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Where can I find a 26G bra?

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FancyNewName · 03/06/2014 17:06

I am sick of (knowingly) wearing the wrong size bra, and would love to find one that actually fits me properly. Does anyone have any idea where I could find a bra in a 26G, please?

I normally wear a variety of sizes that do the job, but I need to replace a few and thought that now is as good a time as any to try and find one in my size.

I know there was a Polish website that would make bras in a 26 band, but they don't appear to be doing them any more.

Thanks in advance. Smile

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ShoeWhore · 04/06/2014 20:31

I had a fitting at Bravissimo last week and the fitter said that fastening a new bra on the tightest hook is roughly equivalent to sizing down. So maybe worth trying a 28 in a style that comes up small but fastening it tightly too?

I would call Bravissimo - I find their customer services staff really helpful.

StatisticallyChallenged · 04/06/2014 21:46

It isn't far off IME. The only problem is it means that you don't get as much wear - when you start on the loosest you tighten as the band stretches out with wear so you get longer out of it.

Brav are fab though :)

Tbh, more places need to start doing 26s and 24s too

ShoeWhore · 05/06/2014 09:19

Yes I know statistically but I figured better than no bra at all Smile And tbh I rarely seem to change which hook I fasten my bras on.

I agree about the need though - I'm a 28 back - can't help feeling there must be lots of teenage girls who are much smaller than me.

StatisticallyChallenged · 05/06/2014 10:11

There is definitely a need if people are fitted properly -most of the teens being told they're a 30a are actually 26dd and do on...

FancyNewName · 05/06/2014 19:01

There is definitely a need for smaller bra sizes. I am slim, but not really skinny and I'm a 26, so going by that rationale there will be an awful lot of other adult women out there who will be a 24 and possibly smaller, not to mention teens and girls.

I currently wear a 28 and start on the tightest hook, which is fine, but the rest of the bra is just wrong - straps in the wrong place, wires digging in etc. It's like buying trousers three sizes too big but holding them up with a belt and braces - they stay up, but they're hardly ideal.

Bravissimo are fab - they're the only place I've come across that don't look at you like you've got two heads when you dare to mention a 26, and they never insist that you must have the wrong size.

Stokey - I used to wear a lot of Gap tops because they seemed to make the clothes narrow enough on the shoulders, but allowed enough room for me to get my boobs in. I went off their stuff a while ago though, so since then I have been trawling around looking for somewhere else. Fat Face (I know MN hate them!) do good t-shirts, and so do H+M, but I think it's more the style than the fit (they're meant to be loose fitting and so you can buy the right size and get your chest in). Sorry, that's probably not much use, but I sympathise! :)

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StatisticallyChallenged · 05/06/2014 21:47

There definitely is - I'm a 30, and mainly wear size 14 clothes. Now I'm quite hourglass shape so relatively little in the middle but still. There are a lot of women who need the smaller bras.

Littlepumpkinpie · 05/06/2014 23:22

I am a 28back and find it hard to find grown up bras on the high street started using Ebay and online stores now so happy to actually have more choice than just bravissimo. So glad someone posted a link to another shop online that I can use thank you,.

HowsTheSerenity · 05/06/2014 23:45

There is an Australian site ''more then a handful' who do small back/large cup bras.

HowsTheSerenity · 05/06/2014 23:52

Oh and try 'broods big bras' and 'a cup above'.

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