**So, I've got a huge update for everyone. Turns out this is too big for me by about 2 cups, possibly three! I discovered this while at work today when the bottom of that elastic band kept rolling up under the wires and then sticking between my ribs. 10/10 would NOT recommend doing this to yourself ever.
This rolling caused my cups to collapse and get pinched under the wires as well, all while my band stayed in my IMF zone. Very, very painful. I've never worn or owned a sports bra that was wired OR padded, so I misunderstood how to gauge the fit. I stand by ... the quality and materials and such, so I'm definitely going to give this a try in a smaller size, possibly the 65KK.**




Kris Line's new athletic line popped up on Zulily a couple of weeks ago, and I figured "What the heck?" and took the plunge. After reading reviews about how small the cup ran via Brastop, I opted to try the 65M, a cup size up from what MagdaBras4you and I were guesstimating I would wear in their soft cup size. I am not disappointed.

I was super nervous when I took it out of the box, guys. Seriously. I haven't had a properly fitting sports bra probably ever, and my heart was pounding! I got even more nervous because it felt pretty heavy? It was weird. The material was so soft though. It looked HUGE too!

It took me a little bit of time to measure it and such, and then on it went! I'll be honest, there might have been some tears. Never have I ever felt secure in a sports bra before that moment. The shape was pretty fantastic, not that I would have been terribly bothered either way. The support and lift this bra provides is pretty astounding. The straps are thick, which I think will help with them not digging in as I workout. The jump test passed with flying colors. While there was some jiggle, my tissue stayed quite secure. I'm sure I was smiling like an idiot the entire time I attempted this feat.

I do have some qualms with the bra, no matter how much I'm raving about it:

-The straps are difficult to adjust. I don't know if this was a sewing issue or whatnot, but mine look like they're almost twisted under the adjuster. I tried to adjust the fabric so it laid flat, but I think the width of the material is too wide for the adjuster. Not sure, will update if I manage to fix it.

-Because the straps are difficult to adjust, the J-Hook is kind of sitting awkward on me. I'm not sure if I like where it is placed. It might make some exercises difficult because the hook might dig. Think sit-ups/crunches.

-When the j-hook is connected, the armpit curve sits quite high. I anticipate rubbing. I'm hoping since the material is soft, it's not going to be awful.

Overall, while I haven't actually done a full workout or anything in it, I anticipate good results. I'm hoping it's going to be as fantastic as I'm imagining in my head. Haha.

I want to put a sidenote: while I have the gore measured at 5", that's actually where the underwires end. There's a mesh material that's sewn to the tops of the cups that I believe is intended to help with airflow, if you catch my drift haha. This mesh part goes up another 3", so the gore is actually 8" total.

Ooh, also, I'm wearing this bra on the third hookset.
Read more
494 more words

This bra is not owned any more

Updated on Feb 23, 2019 Flag this

I received this bra a long time ago from the wonderful Magda, as usual her service was great. Life just got in the way and I haven't had any time to add any review. But I'm doing up a review now..so yaay.

Okay first thing's first, the model name is the Active Black Sports Bra..I tried to add the model name to the bra, but for some reason the when I selected the link, there was a window appeared, but it was so tiny that the only thing I could see was the 'x' button, so I'm placing the model name here in the review for the time being... ... now onward to the measurements!

Unstretched the band measures 26 inches, and stretched it measures, 29.7 inches. That being said, as with most Kris Line bras that I've tried (not that much to be honest) the band fits, but it does have that feeling of stretch? I'm not sure if I'm making sense with this at all. Cup depth wise, I took both the minimum and maximum cup depth. The minimum cup depth was measured by hovering the cup between the knees and hanging the tape measure. This was recorded at 10 inches. The maximum cup depth was measured by stretching the cup over the knee. This was recorded at 13.5 inches.

This sports bra uses the encapsulation method, rather than compression (something prefer because I am not a big fan of boob sweat *especially* in the cleavage area. So because of this there are two separate cups, and a gore. The height of the wires at the centre gore measures around 4.5, but there is fabric extending above that hence the 7.2 gore height listed under the measurements.

The straps are padded at the front, with a width of 1.2 inches, and non-padded at the back, with a width of 0.75 inches in the back. Because of this, the straps are only half adjustable, a downside for short people. You could by-pass this issue though, by making use of the j-hook with converts it to a racer back and can also help for added support.

The cups are lightly padded and unlike Panache Sports bra, do not keep their own shape. There are 2 major sections to the cup, an upper double-layered stretch material, that follows the contour of the cup from gore to top, and the remaining portion of the cup. I do believe, if you can find your size in this bra it would be a comfortable fit.

Unfortunately the cups for this bra were a bit too small. Front and side boobage was the main feature of this fit, lol. It's not a drastic overspill just a lot of compression going at the upper-front section. The reduced overspill at the front, is also due to this upper stretch section of the cups, which could maybe be a good feature for people with full-on-top or tall roots. The gore, since it doesn't fit, doesn't lie flat. But to be honest, in most of my bras aside from EM, the gore does not lie flat. Also, even though the wire is under the bust, I sometimes get the uncomfortable feeling that it's not lying there? Idk if I'm explaining myself properly, but it's almost as if the bra is rest on the tissue and not under the bust. That's probably also due to the small cups though.

Unfortunately I can't speak to the support as, this doesn't fit me, but hopefully this helps someone.
Read more
471 more words

Updated on Oct 15, 2019 Flag this