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Is anyone constantly uncomfortable?

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Hairq · 04/08/2017 15:21

This is worse than ever today because I have PMT and my already sizeable breasts are like rocks, but if I'm honest it's a constant problem.

I am constantly uncomfortable in my clothes. I want to rip all my bras off even though they are the correct size and fit because they bother me so much. I wear skinny jeans because more relaxed styles make me look 2 sizes bigger, but they are so uncomfortable - and they're not too small - the next size up just fall down which adds a whole new dimension to being uncomfortable. My knickers constantly give me a wedgie, tops are always too tight over my boobs because they're massive. If I get something to fit over them it makes the rest of me look huge because it's too big and billowy everywhere else. I constantly feel in turn strangled and drowned by my clothes and the feeling of the tightness (even though they fit - it's how they're meant to fit, they're just uncomfortable styles - apart from the breasts issue with tips). I feel like giving in and living in tracksuit bottoms, pull on sports bras (which I can't even wear for the gym because they don't support my MASSIVE MONSTER TITS) and baggy tshirts. Can anyone help or at least identify??

(Size 12-14 hourglass by the way if that makes a difference)

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TatterdemalionAspie · 06/08/2017 17:09

HairQ I've only tried on the shirts in Pepperberry, and they didn't really work for me, I have to say - I think I was between sizes. The fabric was quite thin, too. I wear their bras, though, and love the soft built-in-bra pyjama/loungewear top - that's been what I wear when I urgently need to remove bra. I just looked on their website and the sale stuff, and liked the look of the long line tops, but nothing much grabbed me when I had a quick look around the shop.

Maria1982 · 06/08/2017 17:29

I have found my people!!! Getting bras / tops/ trousers which are deemed office appropriate and don't drive me mad is SO difficult

I gave up on shirts years ago as am also large of busy and they were torture!! I now mainly live in Hobbs jersey tops

hairq I also wanted to like Pepperberry but really really don't. As you say, everything is too frumpy, and their jersey is too thin!!!
Bizarrely in their first two years they were good - I still have a belted jacket from circa 2007 which I adore - but then the quality went really downhill.
I now don't even look at their website, as it's just a waste of time buying stuff and returning it

VictoriaMcdade · 06/08/2017 18:40

Oh no! Have they stopped making the Levi Curve jeans?! They were a bloody godsend.

I'm also hourglass, quite large of nork and have the added bonus of short stubby legs. I look awful in Skinnies and can't wait for the trend to die.

I always wear skirts when going out, and find life a lot easier in summer as I live in skirts and shorts.

Pangur2 · 06/08/2017 18:55

I'm an hourglass with big boobs. I gave up on jeans and trousers and now live in 50s style flared dresses with circle skirts. I get them big enough to fit the boobs and then pull them in with a belt if they are a touch too big on the waist.

fortyfourfeasts · 06/08/2017 19:11

This thread is enlightening, so thanks OP. I am perimenopausal, actually had the doc confirm it this week. I also have had a life long issue with not just uncomfortable knickers/bras/jeans but fabrics too. I thought it was part and parcel of the same thing but I think it might be in addition to iyswim? I hated wearing woollen jumpers or anything too tight. I remember a gorgeous dress my mum used to make me wear, but I hated it - it had a sort of a camisole top to it, but all elasticated, uurgh.
I also struggle with too light, too dark and eating noises!!
OP, I have just bought a camisole top from M&S with an integrated bra - not the underwired one and it's very comfortable. I've bought it to go on holiday with, because we are staying with friends and I can't wonder around in the evening with no bra on, as I do t home, boobs way too big! But this top keeps them a bit under control and it is slightly padded to hide any embarrassing nipple show! May be worth a try?

MummyVP · 13/09/2019 22:06

This is Hillarious. Yes I can relate. I can’t stand being uncomfortable in clothes and am starting to find trousers insufferable.

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