Bra Shopping is my most beloved activity and I am on a mission to create a Dublin catalogue on them! I l love Dublin - it a beautiful, and handily one of the most compact cites in the world. You could walk from Ranelagh to Mary Street in an hour, easy. Most of these locations are really near each other and prices should always be compared. However, to my knowledge there is no real comprehensive list - with reviews and directions!
After giving a brief taster on the last two posts I have decided to go bra shopping so you don't have too! ... so get forwarding the funds to my PayPal Account!
I have catalogued them into North, Southside (i.e. which side of the river they are on - no this isn't a Southside prejudice to the Northside or whatever, it's for ease of cataloguing them... :) ) and Suburbs!
Note 1: I have yet to visit Peaches and Cream and Intimate Lingerie.
Note 2:
This list is not comprehensive (yet!) so expect updates!
Southside:
Bramora on Earlsfort Terrence - Review - Directions - Website
Peaches and Cream on South
Anne Street - Review - Directions - Website
Marks and Spencers on Grafton Street - Review - Directions - Website
TK Maxx in the Stephen's Green Shopping Centre - Review - Directions - Website
Intimate Lingerie on Tara Street - Review - Directions - Website
Northside:
Debenhams in the Ilac Centre, Henry Street - Review - Directions - Website
Marks and Spencers on Mary Street - Review - Directions - Website
Arnotts on Henry Street - Review - Directions - Website
Suburbs:
Cupcakes Lingerie on Main Street, Ranelagh, D6 - Review - Directions - Website
Debenhams in the Frascati Centre, Blackrock, County Dublin - Review - Directions - Website
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Saturday, 30 March 2013
The Lingerie Adventure - Southside Part 1: Grafton Street
(Note: I wrote this several months ago before starting this blog and yes, most of the facts seem the same from checking these shops recently too!)
Today I decided to go less personal than a boutique and check out TK MAXX and Marks and Spencers.
Vital Stats:
Name: TK Maxx, Stephen's Green Shopping Centre
Location: Stephen's Green Shopping Centre - in through the front doors, up the stairs and on the left wall. Go in until until you see that the shop is shaped like a T. Go right along the wall. The lingerie is about 2 shelves back.
Website: http://www.ilac.ie/stores/debenhams/
Sizes Available: They have a surprisingly good collection, in fact I'd call it my secret. However, caps at FF. No 28s, just 30s and a very small bra rack.
Brands I noted (note too that I have strong bias towards full-bust): Selections will vary. A lot. As TK MAXX sells whatever the designers offload on them, don't hold out for a style you like in your size, it is completely lucky dip. Freya, Fantastie, Wonderbra, Mimi Holiday, Damaris, Parfait.
Ordering Service: Nope. If it's not in your size, you're stuck.
Price: Well, here is always a 30FF bra in there, usually for a 1 euro! Less than a tenner. By far the cheapest.
Fitting Service: Non-existent.
Summary: Okay, the tiniest size range and the best price... You could spot me as the confused girl grabbing the biggest bras she can see! I think wearing the one euro bras it on the tightest setting can be justified when it's that cheap, eh? I saw Freya knickers in there today and a tiny bra, but sadly no 28GG/Hs marked down to a euro under the horrible old lady Triumph and gel padded numbers. I can live in hope! Also in the picture... that screen's long gone. Maybe I should take my own picture!
Name: Marks and Spencers, 15-20 Grafton Street.
Location: Just walk down Grafton St. It's unmissable!
Website: http://www.marksandspencer.ie/Grafton-St/STORE%2012%20Grafton%20St,en_IE,pg.html
Sizes Available: Meh... clearly stuck in the Plus 4 mentality. 28 bands have been phased out... 30A - 40G (They say GG, but they skip FF so ignore that. 30GGs are never there either. Urgh.)
Brands I noted (note too that I have strong bias towards full-bust): Their own brand selection.
Ordering Service: You can buy onlin with free in-store collection!
Price: Average. Between 20-30 - their sale rank has vanished recently though!
Fitting Service: The worst. AVOID. Keep your breasts away from them.
Summary: Utterly depressing people get fitted in there... *cough* me *cough* If you avoid all that their stuff isn't horrific. That said I loathe how they have such a large section of horrid minimiser style bras. Just stop.
As a bonus! (Aren't you so excited!)... I have decided to do a little review of Marks and Spencers!
As they have a full bust girl on their marketing campaign poster outside (Rosie Huntington-Whitley) and I have seen 28 backs in there in the past, I will be honest... I had to be a little optimistic.
I have to say I was surprised to see their Limited Collection (designed to fit into an extended outside of the ridiculous 34A - 36DD range people cram themselves into). I thought they had phased it out, as I was in their Blackrock Store. This time, however, they were without 28 backs. What a step back! But they do have a decent size range - 30-40 DD-GG (in reality to G as they don't stock FF).
I decided to try the largest size I could find that didn't have a band I could loop around me twice. So I decided on a 30G(FF) and a 32G(FF). I wasn't hopeful. I was hoping I'd find 28's marked down somewhere.
You may want to sit down for this bit.
Sitting comfortably?
It was a very pretty bra.
It was actually quite a (long list of adjectives here): a saucy, monochrome, leopard print, moulded plunge number. Admittedly, I'm not a fan of such bras but I have a friend who would die of happiness in such a sexy number, so I tried it on in spirit of her ways.
Well, she would have loved it. I don't do these bras because I'm not a cleavage or moulded girl and the fact they never fit me right, I have to say this was very successful. I had perfectly round breasts that seemed to hover. The low plunge shape still remained supportive (I wouldn't want to run it it, but I could walk) while giving me, yes, me, perfect cleavage. I loathe cleavage. It screams to me, horrible squashing bra. Well, that didn't happen in this bra. The breasts just touched, but didn't smoosh.
Over a t-shirt, I noticed that I had tiny quadboob in my left boob. However, this isn't a t-shirt bra. I think this bra is for vest tops and such numbers, though the fabric was visible through my yellow vest. I think it was look rather sassy under a black vest with a matching pattern. The straps were a tad worrisome as I'm a fan of wider straps, though they didn't dig into me.
I decided 24 euro was pretty good value, so I went out to ask if they had any 30GG(G) available, as I can't exactly purchase a bra that's that much bigger than my measurements. I wonder if this mythic 30GG (I couldn't find a single one in the shop) would have made the bra much more supportive. The women in the shop just suggested I go up a band size from a 32G(FF)... Serious madness. If they had half a chance I bet they'd squash me into white, matronly 34DD. This is why I'd rather support (terrible pun) boutiques that actually offer a decent fitting.
Their website doesn't mention the existence of this bra in 30GG(G) bra. Whether it's sold out or unavailable remains to be seen. Nonetheless, if you are a 30-40 DD-G cup, a large range of these sizes are accommodated in in M & S Grafton Street. It didn't exactly set my soul on fire.
Today I decided to go less personal than a boutique and check out TK MAXX and Marks and Spencers.
Vital Stats:
Name: TK Maxx, Stephen's Green Shopping CentreLocation: Stephen's Green Shopping Centre - in through the front doors, up the stairs and on the left wall. Go in until until you see that the shop is shaped like a T. Go right along the wall. The lingerie is about 2 shelves back.
Website: http://www.ilac.ie/stores/debenhams/
Sizes Available: They have a surprisingly good collection, in fact I'd call it my secret. However, caps at FF. No 28s, just 30s and a very small bra rack.
Brands I noted (note too that I have strong bias towards full-bust): Selections will vary. A lot. As TK MAXX sells whatever the designers offload on them, don't hold out for a style you like in your size, it is completely lucky dip. Freya, Fantastie, Wonderbra, Mimi Holiday, Damaris, Parfait.
Ordering Service: Nope. If it's not in your size, you're stuck.
Price: Well, here is always a 30FF bra in there, usually for a 1 euro! Less than a tenner. By far the cheapest.
Fitting Service: Non-existent.
Summary: Okay, the tiniest size range and the best price... You could spot me as the confused girl grabbing the biggest bras she can see! I think wearing the one euro bras it on the tightest setting can be justified when it's that cheap, eh? I saw Freya knickers in there today and a tiny bra, but sadly no 28GG/Hs marked down to a euro under the horrible old lady Triumph and gel padded numbers. I can live in hope! Also in the picture... that screen's long gone. Maybe I should take my own picture!
Name: Marks and Spencers, 15-20 Grafton Street.Location: Just walk down Grafton St. It's unmissable!
Website: http://www.marksandspencer.ie/Grafton-St/STORE%2012%20Grafton%20St,en_IE,pg.html
Sizes Available: Meh... clearly stuck in the Plus 4 mentality. 28 bands have been phased out... 30A - 40G (They say GG, but they skip FF so ignore that. 30GGs are never there either. Urgh.)
Brands I noted (note too that I have strong bias towards full-bust): Their own brand selection.
Ordering Service: You can buy onlin with free in-store collection!
Price: Average. Between 20-30 - their sale rank has vanished recently though!
Fitting Service: The worst. AVOID. Keep your breasts away from them.
Summary: Utterly depressing people get fitted in there... *cough* me *cough* If you avoid all that their stuff isn't horrific. That said I loathe how they have such a large section of horrid minimiser style bras. Just stop.
As a bonus! (Aren't you so excited!)... I have decided to do a little review of Marks and Spencers!
As they have a full bust girl on their marketing campaign poster outside (Rosie Huntington-Whitley) and I have seen 28 backs in there in the past, I will be honest... I had to be a little optimistic.
I have to say I was surprised to see their Limited Collection (designed to fit into an extended outside of the ridiculous 34A - 36DD range people cram themselves into). I thought they had phased it out, as I was in their Blackrock Store. This time, however, they were without 28 backs. What a step back! But they do have a decent size range - 30-40 DD-GG (in reality to G as they don't stock FF).
I decided to try the largest size I could find that didn't have a band I could loop around me twice. So I decided on a 30G(FF) and a 32G(FF). I wasn't hopeful. I was hoping I'd find 28's marked down somewhere.
You may want to sit down for this bit.
Sitting comfortably?
It was a very pretty bra.
It was actually quite a (long list of adjectives here): a saucy, monochrome, leopard print, moulded plunge number. Admittedly, I'm not a fan of such bras but I have a friend who would die of happiness in such a sexy number, so I tried it on in spirit of her ways.
Here it is from their website.
I should be the model (though I'd demand one made in a 30GG(G))! No
need to Photoshop the cleavage like that. I actually looked good in it
without need for electronic trickery! ;)
Well, she would have loved it. I don't do these bras because I'm not a cleavage or moulded girl and the fact they never fit me right, I have to say this was very successful. I had perfectly round breasts that seemed to hover. The low plunge shape still remained supportive (I wouldn't want to run it it, but I could walk) while giving me, yes, me, perfect cleavage. I loathe cleavage. It screams to me, horrible squashing bra. Well, that didn't happen in this bra. The breasts just touched, but didn't smoosh.
Over a t-shirt, I noticed that I had tiny quadboob in my left boob. However, this isn't a t-shirt bra. I think this bra is for vest tops and such numbers, though the fabric was visible through my yellow vest. I think it was look rather sassy under a black vest with a matching pattern. The straps were a tad worrisome as I'm a fan of wider straps, though they didn't dig into me.
I decided 24 euro was pretty good value, so I went out to ask if they had any 30GG(G) available, as I can't exactly purchase a bra that's that much bigger than my measurements. I wonder if this mythic 30GG (I couldn't find a single one in the shop) would have made the bra much more supportive. The women in the shop just suggested I go up a band size from a 32G(FF)... Serious madness. If they had half a chance I bet they'd squash me into white, matronly 34DD. This is why I'd rather support (terrible pun) boutiques that actually offer a decent fitting.
Their website doesn't mention the existence of this bra in 30GG(G) bra. Whether it's sold out or unavailable remains to be seen. Nonetheless, if you are a 30-40 DD-G cup, a large range of these sizes are accommodated in in M & S Grafton Street. It didn't exactly set my soul on fire.
Sunday, 17 March 2013
How To Stop Bra Straps Falling Down!
Before I was fitted into my bra size (based off something crazy like my measurements), New Look were the only shop that actually had bras that were unpadded (sometimes), not designed for old women and I could squeeze myself into (sometimes). I had a balonette that was deep pink that wore until it fell apart. The straps were always falling down - because the bra was far too small and it was so old the straps had forgot what elasticity was.
I remember I was after this guy and the most common thing he used to say to me always arrogantly, (except perhaps concern over how I knew his schedule off my heart!) was: "your bra strap is down again".
I wonder if he thought that I was trying to seduce him with my weird and tattered pink and purple straps. In a fit of frustration I used overweight baggage tape to hold the straps together.Yes. Overweight baggage.
This is the most frequent bra fitting problem I see. In fact, my friends have asked me to fix their bra straps, because I am the mysterious lingerie expert and that's where my skills lie. Every time I suggest they should also tighten the back. The ALWAYS whine that makes no sense and make it worse.
Actually, tightening the bra straps makes the problem of loose bra straps worse.
Yes! A bra is a system - every part is linked. Here's the real solution.
A bra's back should be tight. Really tight. Think how tight a bra should be and forget that. Tighter. Very tight.
This keeps the straps in place. When a bra is too loose (i.e. all my friends bras) the back crawls upwards. This makes the straps rise of the shoulders. When you tighten your straps, the bra back crawls upwards... then your straps fall down.
The solution is to tighten the back of your bra. Well, this isn't usually enough. The solution is a bra that is much larger in the cup and tighter in the band. Try tightening your back band and then tightening your straps. Then scoop yourself into your bra. Are you everywhere from Cork to Derry (think that was a metaphor)? Yeah, that bra is wrong.
A second reason is that cup is too small. Coupled with loose bands, the weight of the breasts drags up the band... and the straps fall down. Those friends would refuse to believe their breasts weigh anything because they believe they have no breasts... errr no. I've seen you trapped in clothes because of your breasts just like me... ;)
I know some people have sloping shoulders, and yes that does effect bra strap security. But when I refitted my mother and my best friend they both told me their bra straps mysteriously stopped falling down.
Anyways, if you want to learn more check out the Bra Matrix and My Wife is Busty Fitting Guide. I won't be making my own fitting guide because I believe these two are great and I don't think at the moment I can do anything better. But I implore you to check it out! You WON'T regret it. Overweight baggage tape is not something that can look cute with a frilly dress. Go on. Go on.
I remember I was after this guy and the most common thing he used to say to me always arrogantly, (except perhaps concern over how I knew his schedule off my heart!) was: "your bra strap is down again".
I wonder if he thought that I was trying to seduce him with my weird and tattered pink and purple straps. In a fit of frustration I used overweight baggage tape to hold the straps together.Yes. Overweight baggage.
This is the most frequent bra fitting problem I see. In fact, my friends have asked me to fix their bra straps, because I am the mysterious lingerie expert and that's where my skills lie. Every time I suggest they should also tighten the back. The ALWAYS whine that makes no sense and make it worse.
Actually, tightening the bra straps makes the problem of loose bra straps worse.
Yes! A bra is a system - every part is linked. Here's the real solution.
A bra's back should be tight. Really tight. Think how tight a bra should be and forget that. Tighter. Very tight.
This keeps the straps in place. When a bra is too loose (i.e. all my friends bras) the back crawls upwards. This makes the straps rise of the shoulders. When you tighten your straps, the bra back crawls upwards... then your straps fall down.
The solution is to tighten the back of your bra. Well, this isn't usually enough. The solution is a bra that is much larger in the cup and tighter in the band. Try tightening your back band and then tightening your straps. Then scoop yourself into your bra. Are you everywhere from Cork to Derry (think that was a metaphor)? Yeah, that bra is wrong.
A second reason is that cup is too small. Coupled with loose bands, the weight of the breasts drags up the band... and the straps fall down. Those friends would refuse to believe their breasts weigh anything because they believe they have no breasts... errr no. I've seen you trapped in clothes because of your breasts just like me... ;)
I know some people have sloping shoulders, and yes that does effect bra strap security. But when I refitted my mother and my best friend they both told me their bra straps mysteriously stopped falling down.
Anyways, if you want to learn more check out the Bra Matrix and My Wife is Busty Fitting Guide. I won't be making my own fitting guide because I believe these two are great and I don't think at the moment I can do anything better. But I implore you to check it out! You WON'T regret it. Overweight baggage tape is not something that can look cute with a frilly dress. Go on. Go on.
My Wish List for bras that actually exist!
I have noticed that a lot of my favourite blogs have been posting various wishlists about lingerie they are interested in.
I have decided to detail the bras I am interested in. The twist is that actually exist, at this moment that could actually order it. I feel a bit guilty as I live of the state and all... erm... I'd get them on the medical card if I could?
Miss Mandalay Paige in Coral.
I love Miss Mandalay's Paige bras because of three reasons -
1. They are tight in the band (I will never understand throwing out a bra because it's a little tight... extenders exist!)... it's very rare I find a bra that's too tight...
2. They are unmoulded
3. They are available in amazing colours with great details
4. The wires and narrow and stiff (I don't get the hate on stiff wires)
5. A girl once saw my brastrap and said that she was wearing the most beautiful bra she had ever seen!
See how amazing these are... *sigh*
2. Panache Andorra Full Cup in Caribbean Blue
Sadly, I will admit I had a chance to try one of these on, but I turned it down. It looked like a lot of bra. A lot of white bra. I think it will take me a lot (read: branding it on me) for me to have on of them on as well.
Yet, the Panache Andorra Full Cup has been warming on me. BrasIHate mentioned how in the plunge bra version has an angled downwards band. Generally people have been saying it's forgiving in the cup and tight in the band. It's actually available in other colours. Perhaps I should give it a chance. I am terrified the wires will be too wide.
The weirdest thing about this bra is, as you can see on Bratabase, it's way prettier in the flesh (lace?) than in the product photo. It looks photoshopped on there, yet on Bratabase, it looks so gorgeous I want to try it. Panache, take note!
Why blue? Well, I would like something that is summery...
The Freya Jolie.
I have tried this bra on, but in 30G, so it was VERY loose in the band - especially when people have said that was loose anyways. Of course, the 28GG is probably a monster that comes with extra wide ultra support, iron girders and double-glazed cups.
Nonetheless, I remain optimistic because at the GG has three hooks which actually sounds like a decent decision. Though why not more... Yes ... I actually add extra hooks to my bras.
I'm excited because I like the stretchiness in the cups. Obviously, I don't want the white version, but the black (which is, as of these season, still a continuity style) or the pink look great!
I have decided to detail the bras I am interested in. The twist is that actually exist, at this moment that could actually order it. I feel a bit guilty as I live of the state and all... erm... I'd get them on the medical card if I could?
Miss Mandalay Paige in Coral.
I love Miss Mandalay's Paige bras because of three reasons -
1. They are tight in the band (I will never understand throwing out a bra because it's a little tight... extenders exist!)... it's very rare I find a bra that's too tight...
2. They are unmoulded
3. They are available in amazing colours with great details
4. The wires and narrow and stiff (I don't get the hate on stiff wires)
5. A girl once saw my brastrap and said that she was wearing the most beautiful bra she had ever seen!
See how amazing these are... *sigh*
2. Panache Andorra Full Cup in Caribbean Blue
Yet, the Panache Andorra Full Cup has been warming on me. BrasIHate mentioned how in the plunge bra version has an angled downwards band. Generally people have been saying it's forgiving in the cup and tight in the band. It's actually available in other colours. Perhaps I should give it a chance. I am terrified the wires will be too wide.
The weirdest thing about this bra is, as you can see on Bratabase, it's way prettier in the flesh (lace?) than in the product photo. It looks photoshopped on there, yet on Bratabase, it looks so gorgeous I want to try it. Panache, take note!
Why blue? Well, I would like something that is summery...
The Freya Jolie.
I have tried this bra on, but in 30G, so it was VERY loose in the band - especially when people have said that was loose anyways. Of course, the 28GG is probably a monster that comes with extra wide ultra support, iron girders and double-glazed cups.
Nonetheless, I remain optimistic because at the GG has three hooks which actually sounds like a decent decision. Though why not more... Yes ... I actually add extra hooks to my bras.
I'm excited because I like the stretchiness in the cups. Obviously, I don't want the white version, but the black (which is, as of these season, still a continuity style) or the pink look great!
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
You know you read too many lingerie blogs when...
Feel free you keep this as 'Lingerie Blogger Bingo'
1. You are always tearing out chunks of your hair in rage when you see the following: a). Side-boob, b.) riding up back bands c.) incredibly small straps on your larger busted friends (don't they hurt?)
2. All the bras in shops seem laughably, laughably small (even if you are smaller busted and they fit you, you're just that indoctrinated). For example, you think DD bras are nothing more than pasties.
3. You see your favourite bloggers sizes in shops/online and wonder if they would like that bra.
4. You consider a 32 back bras to be if anything, rather large comparatively on the size scale - the inverse of your friends/chain stores opinion.
5. You scoff at in store fittings and think of Busts4Justice.
6. You know the latest trends... because you've spotted them in the lingerie world.
7. You consider discovering your best well-fitting bra as the most ultimate beautiful revelation. You play them out in your head like the sob-stories on X Factor.
8. You refit your friends and go bra shopping/browse bras online with them.
9. You want to meet all your blogging heroines.
10. You dream of going to an event run by your favourite lingerie company.
11. You have a lot body confidence. (I had this already, though I'm not a big cleavage fan).
12. You see 24H and see it as a bra size, not 24 hours.
13. Poland? Is that were Kris Lane, Ewa, Biu Biu and Urkye are from aren't they?
14. You can recognise bras from your favourite brands in designer shop windows.
15. (Suggested by friend/sort of cook at my house) If you are in a relationship, you're the one obsessed with lingerie models.
16. You know the true meaning and value of a central gore.
17. You are no longer ignorant of what a sternum is.
1. You are always tearing out chunks of your hair in rage when you see the following: a). Side-boob, b.) riding up back bands c.) incredibly small straps on your larger busted friends (don't they hurt?)
2. All the bras in shops seem laughably, laughably small (even if you are smaller busted and they fit you, you're just that indoctrinated). For example, you think DD bras are nothing more than pasties.
3. You see your favourite bloggers sizes in shops/online and wonder if they would like that bra.
4. You consider a 32 back bras to be if anything, rather large comparatively on the size scale - the inverse of your friends/chain stores opinion.
5. You scoff at in store fittings and think of Busts4Justice.
6. You know the latest trends... because you've spotted them in the lingerie world.
7. You consider discovering your best well-fitting bra as the most ultimate beautiful revelation. You play them out in your head like the sob-stories on X Factor.
8. You refit your friends and go bra shopping/browse bras online with them.
9. You want to meet all your blogging heroines.
10. You dream of going to an event run by your favourite lingerie company.
11. You have a lot body confidence. (I had this already, though I'm not a big cleavage fan).
12. You see 24H and see it as a bra size, not 24 hours.
13. Poland? Is that were Kris Lane, Ewa, Biu Biu and Urkye are from aren't they?
14. You can recognise bras from your favourite brands in designer shop windows.
15. (Suggested by friend/sort of cook at my house) If you are in a relationship, you're the one obsessed with lingerie models.
16. You know the true meaning and value of a central gore.
17. You are no longer ignorant of what a sternum is.
In the red corner: Soft Cups! Moulded Cups v Soft Cups
Moulded Bras v. Soft Cup Bras: The Showdown.
I've decided to make my first bra post be a bit lighter.
Me and a close friend of mine have one big disagreement over bras - I like soft cup, she likes moulded/padded bras.
So to settle this dispute, I have decided to frame our argument the only way it can be settled. She draws a soft-cup bra protagonist in the most girly way possible and I will design a moulded-cup protagonist in a comprising position on an unicorn. No wait, that sounds familiar.
I'd like to mention she is about a 30E/F and I am about a 28GG. So we are similar enough in size, though our difference could lie in her love of cleavage and the fact I'm not into showing it.
Soft-Cup Bras:
1. Soft-Cup bras do not look like they could belong to your milliner.
I don't know what size moulded bras come to life.
Ergo... I believe Freya actually a reason for this discrepancy...
This season too!? Is Freya Taylor 28GG mean death in some foreign language?
Thankfully this amazing soft-cup number is available up to a K! (well not 38 JJ/K!). Not the same can be said about their lovely moulded up offering... only available in 30 backs and in much smaller cups!
(Why, it isn't just some silly size-phobia rooted in the fact they use the Plus 5 method after all.)
Moulded bras can be swarming bats crawling up the inside of your wardrobe. It must depends on the brand. I will say that moulded cups in my size are very hard to store (I find it very hard to close my drawer). This can make the cups appear massive as they can't be neatly folded away.
Simply saying that you can store more soft-cup bras, so you can buy more. Not to mention, they can't be used to smother said near friend as easily.
3. Give a more natural shape/Padding is the be-all and end all.
Moulded bras scare me cos they scream Penneys/Primark 34B ultra-quilted bras which are more padding than cup.
What is wrong with the actual (slightly pointed) shape of my breasts? What's wrong with perky, why distort them into a round shape? What I'm saying is that is possible to get a lifted shape through unmoulded bras too.
I once read a book where the protagonist put two mircowavable soup packets down her top! I didn't end up too badly, the other party-goers assumed she threw up, not that her chest exploded!
Finally, (if the previous paragraph hasn't caused you to burn every paddable bra you own as a preventive measure so that one day you don't go crazy wake up and decide to put Knorrs' soup into them) - you have been warned - give in and let them stay causal.
From that monologue, if you haven't lost me, I like the slightly pointed shape soft bras give. They're causal but they're still supportive.
If you'd like to see someone who rocks this look, I'd check out Undiegamer. :)
4. They exclude a grown-up aura.
Lacy soft cup bras are subtle, but attractive. When they're slightly see-through, it's a look from the grown ups! Our bras aren't from Penneys. Our bras aren't covered in hearts or spaceships with a racerback. We are fully fledged adults. Someone give me an adult card! Even when they're nude, they don't look like they're vying for all the attention. Check out this nude bra from Avocado, which I saw featured on Bra Fitting Cicade. It looks amazing in her pictures, it is a must see!
This picture is from Avocado's official website. The bra is called the Charlotte. I'd give the sizes but they're all through the link, but remember they are in EU sizes. :)
Could such a effect be made with a moulded bra?
5. Easier to fit.
Moulded bras also can be moulded to a shapes that, at least in my own experience can be hard to fit. I tried on a 30FF moulded bra in TK Maxx recently and it the cups were like huge flat sheets over my breasts that still remained far too small! I'd love to have tried a decent moulded bra just prior to this article to get a feel for a few new styles... like the Taylor *sob*
6. Easier to dry
Okay, this seems small, but moulded bras take an age to try.
6. Easier to dry
Okay, this seems small, but moulded bras take an age to try.
6. Soft Cups can be T-shirt bras too!
I don't get the argument that people need a soft cup for t-shirts or to cover nipples. I always wear soft-cup bras and I frequently wear thin fabrics. Never once have I seen my nipples showing and I live in a cold country! Here's an example from a bra I own:
Picture from Figleaves, this is the Freya Naomi.
See where the seam running vertically reaches the lace? That is always where my nipple is and the seam always keeps it from popping up(!) I recently read someone describe The Scoop Method on another website (unfortunately I've forgotten the URL, if I remember I will of course link it) and she explained that that is exactly why we this method of putting on a bra is the best way (as opposed to stuffing like a turkey! Her words, not mine).
I just gave a link to the must beautiful beige bra I have seen - I think it could work fine under my white shirts.
Finally, seam fear. As I just said, I live in a cold country, and most t-shirts are slightly thicker than paper-thin (it's okay to splash out a non-paper thin t-shirt!) and usually I have to wear an under layer (vest, body or slip) under everything in Spring/Autumn/Winter (and sometimes the Summer too!). In such a case, if your seams were visible they certainly wouldn't be after all that layering!
Well if you aren't ripping off your sweaty mouldy... I mean moulded bra for a beautiful soft-cup, decorated with the finer lace panels finer than those on Kate Middleton's wedding dress, maybe I can't change you completely. I would implore you to try out a soft-cup bra before you make your conclusion! I think you might not be a convert, but wearing a soft cup bra for even a day or two a week will make you feel like a little bit sultry, yet laid back. You owe your boobs. ;)
In my next post in this challenge, I will play devil's advocate with myself and extol the virtue of moulded bras (I might need some help, my love of soft cups is pretty visible!). Don't let my Naomi hear this, she'd be crushed.
It's not what it looks like, she's not even in my size! I swear baby!
I'd like to add this post was tongue in cheek - there's nothing wrong with moulded/padded cups, they aren't my personal thing! Perhaps I will get in my friend as a guest post writer for the second half.
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