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After having one bad bra day too many, and also spending lots of time lurking around here and Reddit's r/abrathatfits and seeing how well bras actually fit on some people, I feel as though there's a lot left lacking in terms of bras with small bands (32 or less) and large cups (HH and greater). Aside from the total desert ... in bras greater than a J in a 28 band, and the fact that the only brand who makes bras greater than a UK K cup (I'm definitely well into that territory now) is Ewa Michalak , I just feel like most of the bras aren't that great. It's pretty common to have wires which are too wide or alternatively too high (or sometimes both), cups which wrinkle at the bottom, straps which are far too wide and cut into your armpit, the side of the bra outside the straps comes up so high that it's incredibly visible through your arm hole, and lots of other issues which seem to be unique to this size range, especially right up the top. Bratabase's comments and entries seem to back me up on this supposition.
There's also a real lack of choice. I mean, I need to wear a bra (the other option isn't really very socially acceptable, or comfortable), so I have to choose between the lesser of evils and I'm at home trying to somehow stuff my definitely not 28K breasts into a 28K bra which still has wires far too wide for me despite my extra breast tissue distorting the bra and pulling it forward while I wait on an EM custom and hope that I haven't exceeded their size range as well. Even for people who aren't actually off the top of the cup scale, the amount of bras available are very limited, and I wonder how many others in small bands large cups really feel like they can't find a bra which fits them perfectly and have to settle for the least undesirable option? For instance, when I was a 28K I could chose from Panache, who has insanely high wires, Curvy Kate who has insanely wide wires or EM where I never know how long the back of the bra is until I get it and I can't send it back if it's wrong. In an ideal world, I'd may wear a 26 band as well, but apparently that's not a size which is profitable for companies to make even in smaller cups.
If you're around this size territory have you noticed the poor design of bras or are you happy with yours? Are there any changes that you'd like to make? Do you think that it would be possible to create a lobby to actually improve the design of bras in this size?
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Shared on Apr 29, 2013 Flag this
I don't think it will work. For one thing it may be big enough around, but it's not going to be big enough top to bottom. It's also going to float several inches away from your chest in the middle. Don't let me discourage you from trying it, but I'm skeptical if it will work.
splish I'm not trying to get it to actually fit. That's why I have the strapless underneath, so I'll still be supported. I just want some loose and lacy that can look good in the whole dropped sleep/halter thing that seems to be going on nowadays.