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Bra fitting help » Quadding: cups too small or bad shape? (plunge vs.full breasts)


Bravissimo » Sweet Medley Bra (LN176) » 28G 28:9

Issue resolved

This bra would fit me better if I went up a cup size, but I would still have fit issues because the style is too closed on top for my breasts (too much inner fullness).
I more or less solved the problem by trying to smooth all the breast tissue inside the cups (careful to place the bra with the underwire just under my breasts, since it tends to sit lower) and by lengthening the straps a bit, thus relieving some of the pressure from the cups on my breasts tissue. I get slightly less support but at least the quadding isn't visible under clothes.
I could also try to unsew the top seam of the cup to make the lace looser, but I'm reluctant to make permanent changes and so I'll leave it as it is.

Original problem

The cup cuts the top of my breasts, especially towards the centre of the bra. It is quite noticeable even while wearing clothes.
I've tried using it with an extender to "deepen" the cups (though the band is perfect as it is) but I didn't see any changes.
The question is, are the cups too small in size or is the bra too closed toward the middle? I've bought another Bravissimo plunge (Ring O' Roses) in the same size and I have the same issue, though not as much, probably because the fabric of that one is softer.

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