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Too small in the cups!
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I know it doesn't fit, but NONE of my bras fit, so I'm trying to see what works and what doesn't so that I can do a better job of picking bras that fit in the future.
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helpfulI feel your pain. I was/(am?) Having such a hard time finding bras that fit.
#1: how are you choosing these bras? Any criteria? Price, color, suggestion..?
#2: really take a look at your shape when your bust is supported (hands or bra)
#3: maybe start with a couple basic bras in two sizes. Purely an example: if you really don't know if you are FOT or FOB a Cleo Lucy and Cleo Marcie in a 32FF and 32G.
#4: based on the photos.. it looks to me like you are full on top/even. Based on that, you would need bras with open on top cups (think half cups)
#5: are you shallow? Projected?
#6: when your bust is supported is your root wide or narrow (according to YOUR body)
#7: take it one step at a time. Don't try to address every issue... you will get overwhelmed
Check out: brasihate.blogspot.ca
Updated on September 12, 2014 Flag this
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helpfulWell this one is just too small in the cups and too loose in the band, so it's not going to yield much good data about shape compatibility. Now that you know your probable cup width, search by measurements and look for cups that have a depth that's close to your lying down breast perimeter.
Updated on September 13, 2014 Flag this
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Gotcha, that makes complete sense. :) I do have another question though -- what signifies that the band is too loose? I actually felt this one was kind of comfortable, though that might just be because I am used to cramming myself into too-tight bands.
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Loose might be a misnomer, but you mentioned in your fit questionnaire that it was riding up at the time you tried it on. This is not something that gets better with wear, so if it's happening with a brand new bra then you can be sure it is too big.
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Hey! :) Thanks so much for your in-depth response. I can answer most of these questions - let me know if you have any ideas for me based on my answers! I really appreciate it.
1. I started out just buying Freya, because that was what the fitter at Nordstroms put me in. Then, I realized cup width was a thing, and I gained some weight, so started looking more closely at measurements. Now, I've been picking bras based mostly up cup width (I think I've narrowed it to 5 - 5.6", no pun intended ;P ) and cup depth, which I've just kind of been choosing randomly in the dark based on my prior cup size - the problem was that I wasn't really willing to acknowledge my weight gain, so kept picking cups that were too small for me (as evidenced by most of these photos, I think). I was going based on my Freya Hattie, which I previously believed was my best fit, and had a width of 6" and a depth of 8", so I was looking around at bras with a general volume of 14-15". Now, I need to accept that that is too small for me. Womp womp.
2. I'm not really sure how to do that in a way that would be unbiased - Wouldn't my shape change based on the bra I wear or the way I hold them up? I feel like most of the time, they fall out of the middle of bras, and quad upwards a lot. I think my shape is best shown in my EM Wisn-whatever bra -- I'll upload pictures of that in a minute and try to tag you to get your thoughts. The band is way too tight for me though. I've noticed a lot of bras dig in and cause irritation on my right side under my arm, which confuses me because my right breast is the smaller of the two. Well, I guess I can give a stab at my shape -- right boob is rounder and more self supporting, but narrow. Left boob is more bottom heavy than the right and a little wider, not as self supporting. It is overall larger and drops a bit lower. As you can probably see in some of the photos, it has a rounder top-shape than the right boob when in a bra (right has a straighter cleavage line than the left), which confuses me because I always thought the right one was the more FOT.
3. What do the Cleo Marcie and Lucy represent?
4. Yeah! That is what I was thinking too. The only problem I'm running into there is that most of the half cups seem to have much wider wires that are too wide for my boobs. Any advice there?
5. I don't know how to tell if I am shallow or projected. :(
6. Again I'm not really sure but I think it is more narrow. It's not RIDICULOUSLY narrow but I think I benefit from narrower wires? I'm wearing a Freya Tropics Plunge in 32FF right now which is my best fitting bra (literally just bought it at Nordstrom Rack like an hour ago) and it's got 5.5ish wires. My right boob could use way more narrow wires than my left, unfortunately, but these wires fit my left boob.
7. For sure! Already am feeling pretty overwhelmed, haha. :P So frustrating too. :(