Bra fitting, just read a thread, now think I'm wrong!

[Littlemoocow]

M&s measured me yesterday as 36d. Just read the first page of the long bra thread and seen that m&s fitting is far from rated on here. Chances are I'm not 36d then? I bought a bra and It does feel very comfy though

What are your measurements?

32 under bust and 39 round my boobs

Ooh, excited, love a bra revelation! Quick! Measurements!

Try 32f I think, and sizes either side too. Am sure an expert will me along soon.

36d??!!

Fucking M&S. YOU GET THAT GOOGLE? Stupid Marks and Spencer bra fitting.

I'd try 32F too.

32f, really? The cups look huge on an f. To be honest, I've been wearing a b or c my whole life. I was already mega surprised at the d cup diagnosis. This is a bit of a minefield!

How can m and s keep getting this so so wrong!!?

Yep 32F.

Basically, M&S have added 4" to your under bust measurement to come up with a 36 band. I'm surprised they didn't put you in a 36C actually

Wearing your new 36D, how far can you pull out the band? If you scoop, is there any overspill? The cup volume of a 36D is roughly equivalent to a 32E so I would expect a little quad boob tbh.

32F, but you'd probably be a 34E/F in a lot of M&S bras as they run rather small in the band.

And the cups on a 32F are about the same size as the cups on a 36DD. They just go round further, so you don't get armpit bulges.

I can pull the band about 2-3 inches away from my back. I don't have quad boob but I'd be surprised if I did, my boobs aren't very big IMO. I'm still very confused about this f cup revelation!

By the way, that's on the tightest fastening.

I'm wearing it now. As I lean forward to type this, the cups actually look a bit empty and gape at the top. When I I stand up straight my boobs fill it nicely. Confused...

For starters a new bra should always be on the loosest hook so as it stretches you can make it tighter.

On the loosest hook I bet the bra is huge around you.

You need to try some 32f bras :)

Is it a moulded cup type by any chance?

Yes it is moulded. Are they bad? All I wanted was a flesh coloured plain tshirt type bra that won't show under a white silk top, but they were all moulded or so it seemed. There's a john Lewis near me, should I try there for some 32f's? Are they better at fitting than m&s?

Moulded bras are difficult to fit as they don't mould to your shape IYSWIM? Also, if you're a bit bottom heavy (have lost fullness) then you tend to sink to the bottom of the cups.

Good alternatives are the Cleo Juna (still lightly padded but not moulded), Panache Idina, Fantasie Rebecca and the Cuvy Kate Daily Boost.

JL are worth a visit and are much, much better than M&S!

Ah yes I see. I think I may have have lost some fullness after 2 babies. I'll take this one back to m&s then and have a look in Jl. Thank you.

Ha ha - gotta love M&S. I've been fitted properly on here as a 30DD. Went to M&S as I needed a strapless bra in a hurry. She measured my ribs and the tape measure was about 29 inches. "You're a 32 band" she announced. Then she looked at my boobs and said they were a C cup. No actual measuring for this bit. So most of my boobs were in the band. Was comfy though even though I was flat chested all day (formal dress for wedding)!

I just looked on the m&s website. There's a fitting video on there, where a bra "expert" measures a woman as 31 round her ribs, then says she adds 4 or 5 inches. Why does she do this??

Cos she's an out of date idiot advised by out of date idiots in head office...

What timeforanothernamechange said - it's an outdated method from before lycra was invented!

weeklyliving.com/2012/08/22/finding-your-bra-size-is-the-war-on-plus-four-justified/

That's interesting, I never knew how or why it was done like that

Oh bra ladies I have a question for you .... Do I need to just try a different style or am I still sizing too small if the underwire digs in under my armpit. I have full boobs and to fill the cup the wire is soooooo high under my arms. Measuring 34j.