How does anyone find a bra that fits them? I just can't seem to find one.
A few months ago I begrudginly went to Lane Bryant (I need a large band and a large cup) finally resigned to the fact that I might have to buy expensive bras to find ones that fit. I picked the one that seemed to be best (which was one band size and one cup larger than what I had been wearing) and then after wearing the bras a few days I started being bothered by the underwires. They kept poking my underarms. I guess that means the bra is too big?
But at the same time, I can never find a bra in which the front part in between the cups lies flat against my chest and this one is no exception; I always have cleavage which is pushing that part of the bra out. Doesn't that mean that the bra is too small?
How can a bra be too small and too big?
After I couldn't stand those bras anymore and was ticked that I'd spent so much money on them, I went back to buying cheap ones at Kmart. The largest these bras come is one band size and one cup size too small. They definitely don't fit well--the underwire pokes into my breast because the cup isn't large enough and there's the whole cleavage pushing out the front--but they were tolerable for awhile too. Now I'm fed up with those too.
I was thinking of going to Lane Bryant again, and GF and I just took measurements thinking that would be helpful. Well it's anything but helpful! I found two different methods of calculating band/cup size. According to the 1st method you measure around the ribs under the breasts and add 5 to that number; the result is your band size. You then measure around the fullest part of your chest and take that number minus the band size. If you get a 1 you're an A, 2 for B, 3 for C, etc. Well according to this method of measuring I should be wearing a C up in a band size about 3-4 sizes larger than what I usually wear. There is no way in h*ll that I could get into a C cup, even accounting for the fact that as band sizes go up cups get a bit bigger. (According to this measurement GF's band size is about 6 sizes larger than what she wears and she would be an A or less, when really she's definitely in at least the B range.
According to the other method of measuring (I saw this specifically about plus size women) everything is the same except you don't add 5 to the rib cage measurement to get the band size; whatever the measurement is around the ribs under the breast, that is your band size. According to this method I am almost exactly the size of the original Lane Bryant bra I mentioned. But that bra doesn't fit
It's both too big and too small! (On this measurement GF is a D or more!)
So what gives? How is a woman (especially one with big ****s) supposed to find a bra that actually fits? Anybody have any tips?
