# Bras suck for women of size. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 18, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499 "2010-04-18T01:16:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/101 "2010-04-23T06:28:05Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > Heck, I’m a G/H cup and I love padded bras because they provide a nice smooth shape and more camouflage for the, uh, headlights. So there are larger cupped women who like them. Really? You know, I’ve always avoided them because of the whole “sheesh, I do NOT want to look even bigger” thing but…Do you find that they do make you look that much bigger? I’ve never considered them before but…your post may change my mind. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/102 "2010-04-23T09:59:26Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > Really? You know, I’ve always avoided them because of the whole “sheesh, I do NOT want to look even bigger” thing but…Do you find that they do make you look that much bigger? > > I’ve never considered them before but…your post may change my mind. The padding I’ve seen is much less than smaller sizes. It’s good if you want a seamless bra and definitely do not want to show the headlights. Which, IMHO, showing them is worse than appearing a bit bigger. I don’t think they make me look any more bigger than what I’m already. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/103 "2010-04-23T10:02:34Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > Don’t saleswomen still offer this service? A band size and cup size don’t BEGIN to describe a fit. > > (for truly clueless males - High/low, direction, spacing, and shape - they all count.) Haven’t heard of it. But what they do, once they get your measurements, is find different styles with that size, since they DO vary in terms of their fit. They may also look in similar “equivalent” sizes, or in two different sizes if you’re in between them. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/104 "2010-04-23T13:08:11Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > I know I’m harping on this, but if the underwire in your usual size is too narrow for comfort, you’re in the completely wrong size. Have you ever tried on 32Cs? 30Ds? Same total volume of breast as 34Bs and 36As, but the underwires scale up in width (usually by 5/8") with every increase in cup letter. > > I have broad boobs that don’t hang down or project much. 32A underwires are far too narrow, and painful - 28Cs are just right. Underwire that’s wide enough for my tits is a 34D. It leads to my tits swimming in there. I think it’s great that there are lots of women who are happy with their underwires. Seriously. But how to explain this… Do NOT try to convert me to underwire until YOU have my boobs. I do NOT try to convert you. FUCK OFF. (Not you **rhubarbarin** personally, it’s a general you). The styles that go well with my boobs have No Underwires, and there are enough brands making them that I don’t have problems finding them: if underwires were a requirement for support, those brands would not have those models. I do not need underwires any more than **Der Trihs** needs religion or **Sampiro** a tryst with a big-breasted porn star. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/105 "2010-04-23T14:00:27Z")
I do hate the underwires. That shit is uncomfortable. I’ll even take the wire out if I otherwise like the bra. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/106 "2010-04-23T16:23:17Z")
If you take the underwire out, though, and it’s not a sports bra or otherwise elastic, what’s holding your breasts together? Isn’t it just the same as any other garment? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/107 "2010-04-23T16:54:13Z")
Hi, apologies for the tone of my last post, it was uncalled for. Sorry, **Nava** ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/108 "2010-04-23T16:59:07Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > If you take the underwire out, though, and it’s not a sports bra or otherwise elastic, what’s holding your breasts together? Isn’t it just the same as any other garment? It was plenty elastic, otherwise I wouldn’t have liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/109 "2010-04-23T17:01:26Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Hi, > > apologies for the tone of my last post, it was uncalled for. > > Sorry, > > **Nava** Someone’s big boobs are making her cranky… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/110 "2010-04-23T17:49:21Z")
They’re B cups, that doesn’t count as big boobs. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/111 "2010-04-23T18:44:14Z")
> [@nashiitashii](#): > > I’m 27 and in the D-DD range, and I often go without a bra-- it hasn’t done a thing, and the perkiness is still there. It does, however, range from “youthful” to “gravity defying” depending upon how intense my exercise regimen has been during any given time period. Perhaps you didn’t mean this, but it reads that you are a D-DD cup size and you exercise _without a bra on_. Are you…for real? ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/112 "2010-04-23T19:23:24Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > Perhaps you didn’t mean this, but it reads that you are a D-DD cup size and you exercise _without a bra on_. > > Are you…for real? I think she means that the more she works out and the stronger her chest muscles, the higher her tits sit. Not that she works out without a bra. This happens to everyone- if you work out your chest, your tits will sit higher. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/113 "2010-04-23T19:39:14Z")
My tits already sit insanely high. I wonder if they’d destroy society if they got any higher. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/114 "2010-04-23T19:58:55Z")
I personally love padded bras, and I’m a 38G. Never thought I would until I tried them, but they turned my huge, saggy boobs into huge perky boobs in an instant. And the nipple coverage is total. Off topic, but this started me thinking–it really is too bad that we are embarrassed or feel improper when our headlights are on. Because wouldn’t it be fun to buy bras with built-in nipples? I guess, however, that choosing between small, medium, large, or “tune in Tokyo” would just make finding the right bra that much more difficult. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/115 "2010-04-23T20:05:01Z")
> [@](#): > > If you take the underwire out, though, and it’s not a sports bra or otherwise elastic, what’s holding your breasts together? Isn’t it just the same as any other garment? It’s generally made of a strechy and sturdy material, and tight in the band, so is much more snug and supportive than any other clothes I wear on my upper body. Do your bras really hold your breasts _together_ a la Victoria’s Secret ads? That’s not the proper way for a bra to fit. Even women with truly giant chests, should have each boob lifted and seperated from the other by a bra in the proper size. ---
**Author:** ![Corrvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@Corrvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corrvin)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/116 "2010-04-23T22:53:33Z")
> [@Susie\_Derkins](#): > > …wouldn’t it be fun to buy bras with built-in nipples? I guess, however, that choosing between small, medium, large, or “tune in Tokyo” would just make finding the right bra that much more difficult. Just make 'em snap on to the front of the cups. I want different shaped ones! ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/117 "2010-04-24T16:40:02Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > Perhaps you didn’t mean this, but it reads that you are a D-DD cup size and you exercise _without a bra on_. > > Are you…for real? > [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I think she means that the more she works out and the stronger her chest muscles, the higher her tits sit. Not that she works out without a bra. This happens to everyone- if you work out your chest, your tits will sit higher. Yeah, although I have run without a sports bra in the past, I generally prefer to exercise with one on. Though not painful, the boobs get in the way and the extra movement is distracting. However, regardless of method, my tits become more stare-inducing if I’m working out frequently. Yes, I know this is counter to the vast majority of large titted women in the world who wear bras. ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/118 "2010-04-26T01:48:52Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > My tits already sit insanely high. I wonder if they’d destroy society if they got any higher. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/119 "2010-04-27T02:36:38Z")
Happy Happy Joy Joy. Fruit of the Loom Cotton Spandex racerback sport bra, size 44, **THREE FOR TEN BUCKS.** Downside: had to buy from Walmart. First time in my life. I’m sad about that. But I’ve got fresh comfy new bras that hold my tits, and I’m going to get more. Because the other downside is that the three pack is always multi colored and I’m very partial to black, but at that price, I’m ok with it, and it’s actually nice to have the other colors. Happy happy joy joy. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499/120 "2010-04-27T04:56:05Z")
> [@nashiitashii](#): > > Yeah, although I have run without a sports bra in the past, I generally prefer to exercise with one on. Though not painful, the boobs get in the way and the extra movement is distracting. You really must not workout in public. I get stared at when I wear my cheapie pull-over-your-head-no-separate-cups sports bra, and I’m a D. Either way, I’m amazed. Target has a ton of bras on sale this week, $9 a pop. I’ll be checking them out tomorrow after work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499.md?page=7)