Bra intervention - How has it affected you?

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So with more of use being remeasured and swapping old bras for our real sized bras, I wonder whether whether it's made much of a difference overall. Please feel free to share your experience, your old and new bra size and whether bra intervention has made a difference to you.

Okay, so for me, I was already quite small at 32A but my problems were mainly that the straps would fall down, the band would ride up when I lifted my arms and there would be gaping between the cups. I've tried several 28Ds and am currently wearing a Cleo Marcie 28DD. No more falling straps, band staying put and no flashing nipples when I lean over. However, they seem rather uncomfortable with the first few wears. I

It does mean however that to buy 28 back bras, I would have to rely doing it mostly online or wait till I get to a big city.

Cjbk - roughly what size are you? What is not working?

(I'm small-boobed and thought for the longest time something is wrong - but very happy now!)

Didn't work for me... I was (and still am) wearing 30C. I neeeeed the padding. I should be wearing 28DD (or maybe D) but I dislike all the styles I've seen. Really like the 'Wacoal petite' range, which is what I wear every day in a 30C although get tiny bit of overspill when the bras are brand new. (And done up on tightest hook.)

Am a size 6/8 on top with teeny shoulders and ribcage. Prob more like an 8. 5'5''.

BeginnerSAHM Which brands/styles have you looked at? Marie-Jo, Lepel, Elle MacPherson?

Hi sorrel - only looked at figleaves online. I probably need to actually order them but would probably need to order at least 10 and have a trying on session... I can't seem to find any nice ones in the London department stores. I'd prefer to try in a shop before I buy but I might bite the bullet and spend £300 online (on the basis it can all go back if necessary!!).

I have curvy Kate, cleo and panache and freya sports bras in my online basket... Don't think elle macpherson does 28 back.

Have you looked at Brastop? They've got 15% off at the moment with code MARCH15.

Elle mcP comes up small in the back so might be worth a try. I am 30 back but wear a 32.

Well frugal in recent years 34a coz 32's are hard to get then I tried 30/2 d and e from
bravissimo coz of the intervention but they didn't fit either; empty cuppage then 32a from specialist shop-flat chest effect and now I'm back in the 34c maternity bras……my 'breasts' just don't behave like other women's not sure of the correct apostrophe usage pls don't flame

I was wearing 32A/B. Now I'm in a 28F and look like a goddess
Thank you

I'm asking Cjb because 34ABC has been my size too (and I've had lifelong problems with empty cuppage). Right now 32D feels best and is still easy to get (I'm abroad and shops where I shop don't do UK sizing). I have wide but shallow breasts, don't need much support because they are very firm. I'm doing more and more soft cups and love this bra type. Feel free to pm for more ideas and also see the Tiny Tits thread. I think women with smaller breasts are often overlooked and misunderstood!

Well I started a thread last wk as I did the bra intervention and still not got very far.

Was wearing 32c left breast a bit fuller. Balconette styles are my favourite buy I ended up with only one feeling comfy and all the rest either popping out or generally ill fitting.

Im sixe 8 to 10 and remeasured at 35 full breast and 30 ribcage. Bought two new bras that felt ok. No over spill but slight rubbing of wires under armpit.got 30dd.

Tried 32d and dd band felt ok but cups baggy..so ibe not bought anymore. Tried couple different styles and so far none that feel right. I think the 30dd aee probably right and it makes sense and they seem to be getting comfier. .

I need a full day to go properly shopping as I cant afford the time or money to getting ones that aee not right when I get home.

Ive got loads of old size but newish bras that I can no longer wear and just two tshirt style ones that actually fit.

Was a 32dd, now seem to be 30e/f. I think the newer sized ones look a bit better but they all feel the same to be honest. Bras are too expensive for me to throw out the old ones, but future purchases will be with Bravissimo.

I love my boobs nows used to 38A now 34d 36 c and 32 dd depends on style and shop I found primark really good

I found a old bra and tried it now omg I saw how the cup did nothing apart from cover nipples and a bit of my boob I seem to be buying skintight tshirts and wear cardigans to show my sexy boobs off dp loves the fact I love my boobs as I wonder around the flat in my underwear more showing them off

I measured myself last weekend, after lurking on the intervention thread. I was wearing 34C/D, and measured at 31.5 ribcage and 39-40 round my breasts.

I ordered a big pile of bras from Brastop in 32F & FF which arrived yesterday, but while the tighter band feels better and I can see in principle that the bigger cup makes sense, the cups were mostly too big. I'm keeping a couple, although I don't think they are the perfect fit yet, and exchanging some for a smaller size. I have been wearing one of the new bras today, and while it rubs a bit, I definitely feel like everything is staying where it should more than previously!

Tonight I popped into TK Maxx and found a few 32 DD & E bras, which I tried on and the cups were all definitely too small, so I feel like I am going in the right direction with sizing. No miracles yet but I am hopeful.

Carmeneletc when I go shopping I take a bra extender with me as sometimes the etxra cm of hooks helps with tightness

IME, trying to find the right bra is up there with finding a good pair of jeans. You might know that your base size is a 14, but how many pairs of jeans do you try on before you find one that fits everywhere properly? And you probably already know that bootlegs don't suit you so have ruled out a huge number before you even start whereas if you have been wearing the vastly wrong size of bra you probably don't know what shapes work either.

Which bras did you order FionaJT

StatisticallyChallenged, I ordered Curvy Kate Portia, Daily Boost and Emily, Nessa Lucy and Stella, Flirtelle Cheryl and a Gossard Vintage Rose bra. Mostly balconettes as that's what's always fitted best before.
I'm keeping the Gossard one and the Curvy Kate Emily (which was an F cup) and exchanging the Daily Boost and the Stella for smaller sizes. The rest are just going back. I guess I need to try different shapes, they were all rather baggy at the top.

Eek - in rigby and pellet trying on 30Ds!!! 30c too small . Really, I have teeny boobs. (They don't do 28 back)

If you're a 30D in R&P then you'll probably need a 28DD in other brands. Honestly, a 28DD is still a very small cup.

Yup, I know it is VVV small but my friends never believe me when I say I wear a 30C !! The D makes me feel happy anyway....

can anyone tell me how to measure myself? I have no idea how this works but like the idea of not having straps falling off my shoulders and shipping my bra off as soon as I come in!

fitting link here

thank you, will have a squiz now

Thanks to bra intervention I've become obsessed with buying bras!!

KatoPotato Oh, lovely drawer of neatly arranged bras . Most of mine are unmoulded so I don't think they'll stack like that!

Sorrel I double mine over, put the cups inside each other and then stuff them with the pants. They stack up fairly well like that - not quite as well as moulded but still quite neat