Edit: Having recently tried the Masquerade Rhea, I find that the shape of the Utopia strapless is extremely similar to Masquerade's most popular bra. Those who like the Rhea and are looking for a strapless should definitely look into this one.

I wasn’t wowed by the appearance of this bra when looking at pictures online, but in person it looks great, very sophisticated.

The Utopia runs snug like most Masquerade bras. When I first tried it on, I could only just barely fasten it around my 25 and a quarter inch ribcage. It has stretched a little, but it’s still tight for a 28 band. That’s probably a good thing, ... considering that the cups are too small/shallow for me. (Note, however, that while it is shallow, it is not any wider than my other Masquerade bras in 28E.) Worn as a strapless, the wires of the Utopia instantly slide down below my IMF, and the bottom of the cups crumple. This bra has basically zero immediate projection at the underwires, and I’m not even someone who needs all that much bottom projection. If I wear the straps, that helps keep it up somewhat, but I get quadboob. I think a 28F would have been a better fit for me in this bra, but it probably still wouldn’t have enough room on the bottom.

Fortunately, since the band is sufficiently snug, there is no danger of it falling off even though it doesn’t fit. It is wearable, if not ideal, and since I doubt I’m going to be able to find another strapless bra in a 28 band that isn’t insanely expensive, I’ll probably just make do with this for the time being.
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