Bra fitting help » Too narrow? Wrinkling on one side.
Curvy Kate » Ellace Balcony Bra (CK4401) » 30DD 30:5
Issue resolved
Not a super huge problem, could try cookies for uneven tissue.
Original problem
Why isn't this bra working?
I like how it looks in the first few pics, then we get to the troubled side.
The wires are almost perfect but maybe leaning on being too narrow. When i take it off, there are marks in my crease on one side, no marks on the other side but some general redness - I think because it's sitting on my breast tissue slightly. This is also the side that has wrinkling. It isn't uncomfortable, which is why I'm hesitant to say the bra is sitting on my tissue. Never run into a bra too narrow either! Also wondering if the wires are just too low. They don't take up the whole wire channel, ending maybe 1cm from the end.
The wrinkling doesn't seem to go away no matter how I adjust the straps or swoop and scoop.
My breasts measure fairly evenly, with maybe a touch of asymmetry in shape, but this seems different.
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helpfulI would honestly not be the least bit concerned about the wrinkling. A solid majority of women have one breast slightly bigger than the other, and with bras you definitely want to fit the larger boob, which is what you have done here. Some materials will then lead to a bit of wrinkling on the smaller side but that's not a dealbreaker at all.
Sometimes wrinkling on the side of a cup is also due to an overly tight strap so you could try loosening it a little to see if it helps.
The one issue that seems concerning to me is the question of whether that wire is on your breast tissue, because you really don't want that. Using a cookie might help as maddy suggested.
Updated on October 17, 2016 Flag this
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This CK has been recommened to me as being narrow with good immediate projection. Try something, if you give the wrinkled side a little lift does the wrinkling smooth out?
It may be that your right side is a hair smaller than your left so the cup has too much room right at the bottom of the cup. If that is so, then your right side is pooling a bit into the extra room at the bottom of the cup and thus not sitting quite right in the cup.
If you have a little cookie (removable half-a-cup-size push-up pad) you can put it in the bottom of the cup by gently lifting the wire from the outside and tucking it up from the bottom with the bra on already scooped. This should add a little tension to the bottom of the cup and allow the wire to sit correctly in the actual crease. The wire right now might be sitting as if angled forward off the body pushing the top of the wire forward onto the breast tissue. By correcting the position of the breast in the cup, the wires might be pulled back into the correct position. If the wires were genuinely too narrow, it would hurt.
Alternatively, you can give up on this style. As far as I know, the Ellace, Bardot, and to some extent, the dreancatcher all share this shape for CK. If this doesn't work for you, the Bardot probably won't either.
Good Luck!
Updated on October 17, 2016 Flag this
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Definitely narrow with projection and deep cups! 9" depth on a 30DD bra is a lot! I wear more 30E bras, but the cups might be too deep if I tried this bra in a 30E.
Pulling at the strap doesnt really do much - I would be curious to see the bra with some cutlets, but I don't have any right now. I will have to get a pair and experiment with them now. Probably not something I can find in stores like band extenders, huh?
I found the Bardot in 30E to be more closed top than this bra. It was probably the best size for me but in the end I still decided there was a bit too much wrinklimg and shape mismatch.
Did you try that bra in a 32 band? I often use the 32 band if the cups are too narrow.
Perhaps a 32D would fit better?