I have been lusting over the emboirderies on Samanta bras for months. But, before getting Magda to order some for me, I really wanted to try one in my size, or close to my size, to get a gauge of their fit and quality. So, for $30 I bought one from a fellow Bratabase user, figuring I'd rather risk $30 than $100+.

First, I'll comment on fit:

This band, listed as 65, is tighter than any 65 I have tried so far. That being said, it wasn't too tight to fasten BUT...the wires distort very, very quickly when the band is stretched on this bra.

Being an I cup, I knew it was going to be too big - I just wanted to see how much too big. I usually wear a 65G in EM bras and Samanata's calculator gives me 65H as suggested size.

The wires are much wider on this cup than I anticipated it would be. They go under my armpits.

Now, I am not sure if it's just because the cup overall is too big, but I suspect that it's A) wider than an EM would be in this cup size and B) they were distorted by me having to stretch the band to get it closed.

The straps are also too wide and the wing comes up into my armpit - all I suspect due to it simply being too big for me.

The thing that puzzles me the most about this bra is what's going on with the gore - it folds over itself and therefore, jabs me in the chest.

Also, when I laid this bra down to take photos, I noticed that when closed, the bra won't lie flat on the table. If this common in small band/larger cup bras? It doesn't happen on any of the others that I own.

Now, let's talk about quality of construction and appearance of the bra:

This bra is GORGEOUS. The embroideries are just as nice as they appear online in photos.

This one is a unique colourway - it's not blue and it's not purple. It's indigo. And the embroideries are gold with metallic copper. It's stunning.

It's a 3-part balcony bra with one vertical seam and one, upper, diagonal seam. There's a side sling in the cup, too, for extra support.

The band is a nice soft knit and the straps are super comfy and the embroidery continues half way up. Surprisingly, I did not need to shorten the straps up over my shoulder as I do in my EM bras.

The cups are made from a mesh that isn't quite as soft as the sheer mesh EM uses - I wonder would that change with washing?

Overall, I LOVE this bra, and would order more, but only if I had a little more confidence about what size and how the wires and gore would react in that size.

This bra is not owned any more

Updated on Jan 08, 2019 Flag this

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  I have to agree that it is a stunning bra! That embroidery! But whoa wide wires! I do think that it’s the wires flexing from tight band, but probably also from being too big in general. Twisty gore might be 1) too wide if you’re close set or 2) also being affected by soft wires and tight band/wire distortion.

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  That bra is so gorgeous, but 24" stretch for a 65? That's insane. As far as not lying flat, I think that is a too wide wires thing. My EMs lie flat.

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  Yup. I COULD stretch it further, but I was watching the wires and as soon as I saw them start to distort, I stopped. This band is crazy small

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  Wow, this is sooo gorgeous. Strangely wide wires and small band, though. It's a shame it doesn't fit better.

• Sonya it really, really is. Enough so, that I think I'm going to take a risk and order another Samanta from poland in a different size.

• AprilGoulding it is a balconette style so the wires are wider. In Samanta I usually go down in band with the same cup size. For example in Kinga I will be 75H but in Samanta I am 70H And the best fit for me is 922 which has deeper yet cups and pushes breasts up and front

• AprilGoulding it is a balconette style so the wires are wider. In Samanta I usually go down in band with the same cup size. For example in Kinga I will be 75H but in Samanta I am 70H And the best fit for me is 922 which has deeper yet cups and pushes breasts up and front

• polkadotbra A122 is described as soft cup hmmmm. They describe another number A142 as balconette. If I try, I'll go with a 922.

• Wow, this is such a gorgeous bra!! Too bad about the size/fit, but maybe in the right size the wires wouldn't be that wide

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  This fabric is incredible! Thanks so your in depth review. I hope you end up getting one that works for you!

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