Jan 06, 2021 » All bra adventures

Jan 06, 2021

So among the assortment of sizes I ordered to try to figure out my actual size after wearing a 36C since I was twelve or thirteen (didn't fit then either) and then a 38D for the last two years (definitely didn't fit, and I mostly gave up and went without a bra entirely this past year), three have come. The 36H - Delimira » (W006) didn't fit at all, so when the same-model 36F came today, I didn't even open it. The 34GG - Fantasie » Belle Full Cup Bra (6001) was a much better fit and felt like a really good bra, so it confirmed that I really do need a 34, not a 36, at least for most bras. No wonder my breasts have always migrated under the band and spilled into the middle and I never got any support. And why they hurt. And I was constantly hiking the band up and jiggling everything somewhat back into place. I realize now that they were always pushing my boobs down onto my ribs and under my arms and squashing them into a shape they didn't want to take. So this band is much better. Totally smooth and even on the back and sides.

But the GG was just way too small. The center gore was like an inch from my chest, and the longer I wore it (maybe ten minutes?), the more my breasts tried to escape under the wire. It was definitely sitting on breast tissue the whole time. However, even though they moved up and down because the wire wasn't sitting right, there was no lateral movement, so that was nice.

Absolutely confirmed that a ton of my issue with bras is the shape, though. I had no idea that shallow vs. projected was a thing, but it turns out that I'm very projected and full on top with I guess a comparatively narrow root? I mean, they take up almost all of my chest, but not much farther, so wide underwire cups always gapped at the sides and pushed my boobs to the middle. And I always fell out of shallow bras. I just assumed that it was because my breasts were too small for the cups or too soft to stay in place firmly. I had no idea anyone even made bras in my shape since I never saw them in stores and never thought to look into it.

I bought the 34GG by accident, actually. I was so overwhelmed by the various sizes and sizing charts and not knowing where to start that I didn't even realize that Fantasie uses UK sizing. (Or Panache, which hasn't come yet.) I thought it was much smaller. And I expected the bigger sizes to be too big. So when I realized that the bra I'd just tried on was equivalent to a US 34J and was still too small, it kind of broke my brain. I thought the Panache Cleo was a US 34J when I ordered it, so I didn't even expect it to fit right now, but now that I realize a US 34J doesn't fit, I guess it's a good thing that I accidentally ordered up a couple of sizes in the Panache. Guess I'll find out when it arrives tomorrow.

The next size up in the Fantasie Belle is apparently much wider in the cups, though. I need more depth, but the wire was already just slightly too wide (not enough to be a problem) in that bra. So I'm going to keep looking for deeper cups in the same width range.

It's just a lot to process. I honestly had no idea they were that big. I just squashed them down and wore baggy clothes all the time. But this explains why I can't find a coat that fits over my chest and why I had so much trouble angling my boobs out of the frame during my online classes all semester. Seems ridiculous that I didn't realize, but oh well.

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