Built-in cups in lingerie?

Contributor: evie.amor evie.amor
I'm a 34A and cups are usually too large
03/31/2013
Contributor: surreptitious surreptitious
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Originally posted by indiglo
I know, right? I have no idea why they do that, but you're right, they even do it with the soft cups. It's weird.
I got their Raspberry Fields babydoll, and the way that they constructed it, they could have easily made the cups larger than they chose to without alienating those with smaller breasts. It didn't make a whole lot of sense to me, because the lace would have looked flattering covering more skin without being frumpy or anything - I mean, it's see through!
03/31/2013
Contributor: FieryRed FieryRed
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Originally posted by FieryRed
After my trip to a lingerie shop yesterday, in which I tried over 20 outfits on, I must say that the ones with cups in them tended to run big for me--and I'm somewhere between 34B-34C-36B, depending on the time of month, so I'm not tiny! In ... more
Regarding my comment about target lingerie markets and porn stars: I was referring to the stereotypical slim, bleached-blond, spray-tanned, silicone-enhanced ladies one sees in some commercial porn--not the lovely natural women who can be seen in many independent productions. No offense was intended to anyone who chooses to make a living in that profession, including women who decide to surgically change their appearance. I just notice that most large lingerie companies use enhanced women to model their creations, on whom they seem to fit very well...only to look odd on a natural-breasted woman. Ya know? It has the effect of making non-enhanced women feel less attractive.
04/03/2013
Contributor: HannahPanda HannahPanda
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I usually just wear the wrong size.
04/03/2013
Contributor: joiedejouets joiedejouets
Cups are always too large for my bust
04/03/2013
Contributor: DreezzyyBabyy DreezzyyBabyy
Too small.
04/03/2013
Contributor: FieryRed FieryRed
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Originally posted by surreptitious
I got their Raspberry Fields babydoll, and the way that they constructed it, they could have easily made the cups larger than they chose to without alienating those with smaller breasts. It didn't make a whole lot of sense to me, because the lace ... more
Well, since that style has lace triangle cups, they actually WOULD look wrong on a smaller bust if they were too big. A triangle cup should leave some of the cleavage-area uncovered (whether there's actual cleavage there or not), and if the triangle covers the entire breast like a full-coverage bra, it just makes one's bust look smaller, and as though it's being swallowed by the fabric, sheer lace or not.
04/03/2013
Contributor: SadoMas SadoMas
usually too small ugh
04/04/2013
Contributor: gorgeous gorgeous
Too big for my boobies and I wear a C. I guess companies think if you wear a size 22 you have huge bazoomas!
04/04/2013
Contributor: surreptitious surreptitious
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Originally posted by FieryRed
Well, since that style has lace triangle cups, they actually WOULD look wrong on a smaller bust if they were too big. A triangle cup should leave some of the cleavage-area uncovered (whether there's actual cleavage there or not), and if the ... more
I guess perhaps that we have different experiences - I've seen a few (I was going to say "plenty" but I feel like since it's been only five or six, that would be exaggerating to make a point) girls with small busts look fantastic in larger lace triangle cups. I didn't find that it was unflattering or made their chests look smaller in the least. Perhaps you and I simply have different tastes. =)
04/04/2013
Contributor: surreptitious surreptitious
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Originally posted by gorgeous
Too big for my boobies and I wear a C. I guess companies think if you wear a size 22 you have huge bazoomas!
It is frustrating how they scale things as if they expect that your waist size is the only determining factor in your bust - if only we could tell them to swap all of the cups in our lingerie. You and I could have fitting pieces, at least.
04/04/2013
Contributor: Bme Bme
I answered for my wife. She usually finds the cups too small.
04/07/2013
Contributor: CindyH CindyH
I like them but hard to find the right fit
04/07/2013
Contributor: Stagger13 Stagger13
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Originally posted by surreptitious
The bout of frustration that I'm suffering over Coquette's gorgeous new lingerie and how I can't wear it has got me thinking. How many women on here (or anyone with breasts, really) are actually satisfied with the size of built-in cups ... more
Usually not correct but we make it work.
04/07/2013