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Location: Dearing, GA | I'll cut right to the chase-- I'm well equipped up top, and have a hard time finding arena shirts that meet dress code that button down without me busting out, especially during a run. Any suggestions??
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Location: on my horse | Just Let Me Run - 2016-11-09 8:05 PM
I'll cut right to the chase-- I'm well equipped up top, and have a hard time finding arena shirts that meet dress code that button down without me busting out, especially during a run. Any suggestions??
I just buy ungodly huge shirts that I'm sure I can keep buttoned comfortably and then tailor them and take them in around sides and back |
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Location: CTX | I just get a bigger shirt, and ALWAYS wear a tanktop underneath when I run. Too many things that can flop around. Lol, seen some girls that had to grab their shirts running out. (And some that didn't give a hoot....   )
 
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Location: Oklahoma | I buy a size larger shirt, and wear a tank top under as well as a tight sports bra. I have a few shirts I love that I can't wear because my girls make an unscheduled apperance every time I do. They fit everywhere and I can get them buttoned, just can't breathe or bend over to put boots on. :) |
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| I don't have big girls, but I do have super long arms! I just buy whatever size I need to fit the largest part of my body (arms for me, girls for you) and then have the rest of it tailored to fit. If you have a local seamstress or are pretty handy with a sewing machine, it shouldn't cost too much! Otherwise possibly look into zippered shirts? Rod's has a bunch here: https://www.rods.com/show-apparel/western-show-clothing/women-s/tops... |
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Location: cincinnati, oh | Well I can tell you which shirts to stay away from! LOL Any of the super tailored stuff. Not made for big hooters! LOL Roar doesnt fit us and neither do alot of the Rock 47 and things like that. Cruel Girl usually works for me, the Wrangler performance cut, and I usually check Rod's, NRS, etc for their standard western cut shirts. If it says anything about "tailored fit" just know you are gambling with a peep show! LOL |
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Location: Kansas | Put a separating zipper in under the button button holes. |
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| Cruel Girl Arena Fit or Cinch Modern Fit. I don't have a large chest, but I do have man shoulders and arms, so I gotta have that room up top. The CG arena fit shirts are really cute, larger up top, but tailored, so you don't look like a blimp when they come untucked, but I also like a men's small Cinch Modern Fit too... More along the lines of my body type lol and honestly I like their patterns more... not so much on the glittery flowery stuff. |
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Location: Dearing, GA | SpaceCowboy - 2016-11-10 10:41 AM
Cruel Girl Arena Fit or Cinch Modern Fit. I don't have a large chest, but I do have man shoulders and arms, so I gotta have that room up top. The CG arena fit shirts are really cute, larger up top, but tailored, so you don't look like a blimp when they come untucked, but I also like a men's small Cinch Modern Fit too... More along the lines of my body type lol and honestly I like their patterns more... not so much on the glittery flowery stuff.
I've been considering buying men's shirts, just for that extra room. Too bad they don't come in all the cute little patterns though!
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| I think half my shirts are men's shirts. I did manage to find some women's shirts on sale a while back and I tried all of them on to make sure they fit right. They are wrangler something but not ur standard shirts. Normal women's mediums are too tight in your particular area on me as well but larges make me feel huge, so I feel your pain. I just go in the store pick out a bunch of different brands and try them on. |
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Location: NE TX | I'm plus size and super plus size in the chest and I found recently the new George Strait women's shirts from Wrangler fit my girls. I will still have to get a size larger than what I normally wear but I'll get it tailored to fit properly.
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this!! (And if you bust out like I did...make sure you have an understanding friend who tries to get you to collect a dollar from all the calf ropers waiting to go for seeing the "show.") LOL |
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Location: SW MO | I also wear the cruel girl arena fit. I have bigger shoulders and chest for my size, smaller waist, and so if they arent tailored around the middle it looks like I'm 20 pounds heavier. Not good. I wish there were more brands that I knew of |
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Location: on the fine line between insanity and geniusness | I either wear cruel girl arena fit or a cinch XS. I hate the roar and "tailored" female brands! They aren't made to ride a horse in. So many women's shirts made now are made for the girls that only wear them to the bar on Friday and Saturday nights. I want something that looks professional, STAYS TUCKED IN, and that I can actually move my arms in. |
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Location: Dearing, GA | Thanks y'all!!!! This is so helpful!!
I've also found the brand Roper... anyone know how these fit? They seem to be made for girls with bigger bellies than chest, which is not my case. |
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Location: cincinnati, oh | Be careful of the roper shirts also. I bought a super cute one online and it fit so cute everywhere EXCEPT across my chest. I probably could have swung it but I w2as afraid the first time I reached back to whip that I would give the crowd a show. I bought it online on sale so I didnt get to try it on first to see. One size bigger may have been ok but I'm just not sure |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Look into ladies Cinch shirts. I don't have problems with my chest but I have man arms and shoulders. Mens Cinch shirts, even xsmall are quite big through the stomach area. |
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| I have wide shoulders, looong arms AND healthy girls. I HATE the short women's shirts that won't stay tucked in. If I do find a women's shirt that fits I will try buy a few in that brand/style. Otherwise I end up buying a men's medium...if it is to big around the waist I just "blouse it out" so that it hinds the spare tire, lol.
To complicate the issue I hate spending money on clothes...cannot abide spending $50+ on a shirt, so clearance is my favorite sign. I gotta save money somewhere to pay the vet and for all the supplements don'tcha know. |
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| I have EE's (let me tell you it's literally the worst at 5'2")- I buy an XL Cruel Girl/ Cinch, get a sports bra one size too small and also a Spanx- like top to really keep the girls in. |
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Location: Dearing, GA | Sagebrush2 - 2016-11-11 1:07 PM
I have EE's (let me tell you it's literally the worst at 5'2")- I buy an XL Cruel Girl/ Cinch, get a sports bra one size too small and also a Spanx- like top to really keep the girls in.
Yeah, I'm thinking investing in some good under-support is going to be more beneficial than buying a shirt big enough. |
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| Check out Monique The Mountain Biker Shirts, otherwise known as M Sport 6. I became a dealer for them because I enjoyed the shirts so much. I am big chested and I hated that my poor buttons were doing their best to stay put. The shirts have a zip up, nice light zipper. Also, shirts are lightweight so I stayed cooler. If you have any questions feel free to message me =). Also, I hated that frumpy look I was getting when I was tucked in. I feel like some of the designs give me a more slimmer appearance. |
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| M Sport 6 shirts have a zip up front and they are WPRA and NBHA approved =) |
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Location: Oklahoma | Buy men's in solid pretty colors n patterns , you can score nice dress shirts at thrift shops , as well even the Men's Cinch shirts go half price all the time during season changes at farm/ranch stores , western wear , and the ladies NEVER! Wear a heavy duty workout bra ( awesome colors at Wally World) one size too small , with a cotton cami over... bonus at Wally World they are cheap and in wonderful colors. I like the thin stretchy ones w lace trim. Never any boobage or back view showing anymore. I have been doing such for 25 years, women's shirts are not as good quality as men's and much more pricey, do not fit the big twins even if skinny . For trail riding I wear men's denim work shirts unbuttoned over a tank n sport bra. |
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Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA | http://www.moniquethemountainbiker.com/
I am a 38 DD and find these air conditioned shirts to be the cats meow!
They have a band at the bottom so they do not come untucked, nice long arms, stretchy and comfy, a zip front so no peep shows, and nice and cool on hot days.
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