Bra fitting help » Alter or send back?
Curvy Kate » Daily Boost Balcony Bra (CK1801) » 28GG 28:10
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So I altered the strap position on this one also, and it fits beautifully now. Kinda of a pain to have to alter all my bras now but I awsome to have a bra that finally fits. I wanted to post pics of the final product but not sure to attach them
sory ladies.
Original problem
Not sure if I should attempt to alter this bra or just send it back or maybe get another size. The straps sit so wide on my shoulders it's unberable to wear and I'm not sure if maybe moving where they are attached in the back closer to the clasp in the center would fix the problem or not. Also the wires seem to be sitting very far back and I get a horrible wrinkle at the bottom of the cups.I saw that someone else had very similar problems and someone suggested wearing a bra extender and pulling the band up, so I tried this and it did help some with the wrinkle at the bottom but them the straps were even wider. I bought this bra along with the Smoothie from CK (fit issue to come) and I am coming to the conclusion that CK is just not the right brand for me, but before I give up on them completely I wanted your opinions on whether or not these issues can be fixed. I don't like soft cup bras so my options are limited in the 28 band range so giving up on CK might be a hard pill to swallow. Any help would be greatly appriciated.
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helpfulHaha, I think I'm the one you saw with the similar problem.
Bad bra buddies!I consulted with a tailor recently about bras, and they made it sound like altering the width of the straps or gore (which seems to be a big part of our problem here) is A) a big pain in the butt or B) impossible to do without mangling what's already there, depending on the bra.
You might want to ask a tailor yourself, but my impression is that the fabric that this bra is made out of would be really hard for them to work with, so it might not be worth the trouble.
Updated on November 29, 2012 Flag this
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I have a Curvy Kate bra (Portia) that used to give me cup wrinkles, but now I fill it out fully. How does the band fit? In my case, the underwires were distorting under the pressure of the band, and using a band extender allowed the wires to more accurately fit my breasts. Also, when I wear it for more than an hour, things settle in a way that I just can't force by simply putting it on properly.
Updated on November 30, 2012 Flag this
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helpfulI'm having the same problems with a CK showgirl (Tease Me) I just got - everything cutting into my armpits and the straps attaching too wide in the back as well. It's frustrating because it's such a beautiful bra otherwise :/
I agree that narrowing the gore would be pretty easy and would help with both cup distance and how wide the straps are. But as for attaching the straps closer together in the back, I think it would depend on a few other circumstances. If the band had some give, you could add two small seams equidistant from the center to bring the straps closer together, but if you have a snug fit in the band already, this wouldn't be feasible. The other solution would just be to cut the straps off where they attach to the wing and reattach them closer. I'm not familiar with the construction of the Daily Boost, but I wouldn't be able to do this with the Tease Me because the top edge of the wing swoops up and back from the strap (creating a U-shape with the straps and band, instead of in a straight line across the back with the straps pointing up to make a square shape.) This makes it a lot harder to alter without screwing up the construction or the visual aesthetic.
Updated on December 11, 2012 Flag this
Narrowing the gore is super super easy! Widening it would be more difficult, yes. Making the straps themselves narrower or wider would require swapping out different straps, but making them more narrowly or widely *set* just involves snipping and resewing.