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By: A letter to the well-endowed, teenage, poor girl » Manolo for the Big Girl!

A letter to the well-endowed, teenage, poor girl » Manolo for the Big Girl! — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:10:58 +0000

[...] size (I am five foot two). I know this isn’t exactly your area of expertise but having read the letter from Tracy I thought you might be able to help. Sincerely, Anna [...]

By: megaera

megaera — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:40:48 +0000

Yes, but Bravissimo designs The boob line to go underneath the H-cup boobs; I know, because I frequently buy my clothes from Bravissimo, and I am the H, edging into the HH/J cup.

By: Jabri

Jabri — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:58:55 +0000

What about the boob line? You know what I’m talking about ladies…when a dress or top has a seam that is supposed to go right under the boobs, but on us big boobie girls it ends up half way in the middle of them? My numba 1 rule is STAY AWAY FROM THE BOOB LINE!!! (unless it’s under the girls)

By: Laura V

Laura V — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:38:20 +0000

Brittany — I completely forgot to mention the utility of camis under dresses! Mine get used for that ALL the time. I especially like the visual-bust-reduction of a contrasting cami under a low-v-neck dress. I have four dresses in regular work-wardrobe rotation that never go anywhere without a cami underneath.

By: Brittany

Brittany — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:46:14 +0000

As yet another H-cup girl, I’m going to have to really emphasize the use of the cami. Lane Bryant makes them in a very versatile fabric in many many many colors for something like $12. (I own three in black alone.) You can make tops and dresses that are just too busty or don’t stand a chance of not showing bra totally wearable and cute. For instance, the suggested kimono dress above would never work for us H-cuppers. That’s total bra city. But it would work with a nice cami underneath. I love wrap style tops and dresses but they are only possible with the help of my camis.

And like Francesca said, posture and a good bra goes a really long way!
Good luck!

By: Laura V

Laura V — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:31:42 +0000

As another gal with H-cup boobies, I have a few other suggestions to offer!

I have a lot of camis and some cardigans that fit my waist. I wear the cardis over the camis, partially buttoned; it’s slimming and flattering and helps the boobs look properly in their place. I do this with buttondown tops, too (and buttondowns with a little stretch to them are best).

I buy a lot of my bras from figleaves.com — returns are easier there than with Bravissimo, plus you won’t get killed by the weak US dollar if you’re in the US! (Bravissimo’s sizes are UK sizes, by the way — I wear a 12/14 US and a 14/16 UK, so probably anyone bigger than that will have trouble fitting Bravissimo clothes. But their clothes are well-fitted for the bosomy, there is no denying it!)

Scoop neck and v-neck tops are the friends of the bosomy lady — the lower neckline makes the boobs look smaller. And it’s work-appropriate, as long as it’s high enough not to show cleavage.

I also look for longer-length sweaters and tops — boobs take up some of the length, so sweaters that are made to hit at the high hip hit on my waist. I go for low-hip length, and then they hit at the high hip — much better! (I’m also long-torso’d, so that doesn’t help. Thanks, genetics!)

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:46:20 +0000

All good points, but I gotta say–I love Dolly Parton!

By: Toby Wollin

Toby Wollin — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:39:16 +0000

Francesca, we can always count on you for the attractive AND pragmatic suggestions. You ARE a treasure.