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Wide half cup bras...
I've noticed that people always describe vertical seamed half cup bras as shallow and wide. I don't understand what makes half cup bras shallow or wide. Does it have to do with the type of seaming the bra has?
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I dont think it actually does, so that always confuses me too. I mean, a wider/shallower bra is just a bra thats shaped more like a ) than a U (if the parenthesis was laying down). So a shallower bra in the same cup size would fit a breast that is more spread out, and a narrower bra would fit a breast which is more sticking-out, even if the 2 breasts have the same volume.
But it may be that the kind of bras that use vertical seams are generally shaped differently? But to me it looks rather like a balconette without the top panel. I have no idea - they dont come in my size like that anyways, and I prefer more coverage. I'm not trying to advertise my bod, I just want to be held up high and reasonably comfortable
Not all halfcups are shallow and wide. Ewa Michalak's HM bras, for example, have narrow wires.
I guess it's just the general way in which bras are constructed - halfcups have low coverage, so they have to provide support by keeping the boob tissue close to the chest. This is easier when the cups are wide and shallow (and slightly small).
Plunges and balconettes have different amounts of coverage and also work differently.
Also, it's often said as a rule of thumb that plunges don't work for wide root shallow boobs. While this is true in most cases, there are several exceptions, such as the OnlyHer or Ewa Michalak plunges.
I think it just depends on the manufacturer, and their ways of designing bras, and almost every "this kind of bra fits for that shape" rule has some exceptions, if you take a closer look at it.
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