An Excellent Full Figure Bra takes a bad turn

Ever have it happen: The local pizzeria gets it just right, or you find the perfect product. Then the pizzeria changes its recipe or the product goes away? That’s just what seemed to happen with the Le Mystere Dream Tisha Full Figure Bra. I sure was enthused earlier this year about their going up to H cup sizes! Then I got mine.

I wondered if it was just the new H cups that were pointy. I found, clicking on this bra's picture, scrolling down and read the Very Strange Shape review: It is not just me. But the reviewer does not mention the bra size she tried.




Then if you click on the picture of this formerly excellent full figure bra you can scroll down and read the reviews. There, at Her Room, where it seems nearly all reviews include bra size, I found this one. From Hanna June 2008, wears a size 32E. She, like myself: experienced the Pointy cups with little air pockets at the end. So its not the new H cup size.


It is a shame. This bra did not have pointy cups a year or two ago. Well for me it’s still comfy. But where exactly do I want to be seen with a pointy bust? I have found one shirt I feel comfy being seen with this bra on in. I will wear it under a vest.

Women’s Business Suits, One Woman’s solution for Heat Wave.

Granted I work in a business / very casual place, but maybe you can get away with some of these styles, cheap, easy, easy to coordinate, work wear styles too. If you need more room in the back I’m sure Silhouettes’ Washed linen suit separates, also on sale now, would be cool and breezy too!

First: because they are on sale now, the sweaters are going fast and heat wave tested by me, Silhouettes A-line skirt and twinsets.



If you click on this picture you’ll go straight to this skirt. It’s not going fast, but it:

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  Feels like wearing nothing at all when it’s 100 degrees out and they don’t keep your office very cool.
• Even hanging out for an hour outside in one of our heat wave afternoons, it was cool and crisp in shape!
• It just kind of hangs away from me, so it feels like nothing and looks just like a skirt.
• I got one in Khaki now too! After it’s wash and wear and it’s now just $19

The tank and cardigan as pictured below, worn top button closed only is great for us full busted women!




Clicking on this picture will take you straight to the cardigan. You’ll find the tank in sweaters at Silhouettes as well. Now the cardigan is just $19 and the tank just $14. The breeze just goes right through these!

I went ahead and got them in all three colors, once they went on sale of course! Then again I joined the Silhouettes Buyer’s Club and get the full discount of 10% off every order too! I highly recommend it, as it also applies to their Outlet store purchases too!

JoJo you’re welcome! I’m Finding out more about these fashions my self lately!

Not long ago I had to return to the business casual world. After having got away with wearing leggings while working at home and jeans or shorts and a t-shirt when out.

With the help of input from some of my blog readers such as Anonymous’ reply
to my blog of March 6th this year I got cued in to the advantages of sweaters and skirts. This helped me a lot. But I clung to my love of a suit jacket; this is one thing I learned lately. Buying sweaters and other knits from Silhouettes is fine, for me. But unless you need lots of room in the back, I strongly suggest against Silhouettes for jackets and vest. Unless you like the boxy look, or have time to shape it your self.

Here is one of there current money saving deals combine it with the Buyer club, See bottom right of their pages, for GREAT Savings



I kept the two washed linen vests and returned the 2 stretch twill jackets I purchased from them. That was largely because the armholes and sleeves were very wide. I exchanged them for their notched collar jacket, which was in their outlet store but is out of stock at the moment all over apparently. It has reasonably sized sleeves but still the way to big back. The fabric was fantastically soft and lovely. The collarless version of that jacket is available in some sizes and colors in their outlet store for just $19! Likely have lots of room in the back but if you need or like that, like I said the fabric is just sooo nice!




Currently there is a box of sweaters and tunics I purchased from them on sale last week on the dinning room table. Not only on sale, but with my buyer’s club discount and their current discount, I enjoyed over $35 off my whole purchase. I know that dressing for work will be a snap starting tomorrow. Because I have worn their tunics for years and they will fit and flatter with comfort and easy!

So my recent lesson is: need or like roomy back tops and Jackets, Silhouettes full figure fashions are for you.
Like beautifully draping sweaters, and tunics? You’ll find these at Silhouettes too. They also have nice standard leggings, in long or Capri size. I’ve been wearing these for years too. They actually last for years with little sign of wear. And are so comfy I wear them near daily.

The best savings at Silhouettes are with their buyers club discount taking advantage of the current off of your choice when you favorites go on sale. You can usually find a small variety of their sale offers on the home, suits and dresses pages of my Plus Size Women’s Clothing website.

Plus Size Shapewear and Panties on Sale!

Just My Size is having a 6 for $30 panty sale! Included is Bali’s modern, low cut, Skimp Skamp below! They have 4 other Bali panties and shaping panties in this special too!




If you are looking for an inexpensive, high waist, firm control plus size shaper at a reasonable price I’ve found one! I’ve been wearing the seamed version, still available, of this Avenue seamless high waist shaping panty below. I can’t vouch for the seamless one shown. But the seamed one, (for slightly more $.), gives really firm control!



For the lower cut pants and skirt styles, it’ll be hard to beat the Just My Size sale price on Bali’s modern, low cut, Skimp Skamp. Those shaping panties already have 2 five star reviews. Women love them for comfort, shaping and because they are pretty.

Large Cup Bras Sale Alert & who to write regarding the problems with Full Figure Bras!

Below is Panache’s Daisy Balconette full busted bra. It’s now on sale in, it seems, all sizes 30D to 38J in its shown powder color. And it is just $29.99!

Based on, I believe it was AquaMarine’s account, Panache’s Harmony Balconette full figure bras cups ran small. So I ordered it, because it is a balconette style bra, in a size 34J. Then I noticed their Tango II Super large cup bras are also a balconettes. And I am comfortably wearing a 34HH now. I guess it is a by style thing, the cup size fit.

Use the Bare Necessities 10% off banner in the right column, if you have a 36 bra band size, to get the full discount! Or just click on this picture if you wear a 34 bra band size or smaller to get this bra at a great price for bras in large cup sizes!

Apparently if you wear a less than 36 bra band Bare Necessities considers you average rather than plus sized.

Now for the long over due who to write about large cup bras problems!

Today I wrote:

• Fantasie's Contact Us
• Freya's Contact Us
• Panache's Contact Us


I wrote both Fantasie and Freya at the same time as they are both made by Eveden. So are Goddess, Fauve and Elomi intimates.

Dear Fantasie,

Hi!
A few readers of my blog readers and I are full busted women. We wear larger than G cup bra sizes and some of us are short.

We want to have smooth cup, seamless bras in cup sizes H, HH, J and JJ. Would it be that much of a problem?

Also, us shorter ladies, I am 5’ 1 ½” tall, would like shorter bra straps. In fact I have recently sent back a Fantasie 0993 bra because the long length of the straps made wearing it nearly pointless.

If you can not make a shorter strap version of your bras, perhaps a small clip device could be designed to take up the slack. Something we petite women could apply to the straps ourselves. You could offer this as an optional addition to your bra orders. Or for the sake of convenience, just include 2 with each order.

I notice you also make Freya large cup bras. I have not tried them yet. Are their bra straps any shorter?

Can you at least recommend shorter straps full figure bra styles made by Fantasie or Freya for us petite ladies?

And to Panache I wrote:

Dear Panache,

Hi!
A few readers of my blog readers and I are full busted women. We wear larger than G cup bra sizes and some of us are short.

We want to have smooth cup, seamless bras in cup sizes H, HH, J and JJ. Would it be that much of a problem?

Also, us shorter ladies, I am 5’ 1 ½” tall, would like shorter bra straps. The straps on your Harmony Balconnet Bra work for me, but the Super Tango II straps are just a little too long.

If you can not make a shorter strap version of your bras, perhaps a small clip device could be designed to take up the slack. Something we petite women could apply to the straps ourselves. You could offer this as an optional addition to your bra orders. Or for the sake of convenience, just include 2 with each order.

Can you at least recommend shorter straps large cup bra styles beside your Harmony balconette for us petite ladies?

And I guess that is just the start. Panache gives you a little thank you your comment was received notice. And that they will get back to you shortly.

Well that was just a few hours ago. Nope. Not yet.

Hopefully I will here back from Panache, Fantaie / Freya soon and let you know what they say. And you can write them too!

Meanwhile, perhaps tomorrow, I will write a Eveden US contact with an email address asking who we can write to regarding bra designs specifically. And I’ll let you know how that goes too.

Mark. One answer to your question

I do know one maker of women’s plus size swimsuits that apparently sells theirs wholesale.
Always for Me has 3 swimwear lines for full figure women. Below is one of their best selling mini swimdresses.





I feature lots of their brand swimwear on my plus size swimsuits site. Usually because they seem to have the most original designs for a realistic price. Also their brand of swimwear is based on years of customer feedback from full figure women, and research.

You can click the swimdress pictured above, then scroll down to near the bottom of the page. There, just above “This Month’s Feature: Plus Size Spring Break, you’ll see Whole sale inquiries. Just click on that link to learn more.

I was a little surprised that you got “a sense of dress codes that ladies must follow irrespective of their size.” What actually goes on here is a bit of Q and A between us larger ladies with regard to what we have found works best for us. Lately it tend to be me, the comfort geared woman, asking other women for advice on how to dress better, visually. Not a dress code. Just exchanging ideas about what works with our shapes.

Best wishes in you quest for wholesalers and drop shippers!

Thanks for the tip on the Kalyani Large Cup Bras!

A brief Full Busted Bra Sale Alert:
Now on sale for just $23.99 in apricot and $33.99 in jade the Super Bra Tango II by Panache is on sale at Bare Necessities! It happens to be the one I am wearing at the moment. While only adequate for a short women, bra strap length wise, at those prices, and with summer coming, it might not hurt to have some adequate bras on hand! Especially if you take the 10% off Bare Necessities banner to your right and save even more $!

Thank you AquaMarine!

There is something about the concept of a jersey bra in terms of comfort. Especially if it’s going to be around $24 and comes in cup sizes D to K! Something like half the price of large cup bras we usually see!! How are the shipping charges from Bravissimo? How long do they take to ship an in stock bra? It is a pity the Kalyani bras are not at Bigger Bras, Figleaves or Bare Necessities though. I aim to try that one you are trying now soon. It is still a large cup at nearly half the price of the ones I’ll be exchanging!

I did talk to Bigger Bras customer service about the shorter straps and how to write to bra manufacturers. The customer service lady said that Bigger Bra’s manufacturers do read the wearer reviews we post. So if we all took care to write in reviews that we want shorter straps, or a petite strap version, as well as smooth cups in larger, over G, cup sizes we might get their attention! This may well be true of other stores, like Figleaves and Her Room, which have wearer reviews as well. When I have a chance I’ll call them too.

I read the wearer reviews myself and I will exchange one of the Fantasie Underwire Full Cup Bra #0993 for a Panache Tango Pure Underwire Bra pictured below. Largely because one of the wearers describes herself to be so short, yet she likes this one. She thinks this is why the center underwires stick out when she sits. This is what used to happen to me when I wore G cup size. Also there is something about the scalloped edge on the straps that make me think this could be another no-slip strap style.

Though I have to admit the 2 bras I already have by Panache, even without any such scalloping on the straps, those straps only move if I move them! I find the Panache Harmony is good for strap length, well more to the point, shortness. While the length of the Super Bra Tango II is on a par with the just ok length of the Fantasie 0993.

I do have another idea about pursuing smooth cup and strap length changes with say Fantasie, Freya and Panache. As usual I hope to get around to it by mid week. What actually happens is likely another story, but I am aiming to!

Aquamarine! The pretty Fleexes Waist Cincher you recommend is on Sale, as well as other Full Figure Shapewear styles!

But just today. Sorry about that. This beautiful Fleexes waist cincher below is now available at 25% off, today, at Bare Necessities. Click on its picture to go straight to it in sizes Medium to XXL. It comes in black and beige.



Anyone else can read Aquamarine’s review of this waist cincher here in her reply to my post of 2/19/08. Both she and I are short, and as a short woman, she recommends this cincher.

I hope, and had better able to, cover another short, full figure women’s issue real soon:
Bras with shorter straps for us petite full busted and plus size women!
Yes now I will have to get on the shorter straps issue soon. As well as the smooth, seamless cups larger than G and H cup sizes.

I ordered a full busted, half smooth cup bra I had wanted to try lately. Fantasie’s 0993 Full Cup underwire bra. I had hoped it would have the no slip straps I so enjoyed in their popular 4500 full figure bra I wore out when I still thought I needed a G cup size. And it does have the same style strap!



But if you are petite, there is one slight problem. The straps are too long. I am going to call Bigger Bras in the near future. As soon as I can. See what they recommend The cup size was excellent! Just as Bigger Bras has it, exactly the same as a Panache HH cups size!

If any of you ladies out there can recommend an, even just the top half smooth, 34HH cup bra, please advise! I used to wear a 36HH and I figured I just wore out the bands on my current bras.

But as it turns out the family emergency I mentioned a short while ago currently prevents me from tying up the phone asking recommendations for short, full busted women at Bigger Bras. That same emergency also does not aid digestion. I do not recommend tension for weight loss! Actually the scale says I weight the same. I doubt tension can create muscle mass though. Perhaps I clench my back the way some people clench their fists. Though I doubt that too….

When I do get on the phone to Bigger Bras, I’ll ask about smooth cup bras over H cup sizes and shorts straps, and who to write regards to future bra design!

A beautiful new plus size and full busted bra, with matching boy short available!

This Olivia balcony bra by Fantasie full figure bra actually came out a little while ago. I kept watching it at various stores to see who would have the best price and size range(s). That started and remains, so far, Figleaves. And if you click on this picture of it below you’ll go straight to this bra in plus sizes up to 40D to G. But toward the bottom of the page you’ll see its fuller bust version that goes up to large cup sizes 38J and 40GG!



You’ll also see the boy shorts that go up to what Figleaves measure to be equal to US size 12.

And if you wear plus sized or full busted bras you might want to check out Pour Moi? bras and panties at Figleaves. This one below is just $40 and comes in plus and full busted sizes up to 40B to G!


This Pour Moi? Bra above’s matching boy shorts gets 7 out of 7 five star reviews from women wearers. That one goes up to US size 16! The bra’s wearer’s rating is, so far, not as great, but not bad either. For a fraction of the price of many Fantasie, Freya and Panache full figure bras, it’s wroth carefully checking out!

I’m planning to get on that writing to bra designers regards to seamless bras larger than G cup sizes, and petite bras, shorter strap versions and the like. I am hoping to do that next week! Wish me luck! Us full busted short ladies shouldn’t have to take up the straps and wear loose shirts unless we want to!

Aqua Marine! Good Point about length of tunic to jacket!

Thanks again! While the jacket I have been favoring for years is longish, it might well fall short of tunic lengths. Even the eyelet jacket women’s dress suit I wrote about here might well be cutting it too close. Though the clean flat front waist band of the pants in that suit might be one of the most flattering showing waist bands a pair of suit pants could have.

However this short sleeve cardigan would cover all tunics. It would look good with leggings as well as slacks as shown. But not likely skirts. What do you think?



This cardigan might not be the interview wear I had in mind but it might be good for dress down Fridays at some work places.

I know what you mean about most tunics being mini dress size on us. I figure it works with leggings. But that fails to seem like business attire to me. Likely because I favor wearing leggings around the house all the time.

Thinking about that outfit you described, I bet almost any colors tunic with black skirt, hose and shoes would look. Especially when dressed up with the right hand bag and shoes!

Thanks again AquaMarine! This gives me some ideas to work with!

Thank you AquaMarine!

Those examples have helped. It’s near to my norm, and though lots of online stores do have wash and wear jackets. But I think a sweater / shirt, blouse or cami set lends it self more to that. I figure if I buy a washable jacket I believe I will end up having to iron it. Still my current go to suit jacket for years is a dry clean only one. I’d rather iron after washing my self.

I do like the sparkly one too. Even if it is a bit flash for professional purposes and a tad pricey for the time being.

I also tend to buy black and neutrals. This means nearly all more vividly colored shells, blouses and the like work well. Sadly I just removed a whole wardrobe of those kinds of colors and styles from my closet. But they are all size 12s and 10s. This, having more clothes of all kinds in sizes 10 to 12 is the only thing, OK and less expensive bras, which makes me want to loose weight.

Thank you again. I will try to find fashion tips for us inverted triangle shaped women. Yep we are all getting older. That does seem to make it trickier too, doesn’t it?

Sadly I am not entirely back yet. This appears to be a long term family emergency. It will require a new schedule. Regardless I will work in the info on bra designers to write to and tips for women shaped like us.

Now more than ever I need a bra I can rely on, and a smooth cup one at that, and more go to fashions!

Do you suppose I can get away with wearing a tunic under a suit jacket and over a pencil skirt?

Thank You Anonymous and Harriet and I believe I may have something

Anonymous I will look into that who to contact about bra design soon I hope.
Harriet, I recently looked for someone else to see if Silhouettes delivers in Sweden. And they do!

They have lots of new spring suits separates, dresses and other fashions. You can find a link to Silhouettes in the right column of this page.

First I looked up size conversions and found this handy guide.
Here it appears that a European size 48 is equal to a US size 18. But I do not know if this is 18 misses or 18W, which would have extra inches in the bust, waist and hips.

Silhouettes’ clothing is generously cut. And the fabric is long wear too. I know because I have shirts by Silhouettes I have worn for years and they still haven’t worn out!

They also have this Shapes and Sizes guide under their size charts on this page. There you’ll find inverted triangle women’s shape at the bottom of that page. They offer clothing style suggestions. Quite often when searching Silhouettes, as chat box comes down and perhaps their customer service can suggest specific current styles.

Anonymous and I are also inverted triangle shaped, but large busted. I believe it may be visually the same or similar effect when trying to dress this shape.

Anonymous, if I am recalling this correctly, wrote that a wrap dress works for her. I have not tried that yet myself. Silhouettes suggest fuller skirts and pants. These styles do not work for me with my largish gut. But if you don’t have the gut it might.

The dress at the top of this page now might be an example of what Silhouettes suggest for us inverted triangle shaped women. It has a dark top and a fuller skirt, they also suggest bulky jewelry. They likely have that in accessories.

I have the slender legs and arms, but with wide and padded shoulders. Sound familiar? I am never to sure what looks best myself. I like a suit jacket and a skirt or dress. But I don’t know if it’s the best look for me. Outside of it being what I am most comfortable in for business wear, or even dress wear if I can get away with that.

Worse yet I have fine, straight hair. So when I do look in the mirror what I tend to see is a wee little head atop wide bulky shoulders.

Any suggestions on the hair, for the styling inept, will be greatly appreciated!

Harriet, let me know if you find something at Silhouettes that might work for our shapes! And Anonymous; Any suggestions?

I’ve got to do the dressing up for job interviews soon. So any suggestions for how to best dress the inverted triangle shaped women would be great for both Harriet any myself!

Thank you both again for your kind intentions!

Yes Becky, and I think it’s because full figure women look healthier

I think you are right. I just don’t think a skinny woman could really fill out that baby doll pictured below. It would be somehow lacking something. And your blog makes a good point about us larger women can be just as healthy as average weight women too! It is an idea that needs more exposure in our weigh loss obsessive culture.



Anonymous: If you are reading this I am sorry about the delay in finding whom to write to about future full busted bra design. A family emergency is at upon us. I will get back to this issue of what large busted women want in future bras as soon as I can!

Anonymous, Fauve only goes up to H cup sizes

Yes I found that chart really handy too! And use it often. The price of Fauve bras won’t matter much to us because as you can read here at Fantasie’s site, they only go up to H cup sizes. Perhaps they will make a line for us somewhat more endowed women later. Then we can wonder if we want to go the price.

I came across some other interesting bra info lately. Full Figure Plus' bra support post brings up some interesting points I never considered. You can read it by clicking here.

Things like that minimizer bras for us fuller busted women don’t really work but will reduce breast elasticity over time, (#6). And that some medications can affect breast size, (#3). I do not believe that Glen Johnson, the writer is referring to the likes of Fauve bras when he writes about you get what you pay for. I think Fantasie, Panache, Freya and Le Mystere are likely worth the money.

Well I know Panache, Fantasie and Le Mystere are! Freya has some beautiful bras I’d like to try some day. It does appear we have come to a lull in great bra sale time of year lately. Bigger Bras clearance sale may well be ending soon too.

I’m hoping to post new sales and styles of plus size and full busted bras here in the near future. Remember: Checking for discontinued colors at Bare Necessities is often a great way to get excellent prices on our size bras!

If the hour glass figure was the rarest, then it seems to me there should be a lot more inverted triangle shaped women out there like us. It does make dressing a challenge at the very least! I often go for the knit dress. If I get one where the top part just makes the stretch, the bottom half does not have too much excessive drape. Can’t always get that though!

I hope to look into who to write about bra design later this week. When I find it I’ll post it here.

Yes Anonymous, there is a good source of Bra Cup Size Info!

It’s not so much what they call each bra size, but what measurement they mean by each bra size.
Click on this link to go to Bigger Bras How to Fit a Bra page. When you scroll down a bit under their fitting instructions you’ll come to their big long handy Bra Cup Size Comparison Chart!

This is where we can learn that when Le Mystere calls a bra an H cup they are talking about 8 inches of cup size. Yet Fantasie calls an H cup 11 inches! And Bigger Bras lists plenty of bra manufacturers! That is a good page to keep in your favorites and consult when bra shopping!

Recently Bigger Bras revamped their website. So now if you click on this Le Mystere Full Fit Bra below, the scroll down, you get a small selection of this bra cup manufacture’s size list with each bras description! Just not the ones we were writing about, unfortunately. But they are all in the big list on the How to Fit a Bra page. Well not all, but many bra manufactures cup sizes by inch are listed!




Although I can wear that bra above as my make due seamless, it does not fit as seen above. Wearing it in a G cup gives us HH cup sized women, well, lots of cleavage. Hopefully in the near future I’ll know how a HH cup fits in that bra. But I doubt it will be as soon as I like. It is, for a make due fit, comfy and pretty supportive. And for being short, the straps do adjust way up!

Like you noticed about the surplice cut in D cup swimwear did not work well. Likewise the Le Mystere Carina will not make due in a G cup the way the Dream Tisha will for us. A real pity because the straps are out of this world smooth and soft silky. But I tried it on and, owing to the cut of the cups; my breasts just fall right out.

The Lands End swim tops sound great. Love those prices! Writing about swimwear for a few years now I’ve noticed often the best prices are in the late summer and fall. It may be possible for my current swimwear to last till then. Well I can hope! Having my daughter tugging at my clothes all the time and perhaps distaste for the feel of sunscreen on my skin, I’ve opted for the swim skirt. Do they sell those at Wal-Mart and the like as separates too? Although it seems sun screens are getting less icky every year!

I wonder how many inverted triangle shaped women are out there. I recall reading; I think it was Allure, a small study of women’s body shapes. For unusual, I believe we come in second rarest. The rarest, if I am recalling this correctly, shape being the hour glass figure.

I know it runs in my father’s side of the family and my daughter has always had it. All those cute pajamas sets she got as a toddler, even a current gift one, when the tops fit, the bottoms fall off. Eventually the bottoms fit, but the tops can’t by then. Recently she wanted me to get this suit. I clicked on its picture for her, then scrolled down and showed her the size charts and how it is that I am a size 20W or 22W chest, a size 18W waist and size 8 hips. I told her that’s a lot of taking in I don’t have the time to do. And I got to avoid explaining how it is so not in our budget. I hope she enjoys putting together her own outfits, because it seems even her slender 8 year old self has been heading the same way proportionally too.

Any other full busted inverted triangle shaped ladies out there too? I wonder if these things go together.

Looking at how the week to come is shaping up, it seems I’ll get around to looking into whom exactly to write to by middle or late in the week. To my way of thinking; if a bra is going to cost some of us around $50 each, we should get a REAL GOOD FIT. And Seamless should be possible too!

Anonymous Thanks again! & I wonder who we should write to?

I was looking at that Panache tankini last year my self. Good to see it comes in cup sizes up to J now. It’s also good to know that d cup swimwear style could possibly work on us women with who normally wear HH cup bras! It is too bad about your timing on the purchases though. Perhaps you’ll have better luck this year!

The very Idea of being able to fit in to a D cup Swimsuit though! Think of the much larger selection and the savings!

Lots of the styles I write about here, with the exception of the Christina and Just My Size Swimwear, likely all fit D cup sized women! The President / CEO of Always for Me told me this is pretty much true of all plus size swimwear. Always for Me advises often, especially for their own chic but cheap plus size swimwear, if you wear a D cup or larger bra, just order a size larger!

Actually for me, an extreme inverted triangle shaped woman, I’d get one of Always for Me’s own brand of tankini or skirtini swimsuit from their clearance section. (here is a direct link to it. AlwaysForMe.com Sales
) And see if the bottoms fit any larger friends of mine.

Soon the responsibilities that overwhelm my weekends will over take me. But early next week I hope to look into who we could write to at the fuller cup bra makers. Just incase either of us, and perhaps other full busted women, get in the letter writing mood. I know, the mood its self eludes me too.

Actually Anonymous there is One Smooth Over G cup Full Fit Bra I know of!

Not up to HH yet, but Le Mystere’s Dream Tisha underwire Full Fit Bra now comes in cup sizes up to H! Her Room and Bare Necessities have it in stock in sizes up to H cup sizes! And currently Bigger Bras, whose link I just put on this blog page’s right column, has this bra in nude in 36H for $61.20, in stock.

To give you an idea of fit, this is one of my make due smooth cup bras. I wear a lot of t-shirts. The one I am wearing at the moment is a 36G. They just came out with the H cup sizes about a month or so ago! Who knows may be next year HH cups sizes will be added!?!?! It’s a good bra under a t-shirt. This bra is often on sale in discontinued colors at Bare Necessities and Bigger Bras!

Bigger Bras also normally has a 10% off code on their pages. And some times they give me a 15% off discount code which I post at the top right of my Bra Sized Swimwear page. Bigger Bras carries lots of, usually underwire, Fantasie, Freya and other large cup bra sized swimwear. I have tried a Fantasie one piece, too long for us petite women. And I have a Fantasie underwire tankini top, just right! I have not tried any of the many underwire bikinis tops or Freya swimwear styles yet. But I sure am glad I found bra sized swimwear!

My other make due smooth G cup bra is Fantasie 4500. The Le Mystere is a bit padded, this Fantasie one is not. Both have molded cups. And my snuggly daughter does not like it as the underwires between my breasts stick out and poke her on the Fantasie one. This does not happen with the Le Mystere in the same make due size 36G.

She absolutely loved the Panache Tango II, my first HH bra when I first got it. It took a while for me to figure out my cup size, and then find it. She likes Panache’s Harmony bra too!

One of my favorite things about the Fantasie molded 4500 are that the straps stay put. The Le Mystere ones did, up till about 6 months of really quite often wearing. But for us petite women, the Fantasie 4500 may not work anymore. Bigger Bras tells us in its description that they have made the straps longer now.

Ok so that’s one larger than a G cup smooth full busted bra.

Thanks again for the extra waist cincher info! You may be right ordering the Harmony in a J cup. I wear that one in an HH and it does appear to be a little like Busting Out over the cups. However my breasts actually never leave the cups. Even when lying down. The lift and support is just GREAT!

The breast falling out of cup thing does happen with the Le Mystere Dream Tisha in my current make due 36G size, but only when lying down.

I’ll post more smooth over G cup bra styles, as well as full busted bra sales, here as I find them!

Maybe if we all wrote Panache, Fantasie, Le Mystere and Freya and told them we need smooth cup bras over H cup sizes too. And in Average, petite and tall strap sizes. And make those straps true long wear, no slip at all straps as in the Fantasie 4500 bra. Maybe one of those bra company would make one!

Thanks again Anonymous! And a Tip for Savings when shopping Her Room

I really like the Rago cincher too. To save when shopping at Her Room use the Her Room vote and save 10% link in the right column of this page. If clicking on a link or picture here does not work, press your control key when clicking on the link.

The Flexees waist cincher below that you recommend looks very beautiful, & SMOOTH too!


Now if I can just get my waist down to a 33” – 34” size! I’ve got exercise penciled in for March. The problem with being a mother is you pencil yourself in a lot. Then you erase a lot. I did look around for this Flexees waist cincher in larger than a 2X, which is what the above comes in, maybe later….

And thank you again for answering my other waist cincher question I forgot about. When I first wanted to try a waist cincher, I wondered, do you order your waist measurement? Or order a bit smaller for cinching value?

But as you, Anonymous, were nice enough to include your waist 33” and the size in the above cincher you wear, XL. Which the size chart tells at the cincher above tells us is a waist size 31” to 32”. We, or at least I, now know that to get some satisfactory cinching you order a size smaller!

Thanks again that clears up a lot! I ordered one at my waist size that when I tried it on, well it sort of hung around me. I noticed the company discontinued that one some months later. So I felt I really could not base sizing on that particular waist cincher.

And I understand about the short length being an issue for us petite women. I did order 2 of those Squeem cinchers I wore out. For me they were both long torso. I’m 5’1 ½” short. The first one fit perfect. The second one bruised the tops of my thighs when I sat. Same size, same brand, go figure.

A tip from on 36HH bra sized short woman to another:
The Panache Super Tango II is a bit on the long strap size for me. It’s a good bra, but I get far more lift and support from Panache’s Harmony underwire Balcony Bra. I believe it simply has shorter straps!! It’s still on sale at Bare Necessities in its Petrol color. And you can save 10% if you use the 10% off full figure bras Bare Necessities link in this blog’s main page’s right column.

I try to post sales on larger than G cup bras here as I find them. And as you can easily imagine, I look quite often! I also go off in pursuit of the elusive larger than a G cup smooth seamless bra. If you see one, that is not a Goddess, let me know! I don’t know why, but I’ve tried Goddess bras on twice and it seems they are actually shaped for an entirely other female form than my own. I’ve never had that experience with other bras, but there it is.

Dear Anonymous, Thanks for Your Input! & Which Waist Nipper?

Thanks for weighing in on the loose of form fitting dress question! I know I’ve got the ‘When are you due?’ question when wearing loose dresses too.

Obviously my concerns, shape wise, would be well served by a waist cincher or nipper.

Which waist nipper would you, Anonymous, wear? Or any full figured waist cincher, or nipper wearer wear? Your advice will be appreciated! I have an event coming up in March and my wardrobe is never ready!

Cinching Pretty? Pictured below is one of 5 plus size Rago cinchers and a nipper on sale today at Her Room



Today I found Rago, and Flexees, full figure waist cinchers and nippers on sale. Like this pretty one above that gets lots of good reviews.

And they are all so much cheaper than the Squeem waist cincher I wore out so completely!

The Squeen waist cinching vest I wrote of in my last blog is a bit pricey. But it was so comfy I wore it daily, even with jeans, till its stays wear popping out! At Rago or Flexees prices I could wear them most days. Well at least in the winter. It’s a warm way to dress!

What do you Feel more Comfortable In Form Fitting or Loose Dresses?

Featured at the top of my home page and on page 178 of Glamour’s March issue is this beautiful georgette dress from Avenue below. In Glamour it is worn by a larger woman than below. And it looks great!
Clicking on this dress will take you to Avenue



For some time now Glamour has been suggesting form fitting and body skimming dresses to us full figure women. And Kimono styles like those featured near the top of my dress page recently.

Do you like the way you look and feel in form fitting dresses? Or do you prefer looser shift dresses like this one below?

Could be I like it because it has pockets. Although Avenue has body skimming dresses with on seam pockets lately!
Clicking on this dress below will take you to Silhouettes



Further on in the March issue of Glamour I see they recommend a heavily pleated Lavin trapeze dress. Silhouettes has this pleated trapeze dress in their outlet store now for just $58.99! It’s available in the rouge color below in all sizes 12W to 26W and most of those sizes in black! You can click on its picture to shop for it in Silhouettes’ Outlet store.



Glamour recommends this in their Fashion section, to no particular body shaped woman. I like it and the shift dresses Silhouettes has in both their normal store and in the Outlet because, pockets or not, it also takes negates the shapewear issue! Well aside from what bra to wear.

With a form fitting dress I, for one, would have to consider a body briefer. But it is not likely I’ll find a body briefer for a 36HH bra size. A high waist panty like a Spanx Power panty and cover the bulge between the panty and bra with a shaping cami. Or perhaps this Spanx Higher Power High-Waisted Power Panty could work.

If it dose not fold under my bra and the legs do not come down to my knees. So I’m kind of short. But it might…..

See this is the sort of thing I might go through when I think of wearing a form fitting pale colored spring dress like the one at the top of this post. I wore a form fitting black dress last to a place I know had low lighting, under my favorite suit jacket. And I wore my, now worn to smithereens, Sqeem waist cinching vest. That’s the color and place consideration.

Or I might just tell myself: OK that’s just me, bulges and all!

What about you?

What kind of dresses do you prefer and why?