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    mishelleez    November 5, 2010   DW- Bahamas

    I'm having my DW in the Bahamas and plan on laying on the beach the WHOLE time! So i will be nice and tan BUT all my bathing suits are halters and I dont want tan lines for my hometown reception. Im looking for strapless bikinis and have found a few but im a 32D i need something that will hold the girls up!

     
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    KatNYC2011    September 24, 2011   London, UK (american expat)

    @mishelleez: Have you looked at victoria's secret? They often have them or have once that can be either strapless (bandau) or halter.

    I usually order 3 or 4 suits in varying sizes, try them on at home, return the ones that don't work (their return policy is GREAT!)

     
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    SuperShopper    June 25, 2011   Midwest

    I have a VS one that I love.  It's a bandau style with one thin strap that is removable.  :)  Here it is...

    http://www.victoriassecret.com/ss/Satellite?ProductID=1265311847334&c=Page&cid=1283342279291&pagename=vsdWrapper

     
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    KelBells    November 6, 2010   Atlanta

    J Crew!! I love their bathing suits. There are some on sale right too.  I was just looking this morning for another for the honeymoon.

     
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    mishelleez    November 5, 2010   DW- Bahamas

    I did look at VS the styles I saw looked like styles I have tried on in the past that dont stay up. Ill have to check them out again

     
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    KatNYC2011    September 24, 2011   London, UK (american expat)

    @mishelleez: Getting one with a thin, removable neck strap is good. That way you can have the thin strap on when you are walking around/swimming, but take it off when you lay in the sun.

     

    It'll also be a very narrow strap so you don't have to worry about big thick tan lines.

     
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    CorgiTales    February 1, 2011  

    @mishelleez: lol ok honestly? You might be trying to defy the laws of gravity here. I'm just not sure it is possible to support 32Ds in a strapless bikini top. 1 pieces *might* be better, but if I were you I'd just wear a lot of sunscreen and remove the neck strap/fold it under whenever your'e laying out and not walking around. 

     
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    Mrs.KMM    July 17, 2010   Atlanta, GA (wedding in Indianapolis, IN)

    I got the strapless bathing suits that I wore pre-wedding at Target.  Honestly, as a 34DD, I think I can say from experience that no strapless bathing suit is really going to hold the girls up.  Strapless bathing suits just don't provide support like strapless bras.  I got the ones with the really thin removeable halter strap so that when I was up moving around the strap could help hold up the top and then I could remove it when I laid out.

     
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    mishelleez    November 5, 2010   DW- Bahamas

    @CorgiTales:HAHAHA! Could be why I can never find one that stays up!

     
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    KelBells    November 6, 2010   Atlanta

    J Crew has some that just for D cups!

     
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    bpcmarj    November 26, 2011   Massachusetts

    I saw this on J Crew and thought I would send it your way...the D-cup that's available is a 34 but you might want to try it anyway! 

     

    http://www.jcrew.com/womens_category/swim/specialswimsizes/padded/PRDOVR~10207/99101610628/ENE~1+2+3+22+4294967294+20~~P_saleprice%7C0~20+17+4294967001~90~~~~~~~/10207.jsp

     

     

    EDIT: after looking further on the site, there are some strapless tops in a 32D...good luck!

     
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    septcabride    September 2010  

    I am the same size and have found that I have to alter any strapless tops.  (I have a few, as I was pretty obsessed with losing my hiking tank top tan lines before my wedding.)  VS and Target are great options because the bikinis are pretty cheap - you don't have to worry about screwing up the sewing.  I would only buy VS tops that come in XL or 36D.  They don't make anything less than a 34D, and those are usually too small (because VS seems to like having everything pop out).  This will guarantee that the cups are big enough - then just take in the sides or the back by hand or with a sewing machine to fit your body.  It's not a perfect system, but it works!

     
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    Smashley    June 26, 2010  

    I'm a 32E and went with a 32DD top from J. Crew. It worked for me! :)

    Good luck!

     
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    mishelleez    November 5, 2010   DW- Bahamas

    I checked out J Crew I love so many of them but they dont have the right color/size in both pieces :(

     
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    PitBulLover    August 21, 2010  

    I got a strapless bikini top from target...it was great because it is black and i only bought the top to go with several different bottoms. But I am small chested and dont know how their other sizes fit!

     
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    lilyfaith    June 23, 2012   Lakeview, Chicago

    I got a great one from Anthropologie over the summer. It has detachable straps so you can wear it either way. Very vintage-y and cute! It was lined with an underwire, so more modest than the J. Crew bikini that I have. 

     
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    totheislnds    February 12, 2011   NC

    VS all the way! i have an amazing strapless and i've got alot up top. prices arent bad either

     

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