Comments on: The Bra Issue: Queer Fashion Guide For Various Shapes, Sizes and Gender Expressions

By: pm

pm — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 02:17:08 +0000

Maidenform! Sometimes, their t-shirt bras, which are really contour cup bras,don’t even have bows!

By: 10 Androgynous Lingerie Brands

10 Androgynous Lingerie Brands — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:13:29 +0000

[...] When Lingerie Doesn’t Mean Femininity ” by Caro of The Lingerie Lesbian and “The Bra Issue: Queer Fashion Guide For Various Shapes, Sizes and Gender Expressions” by Autostraddle. Many of the brands below are independent and several of them are made in [...]

By: Lingerie Androgyny? When Lingerie Doesn’t Mean Femininity « The Lingerie Lesbian

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:35:34 +0000

[...] more androgynous. (This will not even attempt to be as amazing as Autostraddle’s articles on bras or boxers, but be more of a jumping off point for someone who wants to be more adventurous with [...]

By: Frankie

Frankie — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:14:19 +0000

Underworks binders are seriously the best thing ever if you live in a chilly climate and get cold easily. I’m normally a complete iceblock, but Underworks: /never cold/*. Also, they make really small sizes, which is helpful for people like me who have disarmingly small ribcages.
*(Unless it’s SUPER cold and then wearing a binder with erect nipples is just the most painful thing in the entire world. Those are the days I just wear a baggy waistcoat over my shirt.)

Good bra fitters are way too hard to find. I was measured as a 32C right up until I was 18 or 19, when I was informed I’m actually a 28E. No wonder my bras never fit right. I swear that all chain stores everywhere are contractually obliged to tell their customers they are a 32C.
Of course, trying to actually find bras in a funny size like 28E is impossible if you just want a run-of-the-mill type and not some frilly shit or whatever (even the specialist store where I was measured only had /one single bra/ in my size and it was this ridiculous lacy padded balconette which I never wear).

I can’t wait until I can just get them reduced to an AAA and not have to bother with them ever again, jeez. :I

By: oni

oni — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:37:12 +0000

does anyone know where i can take my partner to get fitted? i’m in nyc. he’s a transvestite and he doesn’t dress outside of the house, but i hate to see him in uncomfortable in bras that don’t fit! if i could find a place that is super friendly and open to lgbtq people maybe i could talk him into a proper fitting. or is there a resource anyone knows of so i can learn to do it myself?

By: Charly

Charly — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:43:24 +0000

This sounds like my general routiene when buying bras.
I just ordered some of american apparel braish things today, they any good?

By: Tarzan

Tarzan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:35:52 +0000

And then you take of your shirt in front of a sexy lady, trying to also be sexy, but you happen to be wearing a freakin’ beige bra.

By: Tarzan

Tarzan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:33:09 +0000

What works for me is a balconnet type of bra with removable padding. Does marvelous things for my (small) rack.

By: Tarzan

Tarzan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:03:54 +0000

My friend used to work at La Senza as a bra specialist (that was her actual title) and it was her favourite retail job of all time, because she got to make women feel good about her bodies. Chances are you’ll meet someone who likes their job.

By: jynnan_tonnyx

jynnan_tonnyx — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 04:38:12 +0000

I’m awfully late to the party here, but I can totally vouch for the awesomeness of Come As You Are and their Underworks binders. As someone who does masculine more often than not, their binders rock – though I think I’m due for a new one.

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:08:15 +0000

While this was very helpful for my b-cupped self, I was really upset to see that you condoned binding with Ace bandages. It’s super duper dangerous to do that to yourself. Especially because people who do that do it regularly. The best thing to do is try and get a binder, like the half shirt whatever things from underworks that are $30. And even that you shouldn’t wear everyday like my boyfriend does. If you can’t get your hands on a binder or you only want to be flat chested once in a while 2 sports bras and a couple of layers is the best I can offer you. Really sucks if you’re a bigger breasted person. Not only because it’s really hard to get near to flat, but also because you need more support so that you don’t have back and rib issues from binding. Like my big breasted boyfriend does.
I hope this helps.

By: Leah

Leah — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:37:24 +0000

Yeah, where is the information for skinny girls with big boobs?? I’m in the exact same boat in terms of bra size and boob shape. I haven’t bought a bra or swimsuit in an actual store since I was a teenager (gotta buy them all online from UK manufacturers…figleaves.com is the best!).

And a lot of girls who are very skinny with small breasts are probably in a similar boat, in terms of bra-buying. All the bras recommended for small breasts start at 32 band, but bands go as low as 28 and in some cases 26. Because cup size is relative to band, a 32A cup = the same boob volume as 30B, as 28C. Conversely, a 32A has the equivalent of one “cup size” MORE volume than 30A. If 32A is too big in the cup, small-breasted girls might want to try going down a band size instead of trying to find AA and AAA bras with a too-big band.

Though these articles address some great issues, it’s really missing an entire segment of the bra-wearing population — people who wear bands smaller than 32. Part of the reason that 70% of women are allegedly wearing the wrong size (where did this stat even come from?) is because they’re not aware they’re wearing a band that’s too big. Many women also aren’t aware of the go-down-a-band-size-go-up-a-cup-size volumetric rule, so they hear DD (or anything bigger) and assume it’s monstrously huge, when my 28ff, for example, is the equivalent cup volume of a 36D, which is the “average” American bra size according to some articles.