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Bra fitting help » Should I go down a cup or mod the bra?


Freya Swim » Swing Sweetheart Padded Bikini Top (3423) » 30G 30:9

Issue resolved

Living with it, and tightening the band.

Original problem

My bottom-heavy breasts tend to look best with balconette styles because the high gore separates the breasts and the less coverage up top means I don't get the gaping that occurs with a full-cup bra.

I currently wear 28G Freya Lyla/Eleanor with the gores modded to be narrower and thus the cups a little bigger. I think I'm actually more of a 28GG, especially since the Freya Mirage Balcony Bikini in 28G gave me quadraboob. Hence the 30G purchase of this bikini (which doesn't go to 28).

I can't tell if the cups here are too big, or if my breasts just cause the gaping. The band is a little on the loose side; will modding it tighter help? (My breasts are not escaping out underneath, but maybe holding the band more tightly against my chest will help the cup fabric stay in place.)

The wires surround my breast tissue with a very small margin of error, so maybe they're a smidge too wide. Or, maybe I'm just used to wearing slightly too-narrow wires. (Panache and Curvy Kate are too wide for me for sure.)

Also, this is a bikini. I'll be wearing it in the water. Should I size down in the cup to accommodate relaxed fabric? I do like the coverage that the G gives me, and worry that a FF would be too...baring. On the other hand, I'd like to have the option of wearing this all day.

What do you think?

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