20-02-2014, 02:39
Like I said, your comfort is the most important thing.
Your band shouldn't be uncomfortably tight, but it should be tight enough to stay in place and provide your bust with support. For example, does your band ride up in the back after you've been wearing the bra for a while? Are you able to pull the band out very far from your back? These are signs that the band is too loose. It's probably not something that bothers you, but for busty women, it means the straps are providing a lot of the support which is bad and can cause pain. Also, it'll help strapless bras stay in place better.
When in comes to the cups, all the usual things apply: avoid gapping, quad-boob, wrinkles. You should also look to see if your underwire is wide enough. It shouldn't be sitting on your breast tissue either on the sides or between your breasts. Your center gore should lie flat against your sternum instead of being held away from your chest by your breasts. Since you have wide-set breasts, you'll have to look for bras with a wide center gore. Certain bra styles will also work better for you depending on whether you have shallow breasts, full on bottom, full on top, etc.
A lot of women wear bras that are too small in the cup and too large in the band, in part because of the faulty measuring system and in part because there's this myth that A cups are small and D cups are huge. The bra might appear to fit because the band is not sitting directly under the base of the breast. The problem is that migration will occur if the cups are too small and there's not much point to wearing a bra as a supportive undergarment if the band is too big. The bra might also appear to fit because all the breast tissue is not properly in the cups. That's why it's important to swoop and scoop when you put a bra on.
There's a lot to consider, but you don't necessarily have to get it perfect (though it's nice when bras fit perfectly!). This is all to help you find the most comfortable and flattering bra possible.
Your band shouldn't be uncomfortably tight, but it should be tight enough to stay in place and provide your bust with support. For example, does your band ride up in the back after you've been wearing the bra for a while? Are you able to pull the band out very far from your back? These are signs that the band is too loose. It's probably not something that bothers you, but for busty women, it means the straps are providing a lot of the support which is bad and can cause pain. Also, it'll help strapless bras stay in place better.
When in comes to the cups, all the usual things apply: avoid gapping, quad-boob, wrinkles. You should also look to see if your underwire is wide enough. It shouldn't be sitting on your breast tissue either on the sides or between your breasts. Your center gore should lie flat against your sternum instead of being held away from your chest by your breasts. Since you have wide-set breasts, you'll have to look for bras with a wide center gore. Certain bra styles will also work better for you depending on whether you have shallow breasts, full on bottom, full on top, etc.
A lot of women wear bras that are too small in the cup and too large in the band, in part because of the faulty measuring system and in part because there's this myth that A cups are small and D cups are huge. The bra might appear to fit because the band is not sitting directly under the base of the breast. The problem is that migration will occur if the cups are too small and there's not much point to wearing a bra as a supportive undergarment if the band is too big. The bra might also appear to fit because all the breast tissue is not properly in the cups. That's why it's important to swoop and scoop when you put a bra on.
There's a lot to consider, but you don't necessarily have to get it perfect (though it's nice when bras fit perfectly!). This is all to help you find the most comfortable and flattering bra possible.