It’s not often I leave a meeting with a couple of bras in my bag (and no, I didn’t steal them!), but I am so delighted to have found the bra of my dreams. Seriously.
I’ve posted before that I hate ‘constructions’.. and the indignity of being wrestled into a thick strapped monster that’s far too tight because that’s the *right* fit. I’ve been fitted at everything from a B cup to a DD and even though I am far more comfortable in a 34 back, most fitters are adamant that I have to have a 32 – and it’s bloody awful to wear. I want a comfort fit not an exact fit. The last fitting I went to, I said I wanted the 34, the fitter was adamant I needed the 32.. I said I didn’t want it and so it went on, until I thought we were agreed that the customer could have what she wanted. I got home and it was the 32 she’d sneaked into the bag.
Add to that some thick wad of foam and I pretty much look nothing like I should look. I am really happy to have the shape of my boobs showing.. they don’t need disguising in domes and god knows I hate a thick strap – and they pretty much all have thick, ungainly straps.
So, the M&S Light As Air Bra (£19) really is a revelation. There is the lightest, lightest of padding in there.. more moulding than padding I would say.. that embraces your shape with the help of underwiring. The straps are delicate and thin and oh, it’s SO comfortable. The support is decent, although I was measured at M&S as a B cup which I think is about right, but I could have gone to a C cup, and that’s it.. my search is over. It comes in white, black and nude – I have the white and the black and am going to order the nude today. I suggest that if you’re totally tired of the constructions and all the insanity vanity sizing going on, you do the same. They go up to a (true) 38DD. You can find them HERE.
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4 comments
I’m usually a 28 or a 30 back size (not sure the EU numbering is the same though) but the fact that sizes change between manufacturers does not make it easy either! I once got fitted and bought three bras, and after wearing one for a full day I had to buy an expander strip because it was like wearing a corset (or so I imagine); but strangely the other two were perfect.
I’m always on the look out for a good bra. I had no idea vanity sizing went on in bras. I can’t even begin to think how that works…..
Ali
I was SO with you… until I clicked through and saw ‘balcony-shape’ 🙁 It just doesn’t work for me. Hopefully they bring it out in their plunge shape soon. (the M&S plunge shape has always been my go-to!)
It’s not as balcony as you’d think.. I’m not a balcony fan and its fine for me x