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"Stealing from the sides"
This phrase keeps coming back to me - i forgot who said it. I think it was on a discussion of Curvy Kates newer models all having narrower wires.
I always thought that people wanted narrower/wider cups just because their boob shape was narrower/wider. Well, I guess I also thought of wider wires as more minimizing, because the boobs are smooshed flat and spread out.
But I'd never thought of that kind of positive - they wanted their boobs to look wider.
I started thinking about it more - and I guess if you have an hourglass figure (and maybe taller so you can see it more?) then the breasts being spread wider does a nice visual balancing of the hips, from a front view. A lot of the curvy kate models are that shape, arent they?
But for me - even with the narrowest wires I've found in a 32J, my boobs are still wider than my body by almost 2 inches. I'm short and rectangle-shaped . . . my hips are not particularly big, nor is my rear. But i have a HUGE belly that sticks straight out front. So having my boobs stick straight out front allows my shirt to drape down from them without touching the belly.
So having my boobs less spread out and more sticking out makes my entire body look narrower, and also camouflages my belly.
But for someone w a small waist and curvaceous hips and enough torso length, I can totally picture how having your boobs take up more width would be a much more aesthetically pleasing look
Just thoughts going around in my head . .
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I had a similar realization awhile back. It's the reason I don't love my Ewa SM cut bra (even though it is the absolute sexiest bra ever made!!) because it pushes me too far toward the center, which is just not an ideal look for me from the front, but creates great cleavage. I have a smaller waist and a larger bum & hips, so I've found that bras that allow my boobs some width help balance me out and even further accentuate that hourglass look. I just bought a Fantasie Rebecca, which is a great example. It's such a granny bra, but under clothes is incredibly flattering for me. By some magic, it doesn't flatten me from the side view either, so I have to admit I'm really digging it.
SM is strange on me and I cant even quite figure out why. I mean, i only have one and its so incredibly lovely i want to keep it, but its to shallow at the bottom and rather flattening?
I have one S which i actually love except its too small. Next time they have a new one, I'm buying up a cup.
But Floris gives me the most projection, so is the most flattering under ordinary t-shirts. but my S is comfier and better for lower cut things.
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