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My shape: mid-height front-facing teardrop-profile (ski jump with no "jump") with tall shallow roots, low apex, lots of immediate projection underneath but moderate overall projection, wide roots with lots of side fullness and shallow tails that wrap all the way to the shoulder blade, extremely close-set center tissue (possibly a trace of natural symmastia), and very firm self-supporting tissue that when pushed out of shape will push right back.

This bra was one of 5 Panache Jasmines I bought to try from Nordstrom. I also tried a 30FF in black, a 30FF in nude, a 30F in nude, and a 30FF in navy houndstooth.

Jasmine and I are clearly not ... meant to be. The cups fit better than the 30FF - Panache » Jasmine Balconnet Bra (6951) , the overall projection is a closer match, and there's less obvious issue with the top panel (which stretches nicely over my shallow upper root!), but the problems with lack of immediate depth at the wire and the apex being too high are more apparent, as well as giving a decidedly pointy profile.

The gore is too tall and stabby, but has an interesting flared shape that mirrors my own IMF pretty closely. The straps are still too far apart, although they don't chafe as ferociously as the 30FFs. The wires are narrower and the wings/side cups are slightly lower, allowing a little bulge of tissue to show over the top. However, they aren't uncomfortable, and the band fits perfectly (snug 72/BTT 66.5 cm today).

Given the changes between this and the 30FF in black, I'd be curious to see how a 30E fits in the cups, if only for comparison's sake, but I don't think the loss of wire width would work out, ultimately.
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I tried on this bra at a Nordstrom different from my usual store - and found a very pushy sales lady to boot who, in spite of everything wrong about this bra, kept telling me "it doesn't look that bad to me" and "there's just something about it I like on you" - and I'm sure that "something" was her potential commission on the $70 price tag.

First off, it is zebra print, and I do not like animal prints so I wasn't going to buy it anyway. I really just wanted to try on the different cut to see how it fit, because it is listed on the ... Nordstrom website and Figleaves as a "plunge balcony", so I thought I'd give it a shot.

Secondly, the cups were all wrong for me. I could barely get my hands in to swoop and scoop, but even without doing it the problems were obvious: too short and closed on top (quadboob), too deep (very wrinkly cups), too narrow (poking at the sides), and too small on top of all that (I generally like a 30FF or 28G in Freyas, I think). Also, the seams went right across my nipples and had started to itch within the 3 minutes I had it on in the fitting room.

This bra went back on the shelf as soon as I could get the bossy sales lady out.

I would also like to amend the fit bullets to say that the center gore was high, but only about as high as the Freya Patsy Padded Half Cup Bra (1223) . This is still too high for me, sadly, but it's really not that bad.
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