

This can be caused by several factors including gravity, genetics, age, not wearing a supportive bra, menopause, and the amount of fat tissue in them. Sagging breasts can be defined as breasts that point downward. This creates a distinct bra line across your breast underneath your shirt. It’s where the cup digs into the top portion of the breast causing your breast to bubble out the top of the bra cup. One thing to be cautious about demi cut bras is that you don’t want the dreaded double boob. For this breast shape, I recommend bras that have a more demi cup. The most common problems associated with this breast shape is a lot of bras will gap at the top of the cup due to loss in breast tissue mass. This shape is very common in women who have nursed and lost volume up at the top of the breast, lost weight, or you were just born this way. This shape of breast is fuller at the bottom and the nipple points upward. Most bras will fit this shape without any problem. You could wear a molded, seamed, balconette, minimizer, demi, or full-coverage bra. There’s really no known issues with this shape.

This shape is the easiest to fit because the fatty tissue is equally distributed in the breast. I’m going to identify each breast shape, issues associated when it comes to fitting bras, and my favorite bras I recommend for each shape. You might find you have a combination of two different breast shapes and that’s ok! Finally, go to the illustration above and identify your breast shape. After you take a mental note, draw it on a piece of paper, or you could take a picture of yourself (make sure you delete this picture if you don’t want your kids, friends, or neighbors seeing this). You’ll want to take note of the shape of your breasts from the side. Now, the exciting part…you’re going to figure out what breast shape you have! Don’t worry, it’s it’s really easy.įirst, you’re going to take off your shirt and your bra and stand in front of the mirror. Because of all of these factors, there are a lot of breast shapes because every woman is shaped so differently. Your breast shape is determined by a lot of factors: genetics, race, nursing, gaining and losing weight, hormones, age, and gravity. Knowing this little secret will help save you a lot of time when you go bra shopping and you’ll be able to find that perfect-fitting bra without wanting to pull your hair out. Some silhouettes don’t fit on certain body shapes and, in this case, some breast shapes don't fit into certain bras. Did you know that your breast shape can affect the type of bras that will fit you? It’s a lot like dressing for your body shape.
