Bra fitting help » Is this my best fit so far? Wrinkles?
Freya » Tropics Plunge Balcony Bra (1651) » 32FF 32:8
Issue resolved
Loosened the straps to get rid of side wrinkles!
Original problem
What's up with the wrinkles at the seam of the cup and on the sides when I lift my arms? Does this mean Freya plunges aren't for me? What about the band fit?
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helpfulThe wrinkles when you lift your arms are not compromising the fit of the bra. It happening just means that the fabric moves in response to changes in the strap position, most likely. Overall I think it looks great, a really compatible shape
The wires look like the right width, you're getting a good shape, and there isn't anything else I can see. I think this one's a keeper!Updated on September 16, 2014 Flag this
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helpfulHow tight are the straps? Do those wrinkles go away if you loosen the straps?
Most full busted women who've been in the wrong size are in the habit of monstrously overtightening bra straps as this is the only way to compensate for loose bands. In a well-fitting bra, straps should be only as tight as is required to prevent them from falling off your shoulders.
Updated on September 16, 2014 Flag this
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I am not sure I see any wrinkling in the nipple region... unless you mean the rippling in the mesh on picture #8? That's really not a sign of it being too large--it's purely a cosmetic issue, I'd say.
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Ohhhh, awesome! :D I have found that the plunges do tend to give me that weird ripple of extra space near the nipple. Maybe I can make some kind of sneaky tiny alteration. Either way, this bra is pretty comfy. I think maaaaaaaaybe an F might have fit too since this one is too wide by about .25" on the sides? Not sure, but either way, I am pretty happy with this one, I think. :)
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As I always say to people concerned with "nipple ripple": If you don't like how it looks, just wait a few years and eventually loss of skin elasticity and increasing tissue softness will solve that problem for ya ;-) Over time as breasts grow softer the skin around the areola loses tension and the full weight of the boob rounds out that part of the bra with no difficulty, as long as you're in the right size.
I loosened the straps, but it seems like loosening the straps made it too wide under the arms -- I have a little gap between my armpit and the cup. EDIT: I should note that loosening the straps DID make the wrinkles go away on the sides of the cup. Maybe I just loosened them too much and need to be somewhere in the middle!
More so than that, though, I'm not quite sure what to do about the wrinkle at the nipple on my right side. It's almost like my right breast can't quite fill the cup in that area... ? But the bra fits my left breast well in that regards. Is there anything I can do to compensate for that?