https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/making-a-bra-work-for-you Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:18:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/making-a-bra-work-for-you#post-1890683 Sat, 17 Feb 2018 02:48:58 +0000 Carla 1890683@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What danusia said. Post pregnancy (and breast feeding) breasts can get like 'wind socks'. Any kind of exercise, but especially weight training which builds the pectoral muscles, is like making your own implants! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/making-a-bra-work-for-you#post-1890629 Sat, 17 Feb 2018 01:01:11 +0000 themom 1890629@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for the brand recommendations! I found myself with time today and I ended up talking to a seamstress who recommended silcone gripper elastic, the same stuff she uses in bikini tops to keep things from slipping. I had no idea what it was called when I originally made the post lol. Hopefully that will work, if not I can save up for a while and try some of the previously mentioned brands this summer! Thanks all! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/making-a-bra-work-for-you#post-1890459 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 18:35:58 +0000 Anonymous 1890459@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have tried on many bras that were supposedly my size, but the Wacoal Awareness is the best. Keeps the girls up and no overflow. I am a 36DDD.&nbsp; Sometimes you have to try on many brands and styles before you find the right one.</p> <p>One thing I have noticed after working out religiously with a personal trainer for the past&nbsp; almost 9 months - my breast do not sag as much. They are still the same size but I think my pectoral muscles have gotten stronger. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/making-a-bra-work-for-you#post-1890457 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 18:35:46 +0000 Emily K 1890457@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think, just look for a model with more coverage. &nbsp;The one I wear daily (everyday bra) has been discontinued, but it is similar to this one by Title Nine. &nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.titlenine.com/product/eighth-wonder-underwire-sports-bra-300106.do?sortby=ourPicks&amp;refType=&amp;from=fn">https://www.titlenine.com/prod.....cks&#038;r</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/making-a-bra-work-for-you#post-1890452 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 18:31:19 +0000 Thistle 1890452@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd go have a bra fitting done.</p> <p>At Nordstrom's if you have one near you.</p> <p>It's amazing what's out there, and a good bra fitter will know what works for you, too.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/making-a-bra-work-for-you#post-1890430 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 18:04:33 +0000 Barbara Diane 1890430@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven’t altered my bras, but I have some similar issues. Have you tried the Elomi Caitlyn bras? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/making-a-bra-work-for-you#post-1890411 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 17:23:11 +0000 themom 1890411@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for suggesting! Sometimes it is easy to forget that my mind works differently than others and when I said I was a trained specialist in&nbsp; my head I was referring to telling which fittings were done correctly. The closest fitting I have recieved had me at a 42F or 40G depending on the style, with the bra resting where it should be on my torso. But the cups themselves are the issue without enough support to hold in breasts that behave like liquid. That is why I was hoping that someone else has had this problem with breast structure&nbsp; to see if making adjustments to the front of the cup keeps them from spilling out. Thanks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/making-a-bra-work-for-you#post-1890352 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 15:14:46 +0000 Angie 1890352@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>themom,</b> I was going to suggest a full coverage bra, and read that's where you ended up. I wonder though, if you shouldn't have a professional bra fitting just in case. It can't hurt.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/making-a-bra-work-for-you#post-1890342 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:56:53 +0000 themom 1890342@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Goodness I hope I haven't read the atmosphere wrong here and weird people out :)<br />My problem is with bras.( I hear a lot of mental shouts of "Who doesn't have that problem). Le Background: When I got pregnant and eventually five years later gave birth my breasts decided not to do the glossy magazine picture firmness that I was hoping for. They went huge and floppy (floppy not meaning sagging, more like no firmness at all, skin sacks). I lost a lot of weight before pregnancy and gained it all back plus some during even though I couldn't keep almost anything down the whole time. It's been six years and the body has not recovered. I can deal with the fat not coming off but the breast problem has made finding bras a nightmare. I previously was a bra fitter so I know how to measure myself, but floppy breasts makes the cup size problem a hassle. Across styles a 40G or 42F makes for no quad-ing. The floppy problem means when I bend over they flump out. So going down a cup size (alternately up and down a band size with different cup sizes played with) seems liike it would help, but if the cup it's self gets smaller then I end up with lower cups (fabric doesn't come as high) and fleshy mounds around. Full coverage is the best style for&nbsp; my breast width and sternum height. Last night I tried on 42DDD bras at JCPenny and they fit wonderfully IF I adjusted the breasts carefully inside the cups. Which means as much bending and twisting as I do I end up with some slipping and have to readjust. So my question is: Has anyone else every done their own alterations to a bra to fix this problem? I was thinking of adding an elastic (cotton style of course) band to the front section to add height and prevent spilling, but once I take off tags and start to sewing the puppies are mine forever. </p>