Thanks for the link. Looks like a great selection.

OH YEA! If those "poor little critters" would behave themselves, they wouldn't have to give up their skin - I could just stuff one in each side

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I love the feel of real fur, comes from working for a tailoring/fur storage place in hs and college.
I could never wear real fur, though. It would break my heart and I wouldn't take care of it anyway.

Wouldn't fur get itchy and smell bad if you, ahem, "glow"?

How about a bra or camisole with a light shirt over it for warmth? I wear a black tshirt under my turtleneck and other layers when I teach outdoors.

Hmmm. Valentine's Day is coming - I usually get something from the "Lumberjack Lingerie Store." (Flannel jammies.) Maybe I'll try something new this year. I'd love to try LLBean's underwear.

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I can see the point of fur lining for all you who suffer proper winters, but how on earth would you fit it in??? After all, we do have an abundance of cleavage already...

On a (slightly!) more serious note: B vis, yes, I save old minimiser bras and stitch the fronts into the front of dresses - across the top and down the side seams. Works a treat, as long as your dress is not backless (illusion fabric works fine, just not bare skin). PM me if you want details.

I don't have "cleavage" - I'm more "east/west"

I already wear a very warm vest over a long-sleeved T for practice but I "glow" enough the shirt gets wet and then the girls get refrigerated by evaporation - BURRRR!

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Y'all are reminding me that a couple of years ago I got the most hideous black bunny vest (honestly) from a very sweet, but maybe misguided, aunt in law. (Rabbit in front, knitted cardie in back.) It's fantastic for wearing when I skate outdoors, with a fleece over it. (But can you imagine it at a real rink?? My friends would love it - total grounds for mockery for life.)

Aussieskater, that is a GREAT idea. I've found a nice Italian tailor in my area who is struggling to find work (other than hemming pants, etc.). He's said he would work with me to make a simple skating dress. I'd love to be able to give him a minimizer to sew into it. I shall get cracking on that (not crazy about backless, as I'm always cold and need coverage).

On (non-bra-related) warmth: the absolute best coverage I've found are these silky light long-johns by Jockey. Not the waffle kind, but the silky and super-light kinds. They're not cheap, around $16 per top and bottom, but they're clingy, thin, and incredibly heat-trapping. You can even wear them under tights if you're skating outdoors or at an ice-locker cold rink; and you can definitely wear the tops under anything, as they have a scoop neck and long sleeves. Highly, highly recommended. I'll check and see if you can order them online; if not, the usual dept. stores carry them I think.

BV

I tend to look very silly when trying on bras as I always jump up and down in them - if it hurts, I opt for another model. As I don't jump much, I skate in my ordinary bras, but when bunny hops start hurting, I know it's time to buy a new one!

When I had a dress that I couldn't wear an ordinary bra under, I took it to a specialist fitting service and said "help", which they did! However, that bra finally demised when it became several sizes too big and I tried wearing it without the plastic straps in a competition. Can you say "wardrobe malfunction", anybody?!

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Honestly, I wear cheap sportbras from Wal Mart and am very comfortable. I like to get the wicking kind, not cotton, if possible so they stay dry and comfortable.

Kay

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When the weather gets really bitter, a skating buddy of mine tucks hand warmers in her bra.

Nope, I wont even GO THERE! Brings lots of images to mind, but then I am twisted!

(Now where did I see hand warmers in the store?)

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I've got 70D (which is like 32D American as far as conversion charts tell me), do I qualify?

I have a few sport bra's that I fixed... the eh... what are they called? You know the two shoulder pieces that go from the front over the shoulders to the back? Anyway I shortened those on a sewing machine - just took a large bite out of them. That way, it sort of keeps the mellons up instead of sagging down and it also flattens them some, which is more comfortable for jumping I feel.

I also have a few good bra's from a pregnant-women department of a big store and also a few that are like... the cup itself is like, pretty rigid - not just material, but with some sort of filling, and with broad shoulder band thingies (you know the ones I described above that I don't know what they're called).
I put shorten the shoulder bands as much as I can - again, if the melons are raised, they don't bounce around - and I clip the band on the chest tighter (not so tight as to have fat swoop around it though from the sides!) so it stays in position. Of course, those have those iron thingies in them too at the bottom.

My ballroom and latin dancing dresses, mom used to sew bra's into them. I was fatter then and thus had even larger boobs (like DD), it's not strictly neccessary now - one bra suffices me now (back then, I had two, thus). It might be worth a shot too?

Well I have figured out (by the process of elimination) that my problem is the cold. No idea why but if the girls get too cold it causes pain. So I guess the next task is to find a camisole made of polar bear fur. (Sorry but I am just NOT putting chemical handwarmers THERE!)

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Two words, girlies: Wacoal. Underwire.

They cost a fortune but they last forever. And boy, do they do the trick.

Hmm my girls are always freezing their butts off... To the point of embarassingly pointing through bra's and t-shirt to draw every hockeyer's attention. But bouncing on the jumps is annoying.