Okay, so I got the Bravissimo Nina in the Olive colourway. I really like the colour of this one. Nina is has a four part construction, with two lower sections, a stretchy upper section, and a side support section. The entire bra is lined (the upper section is lined with a stretchy material), which aids in the support it gives. Out of all my bras so far, I'd have to give the Nina, top points for support. It's definitely one that keeps me in, especially whenever my breasts are feeling tender.

As for measurements, unstretched the band measures 25.3 inches, and stretched it measures, 29 inches flat. If you're a true 30 back or need a smidge over 30 inches, I recommend you size up. For reference I'm somewhere between a 27/28 back and I find I can hook this up comfortably on the middle hook. Cup depth wise, I took both the minimum and maximum cup depth. The minimum cup depth was measured by hovering the cup between the knees and hanging the tape measure. This was recorded at 14.5 inches. The maximum cup depth was measured by stretching the cup over the knee. This was recorded at 15.3 inches.

The upper section has an elastic bordering it, what this means though, is that the lace that isn't lined pushes outwards, rather than lying flat on the skin. So depending on what type of shirt you were, there may be some show through.

The gore doesn't lie flat (this has always been a problem of mine and I, honestly, barely pay attention to it). It lies about maybe 2cm away from my sternum.

As for the fit, of this bra...it is very tricky to say, I can't say whether it's too big or small, so I'll just list the fit issues. Now obviously I'm spilling out at my larger breast, (you can see it, in the front pic) and if I tack the gore to my sternum, I'm spilling out of the smaller one also. Honestly though, if i adjust it, the spillage doesn't show, show through clothes..so maybe it's not an issue? It also may or may not be due to the elastic bordering the edge. The wires are too wide for me, but they're not uncomfortable and they don't poke. So I don't mind that. There's always a bit of some empty space/wrinkling at the bottom of the cups...more so on the larger side..which I've always found odd. Sometimes the smaller side can fill it fine...but the larger :/

Aside from that, it's okay. I should probably note that I tried a 30K because so far my experiences with the 30JJs have been that I've have some serious cases of quadboob

Updated on Apr 01, 2019 Flag this

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  I would say it's a bit too small in the cup, but if it's comfortable & supportive, plus doesn't show under clothes then it isn't an issue.
  Glad it works for you!

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  Yep, I'm glad this one works despite the issues.. It's nice to have a bra that's not a blatantly, horrible fit..lol..my standards are so low right now

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  I have been there myself, so I can totally understand that. 😄😬😖

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  I'm glad you can make it work despite the fit issues. When I was at the size of 34L my gore sometimes would not tack either but the bra was still supportive so I didn't care.

  Btw I found the Nina had rather wide wires compared to Lulu or Lacey, but only the Lulu has a stretchy top, the Lacey is lined with a non stretchy fabric from JJ-cup.

• Oooh thanks for that info alisa . I'll add Lulu to the list of bras to try, the narrower wires + stretchy upper section looks like it should work for me

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  https://www.bratabase.com/compare/dlq4o/ here I compared some of the bras I tried.

  Lacey is also a very tall bra, Darcy is a full cup but no stretchy upper section. It's so difficult to figure out which bras have a fully stretchy upper section. Usually Bravissimo says "additional lining above HH cups" but they never specify if it's stretchy or not. It makes a difference duhhh. I only found out when I had the bras here. The only bra that was correctly described was the Sadie which has no lining up to K-cup. (I don't recommend that bra, very shallow on bottom, hard to fit shape)

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  One would think that they'd post that information, considering that's something that can heavily affect fit. Sometimes I just don't know what to think about these companies.

  Thanks again alisa!

• :) I will message them and ask about a few bras I haven't tried yet. The Camilla from the sale looks promising too.

  Btw don't also think that Nina is 10x more supportive than Jasmine? I

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  Yes! It's loads better 😁

• Yes! It's loads better 😁

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  Yay! There is a reason why I believe in Bravissimo. The bras are really good if you can find your best size and the best style for your shape in them!

• I honestly was going to call it quits with bravissimo if this style didn't semi-work... So I'm glad it did :)

  Also the Camilla does look like a good option to try.

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