Boobs, I mean, Bras, and the eternal frustration

intentionally chose photo without human to illustrate the utilitarian nature of this fine undergarment

My next boobs/bra frontier: "sports" bra.

(I don't play sports, but could use something extra supportive for outdoorsy stuff like gardening, hiking, biking, etc.)

I have a couple of leads from sporty friends (albeit not ones with DDDs) and will report back on my findings!

quincie, you might want to check out Title Nine. They've got a great selection. The one called something like "our lace bra" is my go-to.

Today, my (newish) bra is doing that squeaky thing in the underwire and it is driving me nuts!
That is all.

Any tips on how to pick out a sports bra?

Sort of. I guess the first question to ask is how much support do you want. Like, are you just looking for something you can move in comfortably, like for yoga, or do you need to keep your boobs immobile for high impact sports? Also, your cup size is key, too.

Do you give a shit about "uniboob"? How do you feel about underwire?

I just want something I can run (literally) around in, don't really care about looking HOTTT while doing it. So "immobilizing" is what I'm looking for, I guess. Cup size DD.

I don't think I've bought a sports bra since I was in eighth grade and hadn't even developed breasts yet.

http://www.herroom.com/sports,support-c-,bras,50,912,001,25.html

I used to have an Enell bra and nothing, I mean nothing, moved while wearing that. I loved it. Goddess and Anita are pretty reliable, quality bras for big boobs.

http://www.herroom.com/glamorise-1006-seamless-soft-cup-sports-bra.shtml

I've had my eye on this one, too.

you know that wireless/paddingless bra i mentioned upthread? i went back to buy a couple more because i was wearing that one every day and it was only like $11. i was trying to find my size and this older lady came up to the rack and said "is good?" and i said "yes, no wires, very comfortable, natural, pretty enough, and inexpensive" and she was like "yes, yes, glad i saw you! thank you!" and she bought one too.

Yea, you are as a prophet in the wilderness.

It's a minefield of discomfort out there.

Title Nine catalogue mysteriously appeared in the mail. Tempted.

Bra talk from a knitting designer.

Getting rid of some old bras today.

I made a beeline for M&S this week. Waited an hour for my fitting - the previous lady nearly had the fitter in tears because she tried on EVERYTHING and nothing fit her and the few that did, she didn't like... er anyway I am now a D, apparently, which is the most insane thing ever. Even tried a 30 DD. I really need to chuck out my old A's...

Thanks to Title IX and their awesome LIVE CHAT WITH BRA EXPERT feature, I scored a great (though pricey) sports bra that I am really happy with! Tried to google stalk the same bra at lower price, only to learn OH NOES SHIT IS DISCONTINUED so I loaded up on three more at pricey point. I think I will be happy I did this, because the sports bra search was huge fucking pain in the ass.

Oh and xpost to kinder, the whole "your boobs are a bigger cup size and your rib cage is a smaller band size" thing seems to be evidence of some huge boob conspiracy that I want very much to expose!

Oh, it has to be. I just don't get it. I still contend that there's no way I have D size boobs even though that's what these tags say. That said, a couple of the ones I got a few months back are getting a little loose in the cups because I am slowly losing some weight and it always (rather unfairly might I add) goes from my tits first.

lol "huge boob conspiracy"

I did very careful measurements and by any knowlegable standard (see the "thin and curvy" blog) I truly am three cup sizes bigger and a band size smaller than I had been wearing.

You know when public schools (private too I hope) do the whole learning about menstruation thing? This is exactly the point at which HERE'S HOW BRAS SHOULD FIT should be part of the curriculum!

x-post LOL rrobyn, totally unintended!

If I went down a band size, I don't think I would be able to breathe.

Going down a band size made me so much more comfortable--no more "riding up," and my shoulder straps don't slip off like they used to (and I have fairly square shoulders to begin with).

Yeah I got one a while ago that felt tight when I put it on but 5 secs later I don't feel it, and there's no more shifting around.

still hangin tough with my training bra over here

you have inspired me, ll.

it's really really comfortable! i have three now. no wires, no padding, just the little support i need. it almost feels like a rebellious act considering how many bras make everyone's boobs look like identical hostess dingdongs.

sorry, snoballs
http://bestuff.com/images/images_of_stuff/210x600/hostess-snoballs-25189.jpg?1173378961

hahahaa i hope i never live in a world where dingdong boobs somehow become a trend

http://www.metafilter.com/116513/finding-the-right-bra-size-and-best-fit

If you're spilling you need a bigger cup. If the cup is baggy, you need a smaller one.

I have both :(

I have been reading a lot of bra blogs recently. They are all pretty literate and awesome! Really into boobs these days. Like, Mr. Quincie has been on a "we should get an old porche" kick (note: this is not going to happen why b/c $$$, duh). And I down with that fantasy, but only if it is one of the years where the porches were really, really curvy, with big boob headlights.

quincie, I was going to say that if I had off on one of the days you are in NY, we could go yarn shopping, but maybe we should go bra shopping!

Been bra shopping today, nearly brought me to tears of frustration - plain black tshirt bras almost impossible to find in my (obviously very common) size unless it,s in one of m&s's many many two-packs with a white one >:-(

you are searching for the dream bra and you must therefore embody the dreamer on this quest

it will happen; just believe!

I believe

I bought some new ones today. I went down a band size. But some of the Ds and DDs made me look flat chested! Not cool.

Not bras, underpants (is there an underpants thread?) but:

I wish any underwear company would sell packs of cotton underpants in all black or all beige. Like ten to a pack. None of this "one black pair, and two other pairs with stupid bows and shit on them." Just a pack of black and a pack of beige. That's all I want. (And make a a pack of brown, too, since "beige" is not a neutral color on everybody.) I would be lifetime loyal to that brand.

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2nd'ed

Marks and Spencer. Get yourselves to London.

(mail order also available but shipping...)

Yeah, M&S do all-black or all-white five-packs which are fairly cheap (in the UK!) but still reasonable quality. They do have an annoying habit of bringing out multicoloured packs of underpants or socks which I buy one of and then think "I like these, I'll buy more" only to find they've been discontinued. But that is the way of underwear.

I finally got measured (also in M&S - I mentioned my fear of the lingerie dept staff at my town's other department store) and it went p. well considering, but also it turned out the size I'd arrived at by guesswork and lots of trying on was more or less right and they're still not quite comfortable.

Also what is with buying the exact same bra in two colours and finding they aren't the same fit? Like, I bought the white/beige bra set which was suggested when I got measured, but they didn't have a black one in, so I went back a week later and tried the exact same one in black and had to go up a cup size and it still seems smaller. And I have a green Debenham's one which fits great, and I found an identical black one in the same size lurking in the back of my underwear drawer and was all like "oh wow, why haven't I been wearing this?" and an hour later I knew the answer was because the underwire spears my armpit every time I move. Grr.

I bought a strapless bra yesterday and I'm wearing today even though my top isn't strapless and OMG REVELATION: NO STRAPS TO FALL DOWN, EVER.

I might wear one of these every single day of my LYFE.

It's this one.

and it's staying up and not doing any weird fold-under stuff??