Maximum sideboob. Is this what people mean when they say a bra is "east-west"-y?

I tried this Freya in 28G from Amazon Wardrobe & I'm bummed it didn't work because the color (Shark) was lovely, the cup lining was comfy, and the 28 band was really comfortable. Probably the best Freya 28 band I've ever tried.

But the cups are just wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too wide.

My boobs were sitting so far out to the sides. There were wrinkles at the top of the cup because there was so much side-room for boob!! Crazy.

The wire was just... in the wrong place everywhere. Not even close to my IMF. My boobs just folded up inside this bra. I highlighted the empty space in the photo of my armpit.

Is it too big? I tried 28FF's before this and they were all too small at the cup so I was trying 28G next.

Am I too narrow for this bra? The cups feel just so, so, so wide. I've had this problem with a bunch of "large cup 28's" but I am convinced my boobs aren't that narrow, they don't match the little drawn icon of narrow boobs at all, and I didn't think "boobs across 100% of my front (but not halfway to my back)" counted as narrow.

It's really too bad because everything else about this bra was comfortable - the band felt great (minus the wire), the cups were soft lace and so comfortable, and I loved the color.

About me: Usually UK 28F / Comexim 60HH, but 25 weeks pregnant and +2 cup sizes (for now). Too bad I still need (desperately) need 28's, it would be a lot easier to wear 30s.

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Updated on Sep 26, 2021 Flag this

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• bummmer!! Yeah, I agree with what you said above, just too wide. Looks like there's too much empty space on the side.

  Freya (not half-cups) are supposed to be more on the narrow side, too! larger than F cup (according the this graphic that I think I found on bratabase - all data taken from bratabase) https://braodyssey.blogspot.com/2021/05/wire-lengths-from-very-narrow-to-very.html

  so, I'm not sure which ones from amazon will work for you? I understand that you prob don't want to invest tons of $ in bras r.n., if your cup size is still changing though.

• edit: congrats on the pregnancy! Not sure if I said that before. : )

• I wonder if it’s too tight of a band, causing wire distortion and pulling too much on the cups.

• It’s been a long time since I tried on Freya balconette styles (in 30F and a few 30FF), but I recall there was significant variability in wire width between styles. And I do remember a few where the wires wrapped around my sides like that.

  I’m not sure if there’s an easy way to determine which styles will have narrower wires or if you just have to look at Bratabase measurements for each style.

  I think for Freya (could be confusing with another brand though) there is a cup size at which they change the design/shape of the cups for larger sizes, and the wires are wider above that point, but I’m pretty sure that is a larger cup than 28G.

• Calluna I wish the band was too tight! Because if I could find a 30 that didn't feel like a saggy bag around my ribcage, I would definitely buy 30s in a heartbeat!! But the band was soooo comfortable. I actually loved the length. :(

• I gotcha! Part of the pictures looked like maybe there was a little bit of wire distortion, but I couldn’t tell for sure.

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  meerkat This particular bra makes the shift at GG, I believe (based on me recently trying on this bra in 30G and 30GG).

• callie510 , anya99 has tons of comexims around your new size (60L?) although if you're still getting bigger, hmm.

  She sells them for $34 + shipping. https://www.bratabase.com/profile/lny/listings/

  Or even some of the 65s might be small enough. Just a thought! At least they're comfy!

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