Cup Size Woes.

[DeltaSierra]

What I hate with large cup bras is the limited availability and the fact that you can try on 10 different bras and get 10 different fits. I have some bras (Cacique soft cup) in an F that fit like a glove, but others (Ulla Dessous, Fantasie, Bravissimo) that are G, GG and H. I wish I could buy bras online, but I have to try them on first.

[BamaBabe]

For years I wore a 36B bra, all the while wondering why it pinched and the straps dug into my shoulders. I finally went to VS and got a proper fitting. Imagine my surprise when the salesperson told me I was a 38C! I've been wearing 38C's ever since, and while wearing a bra is not the most comfortable thing in the world, I can wear these without being hurt.

[Bright_Star]

I ALWAYS make sure that the bras I wear fit comfortably. When the "girls" are happy then I'm happy...lol.

[Seshat]

It's like I keep saying: what matters is not your measurements, but your health. Human bodies come in a wide variety of sizes and shapes.

In the case of clothing, what matters is the FIT. Bras more so than any other garment I know of. Even more so than corsets.

As I change shape (due to my diet/exercise routine), it turns out that I still wear the same nominal bra SIZE, but the cut and style needs to change for me to continue to be well fitted. Oddly, both the styles of no-underwire bra I have are larger band size and smaller cup size than the wired bras (in three different styles).

I used to be an absolutely perfect fit for a Coral (I forget the brand), but now the Corals insistently poke me in the armpit. Yet a bra that would consistently cause quadraboob when I was wearing Corals is now perfect!

[Moirae]

Wow. I feel bad for most of you. The kind of weight some of you are talking about must give you back pain.

Personally, I shop victorias secret. I did get fitted once by them, but its been fine since. I'm actually surprised I'm still a 38B. I've gained quite a bit of weight, but anything bigger makes me fall out of it.

[Treasure]

Went to Lane Bryant recently and got fitted, lady said I was a 39 band - so I could go to a 38 or a 40... and she recommended a 40DD - the 2 38DDD's i bough are amazing - deep plunge, underwires, and I can move the straps from H to V or even X or x - that's right ladies - it has 2 sets of loops for the straps to hook into! And because I wear my straps at V, they don't have to be as tight as I normally wear straps (to keep them up!) and so now that pain has been alleviated... What's funny is the full cup balconette in a 38GG my mom brought me back from the UK fits just as comfortably (although it is a little wide across the band, and the side support bones tend to dig by the end of the day, but I think that has more to do with the fact that I have a short torso than anything else)

but yes, a good bra you barely even think about wearing, and it supports you well. (cause you can have a "comfy" bra but it provides no support and so you should not wear it)

[Gizmo]

You've now made me hate the fact I need to go bra shopping again. Its going to mean a London trip since I range from DD-H and most stores tell me to go online for that size locally since they can't stock that high.

Even worse (and TMI) I can't wear underwires so that reduces styles even more.

[Eisa]

The last time I was fitted at VS, they said I was a 32DD. But there is like nowhere here that actually HAS a 32DD...and I hate getting them online because the fit is all over the place. Some fit me great--others are too small.

But regardless, I like my boobs, I don't care what size they are, although I do prefer them at least a C.

[Clover]

Man, I feel for you guys-I fall into the large C small D sort of range, and I have never been able to find comfortable bras. The most comfy ones I've ever had were actually D's, after I'd been wearing C's for years and my sister and mom kept trying to insist that I was a size B, since my sister's a B. They didn't seem to want to acknowledge the fact that I'm bigger than both of them COMBINED. My sister is short and built like a twig, I'm about an inch taller than her and I've got a stockier build (not necessarily fat, I'm just built bigger with a few extra pounds on top of that, but my doctor told me that for my size and build I'm at a good weight), but she and my mom didn't want to admit that I'm bigger chested than she. My mom, who weighs about 50 pounds more than I do, also refuses to admit that she's bigger than I am (in width, not in breast size-mine are bigger than hers, but she's built even wider) and takes my clothes without asking and stretches them out and ruins them. All the clothes I have is fairly new because I lost everything I had in a house fire, including all my clothes but the pajamas I was wearing, so I don't need her destroying what clothes I do have!

Anyway, this does remind me that I need to find some comfortable bras that actually fit-I probably need to be professionally fitted, but I can't afford fourty bucks a bra, and all the places that do fittings seem to do that-plus I'd have to drive over an hour to get to those stores in the first place, living out in the boonies and all. Sigh.

[MidoriDelSol]

I'm petite, and I've always wanted to be fitted. I figured it might be pointless because I KNOW I'm an A. The problem with A bras is the fact that it's hard to find cute ones that aren't "little girl cute". Like every A cup bra at Kohls is like it was made for a tween girl, like A cup = little girl. I've shopped at bra emporium before and never really found anything cute in my size that didn't make my boobs look like torpedoes with all the added padding or plunged the right amount. I wear a black Candies convertible bra that gives great coverage and shape with just enough padding to give things a nice boost. My boobs looks GREAT in this bra and this bra alone, plus I can wear the straps in a criss cross. Highly recommend it A cups!

[MoonCat]

Hmm. I've actually found some decent bras online, and they weren't expensive. Roamans has a great camisole bra that feels fine and has plenty of lift, plus the lace covers up a bit & looks like a camisole peeking out when you're wearing a low-cut top. It's very pretty & comes in a bunch of colors.

Since I don't drive it's hard to get to places that will measure you. There's a store here that specializes in ladies' undergarments but I can't reach it by bus, so I have to make do with measuring myself.

What's weird is that I think I'd feel a little shy about getting measured, yet I can go in for my mammogram and it doesn't bother me!

[tropicsgoddess]

I used to be a 34 A when I was 115lbs at 5'7" but when the relationship weight skyrocketed I went up to a 38 D at 180lbs. I don't mind some upgrades in the front but what sucks is the cute bras tend to be for the smaller more common sizes.

[Andara Bledin]

My last bra purchase was a pair of Serenada Lace Trim Wire-Frees from Catherine's (a Lane Bryant affiliate). I plan to be getting more, they're so comfortable.

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[garnetMoon]

Reading all of these replies is making me happier and happier that I'm a B cup. My breasts were interfering putzes before I lost weight and now they're so much easier to work around. I guess I'm boring, though, because I've never cared if the bra is cute. I don't need a fancy holster, I just need it to fit.

...But then I also hate shopping so the first kind that fits I'll get a few of and wear them to death until I'm forced to get new ones.

As for the OP's ...clients... well, I was never very ambitious like the first girl, mostly because my mother has I think H cup size and she's never very happy with them, and she never was. So I've always been glad that I missed that particular gene. The second lady? I cannot imagine actually trying to force myself into something that didn't fit. Heck, I once got fitted incorrectly and I wore the bra for all of one day and NEVER AGAIN. It was too small around the barrel of my chest and I felt like I had a bruise wrapping right where the bra had been for a day and a half afterward. It sucked. I couldn't fathom deliberately doing that to myself.

[Gaki]

I'm perfectly fine with being an A cup, I'm actually afraid to go into a store to get measured because...well...I've spent so long in the A range (I'm like one step away from a B) that I'm not sure what I'll do if I have to get Bs. :\ I guess I should probably go. I might when I go to Victoria's Secret to get one of those Incredible Bras or something. Everyone I know who has one says it's the best thing they've ever worn so might as well give it a go.

I kinda like that my bras have been for "kids" so to speak. Like tween girls. All my friends are really jealous of my bras because they have neat little designs on them and they glow in black lights (I was shocked too...)