Dimity SO bras from New Zealand for bigger busts

With the wide selection of bras for large cup sizes that’s now available, it’s hard to believe that it’s still tricky to find well-fitting pretty bras for small backs and large cups that aren’t akin to parachute harnesses & aren’t padded. (I’m a 32G and know of what I speak.)

All I ever wanted was something that was specifically designed for a large cup (not just sized up from a teeny bra), wasn’t white or stripper pink, was made from good materials, which didn’t rub under my arms and under the straps, and which wasn’t composed of so much fabric that you could carry your shopping home in the cups in an emergency.

Although there’s been a valiant, if not dazzling, effort in the D-J arena of late, most of the problems listed above are rife, and I am still looking for good bras. So my attention is always held by new underwear companies that just design for big breasts who sell worldwide. (The US is good on-line, but bricks & mortar stores never sell my size.)

Recently I got chatting over Twitter to a lady from new New Zealand bra line Dimity SO, who only make cup sizes D-J & who are about to launch in the UK, Australasia, America & the US. She offered to send me a couple of bras to try…fast forward & I have been wearing the coffee coloured lace set Pepper Dream and am really impressed. What you get are extremely pretty bras with no whiff of the harness.

It’s not a huge surprise, as Dimity SO is the new line from Bendon, the lingerie manufacturer who produce the really fabulous Elle Macpherson line. I met with Bendon’s superstar fitter Emma Chapman at their UK headquarters who checked the fit of my Pepper Dream stretch lace balconette bra, & pronounced it correct. I’m thrilled: it’s extremely comfortable & looks fabulous.

Unlike many larger cupped bras which often are cut really high under the arms in a misguided attempt at providing extra support, Dimity SO have thought carefully about how their bras fit the body. So instead of the more usual wide band running from the top of the cups round the back, the band has been carefully angled down under the armpit to become narrower as it meets the clasp. This is important because lace rubs sensitive underarm skin and it can become really sore.

They understand that a large breasted woman knows that a true balconette bra can’t be the most supportive style on the market, and haven’t tried to bulk up their styles with thicker straps or more material. Yet they still feel secure.

Of course it’s important to understand that we all have different shaped breasts so  different bras work on different bodies. I road-tested the Pepper Dream strapless moulded cup bra which was a disaster: if you have quite a high bosom strapless bras from any label are a non-starter as you end up with the dreaded squished quadruple boob effect. Equally if you are quite low slung, then the Dimity SO strapless bra would hold the answer to a maiden’s prayer.

Best of all, Dimity SO’s bras are pretty, pretty in a these-look-like-lingerie-not-holsters-for-carrying-Posetta-Baddog kind of  way. They are made of stretch lace, ridged tulles, satin edging, pleated tulles, guipure lace, mesh, stretch satin, tricot mesh, two-toned lace, and vintage floral prints. They look and feel expensive, whilst still not breaking the bank in the £30 area. Anyway, frankly I’d rather have one Dimity SO bra than 3 x £10 scratchy lace specials from M&S.

www.dimityso.com

Available exclusively from www.figleaves.com & John Lewis in the UK, and lots & lots of stockists in the US, Australia & NZ.