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Acceptance Garments / Re: I tried a smaller cup size

« Last post by WPW717 on Today at 01:49:16 PM »

Gino, I am moving to central Tennessee this summer from the Intermountain PNW. 

How much rethinking is needed here on the climate and bra/fabric combinations?

I have grown slowly this past 8 months to almost an inch in the bust. 

I was contemplating getting a few new replacements but now I hesitate due to the heat and humidity I will be moving to. Suggestions, as I run hot and have hot flashes.

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Acceptance Garments / Re: I tried a smaller cup size

« Last post by Parity on Today at 09:39:13 AM »

I have also found you must try them on.  The same manufacture, same cup size only in a different style, and the fit will be totally different.  
As it's been said, when buying new the cup size worn is only the starting point.  

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Acceptance Garments / Re: I tried a smaller cup size

« Last post by Justagirl💃 on Today at 08:10:07 AM »

I recently dropped from a 46 band to a 44 band but my cup size is still an F. That means with sister sizing I have dropped one cup size. I'm wearing a 44 F at the moment and it's a perfect fit. But I have noticed even with the same brand certain styles of bras fit different and I might have some extra room in certain styles.

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Acceptance Garments / Re: I tried a smaller cup size

« Last post by Johndoe1 on Today at 07:58:48 AM »

I wouldn't get too hung up about bra size as they vary so much between brands and styles.  My drawer contains bras in the following sizes. 34B, 34C, 34D, 36A and 36B.  All of these fit.. My average size would be 34C. My larger cup sizes are usually demi cup or balconette styles.

I've made quite the same experience. My bra sizes are 38C, 40A, 40B and 40C. All fit. Some manufacturers make large A cups which resemble a C cup in other bras.

That's not uncommon. I have D DD and F cup bras. That's why fitters will tell you, it's not the number and letter that matters, it's the fit and function and comfort that matter. You could have two bras that fit perfectly be two completely different labeled sizes. That's one of the big reasons 80% of all women wear the wrong size bra.They buy off of number and letter and not actual fit. My fitter friend has told me stories of women who would come in complaining about their bras, find they were wearing the wrong size, be fitted with the right size and say, "I am not that big" and buy the old size. It's a thing.

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Acceptance Garments / Re: I tried a smaller cup size

« Last post by gotgyne on Today at 05:05:31 AM »

I wouldn't get too hung up about bra size as they vary so much between brands and styles.  My drawer contains bras in the following sizes. 34B, 34C, 34D, 36A and 36B.  All of these fit.. My average size would be 34C. My larger cup sizes are usually demi cup or balconette styles.

I've made quite the same experience. My bra sizes are 38C, 40A, 40B and 40C. All fit. Some manufacturers make large A cups which resemble a C cup in other bras.

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Acceptance Garments / Re: I tried a smaller cup size

« Last post by Sophie on Yesterday at 09:33:17 AM »

Even from my very first bra fitting, I have heard the same thing. I was 16 years old, the fitter came to the changing room after measuring me and brought back 3 bras. Two of which were 34C and the other was a 34D. I said something like wow!, a 34D?. She said that it is not the size that is important, it's the fit. I've heard that several times at bra fittings since then over the years. 

♥️Sophie♥️

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Acceptance Garments / Re: I tried a smaller cup size

« Last post by AlfaQ on Yesterday at 08:36:54 AM »

I wouldn't get too hung up about bra size as they vary so much between brands and styles.  My drawer contains bras in the following sizes. 34B, 34C, 34D, 36A and 36B.  All of these fit.. My average size would be 34C. My larger cup sizes are usually demi cup or balconette styles. 

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Photos / Re: What I'm Wearing Today

« Last post by Justagirl💃 on Yesterday at 07:37:19 AM »

Tight fitting tee sure makes a difference! 🤭

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Acceptance Garments / Re: I tried a smaller cup size

« Last post by Zaphod B on Yesterday at 12:12:43 AM »

I'm between and an A and B. I do think the smaller cup looks better. But it is difficult to find an unlined cup. I'm always on the lookout for one. But most bras in the smaller cup sizes are lined with foam. It's a no go for me. The padding feels nice, and even looks nice, but I don't want to go out in public looking bigger than I am.

Try a Bali 6543 Lace Desire.  Soft cup with no foam.  Molded cups don't work for me, I don't fill the upper part of the cup.  I am a 42B but I can get away with wearing my wife's 42Cs.  Once you get past 40, it is hard to find a B cup.  Kind of girly but it fits.

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Photos / Re: What I'm Wearing Today

« Last post by WPW717 on January 18, 2025, 07:30:03 PM »

Rats, the tank top from Duluth with the built in bra order was canceled… out of stock; and it was on sale too.

The braless tank I ordered is here & I like the ‘ hug ‘ it gives over the bra. It seems to dampen movement too. I like it!