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Parfait By Affinitas » Charlotte Padded Bra (6901) » 28GG 28:10
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I belive the cups are just to wide for me!
Thank you for the amazing advice! I love this community
Original problem
I think this fits..... I'm still trying to figure out my personal sizing after years of bands that have been to big! The cups on this seam
Very wide and there is some extra fabric at the sides.
I'm not sure if that's just how this bra fits or if it's a sizing issue but finally I'm not quading and the band feels snugAlso I'm not positive on size I purchased it off of eBay and the tag had been removed!
The company belived it to be a 28G but after looking at reviews I think it's a 28GG or 28H
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helpfulThis is a classic case of someone with a super projected shape being forced to size way up in overall cup volume in order to get adequate depth for your horizontal perimeter and center fullness. As a result, all the other dimensions of the cup--width, height, wire length and wing height--are much too big for you. Hence the fact that at the sides and probably underneath the breast, you have empty unused cup volume.
What concerns me in terms of your options is that VERY few UK brands will be small enough for you even in a 28. EM and Comexim seem like good options to pursue as suggested by other posters. Be careful with reduced gore height in Comexims though... this has been a much-requested option but it naturally reduces the bra's capacity to accommodate center fullness and most augmented boobs really have a lot of center fullness due to the shape of the implants. When browsing second-hand Comexim listings I'd try standard gore heights to begin with.
Updated on September 9, 2016 Flag this
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I need some smelling salts at the idea of a person with a 25" underbust and 10" boob perimeter in a VS 32DDD! Augggh! lol.
I would suggest that you try on some unpadded unlined models if you can to sort of see what is going on in the cup... You know, for science;-) It is useful to be able to see which factors truly affect comfort and appearance under clothes, and which ones do not. The issue at the base of cups (often purely cosmetic to be honest, and not usually visible in foam or padded cups) is that neither augmented boobs nor naturally projected boobs have a thin wedge-shaped base and a lot of bras have a shallow bit down there at the wire. It is likely to occur in a fair number of bras, albeit not this one as you mentioned above. But again having some space there is not usually a dealbreaker, unless it means the base of the wire plunges so low on your body that it's digging into your tummy unnaturally.
Extra space on your sides is not, in itself, a dealbreaker either, but when it means the wings are too tall and the wires too long then you get the discomfort you're experiencing here. In addition, a cup that is wide, unless it's a true full cup, is usually accompanied by wide-set straps. With your very petite frame, you would be forced to angle the straps inwards to keep them on your shoulders, which can feel awkward (though some folks don't mind) and tends to alter the way the upper cup fits on the breast. Personally I can't abide wide-set straps but many other people tolerate them so well comfort-wise they they often don't even connect the issue to upper cup weirdness, as they are so used to angling in the straps to keep them on their shoulders. -
yah the 32DDD are laughable I'll probably post eventually mearly for amusement..... I didn't even quad boob in them I just feel out! Literally walking threw the store once I looked down to mortifyingly notice a complete nipple slip! Ahhhhh
So on that note any suggestions in non padded bras?
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Well, I'm not a Polish bra expert but Comexim and I believe Samanta have unlined options in this size range. You will probably want to do a search by measurements. While some Ewa Michalak 60s will be perfect I believe there is some inconsistency in band sizing and stretchiness. The Bratabase or Reddit listings are great because you can at least see the stats for that individual bra.
If you can find a Marcie that runs a little snug it might work. I see your vertical boob perimeter is smaller than the horizontal one, which will hopefully make you easier to fit than many augmented ladies--they often end up with almost identical vertical and horizontal measurements i.e. a breast that is much taller than bra designers assume.
If you like longlines, those typically fit much tighter than conventional bands since the added band width provides better grip. So if you see 28s that are also longlines they could be worth a shot, just check measurements.
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helpfulI think you are right and the wires are wide. Is it comfortable?
Updated on September 8, 2016 Flag this
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Honestly yes! The wires dig slightly into my ribs on the outside edge under the cups (I think that makes sense) but they don't dig so much that it's painful or even constantly noticeable
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If you are happy to keep it, I recommend bending the wires away from your body under your arms. This has saved a bra or two that were, otherwise, too uncomfortable to wear. Sending you all the best!!
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helpfulHave you compared its measurements to other 28Gs and 28GGs of the same bra? It does look bigger than a 28G to me, but there's definitely more than 8.7" of cup depth here. It's hard to measure depth accurately sometimes, just make sure you're doing it along the deepest part of the cup, even if that's along the top edge of the cup. Usually it's at the apex of the bra. I flip all my bra cups inside out, lay them over my knee, and then run a tape measure over the inside of the cup from the inside of the outer wire channel to the inside of the inner wire channel.
Regardless - considering how very shallow this bra tends to be and how very much projected you are, I've seen worse fits. It's definitely faarrrrr too wide for your narrow roots. You may get along better in the Floral Shimmer colorway of this bra, which has been completely redesigned to have narrower wires, better projection at the underwire. It also runs at least one cup size bigger, maybe look around on Amazon or Figleaves for it in a 28G. It's still marketed as Parfait Charlotte despite being basically an entirely different bra.
If you're set on having a padded bra, your shape screams for Ewa Michalak's S cut. Look around on the listings here for 60GG/60H or 65G/GG (her bands often run tight and 60s are harder to find than 65s since they're custom order) and you may be able to score one secondhand and go from there, as far as sizing goes. If you get really comfortable with Ewa's sizing and feel like ordering either direct or via Bra Obsessed or Zathiya, they will do 55 (26) bands as well.
You have narrow enough roots and enough projection finding a good technical fit in non-Polish lines may be difficult. If you're willing to try an unlined, seamed bra, you could possibly have more options... but I'm looking at those narrow roots and seeing a lot of bras being too wide for you. Maybe Cleo Marcie, Cleo Skye, Cleo Kayla. Freya has a couple of unlined bras that are decent for upper fullness - Gem and Rio - and quite narrow-wired, but their bands are usually pretty stretchy and may be too big on your 26" ribcage.
Updated on September 8, 2016 Flag this
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I'll remeasure when I get the chance but I definatly think its larger then a G! Also the G's appear to have 3 hooks where anything larger than a G has 4 and this one has 4.
How is the sizing in the new models?
Thank you so much for the suggestions I'm pretty much open to any bra! Padded non padded etc. I have a comexim mint in a 60HH on its way that I can't wait to try on because I've seen the hype on them!
Thank you so much I'm so addicted now lol
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I'm pretty much 100% sure the 60HH Mint will be too small. It translates to roughly a 28G in UK sizing yet Comexim only scales cups up by 2cm instead of 1". For that reason it's very very common to need to size up 1 or 2 index sizes, especially as you get larger in cups and the difference becomes more pronounced, so you're much more likely to be closer to a 60K. So if it doesn't fit, don't get discouraged.
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Thanks love I'm hoping it does fit if not it gives me more direction to go in
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helpfulJust to help with sizing, here is a picture of this same bra in a 28H: http://bra.pe/IP8k/
From a size standpoint it looks very similar to the bra that you have, so I would guess that yours is likely a 28H.
Updated on September 9, 2016 Flag this
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Thank you I think you might be right it's just funny that the listing was so off
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Thank you so much I've been looking into EM and comexim I currently have a comexim on the way that I got from another user! It seams like polish brands really are miracles lol!
I fill out the bottoms of the cups decently it's really the sides that are causing issues tho this is still way better then the 32DDD Victoria secret bras that I was wearing (what a mess) my implants are tear drop shaped so they fall and fill out a little more naturally then most implants but I definatly still have a lot of projection! Hopefully once I get the comexim in I'll be able to share a very happy review' I never realized how horrible my bras fit till recently and I'm now addicted lol!