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A bra that fits nice and looks nice too is hard to find. Often we women are quickly satisfied with a bra that doesn’t actually fit very well at all, as long as it looks nice. When you get home, you often can’t wait to take it off again. To avoid this, there are a few things you want to look out for when buying your next bra.
Buying the perfect bra
The perfect bra should look nice, be comfortable, have no sagging or pinching straps and should shape your breasts nicely. But the search for this can be tricky. Some don’t like to ask for assistance while shopping for new bras, so sometimes you make a mis-buy.
The size measurement
A common mistake while shopping for bras is getting the wrong size. The size is very important, because if it is not right the bra does not support properly. A bra will loosen through wearing and washing. When you buy a bra, make sure it fits properly on the loosest hook, so that when the bra stretches you can tighten it.
Breast shape
For different types of breast shapes, you also have different types of bras that do the most for a specific breast shape. Below is a small overview of different breast shapes with the best fitting bra type:
Small breasts – balconette bra
Large breasts – bra without padding, with underwire
Full, round breasts – bra with full cup
Pendulous breasts – bra with underwire and padding at the bottom
Uneven breasts – contoured bra
Cup Size
You can sometimes have a hard time estimating a cup size, at one lingerie store you have a C and at another you have a D. Often women buy a bra with a cup size that is too small, which can cause you to get bulges on the sides or that your breast protrudes too much above it. You often have a bigger cup than you think so don’t be afraid to pick up a size larger than you’re used to.
Straps
Another annoying thing about bras can be the straps. Some straps, no matter how you adjust them, fall off your shoulders and some actually cut into your skin. If the straps do not fit properly, it means the bra size is not right. Start looking for different straps, often wider straps can help well or smaller ones.