Bra fitting help » Fitting and styling help! Cups too small, how much? Not sure about boob "shape".

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  I would say that this bra is atleast two cup sizes too small for you. Atleast. Potentially more.

  Currently you are quadraboobing quite a bit, and this is despite loosening the straps a lot, probably to try to avoid the cutting in. In reality the straps should be quite a bit shorter, and then with some scooping the straps should rest at the side of your boobs, instead of on top of them, which is how they are now.

  You should aim for a cup depth similar to your breast perimeter, and it is currently 6 cm smaller, which also indicates that you need a two or three cup sizes up, depending on how this style behaves in cup differences.

  The band looks quite good to me, a bit tight but not a lot. If you are wearing this band on the tightest hooks, use the loosest setting. If not, try an extender and see how that affect the fit. Panache wires are strong, so they will still lie flat even when the cup is too small in most cases. I think that the style looks quite good on you, so just a 34H will probably be quite good on you. You might also want to try a 36GG and a 36H depending on how the back feels on this one. The slight cutting in you have might be because of softness and fluff so it's quite hard to judge just on the photo and you haven't indicated that the band feels too tight.

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  • Thanks! I'm really learning a lot about bras right now and I've found that with stricter fabrics and tighter lines at the top I do in fact need to have a bra similar to my perimeter. For whatever reason, I hadn't thought of that. *slaps forehead*

    I worry that with a lacy bra this wouldn't be the case as I don't have as much spillage in one in the same size and style.

    I will try matching my perimeter to the cup depth and see how that varies by style and fabric.

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  Definitely too small in the cup! The center spillage is because your breasts are soft and as it is cut higher in the outside, they are taking the easiest way out of the cups.

  Try a 34GG.

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  • Thanks a lot! I'll see if I can find this in my size somewhere.

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  I'd say bigger cup, at least two. But I would feel better recommending a different style. It doesnt' look like you are being supported in the least. The band looks okay, but have you tried going down a band? My step mother measures about a 34/35 and she was able to wear a 30 band without too much trouble. Some woman have more 'squish' on their ribcages to allow that. I don't know what the band stretches out to, otherwise I'd feel better recommending one.

  But have you tried molded cups? With how your breasts look in the picture, it looks like you might not get any sort of support from either this style or shape of the bra.

  I also wouldn't worry too much about stretch marks. I'm 17 and have them just about every where on my body, as most women do and they don't really affect much.

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  Hello,

  The cups are a bit too small so there's spillage. It is not that bad so maybe a cup or 2 bigger will be better. The back band is a little too tight as well, don't be afraid of loosening up the bra a little bit since you want the tightness just right. If it is already the most outer hooks maybe try the size with a larger band size and alter it.

  You might want to find something with a bit more support in the cups since the weight of the breast might be straining your back.

  Also, I do not know if the stretch marks in the middle of your breast is due to the fluctuation of your breast size or because your breast is starting to stretch down and outwards due to the lack of support in the cups. But definitely pay attention to that area as well.

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  • Thanks! I've noticed that a lot of my bras don't seem to handle the weight of my breasts very well, so I'm trying to find bras that will provide better support. It's hard to experiment though, since almost all of the stores that I have visited don't carry my size. Do you have any suggestions for bras that are great for heavy breasts?

    The stretch marks I've had since I started to rapidly develop in mid grade school, so I believe it's due to the fluctuation of the size.

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    I'm a bit confused about your advice for her stretch marks, to "pay attention to that area". Stretch marks are very common on larger breasts due to rapid growth, not lack of support, and they are irreversible. Plus, Brahopper did not ask for advice on her stretch marks, so I found this comment to be a little bit rude :/

  • First of all, I would like to apologize if I have offended anyone in anyway.

    I did say the stretch marks might be caused by fluctuations in breast size. But in my 30 years experience, sometimes stretch marks in that area can be caused by the lack of support of the breast as well. Due to the fact that the lack of support of the breast increases sag, causing breast becoming loose stretching them downwards increasing the likelihood of stretchmarks in that area. It is irreversible, but can be stopped from getting any worse.

    It is a straight forward and honest advice. some people care about this issue and some don't. Most women wear the wrong sized bra in this world because the people with the bra knowledge is worried to offend. So these bra users will continue to have ill fitted bras because they do not know that they have sizing problems. If they don't ask, it doesn't mean that we can't give them good willed advice, it might just mean that they do not know that it might be a problem to begin with.

    Again, I apologize again if I have offended anyone in anyway.

    And this is of course, our personal opinion. :)

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