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Wacoal Seduction Spacer 32G
I saw this bra in a 32G, and because most Wacoal t-shirt bras are too small for me in a 32DDD, I tried this 32G, even though I often need a 30 band. This bra fits pretty well, for something I found at a store. I didn't buy it because the cup is shaped weird. It's too FOT and too FOB at the same time. The gore tacks, but the root is too high, and the cup cuts in at the seam too sharply, creating a very small, very odd empty bubble at the top of the cup under the seam. Close, but the band is too loose, anyway. Too bad; only $20 and a pretty smoke color.
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I gave up on t-shirt bras from Wacoal - they're hopelessly too shallow for me - but as a brand they're widely available though not always in their largest cup size on any band size. Occasionally I'll see a random 32DDDD at Ross/Marshall's/TJ Maxx but to date I've yet to see that on the racks at Kohl's - leading me to wonder how these major discounters of the retail world can wind up with the random stuff if not through buying what's left from orders to mfgs made by the low-to-middle stores where these sizes never make the sales floor?
The major bra mfgs seen on the sales floor here in the U.S. should take note that trying to compete with the "paradise of all t-shirt bras" VS isn't going to work no matter how many racks of t-shirt bras they can fill. If someone wants an ill-fitting low quality t-shirt bra, many of them can get that at one of the many VS locations in malls.
You're right, valentine556. I see these sizes at discount shops, but never Kohl's or Carson's. I actually combed the whole Carson's lingerie department one time looking for a single 32DDD. I found one. It was a b'tempted. I have better luck at my Macy's in terms of sizing, but there I am limited to Wacoal. The unlined can be OK... But there're so ugly on...
Dillard's and Nordstrom are a bit better. They both have Chantelle; Nordstrom has Freya, Betsey Johnson, and Passionata. Dillard's has Le Mystere.
I've actually seen and tried on Wacoal, Natori, and Calvin Klein and DKNY bras in our sizes at Marshall's and TJ's. The DKNY and Calvin were a real surprise. I should've reviewed them.
I actually saw three Panache Porcelain lace bras at Marshalls a few months back on clearance for $10 and bought one for my friend in a 34F.