I'm a writer: I stay at home all day in bralettes, and then I put on a sportsbra and go to the gym. I know I'm not going to get lift and shaping from bralettes, and I am currently on the hunt for flattering, structured, seamed, wired going-out bras. In the meantime, here's an expensive bra-sized bralette I splurged on to see whether it's markedly better than its $12 Target counterpart. I think my true size is most often 28F. At Target, I buy the small Gilligan and O'Malley bralettes and take in the bands. I got the Vega in 30E since it doesn't come in a 28. ... Love the color, and the zig-zag mesh is delightful. More my jam than froufy lace. The longline style and firm mesh do contribute some support and shaping, and you can shorten the straps - typically I have to alter bralette straps to be shorter. But as usual, I either have to wear the straps too loose, or accept some wrinkling at top. My breasts are fairly soft and this bralette isn't going to change that. S'cool, I can appreciate the sway-in-the-breeze 70s look. I pretend I'm Norma Rae. I actually do wear this bralette out in the world comfortably, under a loose tank or romper. The overall effect is significantly better than the cheapie version, because of the small band/larger cup size and the stronger mesh, but Vega still has all the usual bralette limitations. Upshot: Really like it, glad to have it, would buy more but not at $90.
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