https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shoulder-bust-fitting Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:33:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shoulder-bust-fitting#post-562888 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 04:57:29 +0000 anne 562888@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Suz. If I am wearing a moulded bra ( which I pretty much do all the time!) my bust is 85cm. I never really know where to measure shoulders but I think about 96cm. So pretty similar to you.</p> <p>Unlike you though, I have a long waist and frequently find clothes hit too high (ie the waistline is on my ribcage and not my waist) I do have short arms though. Anyway I will try your suggestion of petites with I next go to the city.</p> <p>I resonate with your points about shaping too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shoulder-bust-fitting#post-562846 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:51:36 +0000 Suz 562846@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anne, I don't know if this will work for you; perhaps not. But what has worked for me is to buy petite blazers and jackets. I usually size up in petite, but it fits better overall. I also have a slightly high waist and shortish arms—more reasons that P sizes in jackets, in particular, seem to work for me. </p> <p>Interestingly, I find that I can successfully wear overcoats in regular sizes. I am not sure why that is.</p> <p>Claire mentioned you should get a straight rather than a curvy cut. I don't find that is true for me; I like one with a bit of shaping. And it seems to work okay for me. I don't know if my proportions are the same as yours, however. My shoulders are about 98 cm and bust about 83. </p> <p>So in many US sizes I will take a 4P in a jacket or a shirt, whereas in regular sizes (going by most size charts) I'd be a 0 or a 2. But the 4 P seems to work just fine, in fact better than fine for jackets and some shirts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shoulder-bust-fitting#post-562769 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:51:42 +0000 anne 562769@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fruitful - really? I assumed you had quite small shoulders?</p> <p>Jayne I don't think buying to fit the broad shoulders in themselves flatten "the girls" - but I know some outfits are definitely flattening. And bras make a difference too. I have worn the same dress with and without a padded bra and the difference is very evident.</p> <p>The problem I have is either tight shoulders or a bagginess at the bust. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shoulder-bust-fitting#post-561051 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:45:03 +0000 jayne 561051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Funny, I have broad shoulders and a relatively normal to small bust but some jackets and dresses just flatten the girls. Can it be the broad shoulders? Never thought they were the cause before? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shoulder-bust-fitting#post-560989 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:52:29 +0000 Kirti 560989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have the opposite problem as Claire - big bust and narrow shoulders. I have found that I usually cannot button my jackets/blazers </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shoulder-bust-fitting#post-560976 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:39:28 +0000 Fruitful 560976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, maybe I have this too... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shoulder-bust-fitting#post-560972 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:32:45 +0000 anne 560972@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bumping </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shoulder-bust-fitting#post-547207 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:07:23 +0000 Freckles 547207@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for asking Anne. This is a small part of what I had trouble with today as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shoulder-bust-fitting#post-547157 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:41:04 +0000 anne 547157@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes that is what I meant Claire, and we do certainly have some similarities in our upper bodies. I should learn from your recent search to keep trying things on!</p> <p>We don't have F21 or H &amp; M but there are junior type shops ( in fact that is where I mostly shop). I think the jacket I tried on was from the junior range at Australian Target. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shoulder-bust-fitting#post-547130 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:02:35 +0000 Anonymous 547130@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Um, yah, me too if you mean that your shoulders are broad and your bust is small. Some jackets will fit you okay without alteration if you just keep trying on different ones. A straight (non-curvy) fit is what you need. You might take a ginger tippy-toe into the junior's deparment. Carefully! Do you have Forever 21 and H&amp;M? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shoulder-bust-fitting#post-547118 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:42:04 +0000 anne 547118@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So am getting the feeling that I am a different size in my straightish shoulders from my very small bust.</p> <p>Anyone got advice for this? It came out when I was trying on a jacket yesterday. </p>