I haven't visited my nearest bra shop, Change, for a while. I know their two-part "full cup" bras don't fit me very well, but now that they have some other types of bras up to K cup (EU sizing) I thought I'd give them a try.
I asked for a fitting, because I don't know my current "Change size". The sales ... person measured my underbust over clothes but tightly, and told my band size would be 70. We discussed the cup size and agreed to start with J, since that was what I'd bought previously. Then I was brought the one 70J they had on a sales campaign and that wasn't Florence (I'd told that I didn't like the shape), a plain white "full shaper" or 3-part cup called Sofia. The band fit nicely in the loosest hook, but the cups, although stretchy, didn't. The gore wasn't flat and there was some quadboob.
Then the lady brought me some other styles, some with 2-part cup and some with 3-part cup, all in 70J except for the one style that they had in 70K. The 70K grey and pink Kamma looked really nice, and was what I'd conside a decent fit. But the fit wasn't 100 % perfect, the cups were too stretchy for my taste (bouncy!) and the price tag... 75 € - even with the 10 % member discount that's way over my budget. I could get some super gorgeous indie bra for that price! I noticed the band in the 70K was a lot tighter than the 70J of the same model. I was told that the 70J had probably been trien on more. "It's incredible how fast they stretch out!" the sales person said. I wonder if the same is true with the cups. All the models I tried were unpadded and had stretchy cups.
I went on to try some of the bikinis but found that the 70J was too small in them too. I think Change's bikinis don't run as loose in the band as their bras, so I could get away with 75J. Didn't feel like trying them out though, so I left without anything this time. I will go back when they get more bikinis in
Summa summarum: If you like your cups stretchy and wear a UK GG cup or smaller, Change is the place to go.
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I follow a lot of blogs. All lingerie LOL and I use Wordpress reader to keep track of them. I've noticed that the Polish blog Stanikomania covers the new stuff very early on. Too early maybe, because I'm now drooling over the tea rose colourway of Panache Tango - autumn/winter 2013!
I only recently started reading bra blogs, but will probably use them in the future for things like bra reviews. But usually I just wait for bra sales. I don't know if I can get away with that anymore (if I really want a specific style) because since I changed to my real bra size, I'm finding that it's usually sold out by the time bras are on clearance. Oh well :(
But for basic stuff in beige and plain black, I try to find that stuff at Nordstrom Rack sales. I'm almost sized out of what they have available though :/
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