Have any women found underwear that is comfortable? Has anyone tried the briefs that are short style, and are they better than the higher leg ones?
Have any women found underwear that is comfortable? Has anyone tried the briefs that are short style, and are they better than the higher leg ones?
I wear big nickers from tesco's F&F range, they're comfy and cotton, maybe with a bit of nice lace around the front waist.
M&S dont' do those bras in my size, oddly enough I was thinking about starting a thread on bra's in particular, being a bit large in that dept they all seem to be more like scafolding than underwear. I went to M&S for a fitting last year and althgouh I asked for something with no wirews or bones in, I ended up with one with no underwires, but it had bones in the sides which I didn't know about until I tried sitting normally or driving when they dug into my ribs. Iwas told by the fitter that they dont' consider the sort of bra I normally wear as a proper bra, because it's a comfort bra and that I'd need to train by breasts to accept a proper bra again. I thought WTF? Surely clothes should fit the body not the other way around? I'm sure there must be alternatives to bras, but I dont' know what they are, apart from corsets? I have worn a corset and found them comfortable when standing, but not when sitting. I have problems getting anything like that long enough in the body anyway. I still wear my cheap and cheerful nylon comfort bras, they're the only things I can get to fit both properly and comfortably.
I have a pigeons breast and sparrows ankles and find socks are too tight around the ankles and cut into me, they never used to, the only thing I can come up with is that so much stuff is made in China.
I wear big nickers from tesco's F&F range, they're comfy and cotton, maybe with a bit of nice lace around the front waist.
M&S dont' do those bras in my size, oddly enough I was thinking about starting a thread on bra's in particular, being a bit large in that dept they all seem to be more like scafolding than underwear. I went to M&S for a fitting last year and althgouh I asked for something with no wirews or bones in, I ended up with one with no underwires, but it had bones in the sides which I didn't know about until I tried sitting normally or driving when they dug into my ribs. Iwas told by the fitter that they dont' consider the sort of bra I normally wear as a proper bra, because it's a comfort bra and that I'd need to train by breasts to accept a proper bra again. I thought WTF? Surely clothes should fit the body not the other way around? I'm sure there must be alternatives to bras, but I dont' know what they are, apart from corsets? I have worn a corset and found them comfortable when standing, but not when sitting. I have problems getting anything like that long enough in the body anyway. I still wear my cheap and cheerful nylon comfort bras, they're the only things I can get to fit both properly and comfortably.
I have a pigeons breast and sparrows ankles and find socks are too tight around the ankles and cut into me, they never used to, the only thing I can come up with is that so much stuff is made in China.
Surely clothes should fit the body not the other way around?
Sorry if this comes across as mansplaining but I studied this when I worked studied corsetry to help my wifes fashion business.
The breasts are likely to sag without proper support and this is what most bras try to achieve. Depending on your type of movement the support needs also vary, hence sports bras will be ultra restrictive to stop the "girls" from moving about too much and stretching the connective tissue & skin.
If you just hold breasts in their natural position once they start to sag then any movement that stretches then will compund the sagging, so they should ideally be supported in a position higher than their default.
Underwiring provides most of the support for these because it establishes a shelf for the material to start from and provides a safety net for want of a better term. It can be uncomfortable but for those with larger breasts then they will need something else to replace the underwiring mechanism to do this - something like a tight elastic band.
Avoiding these options means you are likely to have the sagging continue to happen. This is the trade off of the discomfort.
If any garment that is tight and restrictive is too much then it is unlikely you will find much that really works for you in this departmen and that holds your breasts in roughly the place where you want them to be for a normal sillouette.
For larger sizes you will also need wider straps to spread the load on your shoulders - this is just physics as the narrower they are the more they will cut in.
It was educational for me to find out about the range of issues women face in this field for comfort, style and practicality plus how much they suffer in the name of maintaining an image. All that said, a good designer can make something that works for most sizes and shapes but there is almost always a price to pay comfort wise to achieve a shape other than that which nature has given you.
Hi Cat woman, I didn't know that Tesco sold underwear. I found some shorts style knickers in Primark today for £3.50 so I'm going to try those out. I don't know why they're called shorts though, they just look like big pants with a lower cut leg hole.
I sympathise with your bra issues. I wish that I was smaller and could wear those soft bralets, but at least I can get those cotton bra 3 packs in my size. I have found a cotton mix bra on the M&S website that is non wired and non padded in bigger sizes - I haven't tried it myself, but it seems to have mostly positive reviews. I don't know if you have seen this one, or maybe already tried it?
