cmyk’s burden is heavy.
Underwires aren’t torturous for a lot of us, aruvqan. I personally absolutely love them and they help me get good support.
I’d like it if I could find more front closure bras (well, by “more”, I mean “any”, but hey), but I’m okay with my back closure ones. Oh, and if you have a cup size larger than a C and your bras all have the 3, 4, 5 hooks? It means it’s not made right. A properly made bra can support bigger breasts with just two hooks. 90% of the support is supposed to be done with the band, not the straps. Bras with tons of hooks aren’t made right and put more of the support on the straps. My G cup bras with two hooks that lift my girls high are proof. Oh, and no shoulder or back pain ever.
You know something I don’t know. Share! I actually have marks on my ribcage underneath my boobage from years of being attacked by underwires which are, thankfully, small but nonetheless I wish they weren’t there. Every bra I own has three buckles in the back. I finally found some that don’t have grandma-wide straps that don’t dig into my shoulders, which is as happy as I thought I could be with a bra.
Try using a bigger bra? Seriously, the only times I’ve had problems with underwires, which I also love, are when the finally break down and twist or snap. But this is after years of use (and I probably should’ve tossed them out earlier than that).
I don’t have underwire issues anymore, but I’ve never seen a bra in my size with two straps. Do such magical things exist?
I used to have two wonderful, fabulous, chic-looking, super-comfortable, super-supportive front-closing bras. They were my favorite pieces of underclothing I have ever owned. And then they were stolen from my apartment building’s laundry room, and the brand has discontinued the style. I weep over my loss to this day.
Oh, I almost never found them on the size I’m supposed to wear. I was just talking about the underwire issue so many seem to have.
Actually, every bra I’ve ever worn has had two straps; I meant two buckles.
Im fat, and lopsided [unless you have a really good plastic surgeon, I think every female is lopsided, even if it is only a small amount. Mother nature does not do bilaterally symmetrical perfectly] and imperfect like every other female I have ever met.
It really ISN’T rocket science … anybody with a tape measure and a few minutes and the knowledge on how to measure for a bra can determine the right bra for anybody - even someone with a radical mastectomy.
Here, with videos. NSFW since it shows a female torso in a bra.
You may be buying the wrong type of cup for your breast type/size and purpose. Cute lacy bras may be pretty, but honestly over a certain size they may be all wrong. I know you are entitled to pretty lingerie no matter what size, but reality sometimes bites.
Gee, my experience has involved an hour in the Nordstrom dressing room trying on dozens of bras to find three that fit well, even after a tape measure and knowledge. Each bra model has a different way of fitting, a different amount of comfort, and makes me look different when worn under a t-shirt. Its more than a few minutes process for me, but perhaps I’m a little pickier about how my bra makes my chest look. Or maybe I’m just not knowledgeable. Nor are the “bra ladies” that help me.
Then after that there is the washing problem - sometimes a bra that fits great in the store doesn’t wash well (have a few cheaper department store brands like that).
Different shapes, MOL. My BFF, my sister in law and I are all 34Bs, but I get marks from being in the same room as an underwire (ok, so that’s a slight exageration) and both of them wear underwires. Thing is, my boobs are sort’a more spread-out than theirs: BFF needs wonder-bras to get cleavage, I sure don’t.
My mother has several front-openers, so I can certify they are available in Spain.
You’re absolutely wrong and you are quite ignorant about bras and fitting, as is evidenced by these comments and your belief that underwires serve no purpose other than torture.
You can determine someone’s theoretical size with a tape measure, but that doesn’t mean that any bra in that size will fit that woman.
You can measure my foot with a brannock device and determine that I wear a size 9. But That only gives you a starting point when looking for shoes that fit. It’s the same thing with bras.
Or, what Dangerosa said.
Exactly!
I’m too lazy to measure myself but I figure I’m either a 40D or a 42D, and I recently bought four Playtex 18-Hour bras: a black one and a white one in each size. The two white ones are the same style, but are a different style than the two black ones – and the white ones work better for me (the black 42D makes my boobs look like torpedos). Oh, and I can wear either size in the white style, but I can’t get the black 40D on my body.
Eventually I’ll go to the Playtex website and see if I can order the white style in black. I would have gotten all the same style to begin with, but the in-store selection was limited.
(Or, what Green Bean just said, too. Sigh. :))
I’ll have to wait till I’m home from work, since lingerie sites are blocked here, but I’ll definitely get some links up and explain! Promise!
I think the space between my boobs is about normal, and they’re somewhere between round and teardrop shaped like most people’s. The bras that I now own have a lot of padding on the underwire, so I don’t feel it anymore, and it doesn’t bruise me, but man, there were years of suffering in the old days.
Right and right. When I measure myself and when I was measured by a professional, I got the same result, which was that I’m supposed to wear some ridiculous bra size that I’ve never even seen anywhere. Ever. Some months ago I found something I could work with at Lane Giant, loved the fit, so later I decided to go to their website to buy some bras. When they arrived, these bras that were the same size as the one I was wearing and was the same brand from the same store did not fit at all. Way too tight. Twas flippin’ ridiculous.
Am I the only person who just puts her back-closing bras on like a t-shirt? There’s no way I could master the back clasping with the little hooks, I can barely do it on a swimsuit with one big clasp!
Yeah, it warps them faster and stuff, but it’s the only way I can do it.
When you do, let me know too. My wife is perpetually in this boat.
You’re probably not the ONLY one (hey, there are people here wearing panties OVER their pantyhose), but, yeah… that’s weird. Why not just clasp it in front of you, and then turn it around? Seems like it would do less damage to both the bra and your arms.
Why on EARTH would you think I am looking to wear little lacy bras? Lordy, I am not even talking about myself. I fit fine into bras. My point is that there are lots of people out there with . . weird . . .boobs. Non-standard shapes–weirdly square, or weirdly pointed, or off-center nipples. Some people have really round rib cages, some rib cages are more elliptical. Some boobs are really dense, other are more buoyant. The distance from the top of your shoulder to the start of the underarm varies, as does the distance from the top of the shoulder to the top and bottom of the boob. Some people have loose skin. Just because something is simple for you does not mean it’s simple for everyone.
AND, your own link says: