In The Thick Of It

In The Thick Of It is a plus size fashion blog based out Chicago, IL.

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One of my favorite online lingerie shops, Bare Necessities has released a new plus size section. Now, they’ve always carried one of the largest collections of beautiful bras in a huge array of sizes. They’ve extended their sizing and are really stepping up their range.

Some of my favorite bra brands for over D-cups include: Panache, Fantasie, Freya, and Elomi.

On Bras

For the longest time, I could not find bras that would fit me. I actually never knew what a good fitting bra felt like. I wondered why it would ride up in the back and sag in the front.

And then I had a boob-changing experience. I had a bra fitting and realized I was wearing a band size 4 sizes too big and a cup size 2 sizes too small. holy crap! But with that news was the awareness that my new size just isn’t found at victoria’s secret or most department stores - so WHAT TO DO?

Well first of all, I’d like to recommend Nordstrom to all of you. They carry a wide range of hard-to-find sizes (like 34H or 42B or whatever). Plus, they do great fittings and they have a fantastic return policy. Now of course I can’t speak to every store, but my experiences have always been wonderful and not fat-phobic in the least. So please, if you’ve never been fitting, go spend a few hours with the wonderful women in the Nordstroms lingerie department.

Once you’ve figure out your sizing - you can then buy online. I really love the site barenecessities.com. you can search by size and they have a lot of really good deals.

Now as for brands, I’ve made a polyvore (below) of some of my favorites. I hope this helps!

Extended size bras by delicatetbone on Polyvore.com