What you could do is this: Go to VS AND Sears to be measured. If they don't give you the same size, go to a bra specialty store (not VS) and get them to do it.
No worries, I wasn't sure where you lived. La Senza is much better than VS anyway. You can also try the Bay or Zellers for more people to size. If there's a consensus then you know exactly what you're after. But still try before you buy :)
I have found that the padded ones support better. I realize that sounds counterintuitive, but that extra level of structure means that they aren't so overwhelmed by the mass of breast. I was never entirely happy with the support or the line of unpadded bras. I tried a lightly padded style (not one of the "push 'em together" types, just very light foam shaping in the cups), and suddenly everything was standing up so much better.
However, that's just my perception and preference. I think the real problem is that we haven't yet found the right engineering for supporting breasts well that doesn't come with assorted drawbacks. (A well-made corset does an excellent job, but there is the whole issue of how constricting it can be, and the cultural baggage of corseting is huge, not to mention the cost in our everything-should-be-cheap society.)
"...A well-made corset does an excellent job, but there is the whole issue of how constricting it can be...."
A well-fitted corset isn't constricting - fetish corsets, sure, but that's a garment with a different purpose. For example, many singers find a properly fitted corset easy to wear and sing high, operatic notes, which you cannot do well with a constricted middle. As to cost, yeah, prete-a-porter has become more desirable and cheaper, until people are adjusting themselves to that fit more willingly than paying good money for garments that last longer and fit them.
As to good support in a *lightly* padded bra, okay, I can see that for some women - however, the execution, that I've noticed, is SO poor that it's just not worth it, and most companies that make padded bras don't scale it appropriately for larger sizes. A DD doesn't need 3/4" of padding, and it just looks wrong, giving the breast an odd, off line, especially if the point is not where the purchaser's breast point lies.
It is if you're not used to having your middle laced up. :) I own several custom corsets and I love them (heck, a couple of weeks ago I was striding around the downtown of a city at a brisk pace while fully laced up and wasn't uncomfortable at all), but because I don't regularly wear them, I usually hit my limit after about 4-5 hours. If I wore them every day, that wouldn't be so much of an issue--but here we get back to cultural baggage: Convincing today's women that a corset is, indeed, more supportive and that they just have to "train up" to wearing it for an extended period of time would be quite the uphill battle.
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(Sorry if I sounded rash to you in my previous reply. It wasn't my intention.)
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I have found that the padded ones support better. I realize that sounds counterintuitive, but that extra level of structure means that they aren't so overwhelmed by the mass of breast. I was never entirely happy with the support or the line of unpadded bras. I tried a lightly padded style (not one of the "push 'em together" types, just very light foam shaping in the cups), and suddenly everything was standing up so much better.
However, that's just my perception and preference. I think the real problem is that we haven't yet found the right engineering for supporting breasts well that doesn't come with assorted drawbacks. (A well-made corset does an excellent job, but there is the whole issue of how constricting it can be, and the cultural baggage of corseting is huge, not to mention the cost in our everything-should-be-cheap society.)
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A well-fitted corset isn't constricting - fetish corsets, sure, but that's a garment with a different purpose. For example, many singers find a properly fitted corset easy to wear and sing high, operatic notes, which you cannot do well with a constricted middle. As to cost, yeah, prete-a-porter has become more desirable and cheaper, until people are adjusting themselves to that fit more willingly than paying good money for garments that last longer and fit them.
As to good support in a *lightly* padded bra, okay, I can see that for some women - however, the execution, that I've noticed, is SO poor that it's just not worth it, and most companies that make padded bras don't scale it appropriately for larger sizes. A DD doesn't need 3/4" of padding, and it just looks wrong, giving the breast an odd, off line, especially if the point is not where the purchaser's breast point lies.
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It is if you're not used to having your middle laced up. :) I own several custom corsets and I love them (heck, a couple of weeks ago I was striding around the downtown of a city at a brisk pace while fully laced up and wasn't uncomfortable at all), but because I don't regularly wear them, I usually hit my limit after about 4-5 hours. If I wore them every day, that wouldn't be so much of an issue--but here we get back to cultural baggage: Convincing today's women that a corset is, indeed, more supportive and that they just have to "train up" to wearing it for an extended period of time would be quite the uphill battle.
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Yes I have nipples. So you you. Big deal.
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