I have to dress for my bodytype. Unfortunately, the styles and outfits that I like on models, don't necessarily translate the same way on my body. I like having curves, but it is
disappointing when I put something on and its design makes me look larger just because I have boobs.
I agree. Many fashions...especially current ones, can honestly make me look pregnant because of my chest. Plus, I have to buy clothes that my chest, not my body...my chest could make me buy a
large when in reality my body would be a medium. Also, shirts that would look really cute on somebody with a smaller chest...lower cut, etc...look slutty on me, even though they are showing
the exact same amount of skin, my chest makes it look like I'm exposing myself to the world.
This haunts me constantly! Slouchy scoop neck tshirts....shirts tucked into high waisted dresses.....babydoll dresses.....shrunken blazers.....all wonderful fashion trends. All pretty hard to
pull off with anything heftier than an A cup.
i think it does too. my friend (DD) and I (B) always play a game. what would look cute on me, but slutty on her? it's so crazy how different the exact same top/dress/whatever can look so
different depending on boobage.
I agree with the first anonymous commenter. I have DD's and look incredibly slutty in anything even sort of low-cut, where someone with a B cup would just look cute. And I can't wear any
shirts that don't have stretch, or any button-up shirts. Sigh.
Absolutely without a doubt. I am a EE but I wear a size 4 in pants. It's soooo incredibly hard going shopping, I have to buy shirts that fit my chest and there are most definitely things I
know to steer clear of
YES, this is a huge issue for me. If I wear anything that isn't a crewneck it looks like I'm trying to show off the girls and am somehow being slutty. I also have issues buying anything
buttondown, blazers, shift dresses and babydoll dresses. And with almost everything that I wear, I look much bigger than I really am from all angles.
I was wondering if anyone knew of the white suit Emanuelle Chriqui(Sloan) wore in last episode of Entourage. The designer and where we can buy this fantastic suit?
i have to agree. i'm a 32dd and just have an impossible time finding tops that fit since i'd need an extra small otherwise. and i have an impossible time with tshirts. either they fit me and
my breasts look huge or they are big and baggy and i look sloppy.
I love v-necks t-shirts, crew necks make my chest look even bigger, if it's fitted in the middle then my boobs look even bigger or the dreaded uniboob. I always have to wear a bra so there's
that to contend with. I'm a 36C and sometimes all the focus is on the "girls". Button down shirts cause issues, some dresses have to be a bigger size because they're made for girls with no
chest whatsoever. Which I hate, because it's a larger size and doesn't look as cute as the size that I actually need/want OR I have to go get it tailored. Blazers that don't close because of
the girls...I can go on forever. However, I guess it's better than having none (?) Sigh. I find what works & buy it in every color.
Well said, anonymous. It's so annoying because anything that isn't fitted in the waist drapes down and makes me look a lot bigger than I am -- and I love flowy tops!
See, my problem is I have super skinny shoulders, very skinny arms, and my body is thin. If I get a large shirt (sometimes XL) my boobs will fit, but it will be baggy around my waist, and of
course, falling off my shoulders. If I get the right size for my waist and arms/shoulders, it is massively too small for my chest. It's very hard to find a balance.
I've never understood the facination with implants for this very reason. I think that a smaller chest is more versatile in terms of fashion. I'm a perky b-cup and sometimes even I feel
like my chest looks weird in certain garments!
Yes, unfortunately...everything is tailored in such a way that big breasts don't even fit in them most of the time (I actually just had to re-sew all the buttons of my new winter coat because
they kept breaking off off the coat because of how tight it had been sewed on it )well, not everything, but most clothes are, and if you want something tight you're not going to look like a
sausage in, you've got to turn to specialized brands and for that you have to let go of some big bucks :/
Also I find it really hard to find any bras in normal lingerie stores that go further than a B in cups, I didn't have that problem back in the UK with stores such as La Senza which offer most
of their designs in cups from A to E but in France they make it really expensive to be big breasted, or they only offer granny style designs grrr...
I'm a DD and most things either look slutty, or fit my boobs well and hang like a tent everywhere else. I'm also pregnant (yay!) but lord only knows what kind of shape these suckers will be
in after nursing.
Hourglass shapes look great if you have an ample chest, but almost all clothing now is fit for small breasts. I won't even bother buying something if it requires me to wear a cami to cover
the cleavage - I hate that look!
Sometimes, yes. I am petite and have curves both on top and bottom, so it can be a challenge sometimes, even though my body is proportional. Problems with the ladies arise when a top or a
dress is low-cut. Like superninja said, they often require camis underneath, which can get annoying.
This is the reason why I'm glad I never went through the breast augmentation I was dying for since I was 18. I learned to appreciate the girls because I can wear pretty much anything.
I used to think "yes" until I was professionally fitted and found out I was wearing the wrong size! Wearing the right sized bra actually minimizes the girls without crushing them, improves my
posture, and makes people think I lost weight! So listed to Oprah, and go get fitted by some professionals at Nordstroms! Don't go anywhere else, I was fitted at Victoria's Secret initially
who told me to buy the incorrect size.
Yes and no. As a 36F, I certainly face my share of challenges regarding fit, but I've learned to be creative with some things and accept that some others will just not work. However, fashions
that may look ridiculous on less well-endowed body types, particularly those with a heavy retro influence, look fantastic on my frame. Still, a large-chested lady's best friend is a good
tailor.
I am lucky in some ways - I'm a 5'11", broad shouldered, hourglass silhouette, so I've never looked particularly disproportionate. My problems come more with proper fit than propriety, and
once I learned that buying large and spending a bit more at the tailor's would do far more for my tiny waist than trying to stretch a smaller size over the bust and hips I was far, far
happier camper.
Yes, it sucks that some of the pretty things that look good on the (approximately) one billion asian girls on my school campus will never, ever lie pretty on my frame, and I would love one
single button down shirt that I didn't have to perform minor surgery to keep from gaping. But I'd still rather channel Joan Holloway.
YES. As a 30 F/G it is almost impossible to find clothes that fit properly, especially being a petite as well which is another hurdle unto itself. Because I'm short tops tend to come down too
low and I can't pull off a lot of the styles because they show too much or make me look bigger despite my small waist (size 0 everywhere else). I need to shop in the petites, but they often
assume you are petite all over. My life is pretty casual so luckily I can get away with nice t-shirts often layered with a cami (my solution to things) 99% of the time, but if I had to
seriously dress up everyday like some people it would be a nightmare and probably everything would have to be tailored extensively $$. Clothes are definitely designed for tall skinny people
not short curvy people, just look at the models.
I am a 34 A so there are no boobie problems here! Sometimes the tops I wear can be tight across the chest so I can't imagine a woman with large breast wearing the same top. They would have to
go up a size and tailor the top to fit in the waist etc..
I will say that some of the men I know have talked about girls with large breasts saying they dress too provocatively and show too much cleavage. I have defended these girls more than once
because why can't they wear the same sundress as me sometimes. Especially when it's really hot out. I am sure there are a lot of guys out there that think I look horrible with no boobs in the
same dress!
Maybe I'm just sensitive from years of comparing myself to models and celebrities with tiny boobs, but to me this question is like asking a woman with big thighs, "Do your large thighs get in
the way of fashion?" Umm, yeah they do! Thanks for asking!
i look huge when i wear cardigans and anything made of wool!!any thing low cut=slut.anything tight=crushed boobs.so basically no wool no low cut and always a bigger size
Well, I went Swimwear shopping yesterday. Thank goodness for seperates. I had to buy size 2 bottoms and a size 10 top. I'm 17. It's absoloutely ridiculous.
Big breasts definitely get in the way of fashion. I'm always very concious of how clothing fits me around my chest. It's particuarly a pain to go bra shopping: most brands don't cater to an E
cup, let alone a 30 back size.
i would recommend Bravissimo ( google them )for big boobed girls as they do clothes especially designed for the purpose, ive bought some dresses from them and they fit great.
So nice to find this discussion... similar probs as the rest of you (32DD and size 2 hips) and it bugs me regularly , but so much so since yesterday! I'm going to be in a fashion show for the
launch of new magazine (I'm not a model - just a human who is involved with the mag) and we were to go to this fantastic shop I've always drooled over to pick out virtually anything we wanted
(to borrow). The prices are almost couture, so I had never even been in. But I'd looked in the window a million times and fantasized over these very glam/very sexy/very edgy handsewn gowns.
The other girls picked stuff out and were fitted within half an hour. For me it was 2 hours - with the designer pulling a face everytime I stepped out of the change room. uniboob breasts
spilling madly over the top of bustiers, skirts swinging of my hips or spoiling the line by slopping all over the place. It was so sad! Not one of the gorgeous dresses fit!
I ended up taking one of the few separates-type outfits - a very pretty slinky black skirt (that still had to be taken in) and a pink chiffon halter top with fabulous detailing. But of course
now I have to find a backless or low-band halter-type bra so as not to shock the audience with my frightening boobs!
I've never been embarrassed of my (I think very nice) body before. It's always just been a little awkward finding the right look to compliment my figure.
But yesterday I felt like a freak. It was depressing.
Do not all women have to shop for their bodytype? Women with small or large breast, long or short legs, etc all have to deal with this. The thing which I think defines this though is where
those large breasts came from, if they are natural then I am sure the woman has developed her own style anyway. If they are fake then they are probably more of as a result of bad fashion in
the first place.
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1. It's hard to find well-fitting tops that have enough room in the chest but are fitted on the waist.
2. Tops that look "cute" on others often look "slutty" on me because of my chest.
3. Printed tops can get a bit hinky on the chest.
1I have to dress for my bodytype. Unfortunately, the styles and outfits that I like on models, don't necessarily translate the same way on my body. I like having curves, but it is disappointing when I put something on and its design makes me look larger just because I have boobs.
2I share the exact same opinion with mandawahoo!
3I agree. Many fashions...especially current ones, can honestly make me look pregnant because of my chest. Plus, I have to buy clothes that my chest, not my body...my chest could make me buy a large when in reality my body would be a medium. Also, shirts that would look really cute on somebody with a smaller chest...lower cut, etc...look slutty on me, even though they are showing the exact same amount of skin, my chest makes it look like I'm exposing myself to the world.
4Is that photo real? If so, it's a wonder she doesn't topple over.
5Sometimes. I dreaded shopping when babydoll tops were in. Those were made for A cups
6This haunts me constantly! Slouchy scoop neck tshirts....shirts tucked into high waisted dresses.....babydoll dresses.....shrunken blazers.....all wonderful fashion trends. All pretty hard to pull off with anything heftier than an A cup.
7i think it does too. my friend (DD) and I (B) always play a game. what would look cute on me, but slutty on her? it's so crazy how different the exact same top/dress/whatever can look so different depending on boobage.
8I agree with the first anonymous commenter. I have DD's and look incredibly slutty in anything even sort of low-cut, where someone with a B cup would just look cute. And I can't wear any shirts that don't have stretch, or any button-up shirts. Sigh.
9SO happy to be a 34B!
10Ugh... button-down tops. So hard to find one that doesn't gap. Thank goodness for lingerie tape!
11Absolutely without a doubt. I am a EE but I wear a size 4 in pants. It's soooo incredibly hard going shopping, I have to buy shirts that fit my chest and there are most definitely things I know to steer clear of
12amy, have you tried safety pinning the "gap" in button down shirts? I can't wear one without a safety pin keeping things G rated!
13Ahhh this is why I love having teeny teeny A cups
14YES, this is a huge issue for me. If I wear anything that isn't a crewneck it looks like I'm trying to show off the girls and am somehow being slutty. I also have issues buying anything buttondown, blazers, shift dresses and babydoll dresses. And with almost everything that I wear, I look much bigger than I really am from all angles.
15I was wondering if anyone knew of the white suit Emanuelle Chriqui(Sloan) wore in last episode of Entourage. The designer and where we can buy this fantastic suit?
16i have to agree. i'm a 32dd and just have an impossible time finding tops that fit since i'd need an extra small otherwise. and i have an impossible time with tshirts. either they fit me and my breasts look huge or they are big and baggy and i look sloppy.
17Not really, I have a proportionate body.
18I love v-necks t-shirts, crew necks make my chest look even bigger, if it's fitted in the middle then my boobs look even bigger or the dreaded uniboob. I always have to wear a bra so there's that to contend with. I'm a 36C and sometimes all the focus is on the "girls". Button down shirts cause issues, some dresses have to be a bigger size because they're made for girls with no chest whatsoever. Which I hate, because it's a larger size and doesn't look as cute as the size that I actually need/want OR I have to go get it tailored. Blazers that don't close because of the girls...I can go on forever. However, I guess it's better than having none (?) Sigh. I find what works & buy it in every color.
19Well said, anonymous. It's so annoying because anything that isn't fitted in the waist drapes down and makes me look a lot bigger than I am -- and I love flowy tops!
20Yes. But my boyfriend wouldn't have it any other way
21berri716, EE ???
22See, my problem is I have super skinny shoulders, very skinny arms, and my body is thin. If I get a large shirt (sometimes XL) my boobs will fit, but it will be baggy around my waist, and of course, falling off my shoulders. If I get the right size for my waist and arms/shoulders, it is massively too small for my chest. It's very hard to find a balance.
23I've never understood the facination with implants for this very reason. I think that a smaller chest is more versatile in terms of fashion. I'm a perky b-cup and sometimes even I feel like my chest looks weird in certain garments!
24Yes, unfortunately...everything is tailored in such a way that big breasts don't even fit in them most of the time (I actually just had to re-sew all the buttons of my new winter coat because they kept breaking off off the coat because of how tight it had been sewed on it )well, not everything, but most clothes are, and if you want something tight you're not going to look like a sausage in, you've got to turn to specialized brands and for that you have to let go of some big bucks :/
25Also I find it really hard to find any bras in normal lingerie stores that go further than a B in cups, I didn't have that problem back in the UK with stores such as La Senza which offer most of their designs in cups from A to E but in France they make it really expensive to be big breasted, or they only offer granny style designs grrr...
I'm a DD and most things either look slutty, or fit my boobs well and hang like a tent everywhere else. I'm also pregnant (yay!) but lord only knows what kind of shape these suckers will be in after nursing.
26Hourglass shapes look great if you have an ample chest, but almost all clothing now is fit for small breasts. I won't even bother buying something if it requires me to wear a cami to cover the cleavage - I hate that look!
27Sometimes, yes. I am petite and have curves both on top and bottom, so it can be a challenge sometimes, even though my body is proportional. Problems with the ladies arise when a top or a dress is low-cut. Like superninja said, they often require camis underneath, which can get annoying.
28This is the reason why I'm glad I never went through the breast augmentation I was dying for since I was 18. I learned to appreciate the girls because I can wear pretty much anything.
29I used to think "yes" until I was professionally fitted and found out I was wearing the wrong size! Wearing the right sized bra actually minimizes the girls without crushing them, improves my posture, and makes people think I lost weight! So listed to Oprah, and go get fitted by some professionals at Nordstroms! Don't go anywhere else, I was fitted at Victoria's Secret initially who told me to buy the incorrect size.
30Big breasts look unproportional to what one is wearing. Especially tight clothes. They look weird. @_@
31Yes and no. As a 36F, I certainly face my share of challenges regarding fit, but I've learned to be creative with some things and accept that some others will just not work. However, fashions that may look ridiculous on less well-endowed body types, particularly those with a heavy retro influence, look fantastic on my frame. Still, a large-chested lady's best friend is a good tailor.
I am lucky in some ways - I'm a 5'11", broad shouldered, hourglass silhouette, so I've never looked particularly disproportionate. My problems come more with proper fit than propriety, and once I learned that buying large and spending a bit more at the tailor's would do far more for my tiny waist than trying to stretch a smaller size over the bust and hips I was far, far happier camper.
Yes, it sucks that some of the pretty things that look good on the (approximately) one billion asian girls on my school campus will never, ever lie pretty on my frame, and I would love one single button down shirt that I didn't have to perform minor surgery to keep from gaping. But I'd still rather channel Joan Holloway.
32I agree with all of the above! My (to me, very lucky!) mom and sister-in-law can both go without a bra. If I did that I'd knock my eyes out.
I'm a 34E and it's almost impossible to find fashionable tops that don't gap and/or make me look slutty.
To wear anything with a slight v-neck I have to wear a layer underneath.
If I wear a crew-neck, I look fat. If I wear a turtleneck, I look like my boobs start at my chin.
I love wrap-shirts. I discovered them about 3 years ago and now have probably 10 in my closet. I wear those and layered v-necks.
I really don't understand women having such huge implants put in!
33YES. As a 30 F/G it is almost impossible to find clothes that fit properly, especially being a petite as well which is another hurdle unto itself. Because I'm short tops tend to come down too low and I can't pull off a lot of the styles because they show too much or make me look bigger despite my small waist (size 0 everywhere else). I need to shop in the petites, but they often assume you are petite all over. My life is pretty casual so luckily I can get away with nice t-shirts often layered with a cami (my solution to things) 99% of the time, but if I had to seriously dress up everyday like some people it would be a nightmare and probably everything would have to be tailored extensively $$. Clothes are definitely designed for tall skinny people not short curvy people, just look at the models.
34My breasts have started growing after years of being small.. and I don't like it!
35I am a 34 A so there are no boobie problems here! Sometimes the tops I wear can be tight across the chest so I can't imagine a woman with large breast wearing the same top. They would have to go up a size and tailor the top to fit in the waist etc..
36I will say that some of the men I know have talked about girls with large breasts saying they dress too provocatively and show too much cleavage. I have defended these girls more than once because why can't they wear the same sundress as me sometimes. Especially when it's really hot out. I am sure there are a lot of guys out there that think I look horrible with no boobs in the same dress!
Maybe I'm just sensitive from years of comparing myself to models and celebrities with tiny boobs, but to me this question is like asking a woman with big thighs, "Do your large thighs get in the way of fashion?" Umm, yeah they do! Thanks for asking!
37i look huge when i wear cardigans and anything made of wool!!any thing low cut=slut.anything tight=crushed boobs.so basically no wool no low cut and always a bigger size
38I love the seamstress I go to. She's great. I get tops taken in so that they work with my waist...because it's smaller than my 36 D titties.
Personally I won't go anywhere near a cowl neck. It just makes my well shaped and lovely perky girls look like they're saddlebaggy. No thanks!
39Well, I went Swimwear shopping yesterday. Thank goodness for seperates. I had to buy size 2 bottoms and a size 10 top. I'm 17. It's absoloutely ridiculous.
40Big breasts definitely get in the way of fashion. I'm always very concious of how clothing fits me around my chest. It's particuarly a pain to go bra shopping: most brands don't cater to an E cup, let alone a 30 back size.
i would recommend Bravissimo ( google them )for big boobed girls as they do clothes especially designed for the purpose, ive bought some dresses from them and they fit great.
41I'm 40DD and it can be a challenge to finding jacket that fits and a good bra that covers and sustain my breasts. Other than it's okay.
I don't care for what's ''in''. If it doesn't look good on me then so be it. I won't exchange my girls for another ... I love them the way they are.
42hahah the tag for this is chicken..wtf?
and yeah even at sixteen finding clothes for my body can be a b*tch
but when i do find the
right outfit it looks REALLY good.
43So nice to find this discussion... similar probs as the rest of you (32DD and size 2 hips) and it bugs me regularly , but so much so since yesterday! I'm going to be in a fashion show for the launch of new magazine (I'm not a model - just a human who is involved with the mag) and we were to go to this fantastic shop I've always drooled over to pick out virtually anything we wanted (to borrow). The prices are almost couture, so I had never even been in. But I'd looked in the window a million times and fantasized over these very glam/very sexy/very edgy handsewn gowns. The other girls picked stuff out and were fitted within half an hour. For me it was 2 hours - with the designer pulling a face everytime I stepped out of the change room. uniboob breasts spilling madly over the top of bustiers, skirts swinging of my hips or spoiling the line by slopping all over the place. It was so sad! Not one of the gorgeous dresses fit!
44I ended up taking one of the few separates-type outfits - a very pretty slinky black skirt (that still had to be taken in) and a pink chiffon halter top with fabulous detailing. But of course now I have to find a backless or low-band halter-type bra so as not to shock the audience with my frightening boobs!
I've never been embarrassed of my (I think very nice) body before. It's always just been a little awkward finding the right look to compliment my figure.
But yesterday I felt like a freak. It was depressing.
Do not all women have to shop for their bodytype? Women with small or large breast, long or short legs, etc all have to deal with this. The thing which I think defines this though is where those large breasts came from, if they are natural then I am sure the woman has developed her own style anyway. If they are fake then they are probably more of as a result of bad fashion in the first place.
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