Elodie

I think I am a convert to Ewa Michalak. The craftsmanship is beautiful, I love the fabric, and best of all the fit of this bra is light years better than anything else I have owned since arriving at this current size and shape. I know they have a reputation for having tight bands, but this one started out only firm and has loosened up a bit in the two weeks since I bought it. It gives me a gorgeous rounded shape and the padding is not excessive. It is such a relief to have my soft tissue contained! I don't mean to quibble, but only a couple ... of small factors keep it from being a perfect fit: one, the wire will not stay in my IMF on the inner half of each breast (no trouble with movement at the outside edge it seems. I can push it up with minimal quadding if any on my bigger side, but there is no way to keep it there. Also, the straps seem to be taking too much weight and are digging in. I can't imagine going a band size down, though.
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Updated on May 16, 2017 Flag this

The cup depth on this bra is wonderful -- one of the best I have ever had, and the fabric is super firm without being thick. When I had one that fit it held the shape of my breast wonderfully at the bottom too. It's a beautiful bra in person, great fabric and really pretty embroidery detail. This bra has a very firm band and runs a bit tight... it was on the line for me at first but it did stretch out some. This is one where if I tuck and adjust, it can be pretty and smooth for a bit but the compression is not so ... comfortable, and soon quad boob will start showing up. The wires cut into breast tissue under my arms too. The cups are at least one size too small, maybe more, and I think it shows in the outer/underarm area as well as on top (I am quite FOT). Maybe going up a band size would have helped too. I so loved this bra in a 34F when I was smaller, but it's discontinued and the 36FF is just not working.
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Updated on May 16, 2017 Flag this

This was my first foam cup bra and I am learning -- and whether or not this bra is the right size I don't know, but it's certainly the wrong shape. I'm not certain whether the cups were too widely spaced when I bought it, but I think probably so... anyway, the gore has stretched at least half an inch (bow is no longer symmetrically placed) and the bra now cuts into the inner curve of my boob while the outer upper corners aren't quite filled. Also I think I need more immediate projection; when I put it on the bottom inch or so of the cup doesn't ... fill. If I smooth my breasts into place I fill all of the area of the bra, sort of... but they won't stay there, and the migration to center is really not flattering. Also, the nude fabric quickly picked up dye from dark shirts I wore over it. And since the second or third washing, it squeaks. ETA: one other nice thing I can say about this bra is that it gives me almost no armpit muffin. That is appreciated.
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Updated on Mar 15, 2017 Flag this

The longline band may curl up a bit in front if you have a full upper tummy as I do, but it is absolutely worth it for the overall increase in comfort (dramatic) and general smoothing effect on back and sides. Strap placement is okay but I wouldn't want them to be a quarter inch further out -- for me, this is the limit. Padding is minimal, thankfully; I don't think it adds more bulk than a foam cup would.

This is another bra that fits radically differently when I swoop and scoop. Without doing so it felt unsupportive in the cups, and looked both too big in ... the cup and very wide in the underwire. Once I shifted things around, a few things happened. 1: The gore no longer sits flush against my chest; I can't tell if this is because the cup is a bit small or because my boobs are just more closely set than the bra design. 2: A small but visible amount of quad boob. It's confusing that this does not smooth out a bit of wrinkling at the top of the cup on my smaller side. Maybe a manufacturing flaw? 3: The underwires I thought were comically wide seem to be... NOT cutting into me in a way I thought was just a function of being squishy. Also, I have less armpit muffin than I have in any bra I've worn for a very long time. 4: I didn't realize that my bras were uncomfortably compressing tissue overall until I put on this one. Which feels much less restrictive, quad boob notwithstanding. Not quite there, but a step in the right direction. Now if only it looked better.

Note that I bought this bra secondhand, so I am not sure if there were any fabric changes as a result of washing.
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Updated on Mar 14, 2017 Flag this

This bra felt fantastic after the Panache Cleo Muse, which I thought I had undergrown but now I think was just the wrong shape. At first glance it seems to be higher quality, and the cup shape was a much better fit without the shallow space at the bottom of the cup that was a problem for me with the Muse. And if I just put it on, it seems all right if even if I look a tiny bit bulgy under the arms. But, if I swoop and scoop... that underarm problem all but disappears and then I overflow the cups at the top to an unworkable degree.

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Updated on Mar 14, 2017 Flag this