Is there a new bra intervention thread somewhere?

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All of the other ones are closed now and I still need some help!

I find with M&S that if you're smaller than 34 and bigger than DD, you must be nursing

Thank you very much for the replies ladies :). Yes I did try the 30 on back to front and I couldn't do it up on the tightest hooks. Should I have tried looser ones? The 32 I could pull away from my body more than I think I should've been able to! I just went to M&S really to see if my measuring might have been accurate before ordering online. From the recommendations here I might give Bravissimo a call. They sound good. I've been telling everyone u know about this and sending them to the website. One lady I spoke to today thought she was a 34A (M&S again) and then measured herself according to your instructions and she's a 30DD! She was so happy. Thank you very much for all your help :)

Hello. I have another problem.

I put my shiny new bra on.

As far as I can tell it passes all the fit tests...gore fitting flat. Band tight. Back horizontal. No overspill. Vigerously scooped. Fits lovely. Looks lovely. Its smooth under clothes. No problematic lumps or bumps. It is a cup size smaller than this method measures me at but the measured size gapes and I appreciate it is only a guide.

Brilliant. I'm a happy big boobed girl within seconds. Completely happy ive selected the right sized bra.

I put shiny new bra on. I wander around the house for half an hour. And now I have overspill. What's gone wrong? (Bra is a moulded cup plunge but not overly plungy. I would have said it was a bog standard tshirt bra except cups are lace covered if that makes a difference and we are talking about 32D/DD sized boobs)

Hi again Jo yes with a new bra you should fasten on loosest hooks then as the bra stretches with wearing and washing you can tighten it up.

Bravissimo definitely worth a try. Brastop also highly recommended.

I suspect a style issue Edwinia. I always get overspill out of the middle of a plunge and moulded bras don't suit me at all. My boobs are soft and bottom heavy and just work their way out of the middle. Try a balcony style to keep them in check?

The point of my post being that what I think is the right bra in the fitting room is all wtong after 30mins

I can obviously see that I need the bigger cup. ..but how do you avoid fitting room inavcuracies (without ordering online)

Xpost.

Ive never got on with balcony as ive found the cups to wrinkle and straps to irritate near the armpits. Tbf that was in my old size so I will try again.

I feel long, saggy, squishy and bottom heavy too.

married, have noted them down and will try both. Back in a Panache support and though the 'lift' isn't there, it is beautifully comfy Thanks for the advice.

Well I'll be blowed.

I posted on one of these threads a week or so ago, but I've only just been able to get to a shop. I've worn a padded 36A for a few years. I measured myself before posting a week or so ago, and my measurements were 31.5" under bust and 35" on my bust. You lovely ladies suggested that I try a 30D, 32C and 32D. Which I did today in M&S.

I am simply gobsmacked that I am filling the 32D. My little boobs! They're really very small (I look like I have a very flat chest), though they are wide . I didn't buy the bra though - it was a plunge type padded one which is the same style as I always wear. The reason for this was that it was so incredibly uncomfortable. All over - the underwire, the top of the cup, the whole of the back - it gave me enormous amounts of back fat and left horrible deep red marks all over my back. I just had to get it off.

Any ideas or advice please?

edwina - i get overspill in anything other than a full cup. just can't do balcony or plunge, guess they just don't suit my shape. have you tried non padded, like fantasie elodie?

Happy as em, did you scoop? You might faint here but the backfat etc needs to be scooped in to get cups. Combined with what you said re wires and top I think you need a bigger cup and major scoop

SC I did indeed scoop. I scooped and scooped. But its hard to scoop from the middle of your back into the cups isn't it?! Or is it just me? I am a bit podgy. I am baffled. I am afraid of going somewhere proper like Rigby & Peller in case I need a second mortgage.

Just wanted to say a massive thank you to Statistically and Sorrel. Don't suppose you'll remember but I had a hideous bra experience in M&S in York. Today (my birthday) I gathered my courage and my credit card and ventured into Bravissimo in Glasgow. The experience was totally different and I feel like a new woman in my 36FF and 38 brassieres!! I have boobs...and they are actually OK. Sounds so shallow, but it's made me very, very happy. I am now bra hunting on line in a frenzied obsession!

Thanks so much you wonderful people.

Aww Katie, you are so welcome. I'm so glad to hear that you've had a boobtastic birthday! I bet you feel so much perkier now?

Awww thanks Katie! I've been to that Bravissimo a few times and they are really lovely.

I really do Sorrell. I'm not sure how this works but I also splashed out on a new top while sporting my perkier bosoms and I needed a size smaller than usual. Like a dream!!
They really were fab Statistically, I was perfectly happy flashing these puppies to the wonderful fitter and I honestly never thought that would happen in this lifetime.

Was it the Wonderbra Ultimate (the one with plastic fingers instead of wires?) - if so almost everyone needs to go up a band size in that but once you get the size right it's ace.

Hmmm...Cleo Juna?

Yep, I was going to suggest the Cleo Juna. I don't think my noobs are particularly wide set but it is a great, unmoulded tshirt bra.

The Wonderbra is a bit special really as the lack of wires make it feel very different when it's on. I have a 32G which fits fine and doesn't really ride up I don't think.

I am not doing so well - need help as I despair at the amont of bras I order and then just find are not a good fit within an hour or two - too late to send back.

I measure 33 under and 44 over, have worn a 32/34 H or HH for a while with no problems, but my current comfy bras that fit are falling apart and aren't giving any support, they are from bravissimo and are a panache tango 2 in 34gg and another that is so old the label has gone, think its a freya and is 32H. I have another which is a half cup style, bought for a particular dress, gives me amazing boobs but does rub a bit and the ladies aren't contained too well - it is a SB04 from bravissimo and is 32HH.

Currently wearing an old saggy nursing bra as my boobs hurt so much from the ones I tried today.

I ordered a Cleo meg balconette, a Cleo natasha balconette and a panache eliza and panache tango classic. The meg and natasha poked me so hard in the boobs I am in agony - the eliza in 32HH is much better, wires sitting closer to the chest but they are crossing over in the middle, they just seem too close together. The underarms seem to be very high too. The fit of a 32 band is perfect, the cups on a H in the meg seem to fit ok, but do gape at the top a bit, but after a day of wear the wires just pull away from my chest, poking into the sides of my boobs. I am going to have to send back about 10 bras again.(stupidly wore the matching knicks too so will have to keep those.)
The tango in the same size as my other one was just weird, felt it would create 4 boobs in no time at all. it isn't a plunge though, the other one I have is.

Have to send them all back tomorrow, tried the website but nothing much left in a bigger size to try. I think my boobs are just too close together, or I am wearing the wrong size really.

Just don't to have to wear plunge bras all the time, they seem to be the only ones that don't pushoutwards and simultaneously push outwards into my boobs.

help!

Sorry just realised that is a massive post! Also, just tried the 34 H I thought might work and it is massive in the band (I can pull it away and put two fingers under - so not right I think? and the H cup was miles too big, which made the wires stick in lots more.

Maybe I am wearing too big a cup? just fed up with buying loads of bras and having to second guess all the time then send back.

House of Frazer nearby, were rubbish at fitting, also have bluewater nearby which has a rigby and peller - but too big £££ for me. These bras were bargains which is why it is so annoying that none fit.

Got the Freya Lauren and the Panache superboost delivered today, really odd but the cups were massive despite other styles in same brand fitting perfectly cup wise, are these known for being a bit odd sizing wise?
Oh and the Lauren has a single hook! What's that all about in a GG bra?!

I tried the full cup freya lauren and it sucked!

missmakesstuff- trying to figure out your boob shape. Are your boobs quite high on your frame (so the armpit tissue is literally at the armpit, breast tissue starts close to collar bone etc)? And also quite close set - I.E> not much of a gap between them in the middle? How are they width wise - would you say the root of them is narrow (i.e. all at the front) or quite wide (lots round the side!)