Are you kidding me?

[Skierchickie]

All I wear anymore are sports bras, because I can't wear anything with the hint of a cup. Why do they all (I mean regular bras) now have to have a ridiculous padded thing that just stands out from my body, looking all unnatural? I just can't find any that fit - about once a year when I'm at Penney's I try on a few, and leave in disgust and discouragement.

Veronica: "Only" a B?

Oh, well. I can run without any discomfort (well, in that area, anyway). Since I'm 41 years old, I don't think this is going to change.

[Veronica]

Try Patagonia. I get all my bras from them now. Sometimes they have web specials. The colors can be a bit funky...

V.

[Eden]

All I wear anymore are sports bras, because I can't wear anything with the hint of a cup. Why do they all (I mean regular bras) now have to have a ridiculous padded thing that just stands out from my body, looking all unnatural? I just can't find any that fit - about once a year when I'm at Penney's I try on a few, and leave in disgust and discouragement.

Veronica: "Only" a B?

Oh, well. I can run without any discomfort (well, in that area, anyway). Since I'm 41 years old, I don't think this is going to change.

Fellow A here - I like "Barely There" myself - though they keep changing the style on me so I don't have any that are specifically like this one
http://www.barelythere.com/style.asp?cid=1&sid=1&id=71
(they still have the microfiber "boy shorts" that are my absolutely favorite panties though!)

[Veronica]

Yeah, but you're tiny everywhere! So it's okay. Sturdy girl here needs to have boobage to compensate for piano legs.

V.

[Kano]

Yeah, but you're tiny everywhere! So it's okay. Sturdy girl here needs to have boobage to compensate for piano legs.

V.

They just get in the way...

And make it hard to buy clothes that hangs nicely -- garment makers build tops for B cups, didja know? -- this makes stuff hang, well, funky, from bigger boobage! Causes "pit buckets" on sleeveless tops at the arm holes, and strange folds there on stuff with sleeves....

On the other hand, grandbabies do enjoy "pillows" when snuggling!

Karen in Boise

[Andrea]

While we're on the topic- does anyone know of a good large-boob/small-torso bra that provides a lot of support and doesn't have clasps or snaps that make it look like underwear?

I used to get the Road Runner Sports C/D cup one, but they only have the tank-top version of it on their website now. I'm a 36 or 34D (depending on the brand), and I want something I can wear by itself but that will still protect my "investments."

[SadieKate]

Did you see my post above?

[NJBikeGal]

While we're on the topic- does anyone know of a good large-boob/small-torso bra that provides a lot of support and doesn't have clasps or snaps that make it look like underwear?

I used to get the Road Runner Sports C/D cup one, but they only have the tank-top version of it on their website now. I'm a 36 or 34D (depending on the brand), and I want something I can wear by itself but that will still protect my "investments."

Title 9 carries a few that are really great. The "Frog Bra" which is advertised to let you "leap without bouncing!" They have a few others and are worth checking out!

[yellow]

OK, Lise, I resurrected this thread because I had an experience this afternoon that has left me, shall we say, deflated.

Rather than come home right after swimming, I headed out to do some bra shopping. The 2 that I have are in dire need of replacement.

The saleslady insisted that I needed to be remeasured. No way I could wear a 36A. That is just such an uncommon size. I must be a 34-something.

New measurement: 36AA. Actually, 38AA, but they don't commonly make those. She didn't know what to think.

I'm switching to preteen undershirts.

[pooks]

I found an old fashioned undies-store in Dallas where they still have women who fit you and know what they're doing. Once every few years I go and spend way too much money but the bras fit. (I'm too small-breasted for my torso, too.)

Sports bras rock.