Bra fitting help » Too Big Everywhere; Need help next size
Gaia » Maddalena Soft (BS0075) » 90F 40:6
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Obviously too big in the cups but even larger in the band! I’m not sure what I was thinking ordering a 40 (US size) band. I really love the lightness. Compared to my currently awful bra this was a dream. I want to try it again although I feel like due to the stretchy material I am need to size down even further. I recently updated my measurements and believe they’re more accurate now so it suggested 32H/HH-34H/HH which i assume is US size? My question is what size European would that be? Maybe 65I?
Thank you everyone.
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helpfulSo cupwise I would only size down 1 (if that) and I would pad your smaller size with cookies. I know there are wrinkles on the top of the cup on your larger side but if you look near the wire it looks like the wire is riding down slightly because there's not quite enough space there. Looking at you measurements as well, it looks like this cup should be a good fit. However if you want to have a really snug fit and minimize the top wrinkling by all means size down a cup.
Bandwise you want to size down to where the band stretches to around 33 inches or so? That's 3 band sizes down, so a 75H is the sister size of this cup, and a 75I would be a cup size down.
Updated on December 30, 2017 Flag this
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Wouldn’t I cup be going up? Okay nevermind that. I forget it’s not equal in cup sizes. Duh. Okay I’m going to try a 32 and 34H UK size.
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The wires and everything else will ride down due to gravity as the band is crazy loose though... I'd try to pull the band snug in the back, pull up the front and assess cup fit based on that.
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helpful32=70. 34=75 US and UK H and HH are VERY different sizes. Your index is 11 which is UK H US H is only 8, US 11 is K, and Euro 11 is L.
Updated on December 30, 2017 Flag this
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The company I bought from was on eBay via the UK who said they converted the bras from European to UK so I wasn’t sure as a US resident. So I’m just confused if I order in UK sizes or US so I emailed them.
So it would be a 32/34H for UK? And 32/33K for US?
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Ok so your index said 40:11, obviously not correct based on measurements, (not sure what’s going on there) so I ran them to be sure. And yes 32/34 H/HH for UK. And 32/34 k/L US. Here is a conversion chart, for cheat sheet. Only mistake I see on this chart is 40 band converted wrong. is http://www.nicolajane.com/bra-sizing-charts/
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Thanks! I’m going to try 32H and 34H. I just hate that it takes so long, but not much I can do!
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Also, when you scoop do you also scoop your centerfull tissue away from the gore wires? When you do so does the larger cup full better? In your top down pic it looks like the gore wire is resting on your larger boob. I would do a little reverse scoop and swoop and get that wire as close to tacking as possible before I considered cup size. I bet if you do the wrinkles on the top of the cup of your larger boob will mostly go away.