I picked this bra up at Nordstrom Rack... it only took 3 visits over the course of about a month before a bra that fit me showed up there. I tried on a number of Freya, Natori, Chantelle, Dkny, and Calvin Klein without success, and then this one-- band just right, gore tacking perfectly, cups filled on top with no gapping, and the wires sitting right in my IMF. Check the tag, and it's a Fantasie bra. Ha, I should have known.

I have had better luck with Fantasie than any other brand I've been able ... to try out. Their side support full cup bras seem to be the easiest to find, and so far all the versions I've tried on have been perfect for my breast shape. A little more coverage than I'd really like (won't be wearing this with any low-cut tops), and they give me a bit more of a natural, slightly pointy "green" shape rather than the more rounded "purple" shape I'd prefer, but eh, it's a bra that fits. I'll take it!

For reference, I am FOB (2/5), somewhat narrow-rooted, with moderate projection. I have some inner fullness but my breasts are widely spaced and slightly splayed. I struggle a lot with gapping and wrinkling in the top of cups but I've yet to have that issue in a Fantasie bra.
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About this Bra

Purchasing:
* $39.22 on Amazon with free Prime shipping & returns (not Amazon Wardrobe)
* available only in black, white, and "nude"

Band:
* One layer of a thick, NON-stretch, opaque knit.
* Elastic at top of band.
* Wing support: soft seaming.
* Continuous band - wires lower than wings.
* Back close with 3 columns of hooks.
* Hooks are padded.

Straps:
* Elastic has lacy edges to help prevent slider from moving.
* soft (don't stand up on their own)
* full adjust
* leotard back

Cups:
* 3-seam (4-piece) half-cup
* unpadded, flexible underwire
* Top edge is unlined, sheer, NON-stretch lace.
* Rest of cup is a stretch opaque knit lined with a non-stretch opaque knit.
* Soft cups (no ... padding or molding).


Fit

About me: petite with wide horizontal oval, slightly conical breasts
* average projection
* wide-set (3 fingers width of space between breasts)
* very wide roots (extend past the mid-axillary line)
* even horizontal fullness (just barely outer full)
* short root height, average vertical placement
* mix of firm & soft tissue (front molds to shape of bra, sides push wimpy wires away)
* conical shape (but will squish to round)
* full on top (2/4 shape, not even or very full) - BUT functionally even to FOB due to short roots and soft tissue
* petite (5'3") so have narrow frame
* front (anterior) rib flares

Band:
* length: stays in place with wear
* wings: too short, boobs escape
* axillary skin spillage
* top of band too loose -- allows breast to push wire away from body

Gore: Comfortable, tacks, good spacing, height fine.

Cups:
* Give a pleasantly round shape.
* Wires too narrow.
* Top of cup smooth (because so much breast tissue is outside the wires).
* Bottom of cup wrinkles "big time" -- breasts pushing wire down to find more projection.

Straps:
* not too far apart
* adjust short enough

Comfort & Fit Summary
* Band too big, cups too small.
* Try 32F.
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Nude colorway

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