Bra fitting help » Ewa too big... where should I start?
Ewa Michalak » Pl Onyks (196) » 65F 30:7
Well, I knew this bra would be too big when I bought it but I was desperate for an Ewa Michalak!
Bratabase suggests that I start at 28F but I have tried a few 28F Freya bras and whilst I suppose the cups did fit me better than this the wires were still much too wide.
I have no idea about anything concerning my boobs. I don't know if they are wide or narrow, high or low, even fullness or full on bottom etc etc. Literally nothing.
Basically, please tell me what you can about this bra on me and anything you can about my breasts (haha).
The main issues I have with this bra are gaping and the wires hurting at the point where my rib cage curves.
I would like to try the Cleo Juna and CHP, CH or HP Ewa bras (preferably with the removable padding as I have slight unevenness. Could these bras potentially work for me? Any suggestions?
Thank you!
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helpfulI would try a 60F or a 65E.
Updated on March 14, 2014 Flag this
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Yeah. You can check the cup depths of 65E Ewa bras on here too before you commit to getting one to see if the cups would fit better. :) I can tell by your measurements that you are a V shape, meaning above your underbust is bigger than your underbust. I am opposite, A shaped. Above my underbust is smaller than my underbust. Cleo bras are made for women who are V shaped. In order to not have baggy on top issues and gaping in bras esp. With Cleo bras I have to either sew darts in the band to make top of band smaller than the bottom of band and/or hook top hook on tightest hook and bottom hook on loosest. So that's also a good thing to know. :)
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Jasminepetra, all 70 bands I've tried from Ewa run just likely a regular 32-band would. What is however true is that Ewa Michalak bras are very unpredictable in the band measurements and that they in some ranges (mainly the smaller cup sizes) and in some specific models tend to run a bit tighter than average.
A band stretching to about 81 cm is far closer to a 32-band than a 28-band. It might be on the tight side for a 32, absolutely but just because a seller claim that their bras fit tighter than the average, that does not make them fit tighter automaticly.
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When the cups are too big (or much too big as is the case here) the band can often be too loose just because there is too much bra overall. With cups that are the right dimension, you get a better sense of whether the band is too big or not. I agree that a 65E could be a reasonable next step with Ewa, but since you're still so far off from being confident about your size in any brand perhaps it would be less of a kerfuffle to try another more accessible brand first... 30DD and 28E in the a single model perhaps, and see how that feels on you.
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Hi, thanks for all of the suggestions! I 100% agree that 28E would be the next best step! I would really like to try the Cleo Juna so I might get that in a 28E and see how it goes. I have added some more pictures taken in day light instead of at night time, so they might be of more help when suggesting!
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Who keeps voting down my comment???? Because I want to know what you're thing and why? Thank you! :D
28E would be too small in the cups. . -
Nayanya, I don't know who keeps voting down your comment, but I'm voting it up, to keep things even!
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I've had comments randomly voted down - but usually they are 'conversational' not actual fitting advice. Still seems odd that a friendly "Oh what a pretty bra" gets down-voted.
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learningaboutbras: Thanks!
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helpful...
Updated on March 15, 2014 Flag this
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They are definitely too big! However I am still so confused about my root...
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If they are too big in a 65F why a 70E the band is riding up... if anything she should try a 60F
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Seriously, why do you even bother to criticise a comment from almost 2 years ago?
I don't remember why exactly I gave that number, but from my experience going a band size down is not always a good solution, especially when a bra fits like that - with cups and straps set really wide, uncomfortable wires and straps that have to be shorten very much (that may be the reason even correct band rides up). Also Ewa Michalak bras band size is designed to fit ribcage similar to the number in cms. All of that and the fact she didn't know her correct size and shape, and people already suggested smaller bands. It's good to try out various sizes at the beginning, when one is looking for the right fit and size. -
She didn't criticize you...She never said anything negative about your comment, she just expressed what she thought what would be right. No need to take things so personally. No need to be upset and she may not have saw that is was that old.
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helpful28F?? Instead of this size, 30F
Updated on June 3, 2014 Flag this
The Ewa calculator says I should where a 65F, when bent over my aroumd bust measurement is 94cm give or take. I always thought in Ewa sizes a 70 band is a UK 30 band. Tightly my underbust is 67cm so I'd say I am more of a 28 band than a 30, all 30 bands I try are done up on the tightest hook, including this Ewa, and are still too loose. So going by what you say, I should wear an Ewa 65E if I go down a cup size because my boobs are soft, which they are since having a baby. So this bra I have is 1 band and 2 cup sizes too large. Thanks for your help :)