Shopping for gifts at the mall this season, I’ve seen way too many teen girls walk by wearing push-up plunge bras with the kind of padding that looks about as natural as the plastic boobs on a Barbie. And it’s not just the teenagers — I’ll admit, I’ve made the same mistake.
It’s hard to find a padded bra that doesn’t hide the shape of A/B size breasts. Victoria’s Secret seems to think that if you’re smaller than a B cup, your boobs should be squished together and shoved up to your neck. If you’re into that look and your ribcage can stand it, fine… but for me, the VS plunge pushup becomes painful to wear after only an hour or two. My perky little twins deserve better.
This is why I don’t recommend Victoria’s Secret pushup styles for AA or A cups: they look fake, and the shape is all wrong. You may as well save your money and stuff your brassiere with rolled-up socks, because that’s the look you’re going to get with a “sexy” maximizer from VS. Don’t get me wrong — I’ve written about the VS Pink line on this blog before, and I am a fan of their cotton T-shirt bra. It’s unpadded, comfortable and pretty.
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Urgh tell me about it. I’ve jumped so many bra sizes and VS can’t EVER get them right. Not when I was a 34B, not when I was a 32C, and not now when I’m a 34A (I was on BC then quit so my boobs went bye bye). I tried on the bombshell bra for fun when I was out shopping with my boyfriend, I had to wear a D-cup just so my boobs wouldn’t suffocate and even with the D-cup they still felt squished. Their bras are way to small and way too expensive. I’ve only bought two VS bras in my life and I cherish my walmart ones more.
Kristi,
Have you heard of Aerie? They are an intimates line launched off of American Eagle and carry tons of adorable bras in your sizes! They have the softest lightly lined bras and carry quite the array of push-ups as well. The ella-gel has a gel filled cup that offers a small amount of push-up and emma adds a full cup size with removable air-pads. They actually just launched their newest push-up yesterday. Drew adds 2 cup sizes and is comparable to VS’s bombshell. Except WAY more comfortable. I’m not a push-up kind of girl but I love drew. I don’t feel like I’m being squished to death. You would be so happy to check them out!