Making a break for it… how? Is your left boob getting bigger?
Ha, I've got huge boobs so all of my bras are like full coverage to the chin. My nips go nowhere.
― pullapartsquirrel (Jenny), Wednesday, 19 October 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
My left nipple is making its way *out* of the bra to hang out all by itself. I would prefer that it stay tucked inside the bra like it damn well should!
― quincie, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
That's weird! Maybe your left boob is shrinking or your bra cup is stretched out so there's more wiggle room, so to speak?
I've all but decided to give up on underwire and just wear these cotton, no wire Lane Bryant bras all the time. Maybe save a couple of high and tight, suspension bridge bras for special occasions. I'm not convinced there's enough aesthetic benefit in the high and tight silhouette to justify the discomfort, and the LB bras are not unflattering. Plus who decides what boob shape is fashionable and do those people even have to wear bras??? I bet not.
― pullapartsquirrel (Jenny), Wednesday, 19 October 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
I have two friends who swear by the LB bras!
― quincie, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
also this is the gillian o'surname bra i was talking aboutthinly padded but not pushup or pillowshttp://img3.targetimg3.com/wcsstore/TargetSAS//img/p/13/57/13573020.jpg
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, 19 October 2011 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I like a full coverage bra too - not those demi cup styles. Think I might stop by target tonight and try some on.
― just1n3, Thursday, 20 October 2011 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
As a Canadian (no Target til 2012), this "o'surname" thing is killing me! First mention, I was certain the poster had just forgotten the real surname!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 20 October 2011 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
haha i was about to say! i lolled and raised an eyebrow too
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Thursday, 20 October 2011 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
It sounds like a fake name they'd make up on The Simpsons.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 20 October 2011 02:19 (twelve years ago) link
at first i couldn't remember the name, but then it seemed like a better name than the real name so i didn't change it
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Thursday, 20 October 2011 02:21 (twelve years ago) link
Aww damn. I wanted an O'Surname bra.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 20 October 2011 02:21 (twelve years ago) link
you can, and it will cost you $12.99
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Thursday, 20 October 2011 02:23 (twelve years ago) link
i've bought like 7 of them over the years
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Thursday, 20 October 2011 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
O'Malley
― pullapartsquirrel (Jenny), Thursday, 20 October 2011 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
I spent months and $$$ last year trying to find a wirefree bra that worked for me. Because I seriously dislike going to stores, I bought a dozen or more styles online - fruitless and disheartening. But eventually I got some from Decent Exposures and they are wonderfully comfy. I wore and washed all these others, wanting to give them a decent trial, but now I've got a pile to, idk, donate?
― Jaq, Thursday, 20 October 2011 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
On a related note, wtf with all of these bras that are cut so that nipples are barely covered or are downright exposed???
Maybe the barely covered ones are for wearing with lowcut U-shaped necklines? And all of the bras I've ever seen with totally exposed nipples were for bedroom wear.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Thursday, 20 October 2011 03:43 (twelve years ago) link
I think I am wearing an O'Surname bra right now.
― tokyo rosemary, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:16 (twelve years ago) link
omg i bought two bras today!!really nice ones! from a proper bra shoppe with european brands! and an older greek lady who makes it her concern to get you what you need.one is dark grey lace+mesh and the brand is, i am serious here, princesse tam tam (ilx lols!) - sooo pretty. not the cheapest brand but def lots of really classy, cute styles and options for those of us who don't want padding (i still hate most padding).and the other is just a light beige seamless bra for wearing under tight t-shirts and sweater, but it is so comfortable and the underwire doesn't dig in - amazing. brand of that one is Gemma, from Spain.
AND all their swimwear was on sale! so i bought an army-green halter top bikini from an Aus company called Seafolly. because.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 21 October 2011 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
Princesse Tam Tam! Incredible. Enjoy!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Saturday, 22 October 2011 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
I have a pair of princesse tam tam pyjamas that are indestructible, which bodes well for a bra.
― ljubljana, Saturday, 22 October 2011 04:06 (twelve years ago) link
I went to one of those stores that look at you topless and then tell you your size. It was totally different than what two people at Macy's who measured me told me. Then they made me try on about 30 bras. The ones I bought were drastically different than anything I had bought before from Target or VS. The bands are super stiff and heavy, so the support is awesome.
― Yerac, Saturday, 22 October 2011 13:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.nataliedee.com/101911/fucking-bra-racket.jpg
― WE DO NOT HAVE "SECRET" "MEETINGS." I DO NOT HAVE A SECOND (Laurel), Monday, 24 October 2011 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
YES.
― how do i shot slime mould voltron form (a passing spacecadet), Monday, 24 October 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
Very OTM. And fuck the "just hand wash it" brigade. How about they make a bra that can take a machine washing instead of me having to do laundry like my goddamn great grandmother?
― They're coming to get you, (Jenny), Monday, 24 October 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
JENNY I TRIED TO SEND YOU A CARTOON TODAY BUT YOU LEFT THE INTERNET
― WE DO NOT HAVE "SECRET" "MEETINGS." I DO NOT HAVE A SECOND (Laurel), Monday, 24 October 2011 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
Where did that thread where you asked about buying a suit go?
― WE DO NOT HAVE "SECRET" "MEETINGS." I DO NOT HAVE A SECOND (Laurel), Monday, 24 October 2011 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
Good grief, it took me about 20 minutes to figure out you were talking about Facebook. I was like "Left the internet? Why didn't she just send it to me and I could look at it again when I was back online?"
Isn't the suit stuff in the No Boys Allowed thread?
BTW wore the zebra print jacket/black wool pencil skirt ensemble to another job interview today.
― They're coming to get you, (Jenny), Monday, 24 October 2011 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
One day me and that jacket are going to walk into an interview and the interviewer is going to be like "I NEED THE WOMAN WHO WEARS THIS JACKET TO WORK HERE AND ALSO I WILL PAY HER A LOT OF MONEY."
Sarahel the bras I like from target are made by vanity fair, I think. They are great but I am a B cup - I don't know how they would work for the larger bobbed ladies.
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 01:20 (twelve years ago) link
I just had a Transforming Bra Experience that has shifted my entire Boob Identity.
Fed up with the escaping left nipple, tonight I went into Nordstrom and requested a proper bra fitting. A no-nonsense, knows-her-shit bra lady came into a large dressing room with me, had me take off my shirt, and immediately said: "Wacoal iBra, totally wrong size."
Already I am impressed that she identified the make and model with no cues. The size is a 34C.
Knows-her-shit bra lady then proceeds to measure my rib cage sizes up my boobs.
She disappears onto the showroom floor and returns within a minute with eight or so bras (Natoris and Wacoals) that she helps me in to. All but two fit me really well and are decent looking to boot.
The size of these wonder bras?
32DDD. That's right, down a band size and up four cup sizes.
I purchased four new 32DDD bras, two nude and two black. As knows-her-shit bra lady wrapped them up (dispensing intersting info like how best to wash, which hooks to start on, the importance of rotating, all this shit I had never heard before), she made me promise that I would immediately dispose of all of my 34Cs.
And thus I subscribe to a New Bra Paradigm in 2012.
― quincie, Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
dang
― just1n3, Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
This makes me feel like I don't know anything anymore. I mean, I've been living with these boobs for a long time. How could I not realize I was way off base on their casings?
― quincie, Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
That's astonishing.
― It means why you gotta be a montague? (Laurel), Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
I need to do this but I'm afraid they'll tell me the size I'm wearing is too big and I need to go down.
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
I think one thing that had me so out of whack is that I grew up hearing/thinking that double Ds were "big boobies." Big meaning bigger than mine. Now I think it is finally dawning on me that when I think of big boobies (I have a couple of close friends who are WAY bigger than me), they aren't double Ds--they are like Fs. Knows-her-shit bra lady said Norstrom carries up through Ks!
― quincie, Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:35 (twelve years ago) link
LOL. Yeah see in my mind double d's are basically huge knockers. Maybe I'm wrong! Anyway I am glad you've found good bras. I literally only have one I like right now. I need to find a good knows-her-shit bra lady and get some new ones.
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:37 (twelve years ago) link
what is the difference between adding letters (dddddd) and going up a letter (to single e or whatever)?
are the sizes at all consistent across brands?
― mookieproof, Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
x-post - TBH I didn't even know bras came in Ks!
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:39 (twelve years ago) link
Come to DC, we will buy all the awesome bras!
My boobs definitely don't qualify as huge knockers--I kinda want all of the ladies of ILX to see my boobs in the raw, in the old 34C, and in the new 32DDD. It is a revelation!
I am so, so, so much more comfortable in this new bra. What have I been doing with my life etc. etc.
― quincie, Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:40 (twelve years ago) link
Bra lady said that depending on the brand, a DDD may translate as an E or an F. Which then makes a K entirely possible for truly huge knockered ladies.
― quincie, Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:41 (twelve years ago) link
I was gonna ask - the smaller band doesn't feel uncomfortably tight?
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
I sort of hate bras in general though so I dread being told I need to go down a band size and then being uncomfortable. If I can get away without wearing one (like under a sweater) then I go without. I hate them that much.
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:43 (twelve years ago) link
It doesn't feel uncomfortably tight, but it does feel like it is the weight-bearing part of the bra--with my old (larger-banded) bras, if felt like the shoulders were doing more support. This smaller band also actually stays straight around my chest and doesn't ride up like the larger band. I think it was the ride-up of the larger band that allowed the smaller cups to hold my boobs, but in such a way that nipple escape happened.
xpost
― quincie, Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
I kinda feel like I have found a new calling.
― quincie, Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
lol
Interesting! I have the band riding up problem. It sucks.
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:46 (twelve years ago) link
Spent all day dragging the straps back onto my shoulders and hooking the back down to do some supporting instead of crawling up to my neck under my clothes. HELLLLLP MEEEEEE
― It means why you gotta be a montague? (Laurel), Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:47 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, it might be worth a shot going down a band size? I was forever fiddling with the strap adjustment, thinking that if I kept lenghthening the straps, it would help with the ride-up. . . but no dice.
xpost to E. Laurel, that sucks!
― quincie, Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:49 (twelve years ago) link
Hahah that bra is terrible, I'd throw it out but it's my last one in black. Time to drag my boobs to Macy's and do some shopping.
― It means why you gotta be a montague? (Laurel), Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
This.
― tokyo rosemary, Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
I don't understand why that would matter if the bra fit.
― It means why you gotta be a montague? (Laurel), Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:52 (twelve years ago) link