Bra fitting help » Narrower cup maybe with fully adjustable strap

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Panache » Andorra Full Cup Bra (5675) » 32HH 32:12

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  Although I'm a bit bigger all over than you, it looks like you have a very similar shape to me - full on top, close-set etc - and the resulting set of issues!
  Once you find the right size and shape bra you might find the chub outside the straps can be swooped and scooped into the cups. And you may have the firmness to make a plunge work regardless of fullness, don't give up on that if that's what you want. I have a couple of low cut bras that I certainly don't 'fall out' of.

  But I digress. You definitely need a size or two up in the cup. It's too small across the top of the cups and also it sounds like the wires are the wrong shape, so the cups are not sitting where they should, hence the emptiness at the sides and bottom. If this bra is a 32HH I'd recommend the 30JJ or even K. And then comes the previously mentioned catch 22 cos those are some big cups on a small frame and a lot of manufacturers struggle to balance the mechanics. We get cups and wires and gores that are too high and straps too long.

  What works for me at the moment are Panache Jasmine (6951) (t_maia already recommended this) and Panache Envy Balconnet Bra (7285) ) - I know some women find Jasmine presses on the sternum, Envy is very similar but not quite as rigid in construction (so slight less supportive) and also Ewa Michalak Sm Trefl (361) . These bras all have stretchy lace across the top of the cups which isn't great for very soft wobbleish bosoms for the full firmish and assymetric it's magic. I think the Andorra uses similar fabrication in fact, but is made for a different shaped body. EM and Comexim could be the way to go.

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  Freya and Fantasie are supposed to have deeper cups and narrower wires than Panache (I wouldn't call them narrow-narrow, but relatively to Panache I think so). Have you tried either of those brands?

  Comexim and Kris Line have very narrow wires and considerable projection.

  Also how many months postpartum are you, and are you still nursing? Just asking because your shape looks on the firmer, fuller side. If you are just a couple months out from the birth and nursing you might find what you need in a full/plus cup nursing bra. If not, I suspect you are very full on top and you will need an open cup shape or else stretch lace on top.

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    Freya and Fantasie use to work for me but I haven't been able to find one in a close enough size to try on.

    I am 2.5yrs postpartum and haven't nursed close to year or so, he stopped at 18mo.:)I use to have very dense breast tissue where you couldn't even feel down to my ribs, it has loosened up after nursing and they are much more squishy now.
    I haven't heard of the other brands of bras you suggested so I will have to look them up.

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    OK I see! Well, while babies clearly cause changes in tissue, I'm thinking you probably are still firmer and fuller than the average person even after the squishification.

    Comexim and Kris Line are both Polish brands. Comexim is now sold in the US through the web retailer Wellfitting.com, I've heard good things about their willingness to chat to customers before they buy and counsel them on size. Kris Line is available through discounters like BraStop (UK) and Zulily (US) but as you will see by looking through recent Bra Adventures the sizing of the bras sold through these third party websites can be very funky (I was just whining about getting a so-called 32G that measured only 29 inches fully stretched out). Be super careful if you try Kris Line and research the measurements on here for the models you like in order to be sure you are sizing up or down depending on the band length and cup depth you really need.

  • What I find strange is that you wear a 34 Fantasie and you are smaller around than I am (just at 32" underbust) and I wear a 32. Perhaps that is because you say your back size seems smaller now but seriously, look at a 30 or 32 band (not sure if Fantasie goes smaller than 32, come to think of it).

  • It's possible that my bras didn't fit correctly before but that is the size I wore. I'm back to the same weight as I was before I got pregnant but my breasts are still bigger, even after loosing about 30lbs recently.

    I think based on the 2 recent bras I tried on I am a 30j in UK sizing now. But I'm just guessing with limited resources.

    I'm hoping to do the measurements of the new bras I got and get better suggestions.

    Comexim seems promising. I think I'm sized out of Kris Line though.
    I was also looking at Ewa Michalak since people say the wires are narrow. I always seem to get poked by wires.

  • Ah, that makes sense.

    Getting poked by wires is no fun--I'm short and have to be very careful about wire length. Wishing you luck!

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  Panache Jasmine is known for having a deeper cup than Andorra, ditto for Cleo Lily. You could try the Jasmine and the Lily in 32HH and 32H.

  Fantasie and Freya are normally a good idea to get narrower and deeper cups, but in your size range they stop working. The wires of Freya and Fantasie are simply too soft for large cupsizes, so they get bent out of shape and wonky things happen.

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  • I tried on a Jasmine in a 34H I think but they didn't have anything in my size.The band was to big and the cups a little to small. I remember it felt ok otherwise. Maybe I'll try it in a 30j and see how that works.

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  Bubble over flow from cup. Cup is too small. Since breasts are close set, I would try Elomi, which is very full in cup. You look short in shoulder and because you are such a full cup size and breast tissue splays out toward underarm, your cup will always be felt under your arm, unless u can find a style with a more narrow band. Catch 22 with you. You need the wire for support.

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  You need a higher cup because brest tissue under your arms is outside the cup. If you want something that doesn't show under shirts, plunge bra might be better for you

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    She is too full for plunge. She will fall out of a plunge

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    Well honestly the chub that is under my arm never actually joins my breasts no matter what you do. I think it is from having chubby arms.

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    Wow, people don't fall out of bras that are of a right size!
    Also, breast tissue is actually FAT+muscle+glandular tissue. All the fat under your arm goes with breast and must be within the cup.

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