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Swimwear over a K cup
... It doesn't secretly exist and I've just somehow missed the memo right? After the hot (southern hemisphere) weather has prompted my first swimming invite of the year, I've come to the realisation that no amount of artful arrangement will keep me contained inside my 30JJ - Freya Swim ยป Pier Deep Plunge Bikini Top (3026) . To be fair, it's not a great surprise to me that it's too small, but it's still kind of annoying.
Looking at the swimwear added to the site, aside from the annoyance of having to completely alter the strap placement and band of something which looks like it has vaguely the right cup depth (34K, 36K???) which may or may not make it okay to wear, the wire width and height looks uncomfortably excessive for my tiny frame. A K cup is just not big enough in the right places! (Or too big in others).
I try to be sun safe and tend to wear a swim shirt when I'm in the water, but I'm not really liking the options I can see which are 1) wear the much too small bikini top I already have and hope that I'm the only person who notices the ooze 2) sacrifice a bra to the ocean. If anyone has a sensible 3) (or 4) etc), I'm open to other ideas.
Sometimes I hate wearing a size which makes up such a small part of the population.
Alisa (why are you tagged in the middle of my post and not here???), I know you've tried out a bunch of stuff and I'm not sure if you have any favourites or suggestions. JJ always asks us to add things to reviews and adding a quick review of some of the styles would be just fine if you can remember any details about the swimwear you tried.
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http://www.curvywordy.com/2012/11/ewa-michalak-pl-bikini-and-briefs-in.html mentions a 65KK bikini, and if I recall, EM uses UK cup sizing. Your profile says you're narrow and have an EM that fits, so getting swimwear from EM might be your best option. A comment on the page suggests that EM no longer makes swimwear, but it can't hurt to ask. :/
http://www.bravissimo.com/products/swimwear/#/1?cup=k only seems to go up to a K, but they've started selling L bras recently, so hopefully that will expand - it might be something to keep an eye on.
EM no longer makes swimwear and hasn't for several years. Unless I was lucky enough to get someone's second-hand bikini, it's sadly not an option. Someone asked about EM bikins on Facebook earlier this year and was told 'not this year', so I'm not sure if they'll never make them again or not. Either way, Northern Hemisphere summer is a long way off and the PL cut which past bikinis have been based on is not really suitable for me, I've only had success in EM's unpadded bras.
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