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I started looking online when I got to a point where no bras in stores fit me anymore and I could no longer lie to myself that the quadboobs were cleavage. I know this problem exists for almost everyone except maybe those living in "bra heaven" (aka UK), but none of my friends seem to realise there's any problem with ... the pathetic bra selections we have in the stores.
I live in a part of the world where many girls are positively tiny. Yet retailers seem to think that 32 bands are perfectly alright. Sometimes they only bring in bras in B cups. The "one size fits all" approach in Asia is absolutely ridiculous. Most of our clothings have no sizes. They're "free size". Some shops even tell you their jeans are "free size". I once asked for a 32C bra (when I thought I was that size), and got sister-sized to a 36A?! Shop assistants give me strange looks and tell me nothing bigger than C cups were available, or yes, they have D cups but they only start at 34 backs, which they think should fit me, then hand me some ugly beige thing.
So I was in Marks and Spencer, the only place that seems know that bras go beyond B or C cups, trying on their 32Ds and quadboobing. I asked for bigger cups, and got introduced to this 32DD contraption that was so stiff it could take someone's eye out if I swung it around. It also cost 70 bucks.
I gave up looking for bras in any stores after that and went online. That's when I realised that bras in bigger cup sizes can look gorgeous and not like granny bras. I ordered several sizes from an online store. They were all wrong, but the customer service was so sweet and helpful with the exchange. It took some weeks, but today I got my first ever bra that fits - the Curvy Kate Emily in 28F. I can't tell you how excited I feel right now.
Yea, that's my "brapiphany" in a nutshell. It feels awesome!
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You can try bending the wires to a more human (i.e. curved) shape and see if that alleviates things: centre gore digging in often springs from the fact that wires tilt or distort to accommodate the curve of the ribcage rather than bend perpendicular to their plane.
Sometimes it's neither. Sometimes the gore just isn't compatible with the shape of your sternum. It's not you, it's the bra. This is why we bend the wires and gores inward or outward, to make them fit better on our bodies. You should just bend the gore outward a bit to relieve the pressure.
As for sales pressure, I can relate completly. That's why in those cases I go in without any money, so they can't make me buy anything :) And then say I have to think about it or I need to wait for my paycheck or something like that. Doesn't feel great though :(
Edit: again, now I see M&H gave the exact same answer :)
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