42/44 back bras

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Just lately I'm struggling to find everyday comfortable bras .... I'm a 42/44 DD cup ... any recommendations please x

Sainsburys do a two pack of cotton, non padded underwired bras.
White/black/nude.
I find them comfortable and only £10 per pack.

Fashion world ?

I got mine from ASDA online

Are you sure you are wearing the right size ? ( had to ask )

I think yours clothing do them. But second the person above, are you def wearing the right size?

Another querying the size, try this calculator booborbust.com/bra-measuring-guide/
I've gone from wearing a 38d to a 32g and much more comfortable!

Been measured at M and S x

Ah. Try a 38G instead. You won't be a 44DD!

M&S are not good at measuring. What dress size are you? For comparison i am a 20/22 and wear 36GG

I've never understood this - surely if the OP is wearing a 44" bra she wouldn't physically be able to get a 36" bra on?

To do it up, I mean.

I get mine in Asda.

I've never understood this - surely if the OP is wearing a 44" bra she wouldn't physically be able to get a 36" bra on? - depends also on the cup size. If the cup is too small, people often go up in band size to compensate.

If we take a simple example, 34A bra and 30DD bra both fit a person who measures 35 inches around the bust. If that person measures 30 inces below boobs, she would be much more comfortable in a 30DD. But if she's been measured by M&S, she will be in a 34A and will feel that it's tight enough. Won't get the same support though.

I know this bra obsession is a thing on here, but some people are actually clever enough to use a tape measure.

On every single thread with even the vaguest mention of a bra, countless people swoop in to tell people that they don't know their own bra size. It does get tedious 🙄

If threads about bras annoy you, can I suggest that you don't click on threads with " bra " in the title? Usually works a treat.

Agree wombling
I measure a 40C.
Anything under 40" wouldn't fit around me.

M and S put me in a 36DD once. It rode up my back and my boobs just sagged. Then I found bravissimo and was put in a 32FF. Felt so much better! Perhaps, op, if you are struggling to find a comfortable bra, it is time to get a tape measure and see what size you should actually be wearing.

I used to wear a 40C as that's what M&S told me I was. They were wrong! I am a 36GG. They add extra inches to the underbust measurement which gives a bra with too big a back size and too small a cup.

Most people probably don't measure themselves and trust that they have been measured correctly by others

What dress size are you op if you don't mind me asking? Generally adding 20 to your dress size will give you your approximate bra band size (I'm dress size 20 and bra band size 40 for example) If you're considerably smaller than size 22 your bra is the wrong size.

The supermarkets are actually really good for those sizes (I have bras from Asda and Sainsbury's which are very good.)

dementedpixie I'm a 12-14 and I'm a 36F. I'm a 34E when I'm a stone lighter. So bras aren't fully related to size.

Yes but if the OP is a size 16/18 they aren't likely to have a 42/44 back size

Have you been to Boob or Bust and done the measure there? I've worn a 40DD for years ( my mum was a M&S bra fitter) I am now in a 42G and oh my god has it made a difference in comfort and "presentation"

booborbust.com

As for large band sizes Matalan, Asda, Ann summers all do affordable bras in large band and cup sizes

I use these, very comfy

www.marksandspencer.com/youthful-lift-floral-lace-non-padded-full-cup-bra-dd-h/p/p22426556?image=SD_02_T33_4757_LA_X_EC_90&color=ALMONDMIX&prevPage=plp&pdpredirect

C0RAL the title of the thread implied the OP wanted to find a certain size of bra. I clicked on it because as a 40 back, I was going to suggest places where the OP might find nice bras, but there's not much point as she will be told she isn't a 40/42.

dementedpixie that just isn't true. I'm a 14-16 and I wear a 40G bra. As I said, I'm more than capable of using a tape measure to measure under my bust as 39.5 inches. When I was an anorexic size 8 I wore a 36F. My rib cage is just big, it's as simple as that. It measured 35 inches without an ounce of spare flesh on it. My waist at the same time measured 22 inches. Whether you accept that or not is immaterial, but no-one can tell someone what they "must" measure without actually measuring them.

OP said M&S measured her and they are renowned for adding extra inches. In general it is true that a smaller dress size will have a smaller back size. Of course there will be exceptions. You have at least measured whereas OP hasnt