Settle in for a triple helping of SIZE STRUGGLE confusion, because there's just a lot going on for me around this bra and comexim that makes both indispensable but also UN-understandable. Like words will not be able to convey how great this stupid thing is, but also gods why always the weirdness juggling proportions and sizing?
It's breakout bra tag reads 28J, on their site listing they claim that this is a comexim 60M.
Treasure's underwire is pretty undersized for anything over comexim 60J, the frame seems more like their 60K/L territory, the band was always pretty lax as it's a swim top not a hook closure bra, ... tallish gore and wing, while it's very projected cups made it sort of a weirdo like the Jasmine 2, so I really don't know what this is.
As I bought it before ordering custom from comexim I'd been wearing 28GG in freya, 28H in cleo and ewa michalak, 28HH in panache, 30G in empreinte, and trying not to wear out my 32G katherine hamiltons all the time... I cautiously studied and came to the conclusion I should be going for comexim sizing of 60J (looool what hubris).
Seeing as my 28H/HH breakout bra comexim orders ran rather high and tight I bought this in a subsequent order. It arrived and it's lower cup fit well while the top gaped like mad. It looked quite a bit larger than the rest of my purchases so wasn't quite sure what to make of the sizing on the tag and sort of forgot about it after sizing out of the rest of the comexims I'd ordered from breakout in that time frame. Actually that was custom 60M (made to fit as a very short 60N) Arletta's fault when my custom orders arrived, but we digress.
All of that said... current depth is now about 12.25 and the wires more like 6" apart, from all of the wear that it accrued during the awkward phase last winter when my custom comexims began to feel pinchy & do underwire witchcraft around the end of my cycle, before I'd bought larger katherine hamiltons to suffer in. It's much closer in depth to my 30KK 3HC Belen than 28HH breakout bra comexims bought around the time of Treasure's purchase.
Despite several years of endless creeping growth, I've never become used to the funny quirks of the new size I find myself in. Basically meaning I'm not sure if the typical foam they use just stretches out more easily in bigger cuts if it's not bonded to another fabric? Or if it's a stretchy swim top thing going on. It doesn't seem normal for any of the previous comexims I've worn, or I'd have been able to wear them much longer than I had.
Treasure is a typical 3 piece cup with 2 panels in the lower cup, and an upper panel with a pretty open cut above for a full on top shape. There's a bunch of 'hidden depth' in the upper part of it's outer panel, tucked away by the elasticated armpit gathering. Sneaky. Despite being a basic balconette with a tallish gore, it's still a bit on the plunge side and fits more inner full, rounded, less push uppy or pointy. Treasure's outer facing is a sturdy but slinky shimmery mesh sport spandex artistically gathered along the lower inner panel near the gore. Even when the cups weren't large enough any more, the gathers didn't become pulled flat which was a nice surprise, still having the decorative detail to distract from what a weird thing it looked like on, otherwise. Everyone else it's probably killer on but me, well no. Full coverage granny hours, in old school glimmery matte black spandex looks kind of garish so I avoid using it as anything but a bra when needed.
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This is a cute set and I'm so glad you've reviewed it because I've been eyeing it!
Could I ask, what is your measurement across the widest part of your hips? I only ask because BoB's size chart says I should be ordering a small based on being a curvy 0-2, but I also know there is no chance of me wearing a small from Comexim.