#bra post

i have 2 underwire bras i really like but i don’t like wearing underwires (or molded foam cups) all the time because my gals don’t fit really well in them, i think it’s my barrel chest that fucks that up

i had 2 front closing softcup bras that i liked when i bought them but after 2 washes they lost their shape so badly that they don’t fit at all anymore =/

yesterday while i was out i bought a playtex 18hr bra, you know the ones in the boxes, because they had one i liked in my awkward size for once (42DD) and i figured i could return it if i hated it

ACTUALLY IT’S PERFECT, it’s completely soft, no wires or even very stiff seams, fabric is soft, cups are lightly lined without being that molded foam i hate

and the fit was TRUE, i put that fucker on and the gore was snug to my chest and the band was right where it needed to be

AND IT’S NOT TERRIBLY UGLY!!! yeah it’s a little plain but i don’t mind that

i got the gray one but i think i’m gonna go ahead and order the beige and pink online because i know the size is correct and then i’ll have three and i can throw away the gross ones!

i have atrociously big boobs - i'm talking unbearable and painful big - and i've been told i can't get the reduction or double mas that i so desperately want until i lose some weight. the problem here being, exercise is often impossible to accomplish without severe pain and migraines because of the boob problem. it's a vicious cycle.

i was lucky enough recently to get to try out a bra of my choice for free, so i did a whole world of research and spend a lot of time on plus-size bra sites. i personally love Zodee in Australia, because they will fully refund anything that doesn't fit, which takes the frustration and cost risk out of online shopping.

using Sam's magnificent bra fitting guide, and with my research all consolidated, the bra i chose was the Panache Hi-Impact Sports Bra, which goes up to an H cup.

i expected it, like every other big-cup sport bra i've ever seen, to let me down miserably right out of the gate. i expected sagging, sideboob, underboob, the usual villains. instead? holy sweet fuck.

i put it on, and immediately i was speechless. every other bra i've ever seen or worn for women with boobs my size is done up in doily lace with granny trim, cut in a way that may be functional, but is deeply unflattering and looks like something you'd see on your nan's dresser under ancient rusted bottles of perfume. this bra? looks young. it's cut in a way that not only fits the functionality and support, but flatters plus-size women. not just flatters, i shouldn't say that, the truth is it looks hot as fuck, and for someone who hasn't said that once about her own body - let alone her godawful rack - in her entire life that's fucking huge.

naturally, after staring at myself in the mirror for 20 minutes in awe and wondering for the first time ever if i should put a picture of my tits on the internet (it's the bra, it's like a tit-hugging version of the One Ring, it just keeps whispering to me) i did the only thing you can do when you put on a new sports bra for the first time: i started jumping up and down. and - nothing. no bounce. no pain. my boobs are now the Sam to my Frodo they go where i go and it's GLORIOUS.