I love how this bra fits me. It is light as a feather yet very supportive. I have never had a bra that fits my narrow roots properly, but this does. The short wires are great for my short torso, and the lower cut cups are perfect for my functionally full on top (tall roots) breasts. The only thing I would change is to make the netting at the top of the cup have some stretch in it to fit the curve of the breast better. The quality is excellent, and the bra is gorgeous. I was lucky enough to purchase this on sale, but hope to get another Abrielle in the future.

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Updated on Apr 29, 2021 Flag this

This bra is beautiful. It looks delicate and light, and the embroidery feels fancy without being TOO much, you know? The tulle is too dark for my skin tone, which wouldn’t be a deal breaker if the bra fit correctly, but do take note of that if you have fair skin. I don’t think I’d wear it under a thin/white top anyway, since the embroidery would show, but it’s worth noting that the tulle is probably best for medium skin tones if you want that top section to “disappear” on your skin. (The tulle is especially visible for me in the sling, where it looks darker due to ... the presence of multiple layers.)

Unfortunately, this is not a great fit for me. The gore is a little bit wide so it does sit on breast tissue toward my larger side. It’s not uncomfortable or irritating, but it’s technically a little too wide. The band is a little looser than it ideally should be. It’s not riding up, but I could easily fasten it on the middle row right out of the box. It seems less snug/stretchy than other 34 bands I’ve had, in general. Neither of those fit issues would cause me to give up on this bra, as it is still supportive/ pretty/ comfortable, but...

The cup just does not work on my larger breast. I had expected it to fit the larger side and be a little big on the smaller side, but it actually fits the smaller side nicely and is too small on the larger side. I am an experienced seamstress so I briefly debated releasing the stitching where the outer layer pulls against the inner tulle layer; however, I decided that given the cost of Katherine Hamilton, it’s better to return this one. (I did get this bra on sale, but it was still close to $60, and since PayPal will cover my return shipping, I’d rather have a refund.) Anyway... I’m not 100% sure if this is a manufacturing defect on one side or just that the cup is too small. You can clearly see a difference in fit from my larger breast to my smaller one in my pictures, but I don’t think my larger side is actually THAT much larger. If it really is that much larger, then I must have gotten away with it in the past because I tend to choose bras with stretch material in the top portion of the cup, which is more forgiving. I think if this one had a stretch material in that top section rather than the non-stretch tulle, it would probably fit well enough to keep.

Summary: Beautiful bra. Lightweight but still uplifting. Not great for asymmetrical breasts. If in doubt about your cup size, I’d definitely go up in the cup. If you’re between band sizes, I would size down.
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Updated on Oct 22, 2020 Flag this

What do I wish someone had told me about Sophia? That it's about as close to Cleo Kayla as I'll ever find, every bit as evenly and ultimately full projection as Empreinte Kate, and never to fear Sophias side support slings. Slings are probably fantastic things to find in a cup, but as long as I can remember they've been nothing but harbingers of Bad Times Coming Soon, To Any Outfit They're Invited Along To. LOTS OF BOOB-UNDER-THE-WIRES-NOW,THANKS-SUPER-HELPFUL REALLY-NEEDED-THAT-IN-MY-LIFE.

At least 2/3rds of my bizarre shape is 'outer limits' which take a hard turn from the front, and extend off on a merry little joyride around the sides ... of my ribcage up underneath my armpit. So naturally I have some strong feelings about any cup features that mean to shove all of that boobage ANYWHERE else. Mainly because there's precious little 'anywhere else' for them to be shoved off to. It's armpit, shoulder, neck or lower inner at my sternum, all very unfavorable and painful places for muffinfluff to occur. Already have those issues, really don't want a bra to create squishing out, ever.

My primary concern about breasts and cups are 'Can it? will it? fit? In THAT?' and far far less, 'What do they look like, does this make them sexy or shove them together into a sweaty heap in the center of my chest?' Maybe Sophia does push splayed breasts up front, I don't know and will never know because all Sophia does is hold my miserable achy tissue in the same place at all times, the place they grow directly outward from, in the shape that they form naturally, without squashing or shoving them vertically UP to my neck (where breasts go anyways when I lay down).

Anyway. As far as I've found Sophia is at least a full as Simone, with deeper projection which is nicely focused in the lower center quadrant without causing massive outer flattening. Love that about this style, you'd think it was more abundant but I've found no, not a common feature at all. I'd hoped for a similarly forgiving amount of inner ease in Ewa's SM and Gorsenia's Casablanca, and can get this at times in Empreinte but it tends to happen in many of their models at the cost of depth near the underwires.
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