For those in need of upgrades for good price.

[JJ_Gyne]

Victoria's Secret is having a member sale. 23rd - 28th
"Members: Buy 2, Get 2 FREE Everything. Log in to your VS and PINK Rewards account to redeem. Excludes select styles and clearance."
4 for the price of 2 if you have coupons can really get a whole new drawer of upgrades for very cheap.

Wife and I fust got 4 new selections for the cost of 1 because we also had some coupons. $15 off a $50, and another $10 off of any purchase.
Hard to pass on a deal like that.

[jan1north]

While somewhat annoying (there’s usually several a day), I now get email sales ads from VS, Soma, Jockey and Torrid.  It pays watching for bra sales particularly when 50% off or more happens!  I’ve also had successful finds on Macy’s sales racks where 40% off Wacoal is not unusual.

[Busty]

Contrary to what many women say, bra shopping can be fun 

[Johndoe1]

If you go in knowing it's going to take time to do it right and most bras won't work for various reasons, and understand why somethings work and some don't, and get to understand your body and your needs. Find a shop and fitter you trust and don't be afraid to explain to her what you need and want from your bra. I came to realize side support is a must for me. Telling my fitter that opened up a new set of bras that addressed an issue I have and made life better in the process concerning my bosom. Communication is the key and then let the fitter work. Don't be afraid to say yes to the bra. Remember they don't design bras with men in mind so just go with the flow and you can get some comfortable, supportive bras. And that's the bottom line. And that's part of the fun!

[Busty]

If you go in knowing it's going to take time to do it right and most bras won't work for various reasons, and understand why somethings work and some don't, and get to understand your body and your needs. Find a shop and fitter you trust and don't be afraid to explain to her what you need and want from your bra. I came to realize side support is a must for me. Telling my fitter that opened up a new set of bras that addressed an issue I have and made life better in the process concerning my bosom. Communication is the key and then let the fitter work. Don't be afraid to say yes to the bra. Remember they don't design bras with men in mind so just go with the flow and you can get some comfortable, supportive bras. And that's the bottom line. And that's part of the fun!

Absolutely correct!

More than once, I have been asked at the start what I’m looking for in a bra.  If I don’t know the fitter, I will typically say I need support. I agree they don’t make bras with men in mind, but it becomes readily apparent that I need to be in a bra as much as any woman does. 

[AlfaQ]

In my experience the fitters sometimes make assumptions that I  am trans and want a padded push up bra to maximise my assets. So yes it's important to tell them what you are after.  Some also  can't be bothered to fit you properly and think you will accept anything but fortunately I now know how a bra should fit me. 

[WPW717]

JD one I get you…
I have graduated to a big girl bra, underwire, and with side support.
I have a large east west problem coupled with a very large base. I don’t think I will ever have cleavage. I have found a white bra that works well. This icombo of East west and large base coupled with the underwire gives me minimal projection at the 44 C/D size. It makes the stealth mode much easier to achieve. It has taken me a long time to find a bra that works. It also pleases me to hear that Macy’s carries Wacoal  and sometimes has them on sale, I am  not able to afford a lot right now of the bras of the underwire nature, they tend to be expensive. 
I do have a question, it concerns the underwire on deep inspiration it clicks. Palpating the wire it felt initially like it has two parallel wires or later I felt it was , a cross-sectional kind of figure of eight wire. I will not cut into this bra to find out. Does anybody have any clues as to wire shape? It probably will affect my future shopping with knowledge of this sort. 

[blad]

I found it liberating to go into the lingerie department with the confidence to say I am shopping for a bra for myself to support my male breast development, (they may not necessarily be familiar with the term gynecomastia). I have had positive and helpful engagement once they know I am looking for functional support.

This has been way better than my early years of skulking around trying to avoid the sales associates. When you are looking with an associate by your side then other customers are also more relaxed about your presence. 

And of course this opens up the opportunity to try bras on before making a decision. 

If I am repurchasing the same bra later then of course I can grab what I want off the rack or on line then.

[Johndoe1]

JD one I get you…
I have graduated to a big girl bra, underwire, and with side support.
I have a large east west problem coupled with a very large base. I don’t think I will ever have cleavage.

I too have an east/west problem too. And being DD/DDD with a large base, I find the engineered bras work better for me, but they are more expensive. But at this point, a bra has become a must for me so I go with it and carefully look for deals and sales.

[Busty]

I found it liberating to go into the lingerie department with the confidence to say I am shopping for a bra for myself to support my male breast development, (they may not necessarily be familiar with the term gynecomastia). I have had positive and helpful engagement once they know I am looking for functional support.

This has been way better than my early years of skulking around trying to avoid the sales associates. When you are looking with an associate by your side then other customers are also more relaxed about your presence.

And of course this opens up the opportunity to try bras on before making a decision.

If I am repurchasing the same bra later then of course I can grab what I want off the rack or on line then.

I completely agree.  I remember my first times bra shopping.

My breasts had gotten big where I knew I needed to start wearing a bra. 

The constant jiggling was uncomfortable. My nipples would get chapped from rubbing on the inside of my tops as I constantly jiggled. I was getting neck and back pain from  the unsupported weight on my chest.  My shoulders were even sore sometime, when I would hunch to camouflage, unsuccessfully I might add, that I had womanly breasts.

Plus, the continual movement on my chest looked provocative and drew unwanted attention.

Even so, my first times I was very nervous and would try to sneak in unnoticed to the lingerie department and examine bras, hoping the sales associate would not see or come to help.

When I finally screwed up the courage and openly came in to buy  myself a bra, instead of wearing a top I thought might camouflage, I wore one where you could clearly see the size and shape of my breasts as they jiggled away while I was walking in , and I was obviously nipping out.

The store was just opening, and I was the only customer. There were two sales associates at the register. I saw them watching  me as I walked towards them.  They both had that quiet, little smile I had come to recognize in other women when they observed my womanly breasts. It was a little unsettling to have my breasts openly appraised, but I also assumed it was a professional appraisal, and in a certain and somewhat surprising way, made me feel slightly more at ease.


With as much confidence as I could muster, shoulders back, chest out, not slouching, I walked up to the sales associates.  With each step, I could feel the gentle bounce and jiggle of my breasts, making me aware of their fullness, and I could tell that my nipples were saluted. Instead of being embarrassed by it, it actually gave me some comfort that I truly belonged here, shopping  for a bra.  And, maybe it was all in my head, but I felt their smiles had conveyed that they also believed I belonged in a bra. 

I told them I had gynecomastia, and my breasts had gotten to the point where I believed I needed to start wearing a bra. 

Their smiles got big. One Sales associate said she had noticed me walking in.  Although it was an open ended statement, I felt  she was implying that her observation of me walking in led her to agree I needed to start wearing a bra. The second sales associate confirmed my hunch when she said,, and maybe some nipple petals, too, for when you go braless like now.

I realized I had been accepted and that my worries had been for nothing.

[Johndoe1]

First time is always the hardest. We have been brought up that bras and breasts are sole domain of women. But our chests say something completely different. And fitters with any length of time have served their share of men. Those needing a bra for what it's made for and men who like female undergarments. As much as we might believe we are the first, reality is we are one of many and good fitters know when it's time for support, male or female. And the good ones wouldn't treat you any different than a female customer. If they do, take your business elsewhere. They're there to serve you, not the other way around.