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Apr 13, 2015
Things I ponder while browsing bratabase over my glass of wine: Armpit fat. What's the verdict... does everyone except the very very thin have a bit of it? Is it actually breast tissue? Is there a bra out there that doesn't cause it? I'm kind of repeating a comment I made on one of my fit issues, but to summarize:
I have a small rib cage but I have back & armpit fat. Genetically - I carry my weight in my upper body. I've noticed strapless/multiway bras tend to have wider/taller bands all around that hold that fat in, whereas so many regular bras are cut diagonally downward and towards the back from the outer edge of the underwire, so they have skinnier bands or J shaped bands in the back that leave my back fat on display and give me "chicken wings" by my armpits. The lady at this boutique shop in the city told me once that any properly fitting band is going to give most people back/armpit fat. I gave her the side eye.
I suppose some of that armpit fat might be breast tissue but any bra that's ever held that in has been either strapless, or gapping in the cups. So I don't know if I'm super wide set and shallow and just barking up the wrong bratree so far or what. But I really want a bra that doesn't give me muffin-back-and-armpit. Not sure if I'm making sense, but is there a strapped bra out there like this?
Completely off topic - but I'm totally bummed the Chantelle C Graphique Circle G demi tee shirt bra has no reviews on hereI can't remember what size I tried in that bra but I looooooved it except for very minor quad-boobing on my bigger side. The boutique lady made the comment that if I went up a cup size the wires would be too high and poke my underarm, so I never tried it any bigger. I was hoping someone on here had experience with it.
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Ok, I just found the 2 year old thread about lying slightly tilted towards my size to take the perimeter measurement, and came up with 9.5" - closer (but still bigger) to what I'm actually wearing. I barely have a crease by my armpit & boob unless I have a bra on, then I have the little fat-fold. Maybe it IS tissue? Maybe I do need to go up a size? I donno... anything bigger and I don't fill it out front or at the top... so does that mean they're wide/shallow? I swear I'm losing my mind. Like for example - my too-big Fantasie smoothing strapless 30F. No back fat. No armpit fat. Also, no boob in the apex and upper 1/3 of the bra.
you should link to all your bras so we can easily look at the pics you are talking about. If you type @fantasie and look, if you are on a pc at least, it should show a list of your fantasie bras, etc.
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