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I came across a good discussion on plus size bras over at 3FatChicks.com. One writer shared these tips, which I thought were particularly useful:

One thing I learned when I worked at Lane Bryant and fit women for bras was that the underwire should lay flat against your chest the whole way. Most women (even the ones who worked there) were wearing too small of a cup size and the wires would stick out between their breasts or at the arm pits. Not good! We practiced measuring each other and almost always came out with a smaller band and larger cup than what we were wearing (which seemed to be the trend on the Oprah show too).

It’s always better to be measured by someone else.  It’s just too difficult to get an accurate measurement when we do it ourselves.  And even when you get an accurate sizing, you still have try the bras on because every brand is different, and sizes can even differ within brands!