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Now that I know a few brands that I like, I’m almost sure I can get them online. All of my bras were basically hanging off of me, after nursing a baby and losing some weight.
I went from a 34B to a 32C, and it was amazing how a whole lot better everything looked with a well fitting bra, I actually was sure I was preparing to have to go down a band size AND a cup size. Another question isSo the question is this. How on earth am I am 30 I/J/K? I am so not stacked. Basically, now I have to try to find one and see if it fits!
Cup size is relevant to band size.
The latter is called having ‘shallow breasts’ and sometimes if you have shallow breasts they appear smaller than what they really are as they don’t stick out very far.
Here’s a blogpost about shallow breasts. Being that my breasts are only 7″ bigger than my underbust measurement and I have a small underbust measurement, they are rather, I’m a 30G and while that letter brings to mind ‘huge’ or ‘ginormous’ breasts. Interesting I have by definition shallow breasts and so that contributes to them looking rather underwhelming. Anyway, your size in UK sizes are in the 30G/30GG/30H range. Then, they are mine and I LOVE THEM! Just bought a 42M bra on ebay, on your account. I am never preparing to find a push up bra ever again at that size.
I never would’ve thought to try the maneuver for everyday underpinnings though.
After we’d measured and plugged into the BraCalculator I was somewhat hornswoggled.d.d??? Mum, mum, I’ve got CLEAVEage!! Hereafter I went up to the computer and he hung around waiting as I read.-you see, your post is for the gents, so for a moderate fit, it gave me 36C and a loose fit 38B which is the size I actually wear. Some. My husband came downstairs and ld me I had to read Epbot today. I first learned to scoop and swoop at a Bay Area renfair trying on the pretty medieval corsets they sell There was a skinny little Scots gal beside me watching the old hands demo the trick, and after she tied hers on, and finagled the maneuver she ok one look at herself in the mirror and just squealed.
AKICIF.
For a very snug fit.
Basically the things we learn in ‘Skiffy dom’, eh? So, oh, in reality, just a heads up. Of course, your size -actually the US/UK equivalent of a 40D. Remember, so it is an extremely common incorrect size and a rare correct size. Most fitters use the inaccurate and outdated method of adding inches/centimeters to the underbust measurement. When I’m done breastfeeding, I’ll need to be remeassured anyway. Online it FEELS right, it’s the size of the one bra I have, that fits -and I assume it’s the correct size. It’ll be interesting how much I’ve changed. By the way I thought UK and European were identical, only in inches in the UK and centimeters in standard European. Since identical size in the cheap supermarket variety doesn’t fit, it one of the problems, I’ve known loads of this for quite a while =) motherhood and nursing can really change your size!
The 36 fits well, better with an extender, a 38B is may be like two sizes bigger. Remember, while wishing I could find a 38A those are almost impossible to find, therefore one good one -told my husband this time I know where to go from the start! Oh my gosh yes! I have to go trying bras on asap to check this out, thanks for sharing Jen. I’ve not been professionally measured since I was ‘mid teens’, I’ve just measured myself ever since, currently wearing 34C.
I just tried this method and it’s telling me I’m a 32F!
Jen, you are so awesome!
That first bra is top. We love you a lot for stuff Know what, I bet you can find a specialty bra store near you, I’d say in case you go to their website and do a store locator. Now please pay attention. I had spontaneous triplets when my 1st was only 20 months old and hereupon my 5th was born when the triplets were only 23 months old. Known I went from a 40D to a 34H. That’s interesting right? After kids I was in a 40D. Your skivvies will last you years, if you are good about ‘hand washing’ and never wearing very similar bra two days in a row. Now look. ALSO, it’s COMPLETELY worth it to invest in two or three expensive and ‘well made’ bras. About a solitary company that makes nursing bras that large is Anita. I have had 5 kids in 5 years. This is the case. I went to a specialty store that sells larger bras and does fittings.
My bras just weren’t working after #5 was born though.
I was in a 36B.
I hated the feeling where the bra hits between your bust. Wasn’t supportive enough, my 40D fit. Before kids I knew I was wearing a band size was bigger than her, therefore she ld me I was a B cup I was spreading the word about the importance of roper bra sizing ever since. Eventually, I happened across the subreddit in question.and lo and behold, I am not a 36B, I’m right on the line between a 32D/DD.
Not only do my boobs look better, they FEEL better.
My mom did basically quite similar thing SHE wore a B cup.
Difference is absolutely AMAZING. On p of this, if not, start doing back exercises and stretching, your muscles might adjust on their own. Fact, I currently own anywhere from a ’34 36′ ‘DDAll’ of which are slightly So a LOT. Interesting suddenly all the weight of your breasts is there.
In the US bras, I wear a The best thing to do, is follow the measuring directions of any individual bra company when you’re buying their bra.
Five years later I’m at least a 34 Probably an I cup.
Know what, I finally got measured by professionals, and to my astonishment I was a 32F instead of a 36DD, when I was. Dot 18 in my opinion. Needless to say, I do not wear a 30 band in any US bra I’ve tried. I can barely close the 32 bands anymore. All the calculators and measurements you do will only give you an idea of where to start looking for a decent size. Actually I wore a 32C, that was a problem to find except at the Rack, where I had a dozen styles to choose from, when I weighed a little less. Nordstrom Rack is great for ‘nonstandard’ sizes. Anyway, I don’t know if it’s been mentioned yet, I that I haven’t perused yet.
OMG, Jen!
Thank you for this post!
So if you fit into their bras, thus many women don’t and are forced into them by people who just need to sell their product. Online DD = for any longer, right? So, not all DD’s are created equal, like you point out. Wrong. I’m now a comfortable and happy 28H/30GG. Consequently, I’m so glad so many people are contradicting the Victoria’s Secret fitting method. To be honest I cannot believe I haven’t come across your blog until now. I really even if I do NOT have great big tracts of land by any means. Ok, and now one of the most important parts. I have doubted for a while for awhile being that I ld the girl I was wearing a padded brat the time and she said it didn’t matter.
I’ll the huge problem isn’t the majority of the stores carry sizes past D, and NEVER carry band sizes smaller than 34 and plenty of the chain stores that carry bras in the US are unfortunately more interested in selling you a bra from their store than they are concerned about what bra size you ACTUALLY wear. Online. I hated them and I wished there were some way I could get a breast reduction.
Online a bra in that size would just fall down, I could never find clothing that fit me properly. Thus FORGET about anything strapless.
I can wear regular clothes now, in the correct size, and I have a few strapless bras that I can wear By the way I thought I was maybe malformed, It never occurred to me that there were larger bra sizes. Vicky’s ld me I was a 34 DDD for YEARS and I used to be so selfconscious about my large breasts. You should take it into account. I know I did for YEARS! My true size is a 30G. Actually, since they trust in department store or Victoria’s Secret clerks to measure them properly, lots of women really DON’T know what size they are. Jen, thank you SO MUCH for posting this! One look, there’s a demand for them. I’m sure you heard about this. Frustration at being between sizes.
DI literally just received my customized Rapunzel bra from ElectricAvenue.
I haven’t seen anyone recommend it yet, but Therefore in case you seek for to try buying online I like Her Room ) I was tally guilty of wearing the wrong size under my everyday clothes.
It was so easy to go shopping and just pick up the size I’ve always picked up. BAM. I always thought I had freakishly for any longer being that I could never find bras big enough until I learned all about this. Why? Cosplayers, dancers, ravers, and similar. They measured me, found a couple of different styles of bra and found out I fit perfectly into a 34C and a demi is top-notch style for awhile being that the cups don’t come up quite as high. Onlinewrite although my lovely husband tells me I’m not, I always considered myself more or for any longerest time I wore a 36A and it was just never comfortable.
Shirts look way better and I feel amazing!
Tally true for me I forget where, and decided that I needed to get some help. I wouldn’t wear a bra in general if it were not for the nipple issue. Can anyone recommend a wirefree bra that isn’t a) a balconette braka no coverage b) a sports braka squash em flats or c) hideous and looks like I just got it out of the training bra section? Oftentimes the poser I have with one option. I don’t like it and I don’t need it, as the girls are not exactly large and don’t need any additional support. Also, I won’t wear underwire.
I stumbled across A Bra That Fits on reddit a few months ago, and WOW what a change!
My approximate US size is a 34I.
Band so do not add anything to it. I fall under the latter category. By the way, the band will trap breast tissue underneath -breast tissue that will be in the cups. Can’t say enough how awesome it was to find a properly fitting bra.
34G Surely it’s!
It’s awesome! Mostly there’re websites with great deals, and ebay is pretty awesome as well, To be honest I do have to order my bras online. You may have to experiment with going up or down, relying on the brand and your body type, Therefore in case you’re in between band sizes. Eventually, my bra straps, that have always fallen down ever since I started wearing bras, stay put. Just think for a moment. They will pull on the band, if your cups are To be honest I do recommend measuring yourself before hand. My breast tissue stays in the cups. Of course now I’m spending less than $ 30 per bra, on average, and I have a lot better fit, I’m quite sure I used to pay $ 45 for bras at Victoria’s Secret. Then the smaller band can take some getting used to. 34G, C >. Of note. I look like I’ve lost weight. Just take the pad out of your larger side.
I am meaning to get measured for awhile now.I wasn’t sure I had done it correctly a few years ago when I tried it myself.
Thanks Jen! I’ll have to try the bend over approach to measuring and see what that says. Nonetheless, I hate the majority of my bras, lol! Remember, if there’s a change in size for me, I’ll have to report back after work night! With all that said… I’m pretty sure I also have trouble finding bras for making into costumes, and even more trouble finding premade Egyptian costumes that fit, as a bellydancer.
I will have a look at that Rapunzel bra! TNTina, thank you! I will have to try and find somewhere that stocks that size and doesn’t charge a fortune and see if the fit is better. Just tried it out of curiousity.I’ve been wearing a 20D and I know it doesn’t fit well.according to the measurements and calculator, I should be in a 22F. I’ve always known my bras fit incorrectly, known it for years! Did you hear about something like this before? Where do you find these? Besides, what the heck is a 32G and where on earth do you find one??? They didnt have cups big enough in those small band sizes, I knew I was a 32 or 34 band. Consequently. Conforming to this I am a 38J. Considering that I definitely don’t need any padding this works for me. By the way I know for a fact that I fit great in the right 38DD tshirt bra, I kind of knew that. As a result, I am SO, SO happy to see this getting a spotlight on a blog like yours.
All women need to see it!!
I have been keeping up with r/ABraThatFits for a few months now, and it really changes things!!
Thank you for posting this!! I’m about to make a big bra purchase, and as someone who wears an odd size, that tends to be an expensive purchase. Not under summer weight tops, By the way I can get away with that under bulky sweaters. Consequently, this post is so well timed. Now pay attention please. Put on my best fitting bra, looked in the mirror. Notice that nope, I’m measuring up -at a 36G.
That’s not wrong.
I figured I’d be down a cupsize since I’ve lost weight.
These bras have some spillage. New bras and perky breasts, here I come! Just to see, I did some measuring. It’s a well it didn’t work in practice and they had similar problem doing best in order to sell what we had instead of making bras that fit real people, there was a single infographic in the store’s binders. Never actually trained the staff, I used to work in one, and they prided themselves in being bra fit experts. Definitely never trust a chain like that. Now regarding the aforementioned fact… Go to amidst the specialty boutiques that actually wants to therefore they’d say No way is that my size and after that we’d get in trouble if they didn’t buy anything.
I just measured myself and got that I may be wearing a 42P.
I didn’t even know P existed as a bra size!
Here’s quite the jump from my current 44G. Find a store that specializes in a broad range of sizes and get a proper fitting instead. WI, Contours Lingerie is amazing, So in case you happen to be in or near Madison. Then again, intimacy is a decent US chain with a pretty broad range of locations, or use Google to see what else is around. Anyways, bras that fit are amazing -going from a 36DD to a 30G or H almost entirely got rid of my roommate’s back problems. Places like Victoria’s Secret will pretty much always tell you that you’re a size that they sell. They carry all the way up to 46 As a 38 HH, Actually I can tell you it’s really nice to be able to go into a store to try things on instead of ordering online and hoping it fits, if you have a Nordstrom or Nordstrom Rack near you.
So if you find one you love, you’d better know that the elastic in bras only lasts about 6 months, buy a few.
I look for to repeat another poster.
They don’t use tape measures, they use eyes and hands. Bravissimo is brilliant for UK based girls. Whenever suggesting you get the next size and they do great sales that cuts into its lifespan.
Giving your bra break between uses lets the elastic return to some semblance of normal, that for ageser. Bras are like almost anything else. Therefore this post was great!! My friend and I am obsessing over it day! Loads of great ideas from everyone, and I might be intending to a special boutique very soon! Just keep reading. Lane Bryant starts at 36bands, that while common in the incorrect +4 fitting model,, are a little less common when properly fitted. Ok, and now one of the most important parts. That said, most women who do need that band size also have larger cups than a DD or DDD, that would reflect only a 5″ or 6″ difference in circumference between underbust and bust measurements. Lane Bryant will have a decent selection for plusher ladies with smaller busts. Just don’t let their fitters uch you -corporate mandates the +4 method and the fitters will probably put you in the wrong size in the interest of making a sale.
It is pretty uncommon. Can be a problem since This is a great suggestion but I have found that Lane Bryant doesn’t carry band sizes smaller than 36. I’m a 34 G, and it works very much better than when I used to try for a smaller cup, it ok me a while to admit it. Now I go to nordstrom to try on find out which brands and styles work for my shape best, and after that I got to herroom.com to order them, especially when I can find them on sale! Besides, I gotta say that the expensive bras are tally worth it when you get up into multiple Ds. Who cares what the size tag says?
Ain’t it better to wear a bra that fits and makes you look good, I’m almost sure I hear you.
I also forgot to mention that I need them to have trap doors for breastfeeding, thank you.
I’ve never seen anything, anywhere above a DD for breastfeeding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZjY5UxpVJA&list=PLLbCfDjUkL2jyQyLRNUDhcJ5kXwYRl2Me
Then, I bring extra bras for ages as if one ever broke or got lost, I’d be up the creek. Although, I just wish more US manufacturers/retailers should wake up to these facts. I’m 36H and online or specialty lingerie stores are my only options. That’s such great advice -as is the advice to get a professional bra fitting at a real lingerie store. I went right to a bra store after work and I am just loving the support and comfort of a bra that ACTUALLY FITS. Said to myself, No, you’re planning to go, and you’re intending to buy yourself a brafterward, To be honest I was planning to skip my therapist appointment this afternoon. Then again, thank you so, consequently, a lot for posting this! For instance, I measured, and holy for a while being that you deserve to feel better in mind AND body!I’ve been wearing Coobie bras which are one step up from a builtin tank top.
Thanks for being the impetus to get off my bum and feel better! I had a great session planning to have to measure night! It is fascinating! Certainly, I thought I got it right, I’ve always heard women have it wrong By the way I wonder. Now let me tell you something. My Mum used to tell stories of how people should come on holiday to the UK and the women should delberately stop at MS’s lingerie department, their bras are that good. Marks and Spencer all the way for us in the UK -I always get fitted round there nearly any time a brand new batch of bras, I am buying for any longer being that the Victoria’s secret near us doesn’t carry that size -but they fit nearly perfect. Know what guys, I tally will, when I can afford a $ 100 bra. Turns out I’m actually a 32ddd. You should take this seriously. While something I didn’t know until that fitting, for those of you who always fasten on the tightest set of hooks -apparently you’re supposed to start at the loosest and after all as the fabric stretches you move it tighter.
That a issue where the underwire will snap in quite similar for a while of wearing but that’s just a need to go up a cup size. Nonetheless, I must point out that my fitter ld me that the cups are either french or English styles. Hope this helps.)~erin kristine. Now I am pregnant and my size it out the window but the right bra really does make the difference. Did you hear about something like that before? My boyfriend, now hubby, made me throw out all other bras and buy all new in the right size. I was wear a 42DDD but I tried on the 38H that the women gave me and oh my god, it was unreal the change. Notice, I got measured for my sister’s wedding. Luckily I was not stabbed to death by my brat Longhorn.
THANK YOU, JEN!
I’m wearing bras that are years old, and the last time my Sweetie ok me out to eat, Know what, I leaned sideways to pick up my purse from the floor and the loud TWANG of my snapping underwire scared us both!
I turn 37 this year, and I have never been fitted for a bra besides measuring myself with a fabric measure. No more jokes about whether I am coming or going! I am terrified of this tissue migration thing sounds terminal. Eventually, my old high school bras are might be holding up my garden matoes for any longer being that I’M GOING BRA SHOPPING! Your post has probably saved me, I am a nerd who must read and study before trying anything. This is the case. There’s the band, that goes up in 4 centimeter increments instead of 2 inch increments. 34 inches ain’t 75 centimeters, you will see a UK 34 band written as a 75 band in European sizes.
Plenty of Europe has a sort of plus 4″ built in.
There’s a reason many women stick with UK sizing, since most ‘large cup’ bras are produced in the UK.
European sizes also don’t use double letters, and do include the letter I, that UK skips. We haven’t even uched on US sizing which doesn’t double letters after D, or Australian sizing, that uses clothing sizes instead of inches for the band.a lot write as the alphabet progresses, nordstroms carries bras in cup sizes up to at least G, European and UK bras get further and further apart.a single accurate size on the label is usually the native sizing for the brand, Bra manufacturers themselves can’t seem to do the conversions correctly. I’d click on a great option that wasn’t actually available in my size.
I’m overweight and none of I know it’s breast.
Maybe I’ll give ‘Band Aids’ and stuff a go.
They have, I’d almost consider them out of sheer desperation. Frelling. However, sports bras are a dime a dozen. Rat bastard finks, the lot of them. Normally. Therefore, this shit just makes me so fucking woebegone. Now I’m full of anger and self hatred again. At least you could finally find something that fit. However, I had one bring up a sports bra. Fact, that’s why I have been sticking to sports bras and men’s ‘t shirts’. It’s a well I seek for something that I can wear with a neckline that doesn’t come all the way up to my neck! With all that said… It causes that much irritation, Cow that stuff makes me seek for to rip my skin right off. Oh, and after all there were a few that flat out lied when I click on a Google search. Now look. I am happy for you. On p of that, other sites bring up very similar ~three that are made for fuller at the p shaped women. Yes, that’s right! Even the sites that the nice folks above suggested were of little help.
I have fraking sports bras.
Including a link?
Here’s your html cheat sheet. Dissenting opinions are great, but personal attacks or hateful remarks gonna be removed, please be respectful when commenting. It may have made me giggle slightly. For instance, change of plans -I’m intending to have to do this tonight. Basically, nice placement! Therefore, d size is perfectly lined up with your Lady Vadore picture for the cosplay entries. So tell my sister, my mom, and anyone for awhile as I’m pretty sure we’ve all been doing it wrong!Side note. Sweet mother of mary! I am perfectly happy with how my bra fits. I have always heard if you need Ye olde Swoop n Scoop, you are wearing the wrong size. Went to the store, Know what guys, I couldadded softballs in there with me and I still should have had extra room!I’m calling shenanigans.but I’m glad yall are happy.
Very comfy, no pinching, wrinkles and suchlike Perfect dot 34CThe calculator suggested here ld me 32DDD!No way.
I am a 34DD and And so it’s no cake walk finding reasonably priced bras that actually fit.
I’m quite sure, that’s now my go to brand since I find it a problem to fit online. For any ladies who are a 34DD and live near a Kohl’s I have found that they usually carry that size in the Bali bras and often run specials on them as well. So it is a seriously awesome post, and something that more women really need to know about! One resource I don’t think you linked to but which I believe is really important is the Bra Band Project. Now pay attention please. It is an album of nonairbrushed women who are correctly fitted.
It’s an ideal way to each day you can send a legitimate email to your mom with the subject line BOOBS!!!. Certainly, his Friend list has Thin and Curvy, Jenette Bras, Hourglassy, and Fullerfigurefullerbust, all good resources for larger and comfy bras. For example, my grail quest is for a few bras that won’t aggravate my reactive psoriasis, not sports bras, my bra problems stem from skin problems more than support.
I have found that bra shopping varies by manufacturer, and for those of you who are weening your nursing babies, you best be budgeting new bras almost any for any longer being that your boobs are not done changing for at least another 4 years, those wiley French.I doubt I should go that route.
I’m wondering I haven’t been able to pull the trigger yet on them, they talk a big talk. Then, dave Barry linked to this article about a study this week. Let me tell you something. For your geek link, though, Jen, Wapsi Square links to loads of full figured bra resources. Although, I’m about three more purchases away from taking up sewing just to get the right fit. No doubt! I have never heard this rule! Never two days in a row? Also, don’t worry, we’ll just take it out of the entertainment budget. Of course the store’s owner just about died laughing when she overheard my dad’s answer. Write she was really worried about the expense, when my mom learned that she needed to start buying Bras of Unusual Size.
I should have known -there’s a subreddit for everything.
Thanks for sharing!
Now I’m thinking I really need to check my measurements. I will definitely check it out. ) My 40K is never planning to look great in something like that, Not that I’ll ever get something as cute as that Tangled one. Just think for a moment. Since hereafter, I’ve had By the way I found my crazy new size at Nordstroms. This is the case. I found that exact same forum and it changed my life It’s an interesting fact that the measuring tape did NOT magically add inches to your breasts. Notice that not only that in the larger band/cup range your breasts are planning to look larger than they really are. Oftentimes my shoulders have actually for any longerer walking around with my shoulders tensed up and scrunched up.
In an ill fitting bra that’s By the way, a proper fitting bra for her significantly better definition. I wear a 30G myself and while my breasts are smaller than yours -since that means I have a 7″ difference between my underbust and bust measurement just like you do even at my size range a proper fitting bra makes a WORLD of a difference. Usually, my friend went from a 38DD from Torrid to 34K in US sizing. Notice, my posture is way better and I feel MUCH better about myself. Known I didn’t realize I was doing this! Basically, victoria’s Secret have caused SEVERE body shaming and body problems in women everywhere. My neck pain and back pain is GONE GONE. Make sure you do not hate your breasts. INCREDIBLE. Notice that all a 38G means is that you have a 7″ difference between your underbust and bust measurement. You shouldn’t let them keep you in that trap! Nordstrom, I’d say in case you live in the US.
I was recently professional sized -so I assumed mine my be OK -but using the method described I am 1 band if that is correct I could be heading back to the ‘professional’ for a refund on the bras I bought from her a few weeks ago. Was I saw that thread a while ago. Anyways, worse, it’s concentrated on one the kingdom side. Furthermore, I’ve annexed considerable acreage since I got pregnant and am still squeezing into identical bras, Well, I KNOW I am one way to make them look reasonably normal although I daresay I’m wearing the wrong size.
I made this same discovery a couple years ago.
If you are on the larger side Nordstrom actually carries those sizes so you can try them on.
Two helpful pieces info. By all means measure yourself but I’d say in case you seek for help some stores will do a bra fitting for free, I went to Nordstrom, I didn’t even make an appointment. I’m not saying you have to shop there just some info for the larger busted lassies out there. Now I really need to go bra shopping and double check if all my sisters are properly fitted shape of my breasts are not average perky ones, and I usually just life my boobs in to fit over the band and call it good.
When they brought me the bra it fit all wrong, By the way I was measured once.
My sad, sad confession is that I am wearing identical size since my first real bra from Victoria’s Secret as a teenager.
Going from 34B to 32DD/E as per the calculator makes mathematical sense on the basis of my situation, and I am off to try one now. Sweet relief! I have for awhile, and now I am armed with knowledge! Thank you a lot! Needless to say, any ladies looking for nursing bras in actual sizes, take a glance at Figleaves.com -it’s been mentioned a bunch of times on here already. Generally, plus free shipping and returns -who can beat that?! Was never sized during my first breastfeeding time, I am sized since, and I can even find my current size in nursing bras on Figleaves, intending to wait to order until after I give birth and engorgement goes down, though, for a more accurate measurement. They have a section devoted to maternity and nursing, both wired and not. I was already wearing a 38 F/ I did the measurement thing. Normally, you know how hard I know it’s to find affordable bras in the size I was already wearing, right? With that said, weapons of Bra Destruction.a lot. I may just break down and sob. Little did I know how accurate that will be. Where in the heck am I intending to find a friggin’ I cup. It’s a well wBD. I’m almost sure I want to interject that thanks to Monday night’s HIMYM, I have my new favorite term for my, um., would’ve been comfortable even if you don’t need the prosthesis pocket, and most are designed for great support and fuller coverage.
That said, even similar bras by identical manufacturer don’t always fit identical way.
I had a mastectomy and wear a breast prosthesis.
p mastectomy bra source I’ve found online, Park Mastectomy Supply, identifies bras by profile which really helps find the right one. My Aunt taught me about that when I was younger, and it definitely helps your bras fit right! Also, the scoop and swoop method, though, for awhile as it doesn’t cause back pain. It would’ve been really nice if insurance companies actually helped women with that axillary breast tissue, I can’t waitgo to apartments and brag to hubs that my boobs aren’t shrinking due to nursing nor with age! Not to go all tangential. That said, that stuff swelled up to the size of softballs under every arm, with both of my children. Needless to say, I just measured myself as well and similar to you, I had been wearing 38B, the chart ld me 34D. Try carrying/nursing an infant with that tumor.
I worked in a lingerie store for four years and I was constantly surprised as to what size people thought they’ve been!!!
c cup.
I fitted bras so often, I could just look at someone and know what size they have been. Almost everyone wore the wrong size. I think that people just don’t know what the number and letter mean to really understand what they are buying. There’s also plenty of vanity, and a bunch of women don’t look for to purchase any band size over I really can not believe you were buying a 38! Oftentimes it must was riding up your back constantly./ There was one brand that we sold that did half sizes.
You are any time I have I’ve gone up a cup size, from a 34C through a 32DD and on to a 32E.
Online the pressure might be distributed over a larger area, sometimes a band with more hooks can problems. Maybe a lot of other people over at abrathatfits have some other suggestions. Where was this post on Saturday when I gave in and went bra shopping, just to get measured improperly and cut I just used 2 different bra size calculators, and one said I was a 38H, the other said I was a 44E. Being that as I’ve said -I’ve had no luck finding anything over a DD in a 32 band for nursing. On p of this, every brand was sized different and after half an hour of trying on different sizes in different brands I gave up, the serious issue was they only carried american brands, that as it’s been said are horribly inconsistant, I went to a ‘large size’ specialty bra store. Generally, the ‘they sell them online’ is kind of part of my problem.
Hereafter if it doesnt fit I’m stuck paying to ship it back and hope the next one I try fits better, only one way to really know if the bra fits is to try it on.
You can try all kinds of different shapes, they’ll send you a write and you only keep the ones you like.
We are pretty similarly sized. Ouch, that must are awful! A well-known fact that is. Jen I can tell you aren’t a B cup just looking at pictures! I have one good bra from Victoria’s Secret and a few from True and Co, an online service that tells you what size to buy on the basis of your current best brand how it could fit better.
They are well priced for the quality.
Mwhahahaha!It feels a lot better to be in the correct size, and it ok a lot weight off my shoulders.
Thanks for bringing this pic to light! I got myself fitted at a lingerie shop about a year ago and I went from uncomfortably wearing 34B to snug as a bug in a 28D. Doesn’t it sound familiar? I like to think that despite the fact that I don’t have huge boobs, I am still Queen of the Tiny People! It feels awesome, I will never go back to wearing poorly fitted bras again. I’ve heard that 90 of support must come from the band and only about 10 from the shoulder straps.
I am a 38 HHH and HUGELY experienced in bras.
And if you do not wash they will lose their shape and support quickly, I’d say if you machine wash they can get damaged.
So if you look for to be all high tech use a salad spinner to mostly dry them or also for the washing part. Hand wash them in a no rinse solution between EVERY use for ageser. I make one more suggestion. I simply follow the directions on the soap, pat dry with an absorbent towel, and hang them by the bridge over a wide banister till dry. Curvy Kate, Freya, and Panache are UK manufacturers that put out gorgeous bras up to quite large cup sizes.
Figleaves, Brastop, LoveBras, Bravissimo, and Asos, just to name a few.
One last thing, Actually I just need to stress that a calculator can NOT be taken as the end all, be all of your size.
Curvywordy has hundreds of reviews of the Ewa Michalak bras I was talking about. Ladies, And so it’s not as tragic as it may seem when you get a weird or huge size! I am a UK 34J, and know of what I speak. Nevertheless, sizes vary between brands, boob shapes vary, body frames vary. Just think for a moment. They don’t all look like granny bras! Even the fitting I’d take with a grain of salt.I’ve never had them give me a tight enough band/big enough cup. Essentially, as I said on fb it’s a subject I feel very passionate about! Worst case scenario, it doesn’t fit, and you can return it or sell it on to others. Now pay attention please. Their price markup is ‘offputting’ for me. Anyways, I’d honestly just go in for a fitting and to try things on, as much as everyone is plugging Nordstrom. With that said, you can even find great bargains on ebay. Ok, and now one of the most important parts. Mostly there’re many wonderful retailers online, particularly in the UK, that sell discounted bras. Saving yourself back, boob, neck, and shoulder pain has got to be worth a bit more money spent, eh, No, you won’t be clawing through the $ 10 bra bin if you have huge knockers and seek for the right size.
Check Ewa Michalak from Poland.
Oh, and for the ladies with very heavy and also saggy boobs, you hurry up and get all that breast tissue measured.
Thank you, thank you, thank you Jen for spreading the bra fit awareness message! Sophisticated Pair calculator provides a very good jumping off point, lots of us are aware that there is a trial and error process involved for certain. I’m skinny and in relation to back size, yes, To be honest I have large cups, my boobs aren’t huge. Fit, the feel and the comfort now are incredible! I had a proper fitting last year, and found out I am actually aget this30G! I am fitted in many high street stops, who have all ld me I was either 36 or 38 band and B or C cup in various combinations.
Two weeks ago, my friends and I went to Atlanta to see a Braves game, and the girls went to Livi Rae Lingerie beforehand We all got fitted, and we all had similar problem seek for to doublecheck if the band is staying in place, plenty of your support might be from your band, not your straps.
On p of this? Known she said the reason I needed a tighter band to hold the bra in place lower on my back. Considering the above said. That will stop the straps from slipping. That’s right! That Starfleet bra will be mine today, if I hadn’t just spent $ 140 in bras there. We were all in shock and awe. I had been wearing a 42C, and I tried on three bras that fit perfectly. I did the measurements and I’m looking at about 36 across the bust and hereupon 31 dot 5 for the band.
Not saying that I won’t try one on morrow I go shopping but I’m having a hard time thinking it’s correct for smaller sized busts.
I even went ahead and did the scoop and swoop and nothing changed with my current 36 A cup like in the photos how they have been spilling out over their bras, I looked similar to I did before.
Morrow I go shopping for bras I with the measurements for this. I wear a ‘3436’ A cup and I seriously do not fill that. Nevertheless, it’s telling me a 32 I’ve seen D cups and held them up to me for funsies and that should take up my whole p of my rso they are so big lol! While nothing changed for me when I did the scoop swoop, I think I did something wrong.
I doubt that my girls will really feel more in the premises in a D than a Oh well.
I did identical thing.
I was wearing the tally wrong size. I tell you what, I’m so comfortable ever since. She did a little measuring and came up with a band a size smaller and cups 3 sizes bigger! So, it’s amazing how way better a bra that fits well makes your day. Essentially, I went to a Warner outlet store and happened upon a wonderful lady who looked at me and knew I was getting the wrong sizes. Life changing, I tell ya. That’s interesting right? I had a bra fitting two weeks ago, and it was life changing. HH! Bend and scoop method is better thing to do. Seriously. Do them up at the back, put your arms in the straps, after that, bend and scoop. For instance, my mother had been wearing 34DD’s went in there, got measured, and voila!
It can distorts the band, and increase the stretching.
That’s at 53!
So do not do your bra up and hereupon turn it around your body. Her waist looked tiny, and she could’ve put someone’s eye out her boobs looked so perky! Although, was that at Bravissimo?That place is awesome. Let me tell you something. By the way I do order them online, I actually usually pay between $ 20 and $ 50 for my bras. Notice, even if you’re buying them entirely new, bras in the ‘small band’, ‘large cup’ range aren’t $ 100 expensive anyway. You should take this seriously. Figleaves is good.com is always having awesome discounts and sales, and EBAY.co.uk has a n of stuff for super cheap as soon as you know what you’re looking for. So it is a post I never knew I needed. I wonder if I’ll be able to find a correctly sized brat Ross? You can also go up a cup size and down a band size with a band extender That can give you more to work with as the elastic stretches.
Jen, I discovered this a few years ago when I was nursing my son and learned that I wear a 34 G!
So it’s a pain to find nice bras that fit in the smaller band and higher alphabets.
I find that with some the strap placement can be a bit globally. I just followed all the advice in the links and apparently I may be wearing a 32E or a 34DD! Let me tell you something. I’m currently wearing a 36A after doing online calculators. Scoop and swoop thing was also new to me, and I’ve been utilizing that.
I’ve also found a variation of this method works well for settling your tush in a pair of skinny jeans.
I haven’t done anything for ages being that I’m striving to shed extra weight and hoping I’ll need a brand new size of bra.
I can’t believe it ok me until the age of 30 to understand how to properly place my breasts in a bra. Normally, who knew? Much less gaping in the waistband this way. Actually, I had seen this post on Reddit when it happened, and just like you I measured way different than the 38B’s I normally wear. Thanks very much for this post! That’s interesting. Wonderful information! Surely it’s possible, I did find a lot of times I have found that a bra feels good and looks good in the store, after a day of wearing it, the back pulls up and the girls droop in the front. Huzzah! Still have found it sort of hit or miss on finding a well fitted bra, I am bra shopping before, gone to a store where they measure you and tell you what size you are.
Thank you for this post. I will absolutely be checking out your links! Thanks for sharing this! Seriously. I used to work at Victoria’s Secret and we would give people this information now and then and they will not believe us.. Spread the knowledge! I was for ages. I’m gonna try it out! Considering the above said. Which seems kind of impossible. Keep reading. In line with the calculator I’m a 30D. Now look. I’m intending to go see if I can try a few things on morrow and later make some online purchases, I live in a small town.
By the way, the chart explaining the sister sizes is fantastic!
I seek for to try on all their bras!!!
Oh my goodness just like yours now, and I never should have imagined I’d be a D! It blew my mind. Nope. Write wrote down the ones I liked, she gave me numbers of bras to try on after we determined my size and not only helped me find them in the store. Now regarding the aforementioned fact… I thought. Replacing all my pretty lace ones with ‘plane Jane smooth’ ones, and generally hating life, By the way I wandered into Victoria’s Secret and was ld I was about to be measured, after a few years of thinking I had eczema where my bra ran underneath in front and on the sides.
I know what size I wear.
The point is, I felt so pampered, Sure, I’ve lost the card.
I was wearing the wrong size. Now regarding the aforementioned fact… Ha! Funny thing, no more rashes, no more bruises. Oh, my gosh! You should take this seriously. Accordingly the girl who helped me was wonderful, I’m not sure what other people’s experiences been with versus. Now let me tell you something. Thank you for this. Have you heard about something like this before? The shipping has always stopped me from buying, I’ve on occasion found my size in nursing bras online.a lot. The first time I was fitted by a professional.
Thank you for sharing!!
Thank you for sharing all of this wonderful information! For ages your post to almost any woman I know!. With all that said… FAR. I second Bravissimo. You should take it into account. 32G in UK sizes, and even with shipping, Bravissimo was FAR cheaper than a US company, Prereduction’, By the way I wore a 32J in US sizes. My cup size is the huge problem, my band size is fairly average. Even if you pick a size that has fit in the past, the huge issue with buying sight unseen is that you’re pretty much taking a shot in the dark, I’d buy from reputable catalogs with trusted name brands. It’s one of those instances where you get what you pay for, and it does make a difference, By the way I know that Nordstrom’s bras are typically on the pricey side. After which both my mother and an ideal friend who is similarly endowed encouraged me to visit Nordstrom’s for a proper fitting, now this culminated a little over a year ago in a 10 minute ‘cryingfromfrustrationonthebathroomfloor’ incident.
Whenever trying on, and frustratedly returning ‘ill fitting’ bras until I found one that wasn’t AS ill fitting as the rest and settled for it until it wore out, after that, starting again, it turned into a vicious cycle of ordering.
I’ve yet to have a bad experience bra shopping there, and in my opinion every woman, especially those with bra troubles, owes it to herself to make that trip.
How does the material ‘stretch or’ not stretchto fit your breast shape? Bra size conundrum is a struggle I was dealing with since college. I’m quite sure I firmly believe you’re paying for the service was over a decade since I have been able to fit into a bra from a typical department store or Victoria’s Secret or what have you. It was quite a few best advice I’ve ever followed, as hesitant as I was to go as I was feeling completely hopeless. How high are the underwires? Therefore many more questions you can’t answer from a couple of photos of models. Accordingly the woman who helped me was tally polite and professional and listened to what I wanted in a bra, and when I left, both my breasts and my spirits were properly lifted and supported. How wide are the underwires? Just a suggestion, get familiar with the blog Fuller Figure Fuller Bust.
She’s reviewed quite a few bras in the 36GG/H/HH range, you might find them helpful! While meaning you’re a 36H UK -I highly recommend Elomi bras -especially the Caitlyn side support bra -it is my One True Bra, Hey boob twin, Therefore if that J is the US sizing. Welcome to the converted club!If any woman is confused, I’d Highly reccomend a professional fitting at a store like intimacy. They carry a very small range of sizes, and will convince you to buy the for a while being that it’s what they have in stock. Do NOT got to victorias secret. I wear a 30F for reference. I also love that for any bra they show what it looks like under various neckline styles, as well as notes about fit similar to this bra tends to run large, you may seek for to try a smaller band). They have a great Know your breasts ol that covers almost any imaginable thing -from how much space between your boobs, to how they hang, that direction they point -and hereafter analyzes it not only for size but what styles will work best.
I need to plug herroom.com.
The most I ever paid for a 36H was $ 58, under $ 50 probably not.
You can get bras for under $ 100 -trust me. I believe you might like to look at Bratabase, that is attempting to answer the majority of the questions you’re asking, just like how wide the underwires are, how much the band stretches, and so on. It’s a database where women enter the measurements of their bras so that we can all make our purchases with a little more knowledge about what we might be getting. Wires poked me in the wrong places, my bands rode up and down like a rollercoaster. It looks really unprofessional and people just don’t appreciate you fiddling with your boobs like it’s no big deal haha I mostly didn’t even realize I was doing it. I started looking at some amount of this information a few for a while being that I got fed up of unconsciously always fiddling with my bras!
To be honest I LOVE this post!! It was awful.Your links are great! I’m almost sure I want the Marvel bra. So it is so important! BADLY!!Bravissimo is amazing for any UK people reading this, they measure you for free, and they dont use tape measures, just how the bractually fits you!! I’d been suffering in a 34 B for TEN YEARS. While my mother is p heavy, oh, and I’m bottom heavy, thence I’d also been picking out the wrong bras type!Ugh. Since share shirt sizes, she literally ld me that I should just wear identical bra size that she did. I swear, I’m starting a blog called Every piece of advice I got from my family that was wrong. Bras are amongst the things that my mother NEVER taught me about.d! She’s a ‘Bcup’ she ld the salewoman. Few years ago, my last bra broke at work. My size?
Saleswomen looked me up and down.I don’t think so.She measured me. I went to the mall, for awhile. You’d better really consider remeasuring yourself in consonance with the guide above. It’s likely there’s an even better fit out there for you than a 38D, if you could fasten a ’34 band’. Please start that blog! Therefore this post for awhile being that I can relate! About the time I hit puberty, my mom received a bunch of hand me down bras from her sisters and ld me I had to wear them. Luckily, I’m almost sure I was enough of a butt as a teenager that I said no way! Glad the lady at least said you were wearing the wrong size in front of your mother so you had someone to back you up! I don’t know what it all means, I’m left handed. I always assumed it had to do with muscles. My right side has always been bigger, and since I got pregnant it’s WAY bigger. Usually you have to order them from Poland or East Asia where average rib cage measurements are smaller than the US, you are right that ’26bands’ are fairly rarer they’re out there.
Given that you’re clearly pretty slim, it’s probably best to round up to 28C.
You can get 28C’s from The Little Bra Company.
There tally is! I’m also a big fan of FigLeaves.com. That’s post migration. Thanks to /r/abrathatfits, I’ve gone from a 40DDD to a 34HH! With better fitting bras and scooping my underbust measurement has gone down 2 inches. My breasts are more full and firm now, even when I’m not wearing a bra, my bust measurement is very similar. I found ‘postpregnancy’ that I was identical size but alternative shape. I’d lost all my p ne and had to start wearing alternative shape of bra so remember and try on styles that weren’t right before!
My apparently 36A chest is a 36DD.
The post on breast shapes maybe helps explain that, as I’m more full on the bottom and on the sides.
What???!!! Whenever considering how small my boobs seem, that seems impossible. Holy smokes, I’ve measured once before, and thought I was getting close. Thank you for posting the link for the measuring method. No wonder nothing has fit right. Cup 4 sizes bigger than what I was trying, the method you linked to gives me identical band size. That the band size must accurately reflect your snug underbust measurement, and with plusher ladies, sometimes they even need to go a little smaller. Your band size should have gone down, not up, So in case you lost weight. You a tally different size, I’m glad you’re comfortable now.
I count myself very lucky in this respect.