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I've been sitting and thinking about this and I'm wondering if there's any sort of write up simplifying it. Let me try to explain what I'm wanting to understand better;
Basically, the concept I'm thinking about is the scaling of small band/large cup bras, particularly with the effect the combo has on fit, and why it seems so hard to ... find a good band fit while seemingly between 28/30 band sizes.
Naturally, a band of a certain size should fall within a certain range of measurements stretched and unstretched, with the intent being to stretch some amount so as to provide support.
However, as far as I can tell, most of the stretch seems to come from the part of the band from the outside of the wires to the clasps. Basically, the back of the bra. Is this actually the case though?
My train of thought here is that, with each cup size the cups tend to get wider. This seems obvious in my size range in UK bras which seem to run unreasonably wide. But even for brands that seem to scale the cup width sensibly, realizing that breasts do not tend to wrap around to the back for most people, you can expect the wires to get wider.
Naturally, if the wires get wider, then if my first observation is right, then the part that does most of the stretching would like shrink accordingly, or at least do so slightly once every so many cup sizes.
Maybe this isn't so much of a problem on a larger band, but on a small band there's not much band length for the cups to "cannibalize" - so is my thought process right to think that it would be expected for the same bra in the same band size to measure fairly different at vastly different cup sizes? I haven't studied the measurements to get a feel for this, and even if I wanted to there's often not much info to go off of in the 28K range that I'm most interested in.
Does what I'm trying to explain make sense? Basically, that a bra that measures the same band length unstretched in both, for example, an E cup and a K cup, could effectively be tighter at the K cup due to the area doing the most stretching making up less of the unstretched length.
Not that I think the entire front of the bra doesn't stretch just that it seems like it does so less. Maybe I'm entirely wrong, or maybe it varies wildly on fabric and style(probably)
I better go to bed, I'm confusing myself now lol
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Hi! 32HH in which brand and style is ridiculously small?
I just ask b/c some brands are known for running loose in the band (e.g., Freya) and other brands are known for running tight in the band (some mainline European brands). Also, some brands are known for running smaller in the cups (esp. padded styles) than others.
For example, you can look at this women's size list, Busts of Gotham, you can see her sizes vary for each brand.
https://www.bratabase.com/profile/wa/
Bravissimo, 30GG/28H
Claudette, 30G (likely a 30GG if they made it)
Cleo by Panache, 30G/28GG/28H ("sister size" down 1-band) *when bands are stretchy!
Fantasie pieced & molded cup, 30FF (sometimes 30G)
Freya pieced cup, 30G
Freya padded cup, if made: 30GG/32G with band altered smaller into a 30
KEIA (aka, Rubypink), 30G
Miss Mandalay pieced/padded cup, 30GG/30H
Panache (including Masquerade/Harlequin), 30G/30GG
Parfait by Affinitas, 30G (in soft cups, padded cups a little 'small'ish for me)
Royce (a non-wired brand), 32F/32FF/30FF (32 bands are small-ish and have 4-sets of hooks)
Shock Absorber, 30G
BraOdyssey CK Delightfull (at least I think it was Delightfull, it was the one that doesn’t have any lace) in 32HH, tried Elomi Charlie in 34GG, Panache Clara 32HH
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