If think if you fit well in half-cups and balconettes, Braologie may fit as well. It seems to lift from the bottom of the cups in the way that half-cups and balconettes do. The best part of the fit for me is the tall sides, because it's very, very hard to find such tall sides in a bra for my small breasts! The cups have 3 part seams, they are lightly padded, and the bottoms are lined with sleeves for push up pads. The bra has a leotard back, which is ideal for rounded shoulders. The band is made of stretch mesh and elastic, with 4" tall sides seams, and soft boning. The cups have a "platform" that connects them to the straps, which works to keep underarm tissue inside the cups. Unlike other "side support" bras I have, Braologie has wide back wings as well as tall side wings. This element in the design gives tissue nowhere to go but forward into the bra's cups.

When I first saw pictures of Braologie bras, I thought they looked like padded push-ups designed specifically for exaggerated cleavage, and to make breasts look larger. Braologie claims this is not the case - they really want to design functional, comfortable bras. I was concerned that the center gore would sit on my breasts, too, but Tallia, my Braologie fitter, told me the designs intend for the center gore to touch the breastbone. Apparently on some wearers, the center gore can "float" but Braologie intends for that to be temporary. Braologie's philosophy is based on "reshaping" breasts that have been deformed due to wearing badly fitted bras. In addition, Braologie aims to eliminate underarm rolls. The bra itself does this, because the cups are designed to fit breasts that are full on the bottoms and sides. In addition to covering armpit rolls with the sides and cups, Braologie claims that wearing their bras can eventually lead to armpit tissue "remigrating" back to the main parts of the breasts, causing the wearer perhaps to need a larger cup size. The "floating gore" is supposed to accommodate this transition period.

This design seems ideal for those of us who project sideways instead of forward. The key is that there is enough room in the bottoms of the cups not to cause my breasts to be squished together or to fall out of the cups over the gore. With this design it is imperative that the cups are big enough for all the tissue, otherwise there would be cutting, plunging, and squishing everywhere. The cups come with padding in them, but I removed the pads right away. They feel bulky to me, especially because this design has a lot of "push up" to begin with. Perhaps the cups aren't so bulky with larger breasts, but I prefer enough room in the cup for all my breast tissue.

Other things I've noted so far: The band is definitely the tightest on any bra I've worn. I hook it on the loosest hooks, and it is snug. For the first time in my life, I may use the included extender with this bra for awhile. The "Beige" color is a very good match for me. The Beige color in the Lacie is a completely different color from my Beige Casual; darker and more tan than yellow tones. For such a high functioning, everyday type bra, it is very pretty.

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Updated on Aug 16, 2013 Flag this

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