Oh, god, I feel you. I'm a 36J, which is a ludicrous size.
I get my bras at Figleaves: http://www.figleaves.com/ You can send them back forever until you get one that fits right, and the sizes go all the way up to ludicrous (though not to hydrogen bomb, which is what I'll need if I gain another pound--excuse me while I jump on the stair stepper).
It is truly amazing, though, the difference when you get a bra that truly fits.
Okay, I admit it: now I kind of want to meet your breasts. In person, even. Because they're bigger than mine! Yay!
And now I'm going to be mature and dignified and stuff. But know that you've made me a very happy woman.
Actually, you've made me an insanely happy woman, because Fig Leaves has stuff in my size! That is pretty! And not even priced like it's made entirely of saffron!
Hi; I just found my very favorite bra, for which I paid almost $70 almost 2 years ago, on sale for $32 juuuust as I was thinking I maybe might need a new one. If you ever need, like, a lung or something, look me up. THANK YOU.
Witness the wonderfulness that is bravissimo.com. Or, what would be that wonderfulness if you lived in the UK. But hang on one second, I recently had a similar post and I bet I've even tagged it -- [goes to look in tags]
Hey, and it's not even filter-locked. Dig. The comments contain many suggestions. And lest you scoff at my DD, note that I'm right about at the very bottom of the Bravissimo range, mentioned above.
Also, a testimonial: I had been wearing 38D, and when I switched to 36DD -- it's true, we all think the damn things are too small so we go up a band size, which, wrong solution -- I swear it looked like I'd lost thirty pounds. Who knew properly-fitting underwear could make such a difference?
Yay! And definitely also check out the links here. basingstoke has made my day with figleaves.com, and there's also barenecessities.com and titlenine.com AND Bodywise for the Australians out there (and also they ship internationally).
I am right at the must-go-bra-shopping-NOW stage myself, so your post made me laugh but it also made me whimper.
How can it be that something all women have to wear, a thing that all women have a number of, is so freaking hard to shop for/fit?
I mean, I know how, but sheesh! There's consumer dollars we're waving at people in fistfuls. Can't there be some catering to the breast-sporting demographic?
I am right at the must-go-bra-shopping-NOW stage myself, so your post made me laugh but it also made me whimper.
Then, seriously, this comments thread is for you. There are links aplenty that will bring you serious shopping joy. Figleaves.com even lets you send bras that don't fit back until you find one that does!
Can't there be some catering to the breast-sporting demographic?
*sad*
That is an excellent question. And, overall, the answer appears to be "no." But there are isolated pockets of resistance, thank god.
Okay, I'm kind of laughing, here. Because those bras? They are SO MUCH PRETTIER than anything I have been able to buy in my size in the pretty bra stores. (Pretty bra stores appear to have the following motto: "Up to a 38D, your boobs will look fantastic. Anything above that, sister, and you're lucky we even spare you our white economy polyester.") So, yes, I consider those pretty bras.
I must emphasize that these are wonderful, *comfortable* bras. In fact, having found this thread through Metaquotes was the first notice I'd received that they were open again! Aargh! ($200 later, I'm now expecting new bra goodness very soon
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What's interesting is that if you go in the opposite direction, down to "breasts? what breasts?" size, you lose the functional bras. In fact, many department stores only carry what they call "bralettes" in my size, which a) dude, I will never wear anything that has "-lette" attached to it, and b) are made out of itchy lace. They clearly believe that the only people as flat as me are thirteen year-olds, so they put all sorts of teenie frippery on them. And then there is, of course, padding, because no flat chest is complete without foam rubber. Nrrrngh.
Um... and then the possibly helpful part of my comment: an old roommate of mine was DD, and she shopped at Bare Necessities for her regular bras (I checked, they go up to I) and at Title Nine for her sports bras. She said Bare Necessities had some pretty stuff that she couldn't find elsewhere.
They clearly believe that the only people as flat as me are thirteen year-olds, so they put all sorts of teenie frippery on them. And then there is, of course, padding, because no flat chest is complete without foam rubber. Nrrrngh.
Wow. Now I totally feel the hate toward makers of small bras, too.
*fist of solidarity*
Let us not be divided by cup size! Let us be united by our hatred of bra manufacturers everywhere!
(Also, let me point out Fig Leaves and Bare Necessities, which both have bras that go up to AA, at any rate, and Title Nine, which appears to have sport bras in an amazing variety of sizes. Dignified ones, too. None of your "random beads and boyband singers - that'll appeal to the teenagers" bras there.)
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I get my bras at Figleaves: http://www.figleaves.com/
You can send them back forever until you get one that fits right, and the sizes go all the way up to ludicrous (though not to hydrogen bomb, which is what I'll need if I gain another pound--excuse me while I jump on the stair stepper).
It is truly amazing, though, the difference when you get a bra that truly fits.
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And now I'm going to be mature and dignified and stuff. But know that you've made me a very happy woman.
Actually, you've made me an insanely happy woman, because Fig Leaves has stuff in my size! That is pretty! And not even priced like it's made entirely of saffron!
I...I think I love you.
*adores from afar*
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If you ever need, like, a lung or something, look me up.
THANK YOU.
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Hey, and it's not even filter-locked. Dig. The comments contain many suggestions. And lest you scoff at my DD, note that I'm right about at the very bottom of the Bravissimo range, mentioned above.
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[runs away to tend bar]
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*delighted beyond all measure*
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How can it be that something all women have to wear, a thing that all women have a number of, is so freaking hard to shop for/fit?
I mean, I know how, but sheesh! There's consumer dollars we're waving at people in fistfuls. Can't there be some catering to the breast-sporting demographic?
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Then, seriously, this comments thread is for you. There are links aplenty that will bring you serious shopping joy. Figleaves.com even lets you send bras that don't fit back until you find one that does!
Can't there be some catering to the breast-sporting demographic?
*sad*
That is an excellent question. And, overall, the answer appears to be "no." But there are isolated pockets of resistance, thank god.
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*has pretty bra dreams but utility bra boobs*
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Um... and then the possibly helpful part of my comment: an old roommate of mine was DD, and she shopped at Bare Necessities for her regular bras (I checked, they go up to I) and at Title Nine for her sports bras. She said Bare Necessities had some pretty stuff that she couldn't find elsewhere.
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Wow. Now I totally feel the hate toward makers of small bras, too.
*fist of solidarity*
Let us not be divided by cup size! Let us be united by our hatred of bra manufacturers everywhere!
(Also, let me point out Fig Leaves and Bare Necessities, which both have bras that go up to AA, at any rate, and Title Nine, which appears to have sport bras in an amazing variety of sizes. Dignified ones, too. None of your "random beads and boyband singers - that'll appeal to the teenagers" bras there.)
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