it happens)? Honestly I don't know, but it would be nice to be able to simply buy and wear these types of things when the weather is miserably warm, without all the extra work. Extra work when it's hot = I'm miserable and bitchy.
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Yes, it would be nice to be able to buy them :-/
I recently bought a top (officially a sports bra) for yoga and for lounge wear during hot summer months. I thought it will never cover enough of my oh-so-huge ;) 28 F´s in a size that would be good for my underbust, so I opted for L. Of course I had to alter the band massively. But still, the large L only covers about half of my boobs. I´m thinking WTF.
I'm not sure if this is the same issue you're talking about but my unending beef with tops, tees, tanks etc. is that due to my short torso and the fact that my boobs take up almost 50% of the height of said short torso and small build, EVERYTHING looks lower cut on me than advertised. Plus, my frontage tends to pull knit fabrics when I go about daily activities. So many V necks look perfectly demure on the 28DD models, yet plunge down to eveningwear levels of cleavage on me. So-called "crewnecks" that uncover at least 3 inches of skin below the neck (an issue because recently I was trying to keep my below-collarbone area completely covered to let it heal from a sunburn). I buy petite tops when I find them and when they're not too mumsy, but AUGH!
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