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Wearing revealing clothes with small boobs

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Littlehooty · 01/03/2016 21:01

There's so many bodysuits and dresses that have quite a revealing chest area but I've avoided them due to the fact I've got no boobs 😢 should I be avoiding them? Is it embarrasing to try and pull off such things with no boobs?

Wearing revealing clothes with small boobs
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SpuriouserAndSpuriouser · 02/03/2016 15:27

These sort of plunging necklines are definitely made for women with smaller boobs. I agree with the pp that said to try a few on and see what suits you.

I am larger of nork and I am very envious of women who can wear this kind of dress, as well as high-necked tops. They look so lovely and elegant on smaller ladies, I just look matronly in the high-necked ones and at risk of indecent exposure in the revealing ones!

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Littlehooty · 02/03/2016 17:40

My chest looks bigger but I think it's the tight zip pulling them together Blush

Wearing revealing clothes with small boobs
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Littlehooty · 02/03/2016 17:42

I'm not happy with my chest at all, I'm a 34A and i just can't be proud about it. But at 22 and having a 2 year old I finally feel confident enough to work stuff like I've pictured. Would hate to get to my 30s and regret not wearing them. My small chest has already destroyed my teens, I don't want it to destroy my 20s too

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Tournesol · 02/03/2016 17:53

You look amazing! Wear with pride!

I have really actually honestly no boobs at all after 3 kids and being naturally very thin and I would love to have boobs as good as yours!

Owllady · 02/03/2016 18:24

Your boobs look fine and not small at all just in proportion to your body!
I feel I can say this to you as a 38 yo mother of teens :)
Not as a pervert off the internet
Honestly, have more confidence in yourself and do the zip up a bit more

SpuriouserAndSpuriouser · 02/03/2016 18:55

I think that looks really nice! You have a lovely figure OP Smile

HairySubject · 02/03/2016 18:56

Your boobs don't look small to me, I am a 30e and your boobs look similar to mine.

WellTidy · 02/03/2016 19:28

You are no way a A cup. I would put money on it. You have nice boobs. Wear what you like with confidence!

WellTidy · 02/03/2016 19:34

I did a proper measurement last year, and after thinking for years that I was a 34 or 36A, as those size bras were the ones that fitted me, I am in fact a 32c or 32d depending on the style. My boobs are very shallow, quite like yours, so by no means every bra style suits me. M and S Autograph padded balcony is the best fit for me, in a 32c. Your boobs look a very similar size to mine.

I can't tell you how dented my confidence always was as a teen and in my early 20s, when the Pamela Amderson shape was so revered. I always had to buy the very smallest bras, and felt like I was still a little girl. My boobs are not any bigger now, but I feel differently about them now that I know that they are a c or d cup! Which is ridiculous, as they're the same boobs.

Branleuse · 02/03/2016 19:36

BRA INTERVENTION TIME :D

StatisticallyChallenged · 02/03/2016 19:43

Girl, you need a serious bra intervention. You are no way no how a 34A when fitted properly. Note that properly does not include M&S, BHS< La Senza, Ann Summers or a bunch of other places.

Read this website and follow the measurement guides.

HeyYouGetOffMyCloud · 02/03/2016 21:02

No way are you an A cup. You have a lovely figure with great boobs.
I wonder why you can't see what we do? Seriously you look great.

Owllady · 02/03/2016 21:12

Oh I love bra intervention, I've never heard that before! :o
I wish women were not crushed by their bra size. Boobs are generally a pita anyway

Owllady · 02/03/2016 21:13

But your boobs are lovely OP!

LadyPriggsbottom · 02/03/2016 21:17

You really do have an awesome figure OP!

Revealing clothes aren't to my personal taste, but if you like that style, then you definitely have the figure to go for it.

I also agree with pps - I wonder if you've maybe been measured wrong for bra size, as you don't look like an A cup to me. I'm an F and mine don't look much bigger than yours!

spiralstaircase · 02/03/2016 21:17

There's nothing wrong with your boobs at all.

I'm a 30D/DD and yours look bigger than mine. You have nothing to feel embarrassed about at all.

Sallyingforth · 02/03/2016 21:23

Your figure looks entirely in proportion to me, OP :)

I'm sure there are many women looking at this thread who would be delighted to be 34A.

CoolToned · 02/03/2016 21:30

I have fried eggs. I stay away from low-cut, V-necks, etc.

BennyTheBall · 02/03/2016 21:31

I think really low cut tops look fabulous on small chests, but only if they are perky and don't 'flop' down with a crease underneath. If they are a bit droopy, I think it looks better to not show the bottom area - maybe just the cleavage. The more boob - the less should be shown.

I'd love to be a neat B or A now, but breastfeeding grew mine to a 32DD and they stayed there.

Katarzyna79 · 02/03/2016 21:31

agree with special subject erm id never wear something like that too much flesh for me even though it is pretty, but you do realise most catwalk models have the pubescent teen look and many are that young? lots have flat or small chests. I'm sure a lot has to do with not eating.

ive never had hang ups about being small. you can wear whatever you like, id be more conscious if my boobs were big and spilling out, look at the positives. major positive boobs wont go south so much as you get older. you can run for the bus without worrying about boobs jiggling.
you can be sure people are looking at you when you are speaking not your boobs (this used to happen to my best friend a lot she'd be in tears over it, and id be there swearing at the guy to back off lol)

ladies with big boobs have positives too, be happy with what you have. i got bigger after having a child and i hate it, i know with exercise ill be back to my regular bra size. pregnant whale now so no point thinking about exercise i'll eat what i like for now lol

Trills · 02/03/2016 21:32

Those tops are designed for people with small boobs, but not for those with no boobs.

In the picture you look like your boobs are just small, not non-existent.

I would contour my chest a bit aswell so that it doesn't look so obvious there's nothing there

Unless you are VERY good at it, that sounds like an awful idea.

KatharinaRosalie · 02/03/2016 21:41

you don't have small boobs and you are not a 34A.

Outfits not really my taste but I do agree that you need relatively small boobs, otherwise it will not look good.

SueTrinder · 02/03/2016 21:49

You are 22, wear what you like. And I say that as someone more than twice your age. Bloody hell, I'm old enough to be your mother!

Katarzyna79 · 02/03/2016 21:49

littlehooty maybe its a cultural issue i don't understand. in the culture i grew up in you just don't put boobs on show, you'd never get out the door as a teen with any low necked top, forget full boob show. if it cant be worn in front of dad or brothers its not public dress. now maybe ive been brainwashed but i follow the same rules as an adult, i just wouldn't want strange men looking at my boobs. But ironically i could wear saris with blouses so short they looked like bras, yes that was acceptable to mum and dad because it was cultural dress...hypocrisy i think...lol i didn't feel bad wearing skimpy blouses because i was so small chested. i know if i was bigger my mum would put the sari completely over my chest to cover it up lol

But i digress, why do you feel like your teen years were blighted just because you couldn't wear revealing tops or dresses? I still looked pretty and I'm sure you did, you don't need cleavage showing clothing to be deemed beautiful. i guess there was peer pressure to follow also?

you have a great figure, and weird for me to comment on boobs, but they don't look flat to me in proportion to your body. one of my friends was a AAcup I'm sure now shes gone up to an A since having kids. But she looks damn slim like you do. So many women would hanker after a slim body like yours. That's the problem with society we have so much but we are never happy within ourselves. i can be the same sometimes. Believe me you look gorgeous littlehooty you don't need huge boobs for that. Be confident enough to wear what you like, strangers are just that theyre not a part of your life so why care?

Lurkedforever1 · 02/03/2016 22:01

Op I wouldn't say yours are small, just in proportion. Mine are smallish, but given my build and size they're in proportion and don't look flat/ non existent any more than yours do. I'm older than you and would certainly wear a top like that.

I'm also not sure chest size is a yes/no answer. The risk of spillage might be a deciding factor for some. And if you only feel confident in a padded bra then you won't feel comfortable. But appearance wise would look good imo whether flat or huge. I think the deciding factor is more what you look like below the chest and whether they're pert enough to stay in place without a bra.

katar Making nasty comments about other people's shape, how they might achieve it or suggesting it's not the shape of an adult woman is uncalled for. Find a less rude and judgemental way of boosting your self esteem.

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