Thursday, 20 August 2009
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Your bra might be making your breasts even smaller
"Wow, I didn't know I could have a bust like this !" was what I said when I put on my first right sized bra. I went from 75C to 65DD (photos here you pervs !) and suddenly I couldn't stop admiring my bust in the mirror !
Do you feel that your breasts are small ? Do you feel comfortable only in pushups and padded models ?
Well, I have news for you. Your bra may be making your breasts much smaller than they are.Take a look at this photo. Do you think her breasts are very small ?
This explains it a bit better. The cup is not going all the way round her breast, it cuts of 1/3rd off, and squashes the rest. The lady in pink, on the other hand, is wearing a size that brings out the breast best:
Another example:
Nobody likes living in cramped conditions, so soon the breast tissue decides to move out.It may migrate to the underarm area:Or even onto your back:
To find out if your cups are too small, do this test:
- Bend forward at the waist.
- Using your hands, gather in all the tissue from your armpits and back into the bra cup.
- Stand up.
Eeeks, I did that and I had "quadruple breasts" !
If in this test you see your breasts spilling out of the cup, it's time to get not only a bigger cup, but a smaller band. Check out these amazing photos of transformations: 70A->65D, 75B to 65F.
The snugger band gives much better support, and helps to keep the breasts higher.
Remember that cup size is always relative to band size. The sizes 80A, 75B, 70C and 65DD can all hold the same breast size !
When you decrease band size and increase cup size, the cup depth stays the same. However the underwire is wider, and it encircles all of the breast instead of flattening it.
Do this right now:
- Learn all about the Bra Matrix
- Measure yourself
- Always gather in your breast tissue, like you did in the test. More details *here*.
- Fall in love with your boobs again !
PS yes, I know that you would not call all of these women small-busted, but these are the best photos that I could find that illustrate what I want to explain. If you are still not satisfied, get me better ones !You might also want to read:* Does this bra fit ? How can I tell ?
* Table Of Tight And Loose Bra Bands
* The tricks we use to pretend that a bra fits
* Even Rihanna gets it wrong
* Bra Matrix Central * - Bend forward at the waist.
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Comments (15)
Thanks !
to my friends. I'm a bit nervous, but their breasts are really calling out for a rescue !
I am preparing some materials to give my first ever real life bra lecture
I love the pictorials and your zest for this topic. Thank you for the great service you provide!
I see riding up bands everywhere now. I feel like I should have a business card with your blog on it to hand out to them.
I went from a 70C to a 60E overnight because of your information. Because of some migration, I now seem to be in between an E and an F. (The cups in the E's don't seem quite wide enough now.) However, for some reason I missed the pics you put in this post previously. Hopefully by bringing the excess in from the back, I'll be able to land in a whole cup size.
@ina60eorf - Lol, I've though of doing that myself, I wonder if it would scare people. This urge gets worse when I see girls eyeing bras in H&M, and in my head I scream noooooo ! lol !
If you'd like to spread the word, you can participate in breaking the Bra Matrix !
Oh yes, you can expect the tissue to go back where it's supposed to be pretty soon.
I'm not sure but I might have added some of the pics later, sometimes it's hard to find a good example at the moment. Would you believe that some of the "wrong" pics come from bra advertisements ?
@eternalvoyageur - The wrong pics are the worst in my opinion. They leave so many women feeling inadequate if they aren't as exposed and pumped up as in the ads or if you're bigger, that you're supposed to be that exposed.
The right size bra seemed huge on me at first. There appeared to be so much more fabric with all of me being covered. But I don't feel like anything is on display or going to fall out when I bend over anymore. I feel so much more secure and confident in flimsier tops with a right fitting bra.
And, while I don't have cards printed (yet), I have sent the URL to your blog to many friends.
@ina60eorf - Do you notice that many of the women in bra ads have been Photoshopped to hide the "armpit buns" ? So it appears at first glance that a bra fits them, but when you look closer you can tell that it doesn't. And big brands such as Victoria's Secret are guilty of that. So how can the average women have any idea what a well-fitted bra looks like ?
Yes, often when girls get their first bra in the right size, they wonder what they are going to put inside those cups... but after gathering the breast into the cup, suddenly you realise that you had more boobs than you thought you did...
I agree that Victoria's Secret is a big offender of perpetrating bad advertising ... as is La Senza. I personally think most of their models have been "duct taped" into the bras to produce more cleavage along with photoshopping. They also make their legs much longer and thinner than I expect they really are.
With all of Oprah's interventions, a lot of the bra manufacturer's are asking in advertising - are you in the right size? But then they measure wrong and/or have a small selection of sizes available. I try all the bra manufacturer calculators now. One of them put me in a 32A. Yes I'm in the right size now but no thanks to them!
So bless you for taking the time to educate those of us who are waking up from the evil marketer's spell. :)
The only redeeming thing about La Senza is that have actually tight bands, that means that you can actually buy a 70 band size for a 70cm ribcage.
I was thinking to start sending e-mail to bra manufacturers, asking them why don't they produce a bigger range of sizes... maybe that might make them realise that clients aren't satsfied with the way things are.
I've seen a lot of bra fitters with bands riding up... how can they fit anyone else if their own bra doesn't fit ? And hardly none has the courage to say: your size is X, unfortunately we don't have it, but you can buy it from brand Y.
@eternalvoyageur - I did send an email to La Senza actually. U.K. carries down to 65 (30) while in Canada they only carry down to 70 (32). I could alter or maybe even wear a 65 but I can stick my head in between my band and back when pulled away with a 70. So I emailed asking them why a Canadian company offers a better variety of sizes in another country. They bascially said the market was different. I replied by saying they should survey both their customers and employees as one of their employees in Canada told me that many of her customers should be in a 30. She doesn't provide the feedback to Head Office as she feels it falls on deaf ears. They never got back to me.
The other feedback I provided them was their bra fitting service is terrible. They wanted to put me in a 32B and said that it should fit on the middle hook to start - not the largest. I received nothing about that complaint. Just a basic thanks for your email.
I don't think enough people complain for them to consider a change, unfortunately.
@ina60eorf - It's really cool that you complained to La Senza, and it inspires me to write some complaints too... In Poland (where this whole bra revolution is pretty big) the women managed to get the attention of the media, others visit local bra stores and ask for sizes like 65G and explain that this size does exist, and one or two of them started their own bra stores... small changes, but shows that something can be done.
Thanks for posting this--Yeah, I've experienced this. With my old kiddie bras, I look like the woman in the red-orange bra. With my old kiddie bras, they cut my breasts off part of the way, and one of them even gave me the quadriboob effect when I gathered all my breast tissue in. Even one of my altered 32A bras, while not giving me the quadriboob effect, is still cutting a part of my breast off, I suspect, because the underwires are too narrow... Heck, by looking at my breasts in the mirror, and comparing the underwire, the underwire looked narrower...I think another rule of thumb is: if the underwire looks narrower than your breast, you probably shouldn't get the bra. I even used an eyeliner pencil to trace the bottom of my breasts lol.
@ ina60eorf: I agree. I wish I can get some of my friends, and we can start making a change together...but it sounds daunting.
I think my dad said something like, "It doesn't have to be an exact fit." I think that he thinks I'm too picky about this stuff and that we shouldn't waste too much time; well yeah, with bras it pays to be picky! It's one of those things that has to fit exactly--it can mean the difference between comfort and discomfort.
A lot of women spend more time on making sure their outer clothing looks good because that's what people will see, while "underwear is underneath; no one will see it!" They think, "Why spend all that time and energy on underwear?" Heck, some women spend more time on designer handbags and jewelry and the like.
My mom thinks that I think and talk about this too much.
You may be on to something with the eyeliner ! I´m also thinking of bending a wire or an old underwire to match the shape of the perfect underwire, and compare that with other bras.
And when it comes to bras, it´s the same as shoes: you do need the perfect fit otherwise you can´t be comfortable. And underwear is very visible on the outside, I can often tell people are wearing the wrong size when I see them clothed. Armpit rolls, nipple point lower than midway between shoulder and elbow, and unflattering line... not even the best dress in the world can hide all that !@eternalvoyageur - Indeed. And of course, men may not understand the problem women have with bras.
Yes, I see women wearing the wrong bra size all the time. In addition to what you've mentioned, there's also wrinkly cups, which also show through clothes. There is a difference between something that "sort of fits" and what perfectly fits. If your panties were too tight or worse, too baggy, they would surely show through your pants.
It does seem that for those of us with smaller breasts, wearing the wrong size doesn't show through clothes as much, but it makes a big difference in comfort. Underwires that pinch and poke have been an issue for me.
Oh yes, wrinkly cups look bad ! And there are also bands that peek out above tank tops and say hello to the world. Wrong-sizes (or wrong fitting) shoes and panties are very difficult to keep on wearing since the level of discomfort is very hight. However panties don´t actually change the shape of your bum, while a bra can change the size, shape and firmness of the breasts. I think that if all women wore well fitted bras, there would be way fewer boob-surgeries !
I guess I haven’t read such unique material anywhere else online.
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