My shape: slightly shallow teardrop/FOB with super wide/tall roots and very close-set tissue in the middle

This review is for the Blush colorway.


This bra is so stunningly pretty, I am groping for adjectives and coming up short. It's very subtle, especially with the almost nude but actually pale shimmery pink color and I totally did not expect it. I thought from the photos online that it was cute and retro, but they really don't do it justice. My camera picked up a little of the sheen on the satin, but again, you really have to see it in person.

The wires fit beautifully; they are still the wrong angle to ... get the end of my breast root under my arms, but most bras are and it isn't uncomfortable, and they are just the right shape for the rest of my inframammary crease. Plus, the center! Let me tell you about this magnificent V-shaped gore. It is a feat of engineering I didn't know I have been looking for my whole life! The only problem is, Gossard needs to know that now I have seen it and know that it can be done, I want MORE!

The cups are soft and squishable, but lovely foam padding keeps their shape and provides discretion. The angle of the plunge is extreme, of course, but for once it's a plunge that isn't too FOT for my slightly FOB teardrops, and it also doesn't cut into my tall roots! The shape they give is also gorgeous and round and pretty natural looking; it's definitely not very retro and there are no bullet-shaped Sweater Mittens here, but I'm not complaining!

From one very specific angle I have noticed in the photos that it would appear that I am spilling out of the center of the cups, creating a buckle in the cup fabric. I noticed it when I was wearing it, but thought it was resolved when I tightened the straps. Spilling out is not a problem I've ever had before! Not sure what it indicates, and I certainly don't notice it anymore when it's on.

I am quite disappointed in how loose the band is, though. I know, I know, I mostly wear 30s and the occasional stretchy 28, so I should have known a 32 was risky, but my 30G - Gossard » Egoboost Strapless Bra (6288) is SO tight and people have said the bands in several other models are tight (or at least firm), but not so here. It is very stretchy and even on the tightest hook I can already pull it away from my back more than enough to fit my fist underneath.

It's too bad it's not a full longline. I know lots of ladies don't like them, but I do, and the trade off is that the band doesn't lay as smoothly (or disguise backfat as well) as a full longline. The narrowing back band is lower than a standard bra, but also curves up toward the hooks, mirroring the upper U-shape and looking pretty, but which makes it feel like it's riding up even when it isn't.

After wearing this bra for a day, I can say it's pretty comfortable, kept me front and center all day long, and I could tell from the marks (I mark easily) that the wire neatly gets all but the tiniest tail of my breast root and stayed there all day long! The elastic from the back band, which already didn't have quite the even tension I wished for due to the transition between longline and regular, caused some more serious marks on my ribs that itched for awhile when I took it off, and the gold eyes that the straps pass through dug into my shoulders something fierce for the first half hour or so; I stopped noticing after that, but there was still a red spot by the outer edge of each.
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Updated on Oct 22, 2014 Flag this

Oh. my. god. This makes my boobs look so good. Despite probably needing a 30F or even 30E because the band puckers out a little bit and there is a lot of space at the top of the cup, it just looks so good I don't even care. This is the only time I've felt I've had good cleavage in a bra. My left boob is weird and always creates unsightly cleavage. It's hard to explain why, but it's something to do with having a slightly narrower root on one breast and soft tissue in the middle. But in this bra, my boobs are pushed up instead of to the center and it works. And I love staring at them, ha.

I am just worrying that a different size would have been better and would last longer.

It also sometimes pokes me a little under the arms, but this is merely a sign that I didn't scoop and swoop enough, really.

Updated on Oct 25, 2013 Flag this

Strangely, this one works so well for me. No back or armpit fat! The shape of the cups is a little bit strange though and I can't really define why. Maybe they're just a little tall and a little deep in the middle which is why they don't really lift me much. But this thing is sooooooo pretty. I expected it to be very uncomfortable but it's not. As you probably know, Gossard's bands run very tight (I usually wear a 30 and this feels great), so consider going up in the band. I would say the cups were bigger than expected, which actually turned out great. Altogether it's definitely a success and a big "wow!"

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Updated on Jan 18, 2015 Flag this

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Added on Oct 25, 2015