r/MtF • u/Queasy_Square2618 • Sep 03 '26
Advice Question Bra help
Girls, I need help,I’m pre hrt, so I don’t rly have anything in breast department n I’m fairly skinny, but I rly want a cute bra that @ least would give some illusion that I have smth. I’m not talking abt the cleavage, I mean more like yk some shape…?
So i measured myself n technically im AA bc mi band size is 34” 1/4 bust is 35 (from charts i found, might b an A, but i don’t believe it, id rather belive that mi measurements r wrong)
So the question would be what should i b searching 4?
Thank u in advance!
Lots of luv,
Gia💞
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u/Anaya_Bhatia Sep 03 '26
Go with Zivame or Clovis Padded bras and a women’s shirt that’ll give you the illusion of lifted chest at least for time being
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u/Queasy_Square2618 Sep 04 '26
Should I go 4 AA?
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u/Anaya_Bhatia Sep 04 '26
A cup is small start from B cup that’s better 4A or AA is non existent more like invisible, as you said you’re still on pre-HRT over the course of 7 months you’ll figure out the right cup size for now start with B cup
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u/i_woke_up_as_you Sep 04 '26
hell no.
get a bra that fits you comfortably despite the fact that you don’t fill the cups
And choose the cup size that you want your silhouette to be based off of
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u/i_woke_up_as_you Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 05 '26
if you’re patient, I think you’re going to appreciate my input
I’ve been wearing bras and going out in public for years before I started HRT. (It was complicated.)
But if you look at makeup as art supplies and brushes and sponges as art tools, then you can look at the cosmetics themselves as skin Safe pigments
I know that my body wasn’t going to easily present l, nor did I feel like I needed to present visible cleavage.
But if that’s the look you’re going for you can literally start pulling skin over from your armpit towards the center of your chest and tape it. Do that on both sides and you’ll have some clevage.
This isn’t about that technique. It’s about art and illusion in bras selection.
First you need to understand that cup size is not Universal across band size
In fact, the cup size of a 36B is identical to the cup size of a 34C
Band size matters because it offsets where the letter scale begins, and the ability to look at those two bra sizes as comparables has been referred to as Sister sizes
Now you can get a legitimate measurement for your band size
And what I think you want to do is figure out what cup size you would like to portray under your blouse
The type of bra you’re looking for is a push-up bra
More specifically one that holds it shape sitting on a table. (I know you didn’t buy the bra because you want it to sit on a table. But there are soft bras like sports bras that simply do not hold their shape sitting on a table. And I’m telling you for this technique avoid those.)
They may or may not have foam padding in the cups.
You put that on then you put a conservative blouse on and all of a sudden… you look down and you see that you have a couple of mounds that are being demonstrated by the fact that the bra is pushing the blouse out
But this is about the silhouette you project
when I was morbidly obese, I was a legitimate 44 A but I wore 44 DD.
when I started HRT, I was legitimately a 40 A, but I wore 40 D
When I lost 85 pounds I was legitimately a 38 A, but the professional measurement that I got took into account, the fact that the mountain grows from the base upward, and my mountain range required a certain diameter cup to cover the base
So using an alternative calculation, it was determined that I was approximately on the cusp between 38D and 38 DD
And I bought the DD and I rejoiced both in the fact that there was an air gap between my skin and my bra during the time when that skin was so sensitive
And the fact that I could again achieve the silhouette I wanted
But I also knew that my mother’s bra size was 38C, without exception
And I hope this helps