Bra fitting help » Is this a bad fit? Not sure if it's really bad or being unused to wearing a bra
Marie Jo L'aventure » Tom Strapless Bra (012-0828) » 75B 34:2
I got this bra some years ago as my 'one good bra', but I've almost never worn it. The last 2 years I've mainly worn stretchy bralettes or no bra. Recently I got inspired to actually measure myself and also decided to see how this bra compared. Perhaps not surprising, the size doesn't match. However to my unexpierenced eye there are no obvious big problems and I find it hard to determine if any discomfort is due to a genuine bad fit or just because I haven't worn an actual bra for so long.
The band seems not too tight and not too loose, and the cups are not obviously too big or too small. But it doesn't 'feel right'. So my question is: does this look like a good fit? And secondary, what are things I can try to figure it out more clearly?My suggested sizes on this site are UK 32E - 32F - 34E - 34F, and the calculator from abrathatfits.org gave me UK 32D-32F.
The bra picured is UK 34B 🤔
(At some point I'm planning to get some other bras to try in the here suggested sizes, but since I'm lucky enough to not really need a bra to feel comfortable day to day this is not really a priority.)
Edit: I'm also not entirely sure I got the right description of my breast, like if they are shallow or projected etc. If there's anything I've listed that seems wrong please let me know!
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helpfulHello and welcome to your bra fitting journey! I would say this bra is too small in the cups, yeah. It's harder to tell because this a softer, padded bra kind of designed to hide fit problems (not exclusively because of this--because of the drive to fit as many people into as small of a size range as possible for a brand like this). But look at the lines of the bra versus the lines of your boobs overall. See how there's that bit of fat poking up above the wire? That's because the wire is sitting on your breast tissue. See how your boobs extend quite a bit beyond where the bra ends (on the sides AND in the front)? Tl;dr the cups just aren't big enough to hold all of your breast tissue.
I'd bump you up two cup sizes, maybe just one but my instinct is two. I also think you could try out a 32 band if you wanted, but you might end up preferring 34s anyway. See how 34Ds, 34Cs, 32DDs, and 32Ds feel on you is my opinion!
Also in case you don't already know: don't forget to scoop and swoop!
Updated on June 15, 2023 Flag this
bustyand Thanks for the advice!