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Posted by Kitty In Somerset, PA on March 24, 2006, 12:03 am
hey all, I have a couple questions. and problems I want to run by
anyone with an opinion.
Last summer I found out that I would rather wear a cotton corset than a
poly bra at least in the summer, since it was a LOT cooler to wear.
second, I am troubled by the lack of support in a lot of bras, (don't
wear underwires cause the poke and still don't seem to fit or support.
third I have such a narrow chest that the straps on the bra I am
wearing seem to fall off onto my arms, (which might be why the
underwires don't offer any support, they just poke outward from my
chest toward any person coming toward me. LOL
SOOOO I am wondering if anyone could suggest to me if there are bras
out there for a narrow chest. and would they be available in cotton,
and would anyone be able to tell me why an undwire, which I understand
is supposed to lay on the chest would want to poke out forward instead.
AND if these questions are unanswerable in this forum, who would I go
to for a bra that fits me and does a proper job. or should I be making
myself a couple more victorian corsets. and if so how do you clean
them?
a LOT of questions for one message, I know. maybe I should have asked
them in several different messages. LOL
Kitty in SW PA
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Posted by Sara on March 24, 2006, 12:19 am
basyefelton@floodcity.net says...
> second, I am troubled by the lack of support in a lot of bras, (don't
> wear underwires cause the poke and still don't seem to fit or support.
This is a fit issue. The wire should lay flat against your body.
> the straps on the bra I am wearing seem to fall off onto my arms,
> (which might be why the underwires don't offer any support, they
> just poke outward from my chest toward any person coming toward me.
Also a fit issue. The support comes from the underwires and band, if
present. All the shoulder straps should do is hold the bra in place.
> SOOOO I am wondering if anyone could suggest to me if there are bras
> out there for a narrow chest.
Yes, but they're hard to find mass market and they're generally not
cheap. Check figleaves.com, bravissimo.com, barenecessities.com, and
frish.com.
> and would anyone be able to tell me why an undwire, which I understand
> is supposed to lay on the chest would want to poke out forward instead.
Because the cup size is too small.
> AND if these questions are unanswerable in this forum, who would I go
> to for a bra that fits me and does a proper job.
An old-fashioned bra store. Look in your local yellow pages for
lingerie or for mastectomy supplies.
Nordstrom's bra department usually has okay fitters too but they
wouldn't be my first choice.
-Sara, once again delurking and letting the real sewers answer the
sewing stuff
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Posted by wurstergirl on March 24, 2006, 1:13 am
Oh my goodness Kitty. There are so many people who feel for your
predicament. Clearly you have not been properly fitted for a good bra.
My biggest concern is that those underwires are doing craaaazy things
on you. I had a related problem with the proportions of my rib cage
width and depth in relation to underwire bra sizes. Suffice it to say
that regardless of measurements, I determined my bra size by putting on
lots of bras and ignoring whether or not the band fit. I had to take
the fitters recommendations as a starting point and keep going until I
was comfortable. Lo and behold, I now buy my bras a band size bigger
because the cups and wires fit great, and then shorten the bands at the
back.
Finding an underwire cup that contains your breast tissue with the
underwire flush against your skin is the first priority. From your
description of having a narrow front, your band measurement may not fit
into current templates for proportions. For example, the wires and
cups of a 36B might fit your chest perfectly, but you might need an
extra 4 inches in the band to be able to fasten it. That's okay! Bra
back extenders are available at many fabric stores, and moving the
straps in back is trivial, for you or a seamstress to do. This will
probably address the problem of straps slipping off, too.
I hope I'm not rushing to conclusions here. But girl, let's get you a
better fitting bra!
Pora
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Posted by HC on March 24, 2006, 1:13 am
G'day Kitty
If you click on the recommended url in the other post you will find lots
of information to read about fit, fabrics, elastics,etc etc. I just
tried to read it but the floral background is so hard to read, but it
seems like the info is good, specially this page.
http://www.bramakers.com/bms_classnotes.html#Dyeing
I noticed there is a question link, so you might like to pose the
questions there, athough I feel Sara has given good info.
Bronwyn ;-)
Kitty In Somerset, PA wrote:
> hey all, I have a couple questions. and problems I want to run by
> anyone with an opinion.
>
> Last summer I found out that I would rather wear a cotton corset than a
> poly bra at least in the summer, since it was a LOT cooler to wear.
>
> second, I am troubled by the lack of support in a lot of bras, (don't
> wear underwires cause the poke and still don't seem to fit or support.
>
> third I have such a narrow chest that the straps on the bra I am
> wearing seem to fall off onto my arms, (which might be why the
> underwires don't offer any support, they just poke outward from my
> chest toward any person coming toward me. LOL
>
> SOOOO I am wondering if anyone could suggest to me if there are bras
> out there for a narrow chest. and would they be available in cotton,
> and would anyone be able to tell me why an undwire, which I understand
> is supposed to lay on the chest would want to poke out forward instead.
>
>
> AND if these questions are unanswerable in this forum, who would I go
> to for a bra that fits me and does a proper job. or should I be making
> myself a couple more victorian corsets. and if so how do you clean
> them?
>
> a LOT of questions for one message, I know. maybe I should have asked
> them in several different messages. LOL
>
> Kitty in SW PA
>
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Posted by Karen Maslowski on March 24, 2006, 8:23 am
Just a hint on reading pages like this with busy backgrounds. Sometimes
you can "select all" and then use the "Copy" choice in Edit, but in this
case that does not work. You can simply run your mouse over the text so
that it is highlighted, though; this does work on this site, and makes
it a lot easier to read.
Many website makers can't resist the temptation to make their sites so
busy.
Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati
www.sewstorm.com (Yes, one of my pages IS too busy! That will be fixed
very soon!)
HC wrote:
> G'day Kitty
>
> If you click on the recommended url in the other post you will find lots
> of information to read about fit, fabrics, elastics,etc etc. I just
> tried to read it but the floral background is so hard to read, but it
> seems like the info is good, specially this page.
>
> http://www.bramakers.com/bms_classnotes.html#Dyeing
>
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