Dresses and tops for bigger cups

lounakin

Hello all!
I've been looking around for dresses or long top for cups C or higher in Dublin and have been annoyingly unsuccessful.
It's strange, considering the national average is supposed to be C, yet all dresses with fitted breast space (if you know what I mean) is for A or B cups and if you want more boob space you have to buy a dress 3 times your size!
Anyway, does anyone know where I could find nice everyday dresses of the bustier kind or am I doomed to feel like a deformed human?

sunbeam

If you are a size 12 or higher you could try the Glamorosa range on Oxendales.ie. Simplybe.ie have the same range but sizes start from a 14 (and there's a small selection).

lounakin

sunbeam wrote: »

If you are a size 12 or higher you could try the Glamorosa range on Oxendales.ie. Simplybe.ie have the same range but sizes start from a 14 (and there's a small selection).

I'm normally a size 10, that's the problem...

lounakin

lounakin wrote: »

I'm normally a size 10, that's the problem...

I'm a size 10 D cup and I only occasionally come across a boob space issue - it seems odd to me that the issue would be so prevalent and problematic for you. Are you sure you're not just going for the wrong kind of styles?

Moonbeam

Bravissimo do a range for bigger busts but a C is pretty normal.
I find dresses can be a bit akward but I would just bu a 12 in dresses or tops to fit.
Phase eight do amazing dresses and their sizing is great for bigger chests.

lounakin

true-or-false wrote: »

I'm a size 10 D cup and I only occasionally come across a boob space issue - it seems odd to me that the issue would be so prevalent and problematic for you. Are you sure you're not just going for the wrong kind of styles?

Yes I'm sure! Besides, I've tried everything. It probably depends on how they are implanted, in my case very high and very apart and in most V neck or low cut I the plunge is always too low. That's if I fit, usually I just don't.
I've a different problem now as I'm breastfeeding so I'm now and E cup!

anewme

Have the exact same issue- am probably a size 12 (but DD) so the dresses fit perfectly everywhere else but boobs are spilling over.

Very frustrating!

lounakin

anewme wrote: »

Have the exact same issue- am probably a size 12 (but DD) so the dresses fit perfectly everywhere else but boobs are spilling over.

Very frustrating!

Frustrating indeed!

Esoteric_

Same issue here, I'm a size 14, but a G/H cup in the bust.

I just buy things a size or two bigger and either whip out my sewing machine and alter them, or throw a waist band on top.

I also find that Forever 21's tops (not dresses!) tend to have lots of boob space. I wear a M or an L in their tops depending on the material, and always have lots of boob room in their tops.

rannerap

I'm a size 10 and a d cup too and I have long since given up on trying to get dresses I like with boob space, they are always far too small in the chest

lounakin

I'll try forever 21:)

So far the only dresses I found were: 1 in one of those hippy shops in temple bar, a gorgeous summer dress with mega boob space, super flattering. At the time I was size 8 on body and C/D cup and it fit perfectly. The second dress actually came from Dunnes stores, very simple, with straps to tighten around the waste so you could make a size 12 fit on a size 10+C/D cup.
But now nothing fits at all, it's quite discouraging coming from having a child and trying to look good for yourself again and not finding anything to fit!

bscm

H&M can sometimes be good. Having said that, I've tried on tops and found myself to be a Small in them, and tried on dresses and not fit into an XL due to my chest and/or hips Only thing I've come across is Vaudeville and Burlesque in Urban Outfitters to be decent for chest space sizing (I'm anywhere from a size 10-14 depending on the shop, fit, chest space etc...). I've bought medium dresses from the range and never had any issues with chest space They're expensive but I love some of their stuff. Normally I have to go up a size when buying clothes in order to not be spilling out (damn you River Island and Awear).

I've got about a size 10 waist and size 12 hips, but what most shops would consider a size 14 chest, so buying fitted tops and dresses is a nightmare It's either baggy and unflattering from below my chest, or perfectly fitting and hard to breathe in.

It is quite annoying that anyone above a C cup is limited big time, they should really do sizes for above and below C cups instead of assuming people are below/above (I know people with A or B cups who are size 14-16 naturally due to build/muscles, and they complain of the chest space being too big)

lounakin

I'm the same hip-wise... sounds like there's no room for us 'classic' beauties

Stheno

true-or-false wrote: »

I'm a size 10 D cup and I only occasionally come across a boob space issue - it seems odd to me that the issue would be so prevalent and problematic for you. Are you sure you're not just going for the wrong kind of styles?

Same here I'm an e cup and a size 8

LK Bennett, Phase 8 and Debenhams are all fine.

With very low cut tops and dresses I wear a vest or slip if it plunges too low.

Styles I go for are v neck or wrap dresses for the most part.

lounakin

Stheno wrote: »

Same here I'm an e cup and a size 8

LK Bennett, Phase 8 and Debenhams are all fine.

With very low cut tops and dresses I wear a vest or slip if it plunges too low.

Styles I go for are v neck or wrap dresses for the most part.

I went up to an E or F cup (depending on style) right after having my baby and went to many places looking for a bathing suit, debenhams and M&S had bigger size, but they only had up to DD, any bigger you had to order in!
I don't think Dublin is a great place to shop to be honest.
I think you get away with your E cup because you are a size 8, therefore your body must not be taking all the room

Miss Lockhart

I have this problem too - I'm a size 12 with F cups and I never have room for my boobs in fitted clothes.:(

YumCha

I'm 12 on top, 14 on bottom with a FF cup.

Have bought some lovely dresses/tops from Bravissimo, and I shop on Asos a lot - some (not all!) of the Asos brand and French Connection dresses fit really well, I basically just search the site for jersey and go from there