Lbowroom

This is a one-piece with bra-sized cups (yes, there are two separate cups under there - it's not just a shelf!) The underwire is plastic (no rust) and there is also a plastic bikini-style clasp in the back.

This is discontinued so I got it at a discount. The retailer only had 30H, but the reviews said to size up in the cups (and I'm usually 30G/GG) so I figured it had a strong possibility of fitting.

I think I possibly could have gone with my normal size. The cups *are* too big. They are both too wide and too tall; the too-tall is the bigger problem, as it ... keeps the wire under my IMF. If I pull it up into the my IMF, the ends poke into my sternum and armpits. (And since they're plastic, they can't be bent.) But if I don't pull it up, it actually falls into kind of a nice place where it feels comfortable on all fronts, and the tight spandex material still gives me a lot of support even though the wire is too low. There's no quadding, possibly because the front runs high enough to cover the fullest part of my bosom.

The rest of the suit fits well through the body. I guess they figure a 30 ribcage basically means a S/M overall (and/or it's stretchy enough to kind of work either way). Bear in mind I'm short-waisted, so it may run short, I can't tell. I find one-pieces less sexy but more functional than bikinis (especially since I don't like water touching my tummy.) This is a good suit for swimming at the lake with the family.
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black colorway

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A little center quadding (I'm very center full). Cups too wide, but seems basically deep enough (I'm very narrow and projected). Feels secure enough for swimming. Band feels very firm to me (but I'm between 30-32 so true 30's sometimes feel too firm). Minimizing look? Typical swim clasp.

China Blue colorway

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I bought this back when I thought I was a 34D; now it's clear to me that I'm more or a 30F, which is not a size that Peau-Ethique makes. But their bras are so comfy and organic cotton is so rare in a bra! I WANT to like this.

It's soft and luxurious 100% organic cotton, it's fair trade, it's a cute purple, and it's well-constructed for a wireless bra; if it fit, I imagine it would support me quite well. It's not like those flimsy cotton bras that are really just a breast covering. The seamed cups are clearly constructed with support in mind.

But it doesn't, even a little, fit me. The band is clearly 2+ sizes too big. My breasts sit low, insufficiently supported, and continue unchecked beneath what is supposed to be the gore. If the band was small enough, the cups would be too small, and they'd probably be set too wide for my close-set self anyway.

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Updated on Jul 13, 2014 Flag this

I love Peau-Ethique for making organic cotton bras. It's super rare! It's just a shame that none of them really fit me. The bras that fit me are usually 30F, so most mainstream bra companies (including Peau-Ethique), the smallest band is too big for me and their largest cup is too small.

Although surprisingly supportive for an unlined cotton bra--the underwire is helpful and the seam is well-placed--there isn't quite enough support here for me, probably because it's not sized remotely correctly.

The fabric is super soft and comfy, of course. I would love this so hard in my size.

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I'm being very nitpicky in my answers to the fit survey. I said there was quad-boob, but there is only a very tiny amount, and only in certain positions (you can't see it in the pictures, which is a good sign that it fits pretty well most of the time). The gore tacks when I'm standing up straight and pushing my chest out, but that's also when the slight quad-boob happens. When I'm slouching, the cups fit fine, but the gore is slightly gappy. Though certainly less so than other bras I have and enjoy.

If this bra were very comfortable, I would overlook the very minor fit issues. But it's weirdly not, even though it looks like it would be. The material, though smooth and non-lacy, doesn't have a lot of give. The band is on the tight side, with the cup bottoms pressing into my ribs. (Maybe a 32E would be better?)

It's a B+ bra--decent, but I'm not over the moon about it.

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Updated on Jul 19, 2014 Flag this

For a more complete review of Melissa's eco-bra line, see my review of model 342 here: http://www.bratabase.com/bra/dllpd/

Like all the 65H's, the band is firm and the cups are too large for me in every dimension. I've exchanged this for 65G. Fingers crossed!

Material: 95% cotton, 5% elastene

T-shirt friendly: Yes. It's a smooth fabric cup. Potential for headlight problems since it's unlined.

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Wow, this is a fantastic-looking bra. I'm usually not a big lace fan, but the lace here is just so beautiful! Similar fit to the Fauve Evangeline. For me, it's on the shallow side.

Having tried several Fauve Padded Half-cups in 30F, here is how well they fit me, from best to worst. Better fits are deeper and/or more open on top.

1. Pearl
2. Veronique
3. Emmanuelle
4. Evangeline
*5. Maya*
6. Marla
7. Lucia

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Updated on Sep 14, 2014 Flag this

Me: Projected, narrow, full on top, center full, soft, close-set

When I first tried this I was really impressed with the fit, but I've started to suspect it's too small since so very much of my boob winds up in the stretch lace section after I scoop & swoop. There's still a smooth line across the top, but I'm pretty sure your nipples are supposed to be behind the opaque part, haha. After finding the next cup size up to be too small in the Rose colorway, I'm thinking that the Blue Flowers colorway just has extra-stretchy lace which makes it easier to mask too-small-cup problems (and/or too-closed-on-top problems?) Still, this is a good enough fit that it's comfortable to wear while I look for one at least 2 cup sizes bigger.

Blue Blossom colorway

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**UPDATE AUGUST 2014**
After extensive bra-searching and finally finding several Bras That Fit (Fauve 30F Padded Half-Cups and Ewa Michalak 65FF various), not only am I less impressed with the VS fit, but the VS fit IS ACTUALLY WORSE. I think my tissue migrated to the point where the too-large band size can no longer make up for the too-shallow cups. I bulge at the top now. Time to say goodbye. Luckily, I have a MUCH better bra-drobe now; these did the job of getting me through until I found actual fitting bras.

**ORIGINAL REVIEW, JUNE 2014**
I love this bra. I know it's not cool to like Victoria's ... Secret in the Bratabase/ABraThatFits world, and I KNOW it doesn't fit. The bras that do fit me well are typically 30F, so the band here is noticeably too large (gore is so, so far from my sternum), and the cups are too small, or they would be if band fit. (VS doesn't make a band smaller than 32.) But full disclosure? I wear this more often than the bras that do fit me. It's just soooo comfy.

The saleswoman at VS recommended this when I disclosed my skin sensitivity issues and lace aversion. She says it's what they typically recommend to people with fabric sensitivities. I don't know if that's true or why it would be (it's made of synthetic nylon), but it seems to be anecdotally true in my case. The fabric and construction are incredibly comfortable to me.

Lightly lined cups, no headlights, seamless under T-shirts. If I could get this in a smaller band and larger cup, I would be so happy.

Material: 71% nylon, 29% spandex (elastane)
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This is my first time trying the Ewa Michalak PL style. It has everything I like in the S style - soft, cotton-lined cups with light padding for structure, and a perky, front-and-center shape. Like all Ewa's I've seen, this one's gorgeous - black with a gold-embroidered lace overlay. This one is sooooo comfortable that, even though it doesn't suuuper fit, I want to wear it all the time.

Plunge styles are always weird for me because I'm center-full and soft, so I tend to slide in toward the middle and fall out. I tend to feel fairly secure in this one, but it's still a bit of a problem, I suspect largely because it's a size too big. The cups are too wide and I feel like I warp them oddly; they end up folding around the top in a way that's kind of gappy. Holding the straps together in back as if criss-crossed gives me a better shape, but the straps are not convertible and there's no J-hook. A clip may help.

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