BRA FITTING INFO

Troubleshooting

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Bra Fitting Guidelines

Troubleshooting

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Voluptua's bra is too small!

The under wire digs into the body or causes bulges

The cup size you are wearing is too small. The body band should sit firmly against the chest wall. Try at least one cup size bigger until your bra can sit firmly against your body without you having to squeeze into it! Don't be surprised if you have to go up more than one cup size. It certainly happened to me!!

Voluptua's bra is too loose!

The bra rides up the back

The back size you are wearing is too large. The bra should fit snugly and comfortably around the torso and you should not be able to place and turn more than two fingers between your back and the back of the bra. Keep in mind that as you try a smaller back size, the cup size of the bra will also be smaller and that you may have to increase the cup size as you reduce the back size. For example, the F cup of a 32F bra is smaller than the F cup of a 34F bra, so in this case you would choose 32FF.

The shoulder straps dig into the shoulders

The back size is probably too large. Your breasts should be supported by the band around the torso and by the cups, not the shoulder straps. However, this problem could also be due to the straps being too tight. Try adjusting the straps to a looser fit to see how that feels. If that doesn't work you may have to go down a back size. Decreasing back size normally means increasing cup size - see notes in previous problem.

The shoulder straps fall off the shoulder

The shoulder straps may be too loose. Tighten the straps while making sure that they do not dig into the shoulder. If this doesn't solve the problem, check whether the cup size could be too large for you.

Puckering of fabric

If the bra cups wrinkle and there is excess room for the breast tissue, then your bra is too big. Try going down a cup size.