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Women With Small Breasts Love Their Shape

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I'm going to let you in on a little secret: Most women with small breasts are happy with their breasts. In fact, I'd be willing to bet most of us absolutely adore our small breasts. If this New York Times article is any indication, what women with small breasts hate is not our natural shape, but the lack of sexy bras in cup sizes AA to B that aren't padded to the point of ridiculousness. If we wanted to go up a cup size we'd probably be considering implants, but the majority of women are not.

rear view of a woman unhooking her bra

Lingerie manufacturers will hopefully pay attention, because that article is -- as of this writing -- the most emailed article on the New York Times' website. That means there are a lot of women out there who found the information on where to buy sexy unpadded bras helpful.

Bra makers, take note: We don't want your stinkin' padded bras. And grown women don't appreciate being sent to the girl's department for a training bra. (Incidentally, I love this question from Susan Wagner "what exactly does a training bra train your breasts to do?" Anyone have an answer?) What we want are bras made to fit our bodies just as they are.

I think this new found boldness of the more daintily endowed is a very good thing. Women (no matter what their shape) are showing manufacturers that we're not the ones that need to change -- it's them. We come in all shapes and sizes, and while it is easier for them to pretend that one size fits all that's simply not the case.

So tell me, whether you wear an A cup or a DD,  are you able to find bras that fit? What are your favorite brands? Do share!

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debjsd 5 pts

I buy my bras from www.bluecanoe.com ( http://www.bluecanoe.com ) They have very comfortable minimal bras for all sizes and they are made of organic cottona nd bamboo. I have never been able to wear most bras because I am sensitive--can't tolerate wires or metal clasps or anything synthetic--most bras are made of fake fabrics which don't breathe. I don't know how any woman wears those especailly in the summer!

JordanK 5 pts

Up until my freshman year of college I was a small B cup and really OK with it. Not to lie though, I did wear underwires with a small amount of padding, but I was pretty happy with myself and my petite curves. But, thats not to say I didn't ever think about having bigger breasts. That was until I actually got them. In less than a year I went from a B to a D. Suddenly I felt uncomfortable wearing anything with a plunging neckline or even very tight. And soon, I found myself wishing I could go back to my old size. With my new expansion came the need for new bras. I wanted sexy but something that wasn't going to prop them up and make them look even bigger. I ran into this same problem with the lingerie makers. Why does a D cup need THAT much padding?! If you ask me, the whole system is out of whack. Not ALL of us want to be spilling out of our clothes and if we did we would just get implants.

Nikeeta 5 pts

It is next to impossible to find sexy, well fitting bras (or any kind of undergarments) for the slender ladies. I am slender to the letter r. And I sometimes find it awfully tough to find a well fitting, cute bra! :O

girrrlychild 5 pts

for real. at least a woman with small breasts can just not wear a bra. an extra shirt for some concealment and you're good. i'm a J cup. bras that fit me are ugly, uncomfortable, expensive, and hard to find. if i go bra-less, i either look trashy or like a slob...depending on what kind of clothing i'm wearing.

EllieLS 5 pts

My breasts aren't small, I'm stuck somewhere between 34C and 34D making it almost impossible to find a bra that fits. I don't think bras with a ridiculous amount of padding are only a problem for women with smaller breasts. I find that even at my size most bras have a ton of padding. I don't understand why anyone would want larger breasts than mine, when I was breastfeeding and a DD it was almost impossible to find clothes that fit well. Sometimes I wish my breasts were smaller so I could wear all the cute sun dresses that really aren't designed to be worn with bras.

EvesIdentity 5 pts

I heart my Bodacious B's! :-)

I've had luck with JC Penny and Target.

Me2u 5 pts

Just went bra shopping last week and I hated it. Nooooo, I cannot find a bra to fit. I can't tell if I'm an A cup or a B cup, but I lean toward A. Can't find a 38A to save my soul. 36A is too tight. If I buy a padded bra, everyone within walking distance will know that something is different and they will know what that thing is. Yeah, I can see it now, my darling middle school students would be the first to point it out---"Hey, Mrs. **, looks like you got a new bra 'cause your boobs look bigger!" "Whoa, where'd you get those things? Did you have surgery over the weekend?" "Whoa, Mrs. ** if I ran into you, I'd bounce across the hall into the wall!" "Stay away from me with those lethal weapons". When I was nursing, my brothers always made comments about my boobs.

I love my little boobs, I just wish I could find comfortable undergarments.

kentuckywoman2 5 pts

I don't care what bra size women wear as long as what goes in them are real and not fake. For the life of me, I don't understand why men, or women for that matter, tolerate fake boobs. They look so unnatural - as if they have round balls inside their breasts. It's sad that some women would rather look so fakey and phoney than look natural, just because she has small(er) breasts. Even women with small breasts can enhance them by exercises that develop the pectoral muscles; and then there's always padded bras, push-up bras, etc. Real beauty is authenticity - and you can't get that from surgical enhancement.

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whollyafool 5 pts

I'm a happy B cup, but I've never had a problem finding bras to fit (without padding etc). Maybe I have to search around and try a few things on, but is it really that big of a deal anyway? Jeesh! I think we've determined already that no one is as perfectly proportioned as manufacturer's act like we are, but it's the easiest way for them to mass-produce the items we gobble up.

TheSweetest 5 pts

Omg, my barely A boobies need to be properly cradled. Since mommyhood I can no longer go braless, but I cannot find a friggin bra to fit. I do not want a padded bra- hate those. Seems like the only A cup bras out there (and some of those are too big) are super padded, horrendous hard-wired things.

LunaO 5 pts

I'm a 34A. I really don't care for bras and rarely wear one, but when I do I want it to be full service. That means it must be a padded, push-up, underwire bra.

Being a 34A I don't even need to wear a bra unless I'm wearing something that doesn't provide adequate coverage on it's own, or if I want some enhancement.

So, if it's not a padded push-up I have no use for it.

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QiSoftware 5 pts

I was a B cup for a great many years-- and loved the look with my suits. I thought professional and just enough to show off I was a girl amongst a lot of male engineers without being a distraction.

Then I got pregnant and miscarried within the first month. I went from a B [depending on cycle] to a D cup.

My breasts are not to large and quite frankly though I loved the B cup- get a lot more attention with the D cup. I still wear suits.

I do wear a bra all the time to offset the effects of gravity-- even when sleeping.. From a B to a D-- it really is not that bad-- and mine are natural. No-- I would have never considered implants-- but now that I have larger breasts.. that are natural -- I do everything I can to prevent stress.

Its not all bad.

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angiewith3 5 pts

I always buy bras with undewires and padding if possible. Otherwise it seems the cute style shirts just don't look right on me. I'm an A cup. I hate when I go to stores like Hot Topic, Deb, and others that have the cutest bra and panty sets but they're not available in A cup. Or you go to Frederick's of hollywood website and see really sexy lingerie that is only meant to accomodate a C cup or bigger. If I have anything I'm self conscience of it's that. I'm happy with just about everything else.

miguelina 5 pts

Oh, don't get me started on shoe sizes and vanity sizing in general. I'm hoping online shopping will force manufacturers to come up with standard sizing once and for all!

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akl823 5 pts

It is so true that you can't find a bra anymore without loads of padding. I am an A cup and generally don't like to wear bras...alas, breastfeeding and age have taken hold so I can't get away without one anymore...and when I do wear the few that actually fit and are comfortable, they're so padded that I feel huge. It is sad when I can push on the top of the bra and it sinks in because there's really nothing there! I would appreciate a slight bit of pad just for the nipples which, again thanks to breastfeeding, can be a bit obscene without it. Upshot: love my small boobs and wish there were more pretty and comfortable bras with just enough padding to tame the raspberries!

kate.si 5 pts

How bout any bra? I'm tall with a broad ribcage. My band size doesn't even exist with an A cup in proper sizing so I have to go for the next best thing and pray. This usually leads to me being able to wear one brand in any given year. On top of that, for some reason, a broad ribcage is interpreted as only the back gets bigger instead of realizing that there is probably more space between the breasts as well as around them. I wish the lingerie indusry would realize that not all chicks have giant knockers when they're above average in everything else and that things generally grow proportionately not just in one area.

Next up, shoemakers...

stanzie 5 pts

Being a guy, I like looking at women. Candidly speaking, I think women with small breasts are extremely attractive, especially on athletic women or women with tight abs.

gnemeno123 5 pts

I wear the smallest size of the bra, its 32-A or 75-A. I have no problem with having small breast, the most important thing to me is that I'm wearing comfortable sexy bra. Im using avon and triumph, its good.

Designer Studio 5 pts

I think size is not as important as shape. Personaly i don't like big breasts, plus i think it is kind of uncomfortable for women.

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midnightbliss 5 pts

i wear cup A, and i hate to use wired and padded bras, but just recently, i was not able to find any unwired or unpadded bra from the local brand that i always buy from, and most other brands have also phased out the unpadded ones.