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May 15, 2014
I tend to get scraped up by lace on the bottom edge of my bra under the cups. Is that just because of my awful posture, or is it also because my cups are too shallow so the band isn't gripping tighly enough? Or is it that my band is too tight?
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Once you've scooped and swooped, do your wires sit flat against your ribcage? With the gore flat in the middle and no breast tissue escaping out the sides? If so then your cups are probably deep enough.
With the hooks at their loosest at the back can you still pull the band away an inch or so? Then it's probably not too tight.
Maybe you have rubbish posture or - is your waist bigger than your underbust? Sometimes the bottom of my bra digs in simply because I get wider :)
Or maybe you're more sensitive than some. Do you react badly to all lacy bras or do some offend more than others? The laces manufacturers use can vary hugely in softy factor and some can really feel like sandpaper!
It's hard to say, can you link to a particular bra that causes this problem? It could be lots of things--your posture, the shape of your ribcage, a fit problem, or a design/material quality issue with the bra. Some bras certainly have cheap, scratchy lace that I could not wear for 10 minutes even though I can wear a lacy bra all day if the materials are comfortable (see my bra list for multiple examples).
Do you have other reasons to suspect you have insufficient depth in the cups or a too-tight band? Maybe do a fitting request and people will help :-)
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