Bra fitting help » Band too big, but what about the cups?
Comexim » Lorraine Plunge Bra (316) » 70HH 32:9
Issue resolved
exchanged for 65J
Original problem
I usually wear a 65 band, which is never too tight - so the band being huge is not a surprise. I have it fastened on the closest hooks. It's quite stable though, so it doesn't ride up despite being very loose.
The cups on the other hand - I'm not sure what to make of it. Too small cups? Too big cups? Just right cups? The top sides are not quite filled properly, but then again I do have soft FoB. And my tissue escapes near the gore. Also, some wrinkling. Will 65J just solve the cup issue?
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I can't see wrinkles on the pics, sorry, can you explain where they are situated?
The cups don't look too small to me--there is no quadboob, for instance. They just lack coverage on you because you have center fullness and close-set breasts. However, sizing up will mean even more gapping and less uplift, while sizing down will cause you to spill into the center further because there will be even less coverage. I'm not sure that you can totally address the current issues without the above tradeoffs.
Honestly, some people would be delighted with this fit--their ideal of sexy, beautiful breast appearance is boobs-smooshed-together cleavage. It's not what I look for in my own bras, personally, as I am all about comfort and like to feel supported in the center of the bust as well as the outside, but if you are comfortable and like the appearance of it, you could definitely choose to settle for one of the tradeoffs above and pick your preferred size based on that. Since you need to exchange it to fix the band size anyway, you may as well choose whatever compromise makes you happiest.
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I guess I was trying to be charitable towards the bra and assume that it wouldn't do this to a person with average spacing, but I guess it does! lol.
I am not familiar with the grading for this model of bra but I'd think a 65J would be sister sizing, not actually sizing up--I'd expect it to be the same size cup as this (70HH), no? Keeping the same cup volume wouldn't result in less uplift, in fact the snug band might give you even more lift. However, if you were to get a cup that is actually bigger in size (as opposed to just sister sizing) then IMO you could lose uplift. THat's what I meant by "sizing up" :-)
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Ah. Of course, due to the upper emptiness, I cannot consider going up in cup volume. But it's strange, because my horizontal perimeter is 31.2cm (laying is 30.2), and this cup depth is 26cm (width 14cm). Shouldn't the depth be roughly the same as horizontal perimeter? Or is that not the case when there's major bottom fullness?
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With a normal height, or high gore yes you would expect the depth to be pretty close to the horizontal boob perimeter. But with a superlow gore like this one, the depth measurement is taken at a different angle because the cup structure doesn't actually cover the same area--the perimeter you measure ON your boobs goes from outer edge to middle of cleavage, whereas the perimeter of a low-gored bra cup has to be taken between outside of cup and a point on the gore that's lots lower on your sternum...
Sorry if that is garbled and nonsensical I have a toddler climbing on me. I hope you get a general idea of what I'm trying to artivulate though
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Yes, I do understand. But the strange thing is that all my bras (even fullest coverage and higher gore) have much less depth than my horizontal boob perimeter, yet seem to fit great.
It could also be due to soft tissue, which can be compressed easily. -
Yes I agree, could be just because of very soft tissue. Also it is tricky to take that measurement. On some people it is truly almost impossible to find the outer breast crease!!! It was hard for me when I was young and just sort of firmer all over. With age and weight gain, it's now obvious where the boob tissue ends because all the non boob tissue is very elastic in comparison, or "Mommy, this part of you is all Flblblblb" as my 6 year old elegantly puts it :-D
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Interesting :-) I didn't encounter any difficulties measuring this, because my chest is very bony apart from breast tissue and my ribs really stick out (the lighting in the pictures doesn't let it show), so it was pretty clear that the front fat bulge is boob and the rest is bone.
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helpfulI mostly see wrinkling on the band, and on that side picture with your arms raised. It also looks like a decent fit to me. I think that gap at the top is just the shape of the bra and not a bit deal. I also dont like such deep plunge because I'm also full in the center and very soft - but I bet it could get you a lot of attention in a low cut shirt in that bra. Thats a serious cleavage bra!
How does it look under clothing?
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Lol, thanks, I don't even own low cut shirts or any other hyper feminine clothing; I'm almost always dressed in baggy tomboy shirts.
That's why the way it looks under clothing is not very helpful, but I think the place where the upper part of cup is seamed sticks out a bit, if that makes sense? (not the lacy stripe, but the seam that goes from armpit to gore.) I think that's due to me being FoB and not filling that area well. -
I havent been at this long. My first fitting I ended up with a molded bra with a bit of a plunge (but not as pretty as yours) - and i was surprised that I could wear shirts I used to wear only with a tank top . . without the tank top with this bra. (oddly, mine is also a too-big band)
But the fitter said I would probably want to have some 3-panel bras in my wardrobe. It took me a while to understand what she meant. But really, plunge bras like this are (I think) supposed to show off cleavage. If thats not your goal, if you want firmer support, you probably want something more full coverage than that.
I liked the smoothness of the foam bra, but the unlined 3-panel types give more of the fit i expect - my boobs are completely encased, I can see how it fits better so I can figure out if it really fits or not. and i get over the itchiness in an hour!
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Well, I'm not seeking the cleavage (see my clothing preference above) but it doesn't bother me either, and this bra is ten times more comfortable and stable than my 3-panel unlined Freya. I just need to solve the band issue, and probably just accept that the top sides of cups will never be filled by me.
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helpfulI've got to agree that the cup fit seems perfect. I don't know if it feels that way or not. But I'm concentrating on other people's pics showing their fit in the gore area because mine feels and looks so awkward with my current bra. And yours seems at least from the pics to be a perfect fit and it looks like it was made for you. I think that the part where you feel like the cup is sticking up is more something that you feel and others don't necessarily see. I see it when you tug it up but in the other pic where you are at a side angle you can't see it at all and the fit looks great. I see the wrinkling in the cup only when you've got your arm raised, but again, when your arm is down, there is no wrinkling there and it looks great. That, at least in the cup area, is the type of fit I'm hoping to find one day, lol.
I hope you get your issue figured out so that you're comfortable though.Updated on October 17, 2014 Flag this
Thanks! Actually, I do not have a close-set breasts. There's a two-fingers gap between the roots, and without a bra they look like sideways teardrops - but the softness of the tissue + considerable projection enable them to be pushed into the center like this.
The wrinkles occur at the bottom of the cups after the scoop'n'swoop effect wears off, but that's probably because of the too-large-band?
Why would a 65J result in less uplift?