Bra fitting help » Rubs at the front of the arms, wrinkles
Fantasie » Kara Underwired Full Cup Bra (2092) » 36J 36:13
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Moved this bra to the "for sale" pile because the fit for me will never be close to the fit of the Jasmine.
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Edited to add: By the way, I remeasured myself to do the calculator on the Ewa Michalak site and found I was 37 inches in the ribcage, not 39, which explains why the 36s are fitting when the bratabase says it'll be too small.
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The band on this is quite snug, but I think it would still be wearable all day. The cups seem to fit, but there is STILL some wrinkling at the very bottom.
Wires poke on the sides. They don't seem too far back, but probably are simply too high for me.
My biggest problem is that it rubs on the front of the arms. Is this a size issue, putting on issue, or are the straps on this particular bra just set too wide for me? Abandon?
Shape is just OK... not quite the forward, round, lifted look I'm looking for, but I think under clothes it would be fine. Still have a few more bras on order to try, so I continue my quest for the perfect bra.
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helpfulI am inclined to think you might do a tiny bit better in a 38HH in this.
Regarding the wrinkles, do the following:
Grab the wire of your left cup with your left hand. Push it up into the crease. Keep holding the wire. Use your right hand to lift up your left boob, place it into the cup. Left hand is still holding the wire. Gather tissue from the left side (swoop and scoop) with your right hand. Still holding the wire. Bow forward for this if necessary.
Keep holding the wire. Crumble the fabric of the left cup in your right hand. Thumb is inside the cup, fingers outside. Push your thumb down until it is next to the wire. Now pull the fabric of the cup in a round motion towards your chest around your breast.
Switch to the right side and repeat there.
If the wrinkles are still there and do not get better and the wires pinch you from the side, the wires could be too narrow for you.
Updated on January 4, 2013 Flag this
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Usually the last step of adjusting is to pull slightly at the rim of the cup. With breasts over a certain size that doesn't work, all you'll do is damage the lace on the bra.
Try it on yourself, put the thumb inside the cup and the fingers outside. Then push the hand down until your thumb inside the cup hits the wire. Index finger is outside the cup, also near the wire. Now pull the support seam straight, first up then around your breasts. Circular motion first up and then towards you.
The key is that the fabric of the cup should fold quite a lot, many don't get this. I took some pictures of how much the fabric should crumble (sorry, just the bra and my hand, no boobies), but there should be just as many folds in the fabric when you do this with the bra on.
http://i.imgur.com/UOLK7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/KJyfS.jpgThe bra is a Cleo Brooke in 34J, it was the closest I had to a large-cup-small-band-combo. Note the placement of thumb and indexfinger on the support seam.
Just try it yourself and it will come naturally. If you do it right and the bra fits, all wrinkles in the cup will be gone.
EDIT: for an example of a quick tug at the rim of the cup that doesn't work in our sizes and will only damage the bra, see 1:19 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KiRNCT8a68
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Oh now I get that :) I have actually been doind that for quite sime time now ( because the lace on jasmine is so delicate I was afraid to damage it, before I was tuging up like in the video :)), but I was thrown off with the circular motion thing. The first time I read your instructions I thought I should put my thumb near the wires and then run it around the wire from middle to the gore and from gore to the side. (Lol, that was circular to me) I actually did this without a bra and what I did is I managed to stretch the fabric near the wire and got more depth there. Not a bad trick actually :)
Thanks for the pics and the link :)
If you find the time, please check my latest adventure, I would really apreciate your input <3
I'm trying to understand this crumbling and thumb thing for quite some time but I'm a total retard when it comes to "how to" without pictures :) A video would be probably best for retards like me, but we can try words too :)
What do you mean by crumbling the cup? Circular motion in which direction? :) and what is the main objective? Where are the wrinkles ( I mean extra fabric) supposed to go? Higher or somewhere closer to the sternum? Sorry for all the questions, I really do want to get this right :)