Human nature is arranged in such a way that many people are not completely satisfied with their appearance. Nature has made us completely different - tall and not very tall, with magnificent forms or small breasts. But all the girls are united by one single desire - to look stylish and unique. To look stylish and appropriate in any situation, we have collected tips for you on how to choose the right clothes if you have big breasts.
Worthy Choice
There is no doubt that big breasts are a virtue. She attracts endless glances from men and the indignation of the female half of humanity. However, not all girls are pleased with such attention. If you emphasize everything on your figure at the same time with the help of clothes, then you will look like Kim Kardashian. It is unlikely that you will be able to be taken seriously in this form at business negotiations, at a matinee with a child or at an interview.
Kim Kardashian Feature of the figure
Those who have breasts no larger than 3 sizes cannot understand why busty girls choose their outfits so carefully. Firstly, large breasts add visual volume. With an illiterate choice of clothes, a slender girl runs the risk of looking visually full and five years older than her age. You need to be especially careful with a small growth, since you need to try to look slim without putting on a heel. In fact, everything is quite easy if you follow simple rules.
Prints and stripes
You need to be very careful when choosing a print. Since catchy and voluminous prints are very striking. Avoid unnecessary details - ruffles, frills. If you choose a dress with a print, it should be as concise as possible. V-neckline is best in this case. Please note that floral prints look infantile. Avoid wide stripes, both vertical and horizontal. Vertical stripes are strongly refracted due to natural lines, strongly focusing attention on the chest. But just a small horizontal strip is what you need.
On the smell
A wrap dress or blouse made of luxurious fabric is a worthy choice. Suitable for any occasion. Choose a fabric without a pattern, but you can add details to the look: a belt or one long piece of jewelry: earrings or a pendant.
Jacket
It would seem that the jacket perfect solution. But he also has his own characteristics. If you are wearing a jacket, then either button it completely or leave it completely open. If you decide on a one-button jacket, never button it at all! So you do not lengthen the silhouette, but, on the contrary, cut it off.
Under the jacket, it is desirable to wear something plain. If you wear a sleeveless jacket, then make sure that your arms do not look full. Otherwise, you will have too much extra volume in the upper body.
Shirts and shirt dresses are just perfect for you. Since the shirt can be worn unbuttoned over a casual outfit of jeans and a T-shirt. Buttoned up to the top, it will also look appropriate.
Laconic clothes in a men's style with a straight cut will bring the right balance to the image.
Setting the right accents
Another rather tricky trick: move the accents to another zone. Monochromatic top, but bright bottom.
Or a strong emphasis on the waist. As in this set of skirt and crop top.
Lush forms are what many girls dream of. Some of them buy push-up bras, while others go to drastic measures, choosing a new silicone size for themselves. An amazing thing: those whom nature has awarded are not always happy with such a gift. There are women who complain of back pain, they say that it is uncomfortable to sleep, that it is difficult to choose clothes. Of course, for each type of figure there are certain nuances - everyone has different prints and styles. Let's try to figure out how not to turn beautiful virtues into a disadvantage.
Choosing a bra
The first thing to note: do not skimp on underwear, approach the choice responsibly. There is a special slimming underwear. We all know about special shorts and belts. But there are bras with the same purpose, which visually reduce the chest by 1-2 sizes. They are called minimizers.
It goes without saying that the bra should be the right size. Rounded cups with bones and wide tight straps are welcome.
Bra, MAIDENFORM 2 440 rub.
Bra, MAIDENFORM 2 620 rub.
Bra, Vero Moda Intimates RUB 1,075
Bra, Vis-a-vis 520 rub.
Bra, Milavitsa 770 rub.
Bra, Marc&Andre 2 080 rub.
Cut it out right
There are a fairly large number of types of cutout. And not all are suitable for owners of a large bust.
Let's say "YES" to the V-shaped and slit-like neckline, triangles and squares, "boat", contrasting collar.
A firm “NO” to a “droplet”, too deep neckline, collar, neckline.
Round necklines are also suitable for you, but only with draping on knitwear. The main rule is that the bust should not “fall out” of the neckline. Let everything be in its place.
Avoid all sorts of flounces and ruffles - they will make the figure heavier. Concerning sleeves- raglan will emphasize the shoulders, distract from the chest. The reverse effect will produce a model with puffed sleeves. The length of the sleeves is also important: they should not end at chest level. Either higher or lower.
Blouse, MEXX 2 599 rub.
Blouse, Kira Plastinina 1 999 rub.
Blouse, Mango 1 999 rub.
Size matters
One of the biggest mistakes is buying clothes that are not your size. Girls with a non-standard figure have to go to all sorts of tricks. There is a blouse or jumper that fits in the chest, but the clothes hang in other places. What to do? Have to stitch. Look for options, but in any case, do not buy tops and any other wardrobe items that press and stretch excessively on the chest. It looks ridiculous.
When buying a shirt, make sure that there is a button in the most protruding place so that the fabric, stretching, does not reveal anything superfluous to the views of others.
Shirt, Levi's® 2 500 rub.
Blouse, Mango 2 499 rub.
Blouse, Finn Flare 2 299 rub.
This is especially important when choosing outerwear. Looking after a coat, pay attention to the most concise models.
Coat, BSB 5 450 rub.
Coat 7 650 rub.
Coat, Klimini 8 400 rub.
simple truths
The wrong opinion is to choose a solid dark-colored closed clothes. That is, a tight black turtleneck - bad choice. You better stop by printed top, which will defuse the monotony of the image. Taboo - lace and mesh tops. Also, do not overdo it with the transparency of the fabric.
Blouse, Mango 999 rub.
Top, Mango 1 299 rub.
Top, Mango 1 299 rub.
Among sweaters, not your option - models that add volume. For example, with "braids" or overly fluffy.
When choosing dresses, pay attention to such a style as a sheath. Another great solution - wrap dress. Will look good shirt dresses. And models with a high waist, too short tight dresses and A-silhouette are best avoided.
Dress, Remix 3 610 rub.
Dress 3 240 rub.
How to dress a thin girl who has large breasts and the top sometimes differs from the bottom by several sizes? The first thing I want to say is that big breasts are hard physically. Therefore, it is very important to pay attention to the selection of the right underwear. This is the most important thing to start reviewing your wardrobe.
The straps should be wide - the bra should be a support, not a torment. In addition, if the fit of the bra is too low, then this visually makes the young lady more massive. The second problem: often women with large breasts slouch. A stooped back leads to the fact that the stomach “leaves” forward. Complete with large breasts, it creates the impression excess weight and unnecessary volumes.
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Imagine that you straightened your posture and picked up the right underwear. It came down to clothing. The easiest way to balance large breasts is to “mask” them with layers. A common option is a top and a cardigan. The top can be completely deaf or with a small neckline. The cardigan is worn open.
Keep in mind: the cardigan option doesn't work if your top's neckline is too big. On the contrary, it draws even more attention to the décolleté area.
In general, if you have large breasts, you should give up long chains and beads that will “lie” on it. All jewelry should be above the level of the chest, and even better if it is bright earrings that attract attention.
It is also not very good if very bright contrasting colors are used.
Often women try to hide large breasts by masking them with baggy clothes. But then you can simply turn into a shapeless cabinet, because both the waist and the outline of the figure in general disappear. A good way out for thin girls with large breasts is dresses with wraparound draperies. In them, an impressive bust looks neater, and the waist is emphasized.
It is even better if such a wrap dress is made of printed fabric.
The drapery option works not only with the dress. For example, knitted tops can also be draped. But here you need to look very carefully at the quality of knitwear, the color and the silhouette that you end up with.
The option with a straight dress that hides all the curves of the figure can only be considered if you yourself are very thin and you have thin (if not dry) legs and arms. In general, Rudkovskaya is an interesting example for such thin girls who have big breasts. She has good looks.
A well-tailored jacket looks good on a large chest. Indeed, it is very difficult to find one. Sew, I think, too. The right jacket is one that does not create additional volume in the chest area.
But a properly fitted white shirt (and not only white) is much easier. The main thing is that, on the one hand, it should sit tight enough, but at the same time not create excessive “tightness”.
Well, if gaps are visible in the placket, everything seems to diverge, the buttons are “stretched” - this means that the shirt is small for you and you don’t need to wear it.
What else? Avoid excessive "smartness" of blouses and shirts, as well as additional volume. The impression of a massive top is not what you need.
You should be careful with sleeveless clothing, especially knitwear. The chest will “pull” everything, and the blouse or top will turn almost into a wrestling T-shirt. And if you consider that with large breasts, the arms are often slightly plump even for fairly thin ladies ... In general, sleeveless clothes can be worn if they are well-fitting and cover the shoulder and armpit area.
Another one important detail: too short sleeve draws attention just to the widest point of the chest.
What else is bad? Just a T-shirt or T-shirt. More precisely, it may look good, for example, at a party of porn industry workers. Here, of course, almost caricature examples. But believe me, often even a smaller size is perceived that way.
We, women, are so arranged that we always indulge in self-reflection about our appearance. The thin dream to get better. Chubby - lose weight. Curly people diligently pull out curls, and those with straight hair twist them on curlers. put silicone pads into the bra. The owners of magnificent forms have their own problems. Actually, today on the site Stylish Thing we will talk about the difficulties and sufferings of those women whom Nature has awarded with large breasts. We will learn to pick dresses for big breasts so as to present this generous gift of fate in the most favorable light.
It would seem, what should these lucky women complain about? However, they also have a reason for the torment. Most often, women with forms are concerned about the following:
1.Usually lush breasts are accompanied by general fullness. Or, even if the young lady is slender, visually makes the upper body heavier.
2.Large breasts, as a rule, fall and hang down under their own weight, but you want them to stick out elastically.
3.Due to the large chest, the waist line is somewhat lost.
4.There are purely technical problems: it is hard to run, swim, there is excessive sweating under the chest, it is difficult to keep the correct posture, etc.
However all these little inconveniences can be easily corrected with the help of clothing.
So, what can you advise to those who were lucky enough to be born with a 4th or more breast size:
— Your motto should be - "From the neckline through life ! Don't hide beauty from the public eye. Dresses with a V-neck will look especially piquant. However, in this case, the main thing is not to cross the line between playfulness and vulgarity. Don't go overboard with depth.
-If there is no desire to emphasize the chest, but you want to visually reduce it, you can choose sleeveless scoop neck dress. It will be especially successful with a lace or guipure insert on the chest.
- - still the same win-win option. It will also perfectly hide the overall fullness. Choose a model that does not fit, but fits the figure, with a length just below the knees.
— Perfect solution for your case - front zip dress. For example, a zipper or a long row of buttons.
— When choosing a color, remember: light tones visually make you fat, and dark ones make you slim. A good trick: if the upper half of the dress is darker than the bottom, this will, as it were, balance the visual disproportion of the figure.
- A wide skirt also visually evens out the massiveness of the top compared to the bottom.
- A wide horizontal strip under the bust looks good. And thin vertical stripes along the body, in addition to being slimmer, will also visually add height to you if you need it.
Photos are presented DDshop, a one-of-a-kind clothing brand that is tailor-made for girls with big bust.
- When choosing a fabric for your dress, pay attention to delicate, thin, flowing materials, or vice versa, to dense ones that hold their shape well. Avoid stretchy fabrics.
Now about what you absolutely should not do:
— No need to wear wide hoodies. This is a traditional mistake of all obese women. Thus, you will only emphasize your splendor instead of focusing on luxurious breasts.
— Do not choose models with a high wrap collar, or with a stand-up collar.
— Avoid any frills, frills, lace in the chest area, long scarves“You don’t need such ornaments, you have enough of your own.
— A dress with a yoke is not the best option for you, since it visually enlarges the chest, in addition, if you choose the wrong underwear or dress size, the chest runs the risk of periodically falling out of it.
-Don't wear flashy dresses- for large breasts, solid colors are better.
— In no case do not choose dresses with pockets on the chest.
- Another extreme that women with large breasts often go to is putting on underwear or clothes that are a size or two smaller, thereby hoping to pull off their lush roundness. This does not need to be done clearly.
Firstly, it is harmful and threatens in the future with diseases of the mammary gland. Beauty does not require such sacrifices. And secondly, speaking of beauty, this is a spectacle of dubious aesthetics: the chest looks flattened, and one gets the feeling that you are wearing things for your older sister, who is much smaller than you in size.
- Most likely, you are unlikely to be lucky enough to show off in clothes on a naked body. For obvious reasons, dresses with an open back are contraindicated for you. Humble yourself. And pay close attention to choosing a bra. Buy a model with wide straps so that it can hold all your wealth. The hardest part is choosing the right cup size. On the one hand, the chest should not dangle, i.e. they still have to cope with the support function. On the other hand, if a large breast is parallel to the ground, it will look unnatural and even funny. In addition, the breasts should not fall out of the cups.
- Jackets, sweaters, jackets, cardigans must be worn either fully buttoned or fully unbuttoned. Half measures are unacceptable in your case, because you will look like a cartoon general.
Stock up your wardrobe with white shirts. And learn how to fasten them with the right number of buttons - no more and no less.
- Wear clothes with shoulder pads - they keep the style better.
- Choose the shape of the sleeve, narrow at the wrist and expanding to the armpit, this way you visually reduce the size of the chest.
As you can see, for girls with large breasts, there are many options for dresses and many ways to maximize your femininity and attractiveness. Of course, it is possible to radically change the shape and size of the breast only through surgery. But we still hope that you are extremely far from thinking to go under the surgeon's knife and are immensely proud of the dignity that nature has awarded you.
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Our heroine Olga Lukinskaya recently detailed, why big breasts are a big problem, and how she decided to reduce them surgically. The material caused a great response from readers - many recognized themselves in it. It turned out that the problem of finding suitable underwear and clothes in one way or another concerns everyone whose breast size is slightly larger than the third. “With large breasts, the question“ like it or not ”is not raised at all, you buy what you fit into,” they noted in the comments. It would seem: there are more and more beautiful body-positive, plus-size and ordinary ones becoming heroes of the generation, and the search for a bra for large breasts is still a quest that takes a huge amount of time and effort. We asked seven girls from different cities who are familiar with this problem firsthand to tell how they cope with it.
Zlata Nikolaeva
communications specialist
at Qlean
At the age of 19, I lived with breasts of the first size, and it was wonderful. I could walk around in a T-shirt or T-shirt without a bra - it didn't look provocative and didn't create problems like harassment on the street. Shopping for underwear or, for example, swimwear, also did not constitute any problems. I remember these times with nostalgia for many years: first, my breasts grew to size B, then to C, and for the last couple of years I have been living in a size range between D and E.
I remember very well how the spring before last I realized that I had big breasts. I went to a store of a well-known brand, picked up a dozen bras of the usual size 85 C - and in the fitting room I didn’t fit into any of them: my chest fell out of the fabric, the straps painfully cut into the body, well, except that everything was fastened normally on the back. I couldn’t sin that I had grown fat dramatically - I just lost a lot of weight that spring, but I left the store in tears and curses. I came to another store, much more modest, complained to the saleswoman, imagine, they say, what kind of cattle your competitors are, they are small. “Choose bras, now we’ll pick everything up, don’t worry,” the saleswoman said. - This one, this one and that one? Size 85 C? Go to the dressing room, I'll bring it to you." Two of the three covers I chose fit perfectly, the tears dried up, I bought them, taking a dozen more panties, and left happy. And at home I found that the purchased bras of size D.
I was always (still in the "average" third size) surprised that with the "cult of big breasts" existing in society, it is quite difficult to find suitable underwear and clothes. I, with not yet the most outstanding sizes, rarely buy a bra because it just seems beautiful to me - I'm looking for something that fits and won't rub. Because people like me are sewn to “support”, and not to also be beautiful. By the way, I had more luck with sports underwear - maybe because in his case I don’t think about aesthetics at all and I can buy “to keep” in “Sportmaster” or in the clothing department of some supermarket. And sometimes I wear it not for sports - sports bras rub less often and are generally comfortable.
My case is a little simplified by the fact that I am generally curvy and plus size - Russian size 50–52. Here, by the way, there is also a huge contradiction: I do not find my size in most mass-market stores in Moscow. This is surprising: I am a normal, large, curvy girl, I go out into the street, go down to the subway and see a lot of women like me, and a lot of those who are bigger than me. But for hangers and counters in stores, we do not exist. On trips to Europe, I always note (gutting a credit card) that in the same stores the size range is much wider and there is more choice. Even if this is the Baltic States, where it’s quite a cult of harmony and women seem more slender than Muscovites.
So I just don't go to most stores, at all, what's the point of teasing? A huge rescue - Marks & Spencer, they sew very pretty things on large (and busty) ladies, not motorcycle covers. They also have spacious fitting rooms in which the air conditioner works normally. It seems to me that sixty percent of my wardrobe is from there, I buy simple linen there. I can find things in H&M, Zara, but in the men's section.
Online stores save a lot: Bonprix, Lamoda (it’s cool that Lamoda has the opportunity to try it on and immediately return it to the courier if something doesn’t fit). I recently discovered the ASOS Curve - I'm a retard - and I'm delighted with both the pieces and the way they fit. I will definitely try and buy underwear there.
Nailya Sinitsyna
founder of the photo agency Eight Agency
I have a size 8 chest. For a very long time, the search for clothes and underwear has been a problem for me. I've been dealing with this since my senior year. Forms began to develop rapidly, and I realized that I was different from most girls in my size. This embarrassed me, I began to stoop, wore only sports underwear and put on clothes in several layers to hide these forms. I grew - and forms grew too. At the institute, I was faced with the fact that the choice of underwear for me became very limited: it was very difficult to find something cute and comfortable.
The mass market does not sell such sizes, all sorts of stores like "Wild Orchid" and "Bustier" too - and here the Belarusian underwear Milavitsa came to the rescue. I was told about it by my mother, who also has a rather large breast size. This brand has been a lifesaver. Pretty cute, high quality and very affordable linen. I can’t say that there is a big choice for me, but at least there is one. I shop there every 2-3 months, because the linen wears out quickly. It is very important that the straps are thick and do not cut into the shoulders, the cups are only soft and rather closed, the bones are strong. Over time, I realized that I was less and less interested in the aesthetic appearance of underwear, it is much more important to be comfortable, since large breasts and uncomfortable underwear cause terrible discomfort. Big problem with swimwear. I probably had four of them in my entire life, and I kept each one like the apple of my eye. It’s almost impossible to find anything in Moscow, the last time I found something of my size in Spain in a Triumph store, I bought two at once. It is impossible to buy kits at all, because the top is always larger than the bottom.
Another problem is sports underwear. I do a lot of sports, and it is important for me to feel comfortable, otherwise the activity brings pain. Large-sized sports underwear is expensive, from 7 to 12 thousand rubles. The Panache brand was my favorite. My mother also told me about it. The most difficult thing was during pregnancy and feeding - the breasts became three sizes larger. I no longer fit in my regular underwear, and a friend told me about the Anita brand, only there I could find underwear in my size, and it was for feeding. The brand is quite expensive - the kit costs from 5 to 10 thousand rubles. I bought myself two and wore them throughout my pregnancy and lactation.
As for clothes, I am also very limited here, but there is still a choice. I already know the styles that suit me and know exactly what I need when I walk into the store. If I wear a wide top, then the bottom should be narrow, and vice versa. If I find the right top - which is the main problem - I often buy it in several versions. I usually buy clothes in the mass market. I really love Uniqlo. I mostly buy clothes in Russia, sometimes on trips and almost never in online stores, since I need to measure everything. I have never sewed to order, I don’t want to bother like that.
On the one hand, I am even glad that I am limited in my choice of clothes - this helps me not to make hysterical purchases and not clutter up the closet, but it still frustrates me that modern fashion is focused on small breasts and women with large forms somehow feel disadvantaged and limited. I even had an idea to create a basic wardrobe for girls with large breasts, maybe I will implement it someday.
Alina Vorzheva
segment producer of the Evening Urgant program
I have always had large breasts. At the age of 13, I already proudly possessed the second size, from the age of 20 I had a D - and I thought that it was not easy for me to buy clothes. Three years ago I got better, my breasts grew to E - and I realized how much I was mistaken. The world has truly turned upside down. I'm not a plus size yet, and the size L of almost all average brands has become small for me only because of my chest. In lingerie chain stores, where I found D with some difficulty, it turned out to be almost impossible to find E.
Among democratic lingerie brands, I have always loved Etam - as it turned out, they have size E in their basic collections, in the spring I even bought cheerful colored bras there, surprisingly well-fitting. With a little more effort, found a good bodice at Intimissimi. Also, with recent new clothes, I was helped a lot by consultants at Victoria's Secret, who are clearly well trained in choosing the right underwear. With an incredible variety of assortment, the percentage of what is suitable for large breasts is small, but you can find it.
I also ordered lingerie on the Internet more than once on my favorite ASOS - here it’s how lucky it depends on the brand, so far I haven’t found mine. But, at least on the Internet, they admit that there are beautiful lingerie larger than size D. ASOS itself recently launched the Fuller Bust collection - just for large breasts, but my experience with one order from this collection has so far been unsuccessful: despite the declared cup E, the bust was back to back with a friend in size D. Speaking of the brand - I also order most of the clothes there, focusing on more or less safe styles. Things directly from the ASOS brand came without surprises in the dimensional grid.
Almost all the clothes are still a little small in my chest. Once I had a seamstress with excellent taste and golden hands, whom I could completely trust, but she moved to live in another country, and I will not start looking for a new one. This, of course, is a lifesaver. It is clear that in order to sew everything individually, you will not save up money and time, especially since fabrics have become very expensive now, but some iconic things - a good coat, a suit jacket, a really comfortable beautiful daily dress or a dress for a special occasion - are worth spent funds.
I often get frustrated that I can't buy things that I like so much on a hanger or in a picture. Some girlish styles look pornographic (even if they don’t have cutouts), big breasts incredibly simplify things in vintage style and make them “rustic”, the neckline is almost never delicate, I won’t repeat about the impossibility of wearing clothes without underwear.
Asya Bobkova
freelance copywriter
The fact that going for new clothes and underwear is the most difficult quest, it became clear on the first or second course. At school, I went with the second or third size, and then the chest grew to the fourth or fifth, despite the fact that the hips remained narrow, the difference between the top and bottom of the size is four.
It is very difficult to find a long down jacket or dress - either it doesn’t fit on the chest, or you can shove a couple more asses in the hip area. Many dresses, shirts, blouses and tops simply do not have darts. Surprisingly, it seems that in the world there is a cult of breasts, but everything is sewn on some androgynous. Previously, knitwear and polyester helped out, but now I have recovered quite a lot, I have to wear spacious T-shirts and shirts and dresses a la hoodie.
I buy underwear from DIM and Golfstream. I used to love deep necklines, so I bought regular underwire bras in large sizes. Now the chest has become even larger, the deep cutouts look quite vulgar, and the bras do not last long on me - the straps quickly become unusable, even wide ones. It's time to give up the neckline and wear special bras for a large bust - with really wide straps, maximum support and a wide strip under the bust. Moreover, I want to buy a minimizing bra (Such a bra, due to a special design, visually reduces the size of the breast. - Approx. ed.) hopefully it will make choosing clothes easier.
I dress most often in second-hand shops, but sometimes I buy something in Promod, H&M and Stokmann. In general, I can’t single out certain brands - in my situation I have to buy what fits and does not disfigure the figure. I don’t order clothes on the Internet, again because of non-standard parameters. Sports were banned many years ago for medical reasons, so the question of sportswear and underwear passed me by.
Maria Tikhonova
editor
Maria Servetnik
student
From the age of five to nine, I was engaged in rhythmic gymnastics at the Palace of Pioneers. At the age of ten, it became completely clear that stick girls, as gymnasts seem to be, would not work out of me. At eleven I had breasts of the second size. Well, okay.
The mass market in Russia and, to a lesser extent, in the world, at the sight of people with a non-standard figure, metaphorically closes their eyes with their palms and shouts “I'm in the house!”. It doesn't matter what makes you different - petite girls in the comments will surely tell you how fun it is to try on XXS and understand that it is two sizes too big. I am on the other side of this spectrum. I can probably find a tight T-shirt in the nearest store, but the search for a bra looked like this for a long time: “Do you have a cup larger than D? Not? All the best". Repeat ten times. Cry.
Not only do I have large breasts, but also a narrow chest. Dimensional grids of brands that are responsible for plus size underwear in Russia usually start with a coverage of 85 centimeters. And I need 75, even 70 is better. In addition, almost no one explains to girls how to choose the right bra - the saleswoman can occasionally ask: “Well, how do you like it, does it not press?” - but that's about it. How a bra should actually sit is unknown. Some advice is passed from mouth to mouth, they say, if you jump in the fitting room ... Or if the bra does not creep up from behind ... No, wait, on the contrary, if it creeps!
In fact, the bra should not hold at all due to the straps, it should not crawl up either, and if you jump in it, then nothing needs to be corrected. How did I know? Thanks Reddit! About a year ago, I stumbled upon the ABraThatFits reddit and was surprised to learn that I have been wearing the wrong size bra all my life - however, like most girls. In Russia, not everyone knows how breast size is generally measured. For example, "four" - what is it anyway? Four what? Four apples? Four hours of searching for a sconce with nothing falling out of the cups? Girls most often think that A cup is "small breasts" and DD cup is "huge". ABraThatFits has a whole gallery of girls wearing D and DD cups, and not all of them look like Pamela Anderson.
I read the forum two days in a row and using a special calculator found out that I need to wear a 75J bra. J, you know! Just because of the narrow chest. Of course, there are no such sizes in Russia, and for a year now I have been ordering lingerie on the Internet - fortunately, I have almost never bought clothes in Russia for a long time. Just one more item in the package. I order bras - both regular and sports - on Amazon, beforehand every time I study ABraThatFits and the Bratabase review database for bras, because different models from different brands differ in the distance between the straps, cup width and much more.
Once, even before I met ABraThatFits, I went to Primark in London and almost burst into tears: a cheap clothing store in central London sold F-cup bras, but shops with five thousand panties in Moscow did not. This is very frustrating for me: specifically, I have the resources to select and order suitable bras, but how many people do not have them? How many people suffer, constantly adjusting uncomfortable bras, embarrassed that the cup presses on the chest, do not wear the clothes they want because of this?
Vilena Karjakina
journalist, teacher
It should be immediately indicated that I live in a colorful southern province - in Krasnodar, and before that - in very small towns. By the end of school, I had my current size 75 E. Having realized back in adolescence that my figure, frankly, is non-standard, at the age of fourteen I went to learn to sew. The classes gave an idea, first of all, about technological processes - without long conversations and theorizing, we sewed clothes. And of any complexity - so, it was in those distant times that I learned to sew summer dresses with a bustier top or a strap-loop that can be worn on a naked body.
The acquired skills, on the one hand, turned out to be extremely useful, on the other hand, they hopelessly spoiled me: looking at the prices of clothes in stores, even in the mass market, not to mention “high” brands, my reaction most often ranges from being surprised to throw up eyebrows to smile. Well, an ordinary two-seam trapeze skirt cannot cost three thousand rubles, or a simple dress made of nasty fabric - seven. I still sew clothes, albeit not in such quantities as in my youth. Although some rituals are unshakable: to sew, for example, an outfit for New Year is already a tradition. Therefore, I buy things mainly from the categories “sew more expensive” or “I definitely won’t sew this.”
There are no problems with buying knitwear, sweaters and jeans, especially since I am “normal” at the bottom. Krasnodar is a city of shopping and entertainment centers, the leader in terms of their number per capita in Russia. This makes the strategy for finding custom-sized shirts, jackets, dresses and underwear very clear: stay away from shopping centers. Small shops, inconspicuous signs, sleeping areas instead of the center - here are the treasures. Unfortunately, due to the rapid growth of the shopping and entertainment center, there are fewer "kids", but nonetheless. It is unlikely that the word “brands” is appropriate here - I pay attention to fabrics, style and tailoring, and I cut off any tags right away. I have zero brand dependence, I don’t worry at all about the absence of things with loud or popular labels in my wardrobe.
With lingerie, the story is special: one cannot but rejoice that now there are much more opportunities. Once upon a time there was only one Milavitsa - it was and is, I hope it will be - and three eternal colors (black, white, flesh). Now, in addition to it, there are other manufacturers, and again, owners of small shops that bring absolutely incomparable underwear of all colors and levels of support and elegance from the Baltic States, Italy, Poland, France - and at the price of linen, not a car or a Boeing. One day, going out of idle curiosity into a small room with a sign "Underwear" in the building tax office, I, not believing what was happening, tried on for an hour, as it seemed to me, a third of the assortment and, as a result, took away four sets of incredible beauty and unusual colors. The owner of the store responded so sincerely to my delight and surprise that she made a discount, handed me a mobile phone number, and after a while informed me about the store's move and a new address.
Swimwear and sports underwear have been a real problem for a long time. I remember that even at the university I had fun by going to the coolest shops and boutiques and confidently declaring: “Find a swimsuit for me and I will buy it. It doesn't matter how much it costs." Well, yes, it’s petty, of course, to treat naive sellers like that, who sincerely tried to find something for me, but I needed a swimsuit. I regularly won champagne from friends who did not believe that swimsuits at 75 E did not exist. Later, on a local forum, they told me the coordinates of a shop where they would definitely help me - and they really helped. Now the situation has improved so much that I bought my last swimsuit in one of the villages, almost a resort, completely without any difficulties and with the ability to choose from several models.
I usually buy sports underwear from Decathlon. Although the very first high-end support bras and bras were bought abroad, in the Nike brand store in Lille, France. In general, abroad, eyes opened wide - in any, even a chain lingerie store, you can find something. However, there are also a lot of opportunities with clothes - even in stores, even on street "collapses" there is something to profit from, from a tartan skirt for 1 euro to a summer cotton sundress, which the luxurious African queen from among the customers will closely examine and click with delight: " Tres belle couleur! I have not been to Asian countries, but in Europe, wherever you are, there is always plenty to choose from. Sometimes I think that the non-standard size and living in the Russian provinces save me from bankruptcy - I have a standard A or B, or I even live with non-standard E-F in Europe, I would definitely go broke buying clothes and underwear!
In general, I believed in the advantages of the era of consumption so much that recently I began to make purchases on the Internet - carefully and a little bit. By itself, this fact small step for all progressive mankind, but a huge step for me personally. Before, I never even considered the possibility of buying something without trying it on. However, I bought a couple of denim dresses at ASOS, moreover, from the usual line (on one I had to lay a couple of additional seams - it’s a matter of a couple of minutes, but the village looks like a glove), and simple pitted cotton bodices (for a “test” of online sizes) - on Bonprix, after idly scrolling through the catalog thrown into the mailbox.
Perhaps clothes and underwear remained the only problem for me personally - but now they have ceased to be such. My chest does not give me any physical or moral discomfort, the era of youthful complexes is over, and properly selected physical activity (in strict accordance with the doctor's prescriptions) brings only relief and joy. The path to agreement own body was long and difficult, but now, it seems, I am finally at the point of balance. I hope for a long time.
Photo: Nike Pro Bra, ASOS, Lane Bryant, Lonely Label, Curvy Kate
