This bra didn't have any information on Bratabase, so I hoped for the best when ordering - it didn't pan out well for me.
The band is small, more like a 28 than a 30, although it has a bit of stretch. There is a small amount of padding that makes this a "push up" bra as well. The plunge is very low and would work well for low cut shirts. The wires on this bra are *extremely* wide. I have shallow, wide breasts and tend to gravitate towards wider wires, but these were much too wide for me - they dug into both my armpits and my ...ribs underneath.
The strangest thing about this bra is how wide set the moulded cups are. Once I had swooped and scooped my breast tissue into the bra, none of the tissue was actually in the bra. The sides of the bra were entirely empty, while I had a lot of quad-boob happening in the middle. Even trying to place my breast into the cups (i.e. pushing them outwards) didn't really work, and I was left with weird cut-off quad-boob and empty side-bra.
If you have shallow, wide set breasts and other bras suggested for you have still been too projected/narrow, this could work. Read more 104 more words
This bra wanted to sit *really* low on me, which caused the wires to really dig in around my ribcage, and the straps to feel a bit too short, even when adjusted to their limit. Plus, quadboob! Wires were wider than I needed them to be. They were also quite a bit short compared to the wire channels. and insisted on sliding as far as they could from the gore, resulting in even more quadboob near the center since there was nothing there to support the tissue.
Not shape compatible for me. I'm splayed (with more tissue on the inside of my breasts than the outside), and close-set with a tall root. My roots also tend to be just a hair too wide for the 'narrower' bras, and way too narrow for the wide ones. This bra falls into the second category for me. Based on my fit, I'm guessing this would be better for shallow breasts that are both wide and slightly wide-set.
The padding in this bra is about an inch thick at its densest point, and is spread across the bulk of the bottom half of the cups. The wires are about ...an inch too wide for me, and too wide-set, so they really dig into my rib cage. Despite a low gore, the wires cut into my tissue a bit at the inside of the cups. Quite a bit of quad boob popping out toward the inside top of the cups, and the straps are also a bit too wide to be comfortable.
The Tease has a three hook closure, but it's too narrow for use with the three hook bra extender I have on hand (which has 3/4" spacing). Read more 88 more words
This is a great bra I just haven't figured out what size I wear yet. If I ordered another in a different size I would go down in rib cage size and up in cup size (especially since the material the band is made of is super stretchy).
I usually wear 28 bands and it would definitely be the best option in this model as well. However, the band is okay for now. I wear it in the middle hooks at the first wear, and in the tightest at the second wear, then I wash the bra.
The wires are good and wide enough for me and they are comfortable. Cups give a nice shape, it is very rounded.
Straps are okay, they adjust long / short enough for me. I usually don´t have an issue with it, the only exception ever has been EM PL Eden, where the straps did´t adjust short enough.
ETA. My boob shape changed and there is now quadboobing.
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The wires are good and wide enough for me and they are comfortable. Cups give an okay shape, it could be better (=more round), but it´s okay.
I usually wear 28 bands and it would definitely be the best option in this model as well. However, the band is okay for now. I wear it in the middle hooks at the first wear, and in the tightest at the second wear, then I wash the bra.
Straps are okay, they adjust long / short enough for me. I usually don´t have an issue with it, the only exception ever has been EM PL Eden, where the straps did´t adjust short enough.
ETA. My boob shape changed and there is very minor quadboobing. It is however not enough that I would mark this bra as "doesn´t fit"
This is the first bra I have tried in a 30E, and I honestly wouldn't recommend it. It is just a very bizarre bra.
When I ordered it online I thought it was really pretty and reasonable from the picture, which made it look like a small cup. When I pulled it out I found it was HUGE, as if it was full coverage. So, the photo wasn't accurate in my opinion.
This bra is largely uncomfortable as well. No matter what hook it's on (I really need a 28 so I hook it on the last one, but I've tried them all) the underwires dig into my skin and hurt. They are very high under the armpit as well.
The cups have a tendency to give me quad boob and gape at the top at the same time.
All in all, this bra doesn't work for me and fits very strangely.
The Imogen Rose is a nice simple bra made of comfortable fabric. The band, underwire, and straps all fit fine, and the sides and bottoms of the cups are perfect, BUT, the very center front of the cup puffs out and I can't fill it. It's a real shame, because everything else is perfect. This would be a good bra for someone with a more protruding breast shape.
When I first started wearing this bra, the gore dug in a little bit, but I have since gotten accustomed to it. The fabric is stiff and the bra is shaped with a light lining throughout. The lace patterns do show through even the thickest T-shirt, so if you're uncomfortable with that it may cause issues. The quality of the material is excellent, and the bra itself is adorable!
I have shallow boobs with a wide root, and this bra unfortunately did not work for my shape, which is too bad since I love the idea of a strapless longline.
It has one vertical seam intersecting a horizontal seam, and so far the only bras that fit me have 2 vertical seams only. It was too closed on top for me, giving me a pointy "beak" shape along the horizontal seam.
It has a pretty firm band for a 30 (I should be wearing a 28, if possible), with 5 hooks per column, 3 columns. There is boning on the sides, and the straps are easily removable.
Band had very little stretch, could hardly get it to stretch to 30. Too tight and flattened my breasts out. Have an extender on the way so I can try that, as 32s are usually too big for me.
I don't much use unpadded bras for fear of pointiness. Gladly Essence makes me round. 30" fits snug on it's tightest, so would appreciate 28". Does not really support much, but keeps my breasts in place. Good leisure wear.
