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wire revelations
One of the random facts at the bottom of the main page here is that the bra is the most highly engineered garment. We all know this as we try to deconstruct our bras and apply what we know to the fit.
So today I learned something that perhaps others know. I got a "new" (to me) Fantasie today from the site. It's a GG as opposed to my normal G. It is a smidge too large, but I thought, should I keep it and put it in the rotation vice my Chantelle and if so, why?
I put the cups together and saw the Chantelle is narrower (good). So I put it on and marked on my skin where the wire ends. Then I put on the Fantasie and...it's like 1/4" narrower. (scratching head). I put the wires flat on a surface and take the ends and slowly pull them away from each other to test flexibility. The Fantasie flexes, flexes, and starts to S bend. OK.
The Chantelle immediately starts to S bend. They FEEL equally stiff but clearly the Chantelle wires distort immediately. Is this good or bad for me?
I still can't answer that question because the Chantelle wires are a full 2 inches longer than the Fantasie*. Both fit me more like full cups than balcony but the Chantelle, with longer wires, digs into my underarms.
So I have a winner in which one to keep but still don't know if the more flexible S-bending wires are better (for me) than the stiffer wires.
Isn't science fun, kids (she asks while beating her head against the wall).
* Interesting side note: the channel for the Fantasie Savannah is 13" but the wire inside is only 12)
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Well, better is always more comfortable and supportive. We put up with flaws only for the ones looking or shaping beutifuly :)
But the channel thing is interesting, I had a couple of bras that had extra space in the wire channel and found them to be way more comfortable.
Vee , that's so interesting that you find it more comfortable! I absolutely hate it, and frequently wonder why they do it. I think virtually all my bras have significant extra space in the channel. it tends to make wires dig in more at the side on me, and I'm constantly pushing them down to the side when I put bras on because I always want lower gores and higher sides. but then then cup at the front gets fussy, and they never stay pushed over anyway.
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