Reddit mentions of Maidenform Women's Three-Hook Bra Extender

I do think it's possible to have a properly fitting bra that can be rotated (with a bit of effort, perhaps), around the body. Depends on the person and their comfort.

I think it's an important distinction that a nice snug band is necessary for support but I don't think that's a rule of thumb. I do think a 36 band is going to be way too big and not offer enough support.

My thoughts, /u/through_her_skull is to get her a bra extender (example linked). It may be that she needs to get accustomed to a tighter band or that the bras need a 'breaking-in' period. Either way, a bra extender will help and also allow for something like a 'half size' since you can move the hooks more incrementally between a 34 and a 36.

One last question: She is hooking her bras on the loosest hooks, correct?

Hi again! It sounds like you have the non-elasticised extenders. Here are ones with elastic and here is the kind that are not elasticised. The ones with elastic of course have more stretch, and they change the fit/feel of your band more (although still reversible, of course), whereas the non-elastic ones are just like adding extra hooks to your band; the band will feel a bit looser but it's closer to simulating a larger size band. It's one way to get an "in-between" band size; the other being to buy the larger band and do it up on tighter hooks. It does alter where the straps sit on your shoulders a little; some find this uncomfortable and others don't notice. But if you don't like it, you just take it off.

Wide wires refers to the placement of them; or more precisely how wide apart the wires are in the cups. So if you measure on the inside of the cup (with the bra off, of course) across the widest part of the cup from one inner edge of the wire channel to the other, that's the wire width, or cup width as it may be called. Measuring instructions here. Elomi and its sister company Goddess have pretty much the widest-set wires of any bras, though some other companies have the wide wires/cups as well.

I hear you about the center-pull straps as I prefer them myself, but they're hard to get. Elomi and Goddess do them, and so does a company called Fantasie in some of their bras, but I'm hesitant to recommend them because they don't seem to give enough support for the larger bust. I don't know that Goddess has anything better to offer you than Elomi. Their Keira bra (my "namesake") is similar in fit to Caitlyn but not identical. Keira has clones; Kayla and Adelaide. It's a bit of a shallower fit. Then again, if you're experimenting with going up in cup size in Caitlyn, then the comparable cup size in Keira would give you something just a little different to compare. Then they have a couple of bras called Clara and Alice that come up higher in the chest piece, but it's extra fabric, not a higher gore. They too fit a little differently. Goddess uses US cup sizes though, so an Elomi H cup is Goddess K cup, HH = L, and so forth up to Goddess N cup in some cases which is equivalent of JJ cup UK.

There are different kinds of extenders. You can get non-stretchy ones with multiple sets of eyes, that way you have more control over how much longer the band will be. You might just need one extra hook while you're breaking in the bra. Here's a link to some on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Maidenform-Womens-Hook-Bra-Extender/dp/B0083QLOOO/ref=cts_ap_3_fbt