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Wanted bargin bras! (in large sizes) [blush]

30 replies

Charlee · 17/08/2005 18:22

Exactly what the title says, perferably online so i can order em from home.

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Gillian76 · 17/08/2005 18:25

Have you tried simply be? I got some from them recently and they were not too bad for price.

Charlee · 17/08/2005 18:32

Thanks there great any other sites?

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Gillian76 · 17/08/2005 18:52

You might get lucky on ebay too!

alibubbles · 17/08/2005 18:54

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Charlee · 17/08/2005 18:54

Lol thanks girls! i hate buying bras!!!!!!!

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spursmum · 17/08/2005 18:54

If you are on the larger size like me (size 10/12 and a 36D) then I find that Bravissimo do some lovely bras. Very pretty and girlie. I buy my shirts from there as they use all your measurements. Do object to paying £40 a shirt though.

NomDePlume · 17/08/2005 18:54

Naturally Close

La Senza

A word to the wise, I would order a cup size up from the size you are if yu order from LaSenza, their sizes tend to come up smaller.

Charlee · 17/08/2005 18:55

airbubbles id kill for a 40D i have just grown out of my 36GG hence the new bras!

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NomDePlume · 17/08/2005 18:55

Bravissimo & Figleaves don't really stock cheaper bras though do they ?

stitch · 17/08/2005 18:58

i would love to be a d cup. who thinks that is small?
when your breastfeeding bras are an h cup, and you get down to an e cup later, it is horrible to hear someone say a d cup is big. its not.

i strongly reccomend against buying cheap or second hand bras if you need the larger sizes. the elastic will have given, and they wont be as supportive as they would have been brandnew. try fig leaves. ill try and do a link witha discount code

stitch · 17/08/2005 18:59

some discounts here

Charlee · 17/08/2005 18:59

Cheers ladies

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spursmum · 17/08/2005 19:01

I've found some cheap bras are quite good. I bought some fuller figure ones from Asda after having ds (went from a B to a D!! OMG), simple lacy and black or white and they cost me £7 each. I'm still wearing them. They have retained their shape and elasticity very well.

Charlee · 17/08/2005 19:05

Im wearing an asda one now its suddenly grown to small in the space of about a week how i long for small boobs anyone wanna trade?

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stitch · 17/08/2005 19:06

spursmum, d IS NOT A FULLER FIGURE..........

NomDePlume · 17/08/2005 19:08

stitch, sadly D+ is a fuller figure to lingerie designers, unless you want one of those attractive 'torpedo tits' Doreen bras. I'm a 32E (tiny back, big norks) and it is a NIGHTMARE finding decent bras that don't cost the earth. Especially when a lot of high street stores and manufacturers seem to think that DD+ breasts only come on people with 34inch + back sizes. Grrrrr

stitch · 17/08/2005 19:11

ndp, i was 32e or 32 ee depending on the style till very recently, have gained weight and now 34. i guess it is so long since i have done anything other than go up to the counter and ask to be fitted, and let them bring me something, that i am probly not in the real world anymore.
BUT, isnt it a bit like asos calling a 14 xxxlarge?

Charlee · 17/08/2005 19:12

Bless my ister when she was pg she went from a 28B to a 30D she was so chuffed she ranted on about her boobs being huge,
Im seriously considering having mine reduced by alot i hate them with a passion.

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spursmum · 17/08/2005 19:14

I've never figured out why they class a D as a fuller figure. But I have a slim figure and look kind of top heavy, so I suppose I am classed as having a fuller figure.

NomDePlume · 17/08/2005 19:14

stitch, I absolutely agree with you that some retailers sizing policy is confidence destroying.

Charlee · 17/08/2005 19:17

i have a slim figure as i have just lost wieght but all of it i lost has gone strieght to my boobs so i look like a pick axe when i stand sideways!

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spursmum · 17/08/2005 19:20

Lol at Charlee. I put most of my pg weight on my boobs. Its a nightmare to get shirts to fit. To fit the boobs, the stomach hangs like a tent. To fit the stomach, i can't breathe if i can get the buttons done up.
Who said life was easy eh?

bubbaloo · 17/08/2005 21:00

amplebosom.com and brastop.com are both great.

serah · 17/08/2005 22:34

My maternity bras were 36 L. And they were too small when my milk came down [sob emoticon] I had comedy breasts . I was like fecking lolapops.

Fortunately back in my normal 34 H-J bras (make dependant) now. Aaaaarghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

Another vote for bravissimo. As others have said, be careful not to buy bras that don't give you decent support, as you will look twice as big as you are!

Skribble · 18/08/2005 01:22

Not sure about online but I got mine from Evans. Resonable prices. I went up to a 48" when pregnant.

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