Loved this bra, just wasn't able to fill the cups thanks to short roots and soft tissue.

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34DDD - Natori » Feathers Contour Plunge (730023) My shape: slightly shallow teardrop/FOB with super wide/tall roots and very close-set tissue in the middle.

This review is for the nude colorway.


This is my first Natori Hidden Glamour, although I almost bought the pretty slate-grey last year and have really been tempted to drop some cash on it ever since. However, it is not my first Natori, and I am starting to notice a pattern in how seriously stretchy their bands are...

I got this bra to be an everyday/nude staple, and after 3 wears I can say it is doing that admirably. The cup shape fits my under-boob ... better than the 32DDD - Natori » Feathers Contour Plunge (730023) , but as I struggle with finding a decent combination of FOB + shallow for super-tall roots, this is just a nice surprise. It also has a more structured and rounded shape than the Feathers, but it isn't extreme and the only padding is really just for discretion. The underwires are too narrow for my wide roots, but it's only obvious in the photos; when it's on, I can't tell at all and it doesn't bother me.

My two complaints are pretty superficial: one, that I wish the underwires were about half a centimeter lower in the center gore, but compared to the problems I have with Chantelle bras in this department, this is heaven; and two, that the nude isn't quite nude, especially for my pasty self (you can't tell from the lighting in the pictures, but it is more of a brown tone than peach or whatever), but I think it will suffice for my needs just fine.

The sides of the cups come up a little bit high for some of my tank tops, but they don't cut in or itch or rub or anything. Overall, this bra is comfortable and unbelievably soft. I can tell it will stretch some over the next year or so, but I think it will do nicely.

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Mi forma: tanto sobresaliente (como una lágrima), llano abajo, de raíz muy ancha y muy alta, con poquito espacio entre los senos.

Esta crítica es del color beis/desnudo.


Este sujetador es un buen artículo cotidiani. El color es tan claro mi piel pálida, aunque tiene tonos amarillos y yo tengo los de melocotón, pero no se le ver debajo de ningunas camisas lijeras. ¡Y el roce! ¡Que suave es!

La forma de la copa es muy similar de la de mis senos, y es uno de los mejores que he tratado. Lucho por encontrar un estilo que me sienta bien la combinación de llano abajo, tanto sobresaliente, y raices altas, pero el saliente es tanto buen y el fondo de la copa tiene casi suficiente saliente para la forma de lágrima. Está mejor de talla que el Natori Feathers Contour Plunge (730023) de talla 32DDD, pero el Feathers tiene forma menos sobresaliente en el fondo de la copa. El relleno es bastante fino, sin push up, y solo ayuda evitar la muestra de los pezones.

¡Los aros la quedan la línea de mi pliegue inframammary tanto bien! Siguen la curva bien, aunque son poquitito estrechos como lo mayor de los sóstenes. Cuando lo llevo, es tan cómodo y no me molestan los extremos de los aros.

El problema principal es el elástico del lateral. Noto que todos los laterales de Natori se estiran mucho, así podía ser una compra anual, pero si estén rebajados, no costarían caros.
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My shape: slightly shallow teardrop/FOB with super wide/tall roots and very close-set tissue in the middle

This review is for the Indigo colorway.


I bought this bra to take the band in (because I couldn't find it in my size, and the 32s stretch out so fast anyway), but I never got around to it. The blue and the contrasting embroidery is so pretty! This, of course, is why I bought it.

As just the stock bra, the cups fit pretty well, although I probably could have gone with the 34DD since my other Feathers-es are all 32DDD and it's great. The band runs tight, which is consistent with all the Natoris I have tried, and would probably fit someone with a UK 32 much better than me.

I got it with the shorts in a size M, which fit nicely, but I haven't worn them.

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Updated on Oct 11, 2014 Flag this

This review is for the Truffle/Lavender Mist colorway.

It's a pretty bra, and I never would have thought I'd like a brown bra so much (it's usually not my color). However, there are a couple of fit issues that just make it less than ideal.

First, the cups run small. I was fitted less than a month ago as a 30G or 30GG, so the band also might be on the small side. The elastic on the top of the cups could definitely cause some quad-boob if one is not careful, although that was not really a problem for me.

Second, the cup construction means that the weight of the breast ... is all carried by the bottom panel, and the prominent horizontal seam = pointy boobs. Now that I have noticed, I can also see it a little in the product photos of models on the Natori and Nordstrom sites, although it's harder to tell because of the careful posing and touching up.

Third, the underwires come up just a tad too high in the center for true comfort and forgetting I'm wearing it. I have this problem all the time, though, so not a huge surprise.

In short, an ok bra but not a great one. It is getting returned so the money can go towards something I like better.
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(purchased used) *US sizing

Interesting color combination. The background for the front of the bra is a coral color. The lace overlay is a semi-saturated jewel-tone medium blue. There is lace all over the cups and extends a small part onto the side band and covers the center gore. Lace is attached along wire and on edge between the strap and the outside wire. It is not attached on the cup surface, but is tacked along the scalloped lace edge on the inner (top) portion of the cups. The back part of the band and the straps are the solid blue with no coral.

Cups are foam padded and ... tall (to me). Straps are convertible in the back, but the fronts are attached. The wire width is wide to me. Wire itself seems sturdy but narrow (in gauge). Band seems stretchy to me. Three-hook closure in color-matched blue. Strap hardware is silver metal. Small gold/brass detail at center gore.

This bra is really comfy.

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Quickie initial impression: Wore it a couple times. It just is not deep enough OR... it's the whole way-too-tall-for-my-boobs thing that requires me to tighten the straps to prevent massive empty space in the tops and effectively cuts down on the projection. The second time I wore it, my boobs actually hurt after I took it off. No good for me.

Needs much taller and/or rounder boobs than I have. Will sell.

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Update: It's even more laughably huge on me, now that I've lost more weight/size. I'd consider getting this bra if I could find the right size to fit me, but I suspect that the cups will always be too tall for my very short boobs and upper torso, so that size might not exist.

It's so tall on me, the cups practically reach my shoulders.
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Updated on Sep 15, 2014 Flag this

This is the best fitting bra I've tried to date. I have it in three colors (nude, black, light pink) and I definitely will be getting more. I have shallow, wide-rooted breasts with fairly even distribution (some say I may be slightly full on top). I am glad that the band on this runs a little firm. My underbust is 28" snug and 27.5" tight; I haven't found a 28 band that wasn't painful for me so a firmer 30 band is favorable for me. I also have a rather bony sternum, so I really do enjoy the lower gore on this one.

I'm ... not sure if this bra runs small in the cup, as my overbust measures 34.5 inches. I also tried this bra in a 30D, which resulted in quadboobing (which wasn't noticeable until I moved the mesh overlay out of the way) and band distortion. The 30DD gives me none of those issues while still remaining supportive, comfortable, and pretty.

If I were to nitpick about something, I feel like the triangular overlay comes up higher than it was designed to. I think this has more to do with my build (petite, long torso, high set breasts) and not the bra itself. The pics I've added show some wrinkling of the cup. That's only the mesh overlay and I was able to pull it up to get rid of the wrinkle. Overall, I really like how this bra fits me!
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Updated on Sep 14, 2014 Flag this

My proper size is a 28D, and I am a shallow 28D, but for me, underwire in anything higher than a plunge style is extremely uncomfortable and stabs uncomfortably in my chest, so I needed to try some plunge styles that are supposed to be good for shallow breasts - of which there are few. This bra is one of the few that is supposed to be better for shallow breasts, so I figured I would compromise on the band size - and it seems to be okay.

This bra is super comfortable! And fits great! As soon as I put it on, I could tell it was ... going to be awesome. The cup does not quad-boob my larger breast, but still fits my smaller breast well. And it looks really nice, a little sexy! The low gore does not stab me in the chest, which I am really jazzed about.

More than all of that, it just feels really comfortable, especially for a bra with underwire. There is some cute lace on this bra, but it doesn't itch or irritate at all.

The 30 band is fine for me, but I did start wearing it on the middle hook - so I know that it will stretch out quicker than a 28 band will, which is probably the only less-than-ideal aspect of this bra.

Well, that and I'm pretty sure this size is discontinued! But if you can find it somewhere, I highly recommend it.
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Updated on Sep 11, 2014 Flag this

This bra is a plunge style and not made for wide set shallow breasts. I bought it because it came in my band size of 30. Cups run small. I sized up to DD. still get side boob. I trued the DDD but experienced gaping at top of cup.

Updated on Sep 08, 2014 Flag this

This bra is so pretty and fits my wide/conical breasts well. It almost even gives me a hint of cleavage, which is nearly impossible with my breasts. Even though it's low cut, my areolae do not peek out.

Updated on Sep 05, 2014 Flag this

Good fit for my wide, shallow breasts. Underwire does poke a tiny bit at gore and underarm but by slightly bending the wires (which I usually do to all of my bras anyway) it fits wonderfully.

Updated on Jul 16, 2014 Flag this

My shape: soft, deflated, full on bottom with tall shallow top, measure to 36E

Pros:
-Supportive band, holds everything in place during exercise/activity
-Soft wicking fabric, thick double layered cups and front
-Comfortable enough to use as a daily-wear bra.

Cons:
-Band runs big in this style
-The straps are adjustable, but the system uses clips with discrete slots instead of the typical sliders and these can slip out or cause the strap ends to twist or stick out in back.
-I suspect that more serious athletes would appreciate firmer/stronger support. This is marketed as a more medium intensity/impact bra.

Updated on May 09, 2014 Flag this

This is a beautiful bra! I'm just not sure I have the right size. It is a 32C.

***The gore tacks perfectly and there is no gapping in the bottom or the tops of the cups.

***The band feels somewhat too loose on the loosest hook (I used to wear 34 A), but quite snug on the tightest - I can still pull the band about an inch away on the tightest hook, but there is some "fat" overflowing on the sides/back of the band when it is on the tightest hook. I also have the bones from my ribcage right underneath my breast tissue and I can ... really feel the pinching more on the ribs when the band is on the tightest hook.

***I do feel like there is a tiny bit of space at the very bottom of the cups. When I scoop and swoop my right boob can fall out of the cup, yet the left one fits quite well (my right is bigger).

***The sides of bra seem to cut into my "armpit fat" and it is kind of annoying and uncomfortable - but the bra may relax over time and I might just get used to it.

I feel like maybe I should try a 30 D or 30 DD perhaps....makes me nervous because I am so darn bony right underneath my breast crease. I like a lot of things about this bra but something seems off....I am also getting used to not wearing a padded push-up for once in my life - I have worn push-up bras almost exclusively for years!
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Updated on Nov 19, 2013 Flag this

This bra is my first effort to actually purchase a bra with a small enough band so that it actually...supports me, instead of just covering me.

I'm apparently a wide set 30D or 32C and I'm not very full at the top, so this bra was more or less the only one in stock at Nordstrom that fit me. Luckily, it's not a quite a solid foam t-shirt bra and it works with a lot of my clothes.

Wearing it for a couple of days, I can say it's fairly comfortable. After most of a day it starts to feel as if the band is too ... tight. I'll be interested to see if this works better as it stretches.

ETA, a month or so later - the Natori in 32C does fit me, but I'm finding that something about the underwire isn't quite right. Even though the wire seems to fall in the right place, it hurts at the outer side of the cup on the right after I've been wearing it for about half a day. I'm inclined to seek an alternate bra without an underwire...
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Updated on Oct 29, 2013 Flag this

I just purchased this Natori Reflex push-up bra, and I'm wearing it at home, with tags on, to see if I want to keep it. It's definitely the best fit for me out of the plethora that I tried on at Nordstrom Rack today.

My ribcage is 27" around, upon exhaling, but 28" normally. However, I am so accustomed to wearing 36D bras that almost all of the 30 bands felt uncomfortably tight. I can actually fit my whole hand between this band and my back, but I think that the band is nevertheless staying in place at the loosest hook setting, and it's pretty comfortable (it'll take ... me some time to get used to even this much constriction, I think).

There is some padding in the bra, towards the bottom and lateral side (nearer to the arm than the sternum). The underwire (and padding) come right up under the roots of my breasts, so that's comfy. The gore seemed to tack to my sternum earlier, but the top of the gore is now leaning away from my chest, slightly.

I seem to have a very minimal amount of quadboob when inhaling, but not when I've exhaled, as I tried to demonstrate in the photos from above. I feel like the line is pretty smooth.

I do still have quite a bit of underarm fat, but I don't know that I'd want the side of the bra to come up any higher, as some of the bras I tried with higher sides chafed the undersides of my upper arms, and I'm happy that this one doesn't do so. What do you folks think? Should I keep looking for something that will contain my underarm fat better?

I'm pretty pleased with the shape this gives me (some projection, not too flattened to the sides, nor too pointy), as well as the smooth lines under clothing. Hooray for no nipple show-through!

The straps seem to be nicely adjustable for my short torso, and stay up without any problems despite my sloped shoulders.

A girlfriend who is helping me to assess the bra thinks that it looks better under tops without any gathering at the neckline (as if the projection is too pronounced under tops with gathering...).

Any tips or thoughts about whether I'd be better off keeping or returning this one would be appreciated!
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Updated on Oct 06, 2013 Flag this

I expected that this bra would be similar to the Natori Feathers Contour Plunge (730023), but it certainly did not seem so. This bra was not good for my shallow breasts, and cut in too deeply along the inner edge of the cups. Though because this band is stretchier than my Natori Feathers bras, perhaps the loose band was causing the padded cups to tilt and push into my breast, rather than push up.

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Updated on Oct 03, 2013 Flag this

This was largely an experiment. I'd lost some weight, especially in my boobs, and found myself able to fit into regular American-size bras. Still the very top of the spectrum, but I'll take it. I'd been coveting the Feathers for a while - Pretty! Lacy trim! Plunging neckline! And it fits, in the technical sense. It checks the boxes for cups, band, and it even takes the lead in the category of Not-Cutting-Into-My-Armpits, unlike SOME bras. (Ahem, pretty much every full-bust brand.) Yet, there's something a little lacking about it. Everything is very stretchy and flimsy and it ... just doesn't feel like its offering serious support. Under clothes, it looks just a little sad, unlike when I wear, say, my Cleo Lucy. Not much uplift or shaping going on with this. It's extremely comfortable, but leaves a bit to be desired in its purpose. Thus, my conclusion to this experiment is, even though I can it in regular bra brands, I would rather go with a full-bust brand since they seem to do a better job of actually being a bra. But I will wear this one around the house.
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Updated on Oct 01, 2013 Flag this

I fill out this bra well, and the band at 30 runs small enough for me to use the middle set of hooks despite fitting into a 28. The plunge on this gives me fantastic cleavage. I prefer demi or otherwise half cups, but these can get too low for me when my breasts are at their biggest and I have to adjust the mesh outer portion to cover myself a little higher. The inner portion of the cups stays just covering my nipple. On smaller days, it fits better.
Despite apparently being slightly too large for these cups (I think they may run a tish small), they do ... not cut in at the top edges because the fabric making the cups is very stretchy and the lace softens the edge. The lace is very pretty and makes my breasts look very nice, but it does show through on thinner shirts.
The bra as a whole is very lightweight and good for use in the summer time, which makes it a bummer that it shows through sometimes. I save it for my polo shirts and wear it often. I've had it for a few months now and it hasn't show any signs of wear.
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Updated on Sep 07, 2013 Flag this

This is my favorite bra.

No scratchy trim, the straps don't fall down, it gives a little bit of cleavage, the padding is thin enough to actually mold to me but still thick enough to give some structure.

Updated on Sep 04, 2013 Flag this

I am in love with this bra! When i saw it on the hanger, i thought it was nothing special. but when the fitter at Nordstrom put it on me, I fell in love. It fits really well and feels very comfortable and light on my body. Really pretty, love the sheer details and the lace! Smooth under clothing.

Updated on Jul 26, 2013 Flag this

Best bra I've found so far. Doesn't chafe my armpit area, gore is comfortable. It has padding along the outer edge of the cup, probably to push the boobs in the center. I have wide set boobs and it works for me. I wish the straps were slightly wider or felt a little more substantial, but I can see it working better this way under certain garments.

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Updated on Apr 23, 2013 Flag this