Bra fitting help » Measured in Lace store to fit, still uncomfortable.

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Fantasie » Susanna Side Support Bra (2402) » 30G 30:9

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  ARGH! I hate when salespeople and fitters are doctrinaire about this sort of thing. Yes a snug band is good. But some bands run tighter than others and the wearer's COMFORT is the NUMBER ONE indicator of whether it fits!

  This is too tight for you. Some 30s could be great for you, but that's not a guarantee they will all work. This bra obviously runs small--bmille40 is completely right, 29.1 is too damn small for someone whose comfortable measurement is almost 31". It doesn't matter how many fingers you can get under it. You don't wear a bra around your fingers--if it hurts your torso, that tells you all you need to know! Also, everyone is different. I personally measure 28-something tight, 29-something loose, and I wear a 32/70 in 90% of bras (many British brands are too loose for me in 32/70 but I just avoid those brands, since the 30/65 is uncomfortable).

  The tightness is causing the pain and discomfort, and it is also at least partly responsible for the band pushing down in my opinion. A too-tight band tends to migrate towards the softer, more compressible midsection over time.

  This is a sales staff problem, not a bra problem. They did not listen to you and what you said about your comfort, and they were very wrong to ignore your feedback.

  Did you even try the 70? It could turn out to fit great, for all we know, so I'm not a great fan of you using an extender if there is a chance that the size up would be perfect. I don't know what the retail culture is like in Denmark but my suggestion would be to go back, measuring tape in hand, show them it measures small, and complain that the sales staff ignored your feedback that you were uncomfortable, and say you want to try the 70.

  If you tried the 70 and saw for yourself that it was too loose and was riding up your back, then an extender with this one would be the way to go.

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  • I will definitely try to go back to the shop and try a larger size.
    I tried a 70 in another model and she said they were the same but it's worth trying to see if she's wrong.
    Before buying this one I had been in several other stores that insisted on 65 so I was beginning to think that it was just me being too sensitive :(
    I'm not used to 'proper' bras so I forced myself to accept it when she said that I just had to get used to it but I'll probably never wear it when it hurts to wear.
    Thank you for your suggestion, I will definitely try being more firm next time :)

  • Yes! Your band can be firm, but your attitude must be firmer ;-)
    No two bras are truly the same. Some bras even measure differently in different colors!

    If you find this model fits you OK in the cup, off the top of my head I recall a friend who fits this well also got a great fit in Chantelle Cachemire full cup. She did size down in the cup in the Cachemire since it runs deep, but if you are quite projected you might not need to do that.

  • I've been told I shouldn't go for full-cups but I will look into it anyway, thank you for the help so far :D

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  Echo the other posters: this band is simply way too tight for you. It will probably stretch some with wear, but really, a size up would seem to make much more sense. You would seem to need at least 5cm extra (stretched) band length to get to your "comfortable" measurement and that much even an extender would barely give you.

  As to wireless bras: good, flattering, and comfortable wireless bras are hard to find, but the Freya Deco Moulded Soft Cup is one of the best (the best?) I have found. My experience dates back to when I was considerably smaller than you, but if you're really after something wireless it might be worth a shot?

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  • I will be going to the shop as soon as I can fit in into my schedule. I think that a looser band will help now that people on here have opened my eyes to it.
    I will look into the bra you mention when I get a chance but the only store with freya I've found is he one where I bought this bra and they say they have no bras without wire, not even nursing bras. I will try again and, if necessary, try and find it online.
    Thanks for your suggestion :)

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  I can see why the band hurts If the bra only stretches to 29.1 and your comfortably is 30.7 that's almost an inch too small. I think the cups look pretty good though.

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    I was told in the store that the 70 is too big for me. I can put several fingers in the back (pinky against my back and index finger against the band) and that was how it should be, according to the lady in the Lace shop. Is this wrong?
    I'm beginning to worry that I'm 'simply' too sensitive to comfortably wear a properly fitted bra :(

  • I think a 70 would usually be too big for you and I'm sure this bra will get better for you with wear, but I think this one should have been a 70, but then again these can be size inconsistency and the 65 is smaller than 30 inches and then a 70 be a bit bigger than a 32. :( For example I have the Goddess bra in 34 but it stretches to 35, not too big of a difference. But I also measured the 36 which you would think would stretch to 37, but instead it stretched to 42! So inconsistencies do happen unfortunately.

    Also like you mentioned if you sensitive to the tightness I think that will grow on you too. :)

    Id rip out an extender for this one until if fits the way you like. :)

    Also sorry I don't have suggestions for other bras.

  • An extender sounds like a good idea :)
    Is there anything I can do about the pushing-down thing? I've been told I should try bras that aren't full-cup but this one isn't a full-cup and it still pushes down :(
    I have added a picture where the red line it makes while pushing down is visible.

  • I think the center gore is your main problem. Just the pictures alone make it fairly obvious that the center gore is too wide and too high for you. You have really close-set breasts that are being forced apart by the center gore. I have a similar problem; eventually the center gore rides down until it can sit comfortably. You might do better with plunge bra styles (although my concern then for you is that you won't get enough support, given your cup size).

  • That is worth looking into as well. I am not sure, though, that I can find a bra with a smaller center gore as the plunge bras in my local bra shop is very much plunge and it makes me feel uncomfortable(mentally). There are very little support as well :(

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  As everyone else has said, the band is too small. You need a 32, not a 30 (at least in that brand). That's a gorgeous bra though, I have to say.

  When I was fitted, the fitter told me a 34 (that I wear now) was actually too loose and I should be in a 32, but with how a 34 fits me there's no way I could handle the snugness of a 32 (I was used to wearing a 36-38). I may eventually try one, but I doubt I'll own more than one in that size. You want the band to fit snug, but not so tight it's uncomfortable to breathe!

  I know you said you prefer wireless, but ... have you tried any of Wacoal's bras? I own one, and I've tried on others and they're just so comfortable to me. Same with the Panache and the Chantelle.

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  • I've never seen a wacoal bra in Denmark but I'll definitely look for it next time I'm buying :)

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