The straps on a bra should be snug but not tight. You should be able to drop your straps and your breasts do not move The bra band should be horizontal The Wire of a bra should extend from your sternum (breast bone) to under your arm (not on your breast) The centre gore of the bra (the front of the bra) should lie flat against your chest The wire of the bra should follow the “smile” of your breast Breast tissue will not spill out of a well fitted bra There should be no sign of...

  You rely on your straps for support You are always looking for thicker straps You feel like you need more lift You can never find the right cup: if you go down a cup it’s too small, if you go up a cup it’s too big Your band rides up your back Your breast eithers peek out or fall out the bottom of your bra You are constantly readjusting your bra You feel like your breasts want to fall out of your bra when you bend over You have considered breast surgery You have an...

When you are faced with pockets of fat on the side of your breast that seem to get in the way and make you look a lot wider than you actually are, your first port of call is to find a good fitting bra. The good news is that this “fat” is just breast tissue that has been forced to the side by a misplaced wire or a cup that is way too small. Breast tissue is fat that can be easily manipulated over time as it is not really governed by any muscle. Repeatedly wearing...