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Barmymoo:
To compress the C cups, I'm assuming.

lepetitfromage:

--- Quote from: Linds on 25 Sep 2012, 07:10 ---Victoria's Secret doesn't carry my bra size in their stores. Just online. So eff them! I go to Cacique, which actually has a decent selection and has quality bras. Also they usually have a lot of sales revolving around getting one half-off or free.

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It depends for me....I hate buying them online because I never know if they'll fit but I buy online occasionally because all the cute bras in store are all B cups. But then I feel like their sizing is inconsistent. I've found well fitting bras in any combination of D/DD, 36-38. (Not just in VS actually....when I get desperate for a new one and I have no cash, I head to Target of Kmart and have the same problems.) I've come across some 36D bras that are bigger than a 38DD in another brand. The last time I went bra shopping I was out for an hour and a half and left empty handed. Everything either doesn't fit well, is ugly or is just....way too much bra. I'll find ones that stick out of my top but yet still don't cover the sideboob spillage.

Anyone know a good place that does fittings? I thought about getting one at VS but a friend of mine went for one and was told that her 36Bs were 34Ds.

Lines:
I know Cacique does and they hit the nail on the head for me. (38DD and I'd been buying 40D beforehand. It was a magical experience, finding a comfortable bra that FIT.) I've had them at department stores before, too, and I guess they were correct, but that was a loooong time ago when I didn't really know how a bra was supposed to fit. I would recommend getting fit at a place that you would trust the employees to know what they're doing or get fittings at a few places and see what the consensus seems to be.

nekowafer:
Style seems to have a huge impact on sizing. A 40C in a balconette style fits way different from a 40C in a t-shirt bra style. And I'd still say to go to VS for a fitting. Ask for the measurements they took, along with the size they say you are, and go home and look it up online. That will tell you if they got it right. But also know that sometimes you can fudge the sizing. For example, I am supposed to wear a 42B. This is difficult to find. So, I can usually make a 40C work, which is super comfortable and actually makes me look like I have boobs. If I wanted something a little looser I could do a 44A, but of course that is even more difficult to find.

In other words, you can go down a band size and up a cup size, or up a band size and down a cup size. Of course how well it fits all depends on the cut and style and their sizing and blah blah blah. This is why I found one style that fits me and bought a million of them.

Barmymoo:
I've never bought any bra without being properly fitted for it, and I don't believe I've ever bought two the same size on different occasions.

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