36aa bra?

[Pileonsally]

My daughter v self conscious about v flat chest. She isn't slim and willowy so can't embrace that look.
Im trying to find 36aa bra thst would make her feel better with a tiny bit of padding.
Tried so many bras but none fit right.
She has 1 calvin klein bra that fits nice.

Anyone else this size? I'll pay whatever to make her happy!

Boux avenue are pretty good quality, they are about 35 quid a bra so hardly cheap and cheerful! But I would suggest them as a place to look for bras as they have a good range of sizes, and are good at fitting

My DD is similar to yours 5'7'' size 12. She measured 31 band size and is now v happy in a 30d. M&S measured her a 38a !?

I do lift and can do pull-ups - I have a big back so it is perfectly possible to be a smallish woman with a 36 in band.

Teen bras are no good - they don't have the shoulder depth for me. Mind you I only wear bras for cardio these days - tight vests (the Primark or George ones) do as an everyday solution for me.

Some years ago I was very unwell and lost a lot of weight. I was refitted in a lingerie shop and was a 36 AA. I was shown a bra that had cups that were completely filled with padding. From the outside of the bra it looked like any other lacy bra but looking from the inside the cups were completely flat IYSWIM. I bought the bra. It was very comfortable. I am sorry, I wouldn't be able to remember the brand but they do (or did) exist.

Thanks everyone. Really helpful and interesting! Im ordering her some different sizes!

If she's 'slim and willowy' there's no way she's a 36!!

OP says she's not slim and willowy

32C sounds much more sensible. It’s still a pretty small cup but will fit so much better. It’s also an easily available size so she will have loads of choice.

Out of interest jyst did marks and Spencer way of measuring on their website and it said 36aaa
!!! 3 x A??

Of course there is a bra size 36AA.

They sell loads of 36AA bras in M&S.

I've seen them there myself.
M&S should be your first port of call, OP.

@headintheproverbial

If she's 'slim and willowy' there's no way she's a 36!!

RTT. OP did not say that.

@Taikoo

Of course there is a bra size 36AA.

They sell loads of 36AA bras in M&S.

I've seen them there myself.
M&S should be your first port of call, OP.

They might exist but doesn't sound like they are the right size for OPs daughter

As an adult who is basically flat, I recommend crop tops! I've spent many hundred of pounds over the years on so many bras, but none of them have fitted well, and lets face it, bras are bloody uncomfortable anyway! I now just wear these:

www.marksandspencer.com/flexifit-crop-top-bralet/p/clp60438341?color=ONYX#intid=prodColourId-60491007

With 'chicken fillets' slipped inside, behind the padding of the cups.

Not sexy, or pretty, or cute, but so much more comfortable and no embarrassing nipple appearances!

I hope you have some joy with what you've ordered @Pileonsally. Bra sizing is so much trial and error but also so difficult to predict. I am tall and slim with a relatively small bust but measure a 32D or E which I do need or the centre of the bra doesn't sit between by boobs properly. I think someone's shape rather than pure measurements plays a huge part in what size is required - both the shape of the person and the bra.

For about 20 years M & s measured me as a 36a or 36aa. None of the bras fitted properly and bra buying outings would send me into despair. Then one day I got fitted in John Lewis. They took one look at me and declared me a 32 C. I thought they were joking until I tried that size on and it was a perfect fit. I've never bought another bra in M &S.

M&S are well known for being appalling at bra fitting. They don’t size young girls correctly as they don’t size bras that would fit them if they did!

They fitted me as 40C but I actually wear a 36GG!

I thought by now it was common knowledge that M&S was awful at fittings and advised people on the old way of sizing 🤷‍♀️

I was measured by M&S as a 36aa for years. Thanks to a dear friend who pointed me in the right direction I now wear a 32B. Much better.

Not saying 36aa is the correct size, but some women on here seem incredulous that other women can be literally flat chested.

I tried boob or bust and it got my size completely wrong (I couldn't even close a band size 28 which it gave me). If it turns out it's not right for your DD, try abrathatfits which was more accurate for me (band size 32).

I've had a boob job but I used to be all nipple, no breast tissue. I found that blaconette bras were more flattering and gave the illusion that there was something there other than a big expanse of chest. I also used to buy tops with ruffles or some sort of detail up top to disguise it.

Tesco and Asda do stretchy, pull on, strappy sports bras. They come in size S-L and have a soft molded cup. They come in packs of 2 and in a range of colours. My DD feels really confident in them. They give her a nice shape in clothes and she feels comfortable getting changed for P-E in them.

@baldafrique I think it's because AA means no difference, none at all between under and over bust. If you're truly an AA then wearing a bra is pointless because it will just ride straight up the minute you move your arms if you have no breast tissue as it will look like | From the side
Both these women are D+, and even say Keira Knightley would be a B/C or so
Also so many women have been badly fitted by M&S, you see women with bra backs riding up, double boobs, back pain

I'm a 36 band, sometimes 38 but 'only' a size 12. I'm only saying that as a lot of people are saying it's not possible. I have big ribs and small boobs (a small B cup nowadays). When I was in sixth form I was a 34AA and they fitted me perfectly. I got mine from M&S but that was many years ago! What about Victoria secret? They seem to be popular with teens.