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Bras
This section has been deprecated in favour of future developments over on Larger Implants Info.
Finding/buying bigger bras
These sites will directly or indirectly help you to find a larger cup size bra.
- http://www.britishlacebras.com USA specialist in small band sizes 28-38 and large cup sizes DD to K in British bras. Excellent at fitting by email if sizing form is filled out correctly. Sells on her Ebay store. Will exchange until fit is right.
- www.zenaswimwear.com - Swimwear, of course. 14)
- www.enell.com - Custom sports bras. 15)
Measuring
Fitting
Sizing
Making
Post-op bras/garments
Worth noting
- Large cup bras up to a JJ and some even in a K cup are readily available from a USA online retailer that will take the time to size and fit you personally at http://www.britishlace.com
- In general, finding an online bra/bathing suit site which caters to the larger cup sizes is more common in the UK, which means having to deal with extra shipping and customs tariffs if you live outside of the UK.
- Fantasie bras (in particular their Belle 6001 style) seems to be a consistent winner.
- AOE bras seems to be another winner. If anyone can confirm/refute this, please drop me a note.
- Lady Cameo appears to be a solid choice as well.
- Bravissimo appears to have incorrect bra sizing (ie, smaller than advertised) as well.
- Sheer Fantasy has had some positive comments.
- The “shelf” style bra is way, way more supportive & comfortable than any underwire or pseudo-underwire bra.
- derf79 indicated efforts/interest in redesigning the bra. No word on progress to date, but his contact info is in the link, if you'd like to help out.
- The Bioform Bra deserves an honourable mention, although no word on whether this is available in the larger cup sizes.
- Per Suzanne (wife of Dr Baeke): “Also girls with implants v. naturally large breasts differ in how the breast fits in the cup of the bra. It all has to do with the shape of the breast. Natural breasts tend to not be as full and “hang” at the larger sizes. Implants will generally be more rounded on the sides and top. But how much breast tissue the girl starts with has an impact on the overall shape as well. Depending on how deep or shallow the cup of the bra has an effect on how the breast fits into it. This is by no means an “always” fact but after sizing as many girls with implants as I have and natural breasts there are bras that fit one type better than another. Chantelle and LeMystere fit breasts with implants better than Eveden. Again, not always an absolute.”
- Once a woman gets past a DD or so, the choices in bra styles drop off drastically. Once she gets past H or so, the choices in bras of that size drop off even more. Once she's past J or JJ, the bra choices are less than 3. Large size push up bras simply don't exist for a couple of reasons: 1) Very few women with H cup or bigger sized natural breasts want to emphasize them; most try their darndest to hide them; 2) Natural breasts that big generally won't stay in a push up bra; the push up bra pushes the breasts up & in. If you push an H cup breast up & in, its tends to go up, in & then out over the top with not a lot of help. If you do that with a K cup breast, it simply flows out of the cup as soon as she moves. It's not a question of style, but a question of physics. Breasts that big are generally soft & pillowy. They are gonna take the path of least resistance. Implanted breasts that big can get away with exposing more without fear of falling out simply because the implant has a kind of built in “bra” in the lining of the implant. Not so with natural breasts.
See also
- Thirty-two D -- Tiny Girls ~ Big Boobs blog - Pleasant/helpful discussion, as well as occasional links to bra sites
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Formerly www.plussizebras.org. Thought to be defunct, it seems all they did was shift from .org to .info. If you think all bra sizes are created equal, think again and visit this site. An excellent reference.
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A handy page of bra sizes, and the girls that would wear that particular size.
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Similar to the above, with more of an international perspective.
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This is the US site. For international orders, go to the UK site: www.figleaves.com/uk/. Figleaves have larger sizes not listed on their website.
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eBay in general is a great place to shop for large size bras. Just put in your size, for example a 36H bra, and it pulls up a bunch of auctions. You can get some gorgeous bras on there in huge sizes and for amazing deals on eBay.
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There are many online retailers which deal in large sizes. They each have their pros and cons, such as the brands/sizes carried, or how crappy their sizing chart is. Figleaves.com, for example, is under the mistaken impression that US bra makers use the UK lots-of-double-letters system (which also skips cup sizes I and II). This is untrue. US makers will sometimes use some odd scales, but none in my experience matches the UK standard. Some British sites will only have a chart which goes up to FF, even though they sell sizes up to the mighty JJ. Or they will fail to make it clear that K and L cup bras they carry are American, and thus not actually larger than a JJ. Silly stuff like that. The Big Bra Shop (www.thebigbrashop.com) is just such a British site. Their claim to fame, however, is that they carry bras up to an incredible 46JJ, while the largest seen elsewhere is 40JJ– and even that's hard to find.
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Traditional Lingerie is a UK site with a poor user interface, but a decent UK size guide and selection. Finding what you're looking for is only easy, if you already know what you want. They do sell a large number of brands, including Silhouette (up to 40JJ, not that the site search will find that size for you). Prices aren't bad.
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Snares of Venus is American, and makes custom bras from measurements. Quite a few measurements, in fact. Apparently they did one for Keisha Evans; here is how that worked out for her. Keisha also references Sheer Fantasy.
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Formerly Sheer Fantasy.
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Gallery Serpentine does corsets, and was recommended by a couple of Australian ladies, on a busty support forum somewhere. It seems they had good luck with the 'Edwardian' and 'Victorian' overbust corsets, using them for daily support.
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Suzanne is no longer in the larger cup size bras/lingerie business. She has, however, passed the torch on to Claire de Lune.
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Ann's Brashop - expecting to have a newer/bigger web site sometime in late November, 2006
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all brands, very big choice, check out the cool Panache Push Ups Up to GG Size
14)
You can order swimwear in any custom bra size.
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Apparently pricey, but worth it.
