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[Terra]

One difficulty i've had with my bra is that if I raise my arms over my head, the bra slips. It moves up on my chest and squishes my breasts. I then have the awkward problem of trying to 'fix' myself so not to look weird. Problem is, it is hard to do this in an auditorium right before a lecture.

I've given as much slack on the bra as I could, and I got the biggest one I could find. A 38B to be exact for the same chest size. I also wonder if it has anything to do with me wearing a corset.

So is there any ideas for how to stop or maybe minimize the problem?

[Sarah]

...That my boobs are bigger this is les of a problem, but when it was, I made an effort wo wear tighter bras around my chest.

My strap size that I wear is 34.
I used to wear 32's

Sometimes I still do depending on who makes the bra.

Calvin klein bras run smaller, and so do victorias secret.
I think Tommy Hellfigger does also.

That seemed to help a lot

Also, loosen up the straps if you are puling up a lot.
They should be comfortable, but not like a swimsuit top or bikini or sports bra.
A little loose is Ok.

My two cents,
Sara

[Terra]

If you've got a small bust the only solution may be just to wait until you've got more

I was afraid you would say that Renate. 

[Lisbeth]

One difficulty i've had with my bra is that if I raise my arms over my head, the bra slips... So is there any ideas for how to stop or maybe minimize the problem?

Don't raise your arms up over your head?

[Sarah]

Oh I don't think it's necisary to wait.

Remember teen girls get training bras before they are fully developed.

If the under bust strap is tight enough and the top straps are suffeciently loose, and if it is properly fitted underneath your boobs, you shouldn't have a problem.

LOL Shouldn't have a problem. You might anyway. LOL

[Keira]

A slipping strap is sign of a bra's that too big, either the band or the cup.
If you go on lhj (ladies home journal, one of the oldest women's magazine there is, its more than 100 years old) you get some answers.

[Jessica L.]

There's three possibilities here--
Either Keira is right and your bra isn't the right size or your corset is doing things it shouldn't, or both.  Although the corset is really just doing what it's designed and built to do-- hold certain things in place *quite* rigidly. 

Anyway, I guess you're wearing an underbust if you have a bra on.  If the corset is more than a waist cincher (i.e. a longer corset that maybe stops just below the bust) then it's going to push on your bra band, and your breasts (primarily when you bring your arms back down from reaching overhead).  By stretching upward, your torso and bust can narrow a bit, and then as you bring your arms back down, your breasts and bra aren't going to settle right back in the way they were.  Hence the need for all the uncomfortable adjusting. 
To see what I'm talking about, try standing in front of a mirror with just your corset and bra on.  Reach up, and see what happens.  The corset doesn't move since it's anchored at your waist.  Everything above the waist moves as you reach.  Now as you bring your arms back down, you should see where your problem is.  The bra band is possibly getting caught on the upper border of the corset. 

Solutions--
1.  fix your bra size issues (if you have any)
2.  fix your corset issues.  Probably not size related*, this is mostly just an issue of making sure you have the correct foundation garment on for what you're doing.  A long corset isn't going to be good for the type of activity you're talking about (i.e stretching/reaching overhead).  Now, I'm assuming you're dealing with a longer corset, otherwise you wouldn't have brought it up.  If you're short-waisted and just wearing a cincher, it's going to be the same problem.  So, in order to not mess up your bra situation, you'll need a shorter corset.
2.a  Alternatively, you might consider a good girdle or other bit of shapewear.  Something that doesn't cover as much of your torso is really what you're looking for, or else you'll have the same problems as you do with the corset. 

Anyway, hope that helps.  Let us know how things turn out!  (or have turned out since this is a bit old)

*Shortening the chest measurement to get a more snug fit around the upper part of your corset won't work because you'll still have the same trouble when you reach overhead--the corset only anchors at the waist.  That's where the main reduction is occurring.  The chest measurement should be snug, but you aren't cinching your lungs. 
Alternatively, leaving the upper part of the laces a bit looser won't work either.  As the day wears on, the laces will sort of re-adjust and re-distribute in such a way that any slack will be more evenly distributed.  If you don't believe me, try lacing in an hourglass-- very narrow at the middle, wider (almost loose) at the top and bottom.  Go and do some normal stuff-- bake a cake or whatever.  After a few hours, the slack from the top and bottom will have worked their way into the middle, and the hourglass shape will be gone-- the rear busk (if your corset laces in the back) should be straight up and down-- perfectly vertical.