Searching for bras originally brought us to the original BEArchive close to 20 yrs ago so I figured it was only appropriate to do a post on our recent bra search.
For those who don't know me, I'm a disabled vet & when I had to stop working in 1995 & my wife became the our sole source for income. At that time it was very difficult to find her bras that remotely fit & until we came across Colesce Couture, she'd never had a properly fitting bra since she was a teen. I was home during the day, so it fell to me to find her a bra. The new source was the Internet, but at that time, you couldn't buy things on the 'Net, but it found me the phone numbers I needed to call. Many of the sellers thought I was just a perve at first until I explained our situation. I became quite versed in bra fitting & sizing & the pitfalls of finding bras for breasts well past DDD.
Now for the new search. I had to find new bras. We had bought up the last remaining 36LLs from Colesce Couture in the U.S. & she made them last several years. But Jenunique, who bought Colesce Couture, had since gone out of the business & the new company who bought the design has completely screwed it up. We tried several, but they didn't come close to fitting her & were uncomfortable as hell.
I've spent several months searching for bras that would fit. She's slowly lost weight the past several years & that made things a bit easier. Her overbust measurement was now 54" & her underbust was 39". Most bra makers stop making sizes just below her needs, but two sites stood out.
A search on Bare Necessities yielded 19 different bras styles....
https://www.barenecessities.com/search.aspx?search=40N&drv=4294961468which just blew us away! She's never had the option of really choosing. Usually it came down to one or two styles in a couple colors. She ended up choosing the Goddess Audrey Wire-Free Bra in 40N to begin with. It's comfortable, suitable for her work & amazingly affordable at $50. Her last bras we bought ran between $95 & $125 each. She just ordered 4 more in addition to the first trial order.
Bare Necessities has great instructions for measuring & a great return/exchange process. Using their instructions we nailed the band & cup on the first try.
The other site that just floored us was Levana Bratique:
https://levanabratique.com/Not only did they have her size, but they went well beyond her cup size to a 40S--5 cup sizes bigger in certain styles & up to a 34V in a smaller band. Wow! That's a 22" difference between over bust & band. They are more expensive, but for ladies with super large breasts this place is a godsend.
I did a search using both the forum search engine & Google search confined to bearchive.com & didn't find Levana mentioned anywhere so I thought I'd do this post.
Good luck on finding what you need! We didn't need to order from Levana, but if you do, please post your experience here!