Where do you buy your underwear?

John Lewis for the pretty but sensible. Bluebella for best.

M&S for knickers and bras but I don't buy underwired bras anymore. I let gravity take over.

In France, in a big supermarket callled LeClerc. I like my underwear pretty and floral. UK supermarkets and chain stores seem only to stock white or black.

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I get my panties from Tesco. I like their shorts type. For bras I usually go to a specialist shop and be properly fitted.

Rigby & Peller for bras, they're expensive but definitely worth it. They fit beautifully and make such a difference to the look of clothes. They last really well too - though I always follow their advice to handwash them. Pants from a variety of places, Triumph, Sloggi and M&S for non-VPL.

For all you Prima Donna fans, and I'm one, I thought you might like to know about Empreinte which is my latest from R and P and I love it even more than Prima Donna. Bit more expensive, but prettier and gives a better shape.

Just ordered 3 bras online from Berlei. I love their under wired running bras in vibrant colours. I wouldn't run in them but they are great every day bras but I'm a 38DD so need very good support for running. This favourite bra is being discontinued so down to £15 which is great value. I'm going to Bravissimo to be measured for a sports bra on a friend's recommendation.

Ulla Popken.
Wonderful, comfortable, pretty 'comfort bra' and 'support bra'.
Such a relief for larger requirements!

My bra's from M & S I try to wait and buy them in the sales. My pants usually from Asda or Tesco they have both started to get some pretty ones in to suit all ages.

M and S do genuinely seamless pants in their children's section and as all their sizes are 'vanity sizing' they come up quite big and would easily fit an adult. I buy seamless, high leg age 9-11 and they are the most comfortable pants I have ever worn.

Bravissimo are excellent at fitting you. No tape measures just a good look! I then buy online either from them or Belle Lingerie. As a 30e my bras are rarely available on the shelf. I have been in M&S for hours with a very helpful fitter and we couldn t find one that fitted properly. Do like Sainsbury or Tesco no vpl pants. M&S seem to have abandoned these .....

Mostly buy M&S pants, such a great range and on the 3 for 2 deal not bad. Bras, try Bravissimo for pretty sexy ones. Good fitting service, bit pricey but worth it for special occasions.

Thank you everyone for sharing your underwear choices.
I bought a really lovely, well fitting bra when in Europe last year and have been trying to find Prima Donna bras since. I found an online site called Bare Necessities and have found some other lovely bras which are cheaper than P D. We have few choices for lingerie shopping where I live in New Zealand.
I buy my knickers from M&S online as I find the cheap cotton ones really comfortable.

We had a talk by a lady from a local shop which specialises in bras - she said they don't measure, they can tell by eye and are usually very accurate. They will then fetch you bras and help or leave you to it as you wish. Another lady (slim and lovely) was demonstrating the wrong size and right size bras!

There was a time when I just gave up trying to get a bra to fit and was buying them in M & S. When I was getting 'fitted' by M & S, if the cup looked like it fitted I accepted the size they said and then went home and 'took it in' at the back with two seams.

Granee Bravissimo don't even use a tape measure, they look at you and bring you about 6 bras into the fitting room ... and work from there. Fitter asked me was it ok for her to adjust the straps, hooks, check the fit of the wires against the breasts.

You should also do the 'scoop'. Bra on and then scoop each boob right from underneath your arm, scoop it forward and into the cup. There should be no spillage under the arm, or over the cup. At the front - the centre should be touching your breast bone with no spillage from the cup and no '4 boobs'. There is also a design feature called the sling in some bras which lifts and supports your breast lifting it up and forwards. When I got my first one fitted I felt it was much too tight at the back, really too tight, and I insisted on taking the next back size up. How wrong I was. In no time at all the back was creeping up even in the tightest hook.
The secret for bigger boobed ladies is to get it so that when it is fitted on the loosest hooks it feels almost too tight. Two or three wearings later it was perfect. Gradually as the bra stretched I wore it on the middle hooks. I'm now using the tightest hooks and it's still great.
My best fit comes from Bravissimo own range at £30 or at a push Fantasie which runs about £40.

Once you've found a make and style that fits then they can often be found on line.

Minimiser bras I've found to be shapeless, they just push the breast tissue around to under the arm.

Good luck to everyone seeking a bra that fits

I buy mine in Leclerc, my local supermarket in France. They do a lot of pretty floral patterned underwear, not with wide set straps, I have a narrow back so wide set straps cause me problems with unmoulded cups and matching briefs.

I take quite a small size and loathe those bras that look and feel like breast plates.

Beware M&S bra sizes. I bought some there after losing weight and then later ordered some from Debenhams' sale in the same size I had bought from M&S. When I had to exchange them the salesgirl remarked that they were all the same size, did I not know my size. I told her it was the size I had for M&S bras and she said they are a law unto themselves. Best to try on each time, I guess.

I didn't realise Playtex was still in existence.
I remember wanting a cross-your-heart bra in the 60s and for some unknown reason my mother wouldn't countenance the idea

We had a lovely independent shop but it has gone. Not found any good fits yet.

Sorry - Playtex pants!

Planted pants, or M & S midis. Fantasie balcony bras from John Lewis. The same size, 32E, from M & S don't fit at all.

Thanks Coolgran & Jalima - off to get PROPERLY measured for the next one!