Okay, so I haven't used the bra as yet.. I'm just typing up a quick thing. I'm down and out with a nasty cold but figured I'd just put this here.

So this is review is for the black and aqua colourway model for the Bravissimo inspire sports bra. The main colour of the bra is black and has an aqua border along the top of the bra and the border of the straps.

It is a four part construction with a side sling connecting to the straps, a horizontal seam, and a vertical seam on the lower section of the cup.

The straps are not fully adjustable, which I assume is, in part, due to the padding on the first half of the straps. The straps ranges from 1.25" wide to 1.75". The latter being the section going over the shoulder.

The cup depth was measured and recorded at both maximum and minimum. The maximum cup depth was measured by stretching the cup over the knee. This was recorded at 14 inches, and this is what I had entered in the measurement table. The minimum cup depth was measured by hovering the cup between the knees and hanging the tape measure. This was recorded at 13 inches.

The band is quite firm for a 30 and would recommend ordering a band size up. For comparison I usually wear a 30 band on the tightest or second tightest hook, for this loosest was quite fine for me. And as the measurements show it is a 22 inch band that stretches to 27.3 inches.

I haven't done any heavy exercise with it as yet but I did a few jumps for testing purposes. While it doesn't reduce the bounce completely, it does reduce it significantly, and your breasts do feel secure when in it. While I do believe this could be a good bra for moderate to-heavy impact excercise, for me, it's cutting in at the top of the larger and smaller side.. But more noticeable on the larger. As well as empty space on the bottom and the sides. And I think these are what will contribute to it being not as effective as it could.

Also of note, the gore is similar to that of the Freya active sport and the Panache wired sport, in that, where the wires of the gore end, the gore continues..so there's a bit of some floating gore (if that makes any sense)

That being said, it fits better than my other sports bras, and it does it's job, so I'm sure I can get some mileage out of it 😉

Oh, one thing I'm not a big fan of, is the pointy shape.. But I'll live I suppose.

EDIT: Pictures should be up. I will note again, that it does cut into my breast tissue considerably, but I suppose, I can sort of hide it depending on the blouse I'm wearing (if only to get the mileage out of it). So the search for a proper sports bra continues.

Updated on Dec 28, 2018 Flag this

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  Hmm, this sounds like something I'd want to try. Thanks for your review!

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  Cool. I hope it works out for you, if you do try it. I just realised, I forgot to mention that the gore doesn't tack in the review.

  Idk if it's a deal breaker for you but it's worth noting...

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  If the gore is super wide like other UK bras that is ok! So long as the band isn't moving around so much when I exercise.

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  From what I got the band stays pretty much in place. So this sounds like a safe bet :)

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  Sounds very promising! Hope you feel better soon. <3

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  It does seem promising. Thanks MamaPagan. I hope so too.

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  Ah, sports bra and gores not tacking.

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  Thanks, I have been looking forward to reading your review of this.

• brasaremean , I know right?

  @veggiechic no problem ;)

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  For real, if someone makes a sports bra with a gore that will tack on me I will probably make them a shrine and worship them on the daily.

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  All hail to the bra goddess! ;-)

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  brasaremean Do you really want them to though? Imagine them stabbing you in the chest when you bend over during yoga...

• But you know how they say "no pain, no gain" haha

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  Eh for yoga to be quite honest I find compression bras a lot more comfier.

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  Pics are now up. veggiechic I know you were interested in this one. So hopefully the pictures can be a better guide. (I swear there wasn't that much cutting in before, but maybe it was the new bra shine getting to me, lol)

  I will say, that I'm probably going to stop ordering the Bravissimo brand, because they don't ever seem to fit me. *sigh*

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  That’s a lot of quadding! Sorry 🙁

• Frazzleberry I think you should start buying 60Ls with me......That looks painful!

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  Sovavosi thanks..It's funny, because I'm not too certain there's much of a diff between their 30JJ and 30K. at least visually.

  I remember the time when I went into their store and tried on their 30JJs and then fit their 30Ks there wasn't much of a difference, aside from the wires maybe being wider. Still I held out hope, because the rep I spoke to online mentioned the cup fit bigger on their sports bra. So I thought I'd give it a go. I'll still use it though...I really need to get cracking on doing some exercises.

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  MamaPagan , ..It's just the bravissimo brand. that fits this way.. I hope. If not, I'll join you in the 60L group ;)

  Funnily enough, or maybe because my breasts aren't tender at this time of the month (or maybe because I only tried it on for pics), it actually isn't painful right now. So yaay on that front.

• Give it a few hours of wear though and I am thinking it will be painful with that quadding.
  Hopefully you will get some wear out of it regardless!

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  MamaPagan I'm hoping I get some mileage out of it also. The good thing is that I'll probably be wearing it for 2hrs max because that's how long my jogging/work out sessions may go up to. So I'm hoping that's enough time before before things start to get really painful. 😶

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  Fingers crossed it works. :-)

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  ooof that looks small on you, hoping it won't be too uncomfortable. Feel free to update your review after you exercise in it :)

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  veggiechic I'll definitely be updating the review after my exercise sessions ;)

  MamaPagan thanks ^_^

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