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I was hoping for a comfortable lounge bra with some separation, but this is not it. The description said lightly lined, but this is so padded, especially at the bottom, that I could go into battle.
The cups are very wide and tall, and the edges were entirely in my armpits; coupled with the "light lining," The chafing, even from ... a try-on, was awful.
The band was very loose and stretchy. I wanted a loose band, but that's why I bought a 32. I could have stuck a passenger plane between me and the band and still had room.
The fabric was very soft and nice, though. I'm not as picky with something meant to be worn at home when I feel like shit (the intent of this purchase), and if the cups didn't rub, I probably would have kept these despite the padding and loose band. It may be worth picking up for lounging if you can get a decent fit out of it.
With Fortnight being out of the game, I'm at a loss as to where to get something wireless and comfortable that provides some separation. Any suggestions are welcome.
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Pink Petal Heather colorway
Updated on Aug 23, 2024 Flag this
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Some ideas: Do you like crossover bras like Bravissimo Nova Lounge Bra (LN764) or Molke? Also, I have no experience with it so not sure how much it separates, but a bra vaguely similar to this VS one is Bravissimo Lillie. Finally, I'd recommend Sugar Candy .
@bananaboats Thanks! The Bravissimo ones look promising, I'll check them out.
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It Does So, Exist. And, I have a hard time believing this was a freak accident or one off from the factory back when these were being made. There absolutely HAS to be more Anna Pardels in cup sizes over HH.
After the utter flaming shitshow of trying to sort out exactly what size my breakout bras ... 28J Treasure really is in comexim, having a whole separate brand with it's own sizing method & inaccurately limited size selection is a total cakewalk.
Someone correct me if I've missed something here, but? The entire point of making such an amazingly narrow and 100%-forward-projected-from-the-wire-to-the-upper-band cup shaping, would be especially useful for these larger letter sizes that western brands suck so bad at!
What can be said about the renowned Milk & Honey that hasn't already been said? It's very Princess energy. Like delicate, babygirl, rosy pink porcelain pretty.
-Band runs at least a size small. Bring your best extender, this one runs super short.
-Gore does not overlap, but it is very narrow and the very tips of the underwire channels are sewn together on the top end of gore.
-Underwires are TINY. Functionally 5.75" wide from inner arm to outer side, not to tip of opposite wire arm ... but I did use diagonal wire width in data
-Cups are TALLL jesus lord on high, TALL. Unlike the sophisticate cut, the internal area vertical height isn't much as it's all happening in a 4" root height, but we're basically at 10" of cup here from the wire to upper band. It's Geisha/Sabine/Ingrid/Irish Coffee all over again. I think for something that fits nicely as my hyperfull and open top cupped custom Charm and Lilou, it would be nice if it was more evenly full like Walentine, Arletta and Larysa which have fit me the best, last year.
-NOTHING ITCHES NOT THE LACE NOT THE INSIDE OF THE CUPS NOT THE STRAPS NOTHING WOOOOO LETS GOOO!
-Straps. I can appreciate the subtle strength and softness of these. Pretty decent after I decided that ewa michalaks' Lady Di ruined me for all other straps.
There's probably something else I'm missing but I can't remember it over the last 5 months of night sweat terrors fueled by my subconscious putting me through endless terrible situations where the only bras that fit me aren't made past G/GG, or I'm laughed/chased out of town while the weirdly tiny but irrevocably bizarrely tagged bra I absolutely need to exist as a functional human goes on a wild goose chase out of my grasp, while I'm forced to endure irrationally stupid obstacles to GET it.
Thank you anyone, everyone who ever passed purchasing this specific bra over the last decade. My hormonal attitude tittie tissue sends their belated gratitude. Now I must study how to keep it's pastel as pristine as possible.
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Updated on Aug 21, 2024 Flag this
Does anyone agree that some of the very old listings should be deleted after a certain time?
Everytime I search listings for my size or a bra, if I find anything it's a listing from 2014 and the user hasn't logged in in 10 years.
So I don't assume they still have this bra. I don't even get replys on listings from ... 2-3 years ago.
I think after 2 years when it has not been updated or the user hasn't logged in, listings should be deleted!
Send the user an e-mail to warn them to either update the listing or it will be gone.
Thanks.
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No. Those listings are very helpful. I have learned that companies change over time and it teaches us when they start using different materials to better help meet demands such as EM..their bras used to be EXTREMELY tight because they used more expensive materials, now you can get your regular size and use an extender for a couple weeks. I've learned so much more from old posts than I have new posts.
I did not mean the reviews. Those are indeed very helpful. I meant the for sale listings. The bra itself stays in the database of course but it won't be on sale if the seller never updated the sale listing.
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Settle in for a triple helping of SIZE STRUGGLE confusion, because there's just a lot going on for me around this bra and comexim that makes both indispensable but also UN-understandable. Like words will not be able to convey how great this stupid thing is, but also gods why always the weirdness juggling proportions and sizing?
It's breakout bra tag ... reads 28J, on their site listing they claim that this is a comexim 60M.
Treasure's underwire is pretty undersized for anything over comexim 60J, the frame seems more like their 60K/L territory, the band was always pretty lax as it's a swim top not a hook closure bra, tallish gore and wing, while it's very projected cups made it sort of a weirdo like the Jasmine 2, so I really don't know what this is.
As I bought it before ordering custom from comexim I'd been wearing 28GG in freya, 28H in cleo and ewa michalak, 28HH in panache, 30G in empreinte, and trying not to wear out my 32G katherine hamiltons all the time... I cautiously studied and came to the conclusion I should be going for comexim sizing of 60J (looool what hubris).
Seeing as my 28H/HH breakout bra comexim orders ran rather high and tight I bought this in a subsequent order. It arrived and it's lower cup fit well while the top gaped like mad. It looked quite a bit larger than the rest of my purchases so wasn't quite sure what to make of the sizing on the tag and sort of forgot about it after sizing out of the rest of the comexims I'd ordered from breakout in that time frame. Actually that was custom 60M (made to fit as a very short 60N) Arletta's fault when my custom orders arrived, but we digress.
All of that said... current depth is now about 12.25 and the wires more like 6" apart, from all of the wear that it accrued during the awkward phase last winter when my custom comexims began to feel pinchy & do underwire witchcraft around the end of my cycle, before I'd bought larger katherine hamiltons to suffer in. It's much closer in depth to my 30KK 3HC Belen than 28HH breakout bra comexims bought around the time of Treasure's purchase.
Despite several years of endless creeping growth, I've never become used to the funny quirks of the new size I find myself in. Basically meaning I'm not sure if the typical foam they use just stretches out more easily in bigger cuts if it's not bonded to another fabric? Or if it's a stretchy swim top thing going on. It doesn't seem normal for any of the previous comexims I've worn, or I'd have been able to wear them much longer than I had.
Treasure is a typical 3 piece cup with 2 panels in the lower cup, and an upper panel with a pretty open cut above for a full on top shape. There's a bunch of 'hidden depth' in the upper part of it's outer panel, tucked away by the elasticated armpit gathering. Sneaky. Despite being a basic balconette with a tallish gore, it's still a bit on the plunge side and fits more inner full, rounded, less push uppy or pointy. Treasure's outer facing is a sturdy but slinky shimmery mesh sport spandex artistically gathered along the lower inner panel near the gore. Even when the cups weren't large enough any more, the gathers didn't become pulled flat which was a nice surprise, still having the decorative detail to distract from what a weird thing it looked like on, otherwise. Everyone else it's probably killer on but me, well no. Full coverage granny hours, in old school glimmery matte black spandex looks kind of garish so I avoid using it as anything but a bra when needed.
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black colorway
Updated on Aug 18, 2024 Flag this
Heavy quadboob due to PMS enlargement and positioning the underwire half a centimeter away from IMF.
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Updated on Aug 20, 2024 Flag this
Great for comfort. Size down in the band because it's extremely stretchy. Wires are flexible so it's great for every day comfort. Not great for bigger breasts 34G and up.
I should have gotten a 32F as my breasts are shallow on top and the band is extremely stretchy. It's full cup so a cup down from this would work perfectly for my fob breasts
Updated on Aug 14, 2024 Flag this
As a person who has worked for Wacoal, it’s also good to know that this bra runs bigger in the cups as well because the whole cup is stretchy.
Extremely stretchy! It's very very accommodating. I can stretch the cups out 5+ extra inches. I'd wear this with full confidence while breastfeeding knowing it could accommodate any size my breasts became.
Get your bust size. Like if your ub is 34, get 75 or even 70. Do NOT size up a band or the cups won't fit correctly
Updated on Aug 14, 2024 Flag this
Get your actual size in comexim. You need the band to stretch for the cups to fit properly. If you're shallow on top, don't size up.
Updated on Aug 14, 2024 Flag this
I wouldn't buy this for support. It's really soft and comfortable. Great for sick days.
Updated on Aug 14, 2024 Flag this
Thanks for the heads up. I've bought this week so hopefully they arrive in September. Haven't received any order or shipping confirmation which is a bit worrying.