Bra fitting help » Cup seems too big and too small
Cleo » Melissa (6991) » 30F 30:7
Issue resolved
The straps were too tight, but the bra still doesn't fit.
Original problem
Can I get some opinions on what is happening here?? I've wanted this bra for forever, but it's not fitting at all
It feels tight on the bottoms of my boobs, like I'm pushing against the fabric. This causes the wrinkles, I think. Maybe I'm too projected or FOB for this? But then the lace is very gape-y.
Bratabase recommends this for me in 30E and 30F, but I don't think a 30E would be better. I have a 30F pink Marcie and a 30E Lily that I think fit well! I thought the Melissa was similar to one of those models..
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Does the bottom wrinkle less if you loosen the straps?
It does look too FOT for you and maybe not deep enough. It looks like your breasts are pretty firm and projected.
I do think the pink Marcie ran small (but the raspberry runs big)
Updated on April 21, 2016 Flag this
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Just from appearances, it looks like the cups are too wide but also a shape mismatch (which it seems like you suspect anyway). The Melissa is probably from the Minnie family, or at least I am guessing that much just because the construction/cup style looks real similar. I am even/FOT and the Minnie was really good at the top because I had a lot of tissue there, but it seems that you're more FOB and that this bra is just not intended for your shape - I think this cut in particular isn't as deep as others but its apex isn't lining up with yours. I would probably stay away from this one and the Minnie. If you have the pink Marcie, that one runs tight so it might be more indicative that you're a 30E (I have a 30F in the pink color way and I am closer to a 30E/DD currently) in Cleos.
YMMV, but I used to tighten my straps a crazy amount to force the cups upwards so my boobs could fit. It turns out I had just been wearing the wrong size forever and when I went a cup size down, I didn't need to tighten nearly as much. I'm just thinking about dbmamaz 's question about the straps here as food for thought, since going down a cup size fixed so many fit problems for me. It might be similar for you?
I hope that is somewhat helpful!Updated on April 21, 2016 Flag this
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Just as an over all help, if you fill out all your measurements we can help a little more, the more info we have the more feedback we can give.
Loosening the straps did help! Thanks. I am just so used to tightening them. Its so weird cause now they are fully loosened but feel ok. It is true that I am more of a 30E, and that's probably why the pink Marcie in 30F worked.
Now, a new mystery has arisen. The cups wrinkles are basically gone, and the lace even seems to lay flat on one side .. but gapes horribly on the other. The thing is, I didn't think my breast were uneven. I just measured them and they're both around 9" horizontal perimeter. I might make a new post in a few hours to showcase these changes and try to figure out what's going on.