Category: bra fitting
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Are You Overfitting Your Wires? A look at breast root anatomy
Bra making has taken a very modular turn in the past few years: to make a well fitting bra, you must: Take a root trace (while leaning forwards) Match this to a wire chart and order some similar wires Make a fitting band to fit your wire and band Add the cups and fit those…
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5 Red and Green Flags when going for a bra fitting
Having been a bra fitter and having been to many different bra fittings, I’ve both experienced a relatively full gamut of how bra fitters can treat people and what they’re doing behind the curtain. However I also recognise that as a thin, white, young, visibly able cis woman it’s essentially impossible for me to be…
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You’re probably not Omega, just Projected – here’s the difference, and how it affects bra patterns
In the online bra making community omega is a popular term, and many people (esp. in larger cup sizes) consider themselves to have an omega breast shape. Omega is a term that popular instructor Beverly Johnson claims to have coined, and she explains what she means by it in this post. Her definition (and conceptualisation)…
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The Surprisingly Common Phenomenon of Sizing Up for Depth
Back when I was 14 and just learning about how bras should really fit, I measured myself at home by /r/ABraThatFits‘ guide at a 26FF, then was fitted by a friendly in-store fitter into a 28G/26GG . I remember thinking during the fitting that the Cleo Maddie fit very well, and left the store happy…
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“You’ll have to come and get fitted instore” – or do we just not know how to talk about bras?
If you’ve ever looked up bra fitting information online, you’ll be presented with a page of google results by lingerie companies and retailers, most of which give you the same (basic) advice: “if your band rides up, it’s too large!” “the gore should tack” “if the cups are visibly too small, they’re too small” “if…
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Rib Cages and Bra Fitting – a Masterpost
I’ve realised that while there are titbits (pun intended) of information about how rib Cages can affect bra fit floating around, it’s never been collated into one easy to access article. So I’ve tried to do that: most of the information in this post is credited to other hardworking bloggers, please check out the credits…
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The Outwards Scoop
We all know that it’s important to scoop all tissue from the outside of the bra *into* the cups, as well as positioning the wires correctly, but recently I have been thinking about an extension of the manoeuvre: The Outwards Scoop You may be thinking that this is just a way to make a too small…
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Bra Shopping in Melbourne – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
A quick lowdown of three places to buy bras in Melbourne – if you’re one of the two thirds of people who don’t fit in the sizes most bra shops sell, or you just want somewhere to give you a good fitting, this is the post to read. Apologies for the lack of photos of…
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Bra Science: How Band Size Changes with Cup Size – Freya
Welcome to part two of my series on how band lengths are not always equal between cup sizes. Last time we had Cleo by Panache, now we’re testing Freya’s band lengths. I collected Bratabase data on the stretched and unstretched band lengths in a couple of band sizes of Freya bras – the ones with…
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How to Take the Best Bra Fit Pictures (& Imgur Privacy Guide)
Note: This blog post has images with text on them, so I’ve uploaded a text-only version here that should be compatible with text to speech readers. Angles Make sure you’re taking these pictures with neutral posture, as that’s how fit is judged! If there is a difference in fit on each breast, be sure to…
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Hi, can you tell me what's that pretty green bra? Thanks in advance.
Here is a thought I would be interested in exploring: How would the opposite affect wire spring? (meaning if the…