*My shape info: projected, pendulous, full on bottom, soft tissue, short roots, average to narrow-ish roots (still haven't figured out what's considered to be narrow, what - average).*

Today I got this pretty mauve-ish bra.

I went to a couple of local stores and tried on some bras, sister sizing the band up from size 70 to a 75 (UK ~32-34). They make larger cup sizes along with this band size more often so I got to try on a decent number of 6 bras to choose from in sizes 75F/G in the Lauma store. Yay!

- For the record, so far the best fitting Latvian bras that I've got are ... sized 70H (and are very similar in band length and stretchyness, and cup size, to the Freya Patsy plunge balcony in 30GG), but none of the three stores that I attended today had any bras in this size. Rare to find around here. Theoretically, in catalogues, they exist, but are not manufactured very often - or maybe they are in the storage but not available in the stores.

This bra stood out as this is the closest that I've come to a tacking center panel and well-fitting cups in local brands. In the store, the center panel lied flat against my sternum; when trying it on again at home, it stood a couple millimeters away from my sternum, but overall felt supportive and comfy.

The cups are a good volume for me, there's no quadboob and no empty spaces except at the usual strap-attachment area (i have projected boobs so, when well supported, they're kinda round-ish on the top part). The silhouette of the cups is rounded, with a little bit of a smooth "peak" along the widest part. Looks good, to my mind, and underneath a tighter top the "peak" didn't seem noticeable at all.

There is a foam side panel on the inside of the cups, for added support. The outside of the cups is made of an elastic jacquard fabric with a satiney shine and a pretty floral pattern woven in, and of a stretch lace on the top part. The inside of the cups is lined with soft cotton jersey fabric.

The underband is too large for me though. When closed on the tightest set of hooks, it stays in place for a short time, but after that it starts sliding down in the front and riding up in the back. It's incredibly stretchy, too, measuring 67 cm unstretched and 88-90 cm when almost fully stretched.

The wires are a good width for me, could be the best so far, to be honest. I already thought that the 15 cm wide Freya wires were comfortable, these seem even better. I still have to try wearing this bra for a whole day but so far it feels very comfortable and supportive.

The straps are nice and wide, and there's foam padding in them for added comfort.


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Overall, I'd say that, just by the look of it and judging by the short time that I got to try this on / wear it around the house, this is one of my best fitting bras so far, cup-wise. I hope that it lives up to the first impression later, too! https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" />

I'm a bit sad that the underband is too large but I plan on adjusting it by taking it in by a couple centimeters. I hope that'll work.
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