Where is the best place to get measured for a bra?

[Indulgingmum]

I so desperately want a bra I can wear all day. I need decent support but don't want wires stabbing me. Any suggestions welcome. I'm about a 38 f so need big bust bras.

[StatisticallyChallenged]

Bravissimo are the best bet, and if the bra fits the wires won't stab you - stabby wires is a sure sign they are either the wrong size or shape or both.

[Athrawes]

Bravissimo. Having despaired of finding bras to fit my 34C boobs, convinced that I was just misshapen and odd, it turns out I am a 32F. Thanks Bravissimo, no thanks Debenhams, M&S.

[louise2011]

Can you go there if you have small boobs? I am 32D I think but need refitted.

[MuttonDressedAsGoose]

Do the bra intervention measurement first to be sure of your size. I'm on my phone and linking is too hard, but search for it on here.

[SWFARMER]

Boux avenue

[pdxs]

Bravissimo, but also Debenhams or Hof. - Bravissimo have more brands though

[PurpleDaisies]

Another vote for bravissimo here.

[Dowser]

I was disappointed with bravissimo in Milton Keynes. I tried loads on . I'm a 38dd. We tried a 36 e or f . That was too tight. So I ended up in the size I was wearing.

Tried it back on the next day and felt I could hardly breathe in it so took it back. Plus I had underarm boob which I kept pointing out to Assisstant. I'd bought a few off the peg to go under my wedding dress and wore one of those which was comfortable and no under arm boob.

She just kept saying it wasn't the bra's fault.

I'd really looked forward to getting a well fitting bra too and I feel I did better on my own.

[Liomsa]

Rigby and Peller if you're near a branch and don't mind shelling out for expensive bras.

[ArcheryAnnie]

Rigby and Peller. Eyewateringly expensive, but worth it - two decent, well-fitting bras, always washed carefully to last a long time, is better than half a dozen cheaper ones which don't fit well. The fitters are genuises.

(I'm a scruff on the outside. My Rigby and Peller bras are the most expensive things in my wardrobe!)

[IAmABeachWave]

Bravissimo, always thought I was wearing the right size (M&S) measured but it was a revelation!

[Liomsa]

Snap, Annie. Those who see me running around in muddy jeans and darned cardigans would be very surprised at the splendour of my underpinnings...

[DesertorDessert]

Your bedroom, with one of Sorel's guidance messages, then out to bravissimo.

[bec232]

Post on a bra intervention thread here (sorry can't link am on phone and no idea how the thing works!)
That's what I did so when I went to bravissimo I had a idea of what size I was. They measured and then helped me see which fit was best.
I was measured as a 34 c in m and s and wondered why bras fit so badly. I'm in fact a 30FF.

[hookedonamoonagedaydreem]

I wandered into a independent lingerie boutique that had brands that I had never heard of before (Prima Donna, Empreinte and similar) and came out with a Prima Donna bra, for the first time ever I can run after the DC's without having to hang onto my boobs (I am a good F cup), also gone are the marks that you get when you take your bar off at the end of the day. Amazing, they are expensive but I just buy less bras.

[pdxs]

Bravissimo ladies are I think trained to git you with a tight band... you should be on loosest of 3 hooks and snug as bras stretch a lot
I like the place. .. bought about 10 bras over years, issues with one only, returned with no fuss

[Branleuse]

are you sure youre a 38. What dress size are you

[dementedpixie]

thebetterbracampaign.blogspot.co.uk/p/fitting-advice.html

[FinallyHere]

Another vote for Rigby and Peller here.

I read an article many years ago, by June Kenton, advising anyone who was considering a breast reduction to first visit her shop for a fitting. The results were to be amazing. I was exactly at the point of considering a reduction, and so trolled along to R&P.

I was wearing one if those duvet jackets and dreading the point when the whisk out a tape measure and much sucking of teeth ensues. Even inside that jacket, the assistant was able to guess my size pretty accurately and brought me a heap to choose from. Having tried loads, I ended up buying the first one she suggested and have been going back ever since. I have been known to be fitted, buy one bra there and then buy a few more in the same size from ahem another well known but discount online bra service. Anytime i feel that my size has changed, i always go back for that initial fitting.

Lovely, lovely shop. Enjoy.