A well fitting, smart/sexy and preferably push-up bra size 38A... impossible???

[justkeeponsmiling]

I am sooo fed up with trying to find a well fitting bra, preferably nice looking and adding a bit of "volume" in my size...
I'm starting to feel like a freak!
Am i really the only person in the world with really small breasts and a slightly larger ribcage?
Every bra I find is either too tight around my chest or has gaping cups. I need a wired one as any others leave me looking completely flat-chested.
Any suggestions of shops or online retailers would be greatly appreciated!

Guess who has been on the Rioja

been not bben and here's the link

F! Wow. Thank you.

Hi,
I'm 37 around and 42 when leaning forward. Currently wear a 38A, is this right or should I try something different!
Thanks!

Space - try a 38D and a 36DD. You may find a 36 better

I'd also try a 36E and a 38DD

I was Bravissimo-ed a couple of years ago, but tbh wasn't hugely impressed - they sized me pretty well, but weren't very helpful with styles to suit. So I'm turning to MN after some [ahem] weight changes

37 ribcage, 48 dangling - what does that make me? I have a 36FF which isn't too bad, but even though I scoop like a madwoman, it all slides back round to the side, so I'm thinking the Curvey Kate recommended further down for wide boobs would be a good starting point.

Wow! Thanks EMUZ!

Hmmm, I'd try a 36HH, 36H, 38H and a 38GG for starters. Your boobs are probably sliding back as the cups are too small and the back (possibly) too big.

Sorry that was for Ishall. Just noticed you are already wearing a 36 so ignore the 38 suggestions! Sounds like there's not enough room in the cup to hold everything. You may actually want to think about trying a 34?

thanks Sorrel - I'll have to go shopping I think . A 34 back is probably too tight at the moment, even with bigger cups as there is also some a lot of excess flesh as well as migrating boobage so I'll start with the 36es.

This thread is blowing my MIND. Have just measured. I wear 36A but I measure 35 and 38 around boobs. They are far apart though, like fish eyes :(

Busty, try a 34C, 34D, 36C and 36B. And lots of scooping.

Ishall, do not rule out 34s because of backfat as with scooping a well fitted bra makes it better not worse. My backfat is worse in the size above than in the correct size - photographic evidence upthread.

Dude, thank you. INTERVENTION FACE

Another one here just had my eyes opened. My measurements after bf'ing two DCs are 33 and 38. Very saggy and far apart!

I also thought I was a 38A

Poppywearer, try a 32DD, 32E, 34DD and 34D. The smaller band will give you so much more support.

From reading this thread I'm guessing i'm wearing completely the wrong size! Currently wearing a 34DD

Measure 30 under and 37" over, does that mean I should wear a 30F?

Interesting thread!

I'm currently wearing 36A. Measure 33 under and 37 over. Am I right that I should consider 34C?

What puzzles me is the huge disparity between women's actual measurements and sizing needs and what is available in the shops.

I would say I am medium build with medium boobs - I am 5 foot 7 but quite fine boned but in no way petite and I am a 30 or 32 back size and probably something around an E/F cup. The Bravissimo lady described me as 'having a narrow back'.

There are plenty of women with much smaller build than me, as are some with larger bones/ribcage. Equally there are plenty of women with larger or smaller boobs than me. Like I said, I am probably as average/medium as they come.

But when I look in the shops, the vast majority of bras start at back size 34, with a few 32s and hardly any 30s and below - where do all those tiny tiny petite slim women (5'2, size 6-8) buy their bras - their back size must be 28 at most and yet I've never seen this size anywhere?

And for those ladies with much bigger breasts than me - why is it so surprising if they are a G/H/J cup - if I am medium at E/F cup, it follows that there will be bigger sizes than this.

totired, yes start with 30F, wahtawah...try a 32FF, 32D, 34D and 34C. Don't be scared of the small back or the big cups

Ginontwowheels....the way most shops are fitting is a HUGE part of the problem. The whole insisting on adding 4-5" that most retailers do means that the true 28s are getting stuck in 34s, the 30s in 36s etc and in much smaller cups as a result. I went for a trial fitting at M&S, and as a 30HH/J they stuck me in a 36F. It was awful. This was the end of the day and I caught sight of their fitting sheet, and they had not fitted anyone at less than a 34 all day

where do all those tiny tiny petite slim women (5'2, size 6-8) buy their bras They buy bras at Top Shop, M&S, etc, in a 36A as that's what they've been fitted as. It's so depressing.*

New Look and BHS stock Curvy Kate FFS but only from a 32 band up!

I'm on the M-L end of the scale (size 14ish but can easily be a 16 in trousers) and I'm a firm 30. I own 2 32 back bras in total, and I own a lot of bras.

I am a solid hourglass, broad shoulders with huge wrists/feet etc and a size 16. Even I wear a 32 or 34 band