This bra let me dow so badly. It's a terrible construction and very unflattering, which is why I think there are so few reviews out there. No support, no structure, and the straps are fully and very elastic, also they're quite a lot thicker than those in the ads. Don't buy this if you need any support whatsoever.
This saddens me so much. :( I love how this bra looks and I've been wanting it for so long. I guess I'll find something else.
Incredibly sad. I've loved the look of this bra online, especially the red. Oh well.
Another great review! Thanks for the warning!
It might work better for someone else, especially for smaller bokbo that are pretty self supporting. I doubt that it'll look really good on anyone but it may look a lot better than on me.
If the only breasts that will look okay in this bra are perfectly full, round, self-supporting ones, the Pour Moi Addicted is almost pointless. Maybe if this were the only bra left in the universe, the Addicted would have a use. I'm totally turned off from Pour Moi now. I am grateful for your review, because that saves me the time and expense of buying and returning.
learningaboutbras I can't sweat that no other breasts will look good, but I think it's quite unlikely for most of us. I think you should try it if you really want to, but yeah, I'm on the same page with you on Pour Moi, I've tried three different bras and two or three bikini tops and they have all had something in the construction that were just off, like, just a bit better constructed that Asos house brand (and that's very bad). You get what you pay for, I guess. It's just a shame that the only really edgy budget bra for bigger cups is such a waste of fabric. I mean, if Panache or Curvy Kate or even Freya would do something similar I'd be doing somersaults of Joy.
I'm not a fan of the wide straps of the Ewa one (I think it's sort of wierd to put those wide straps on a 'sexy' bra, as they're not very sexy IMO). Otherwise I think it's genius to allow the wearer to alter them! Can't wait to see what price point KH ends up at, hopefully it'll be cheaper than Bosom Galore was.
bonjourhi , that's.. not an appropriate thing to say about someone else's body.
Yeah, some people's breasts can be 'self supporting' on their own, and some people's with implants aren't. A lot of girls get comments like this in real life a lot ("wow, are those real?!" Etc) and they come here to escape comments like that and speculation about their body.
Fits fine, apart from the wires being too wide, but no other quibbles - gore is low enough for my close-set breasts (and only a hair too wide, which is more to do with it being low than actually narrow), wings are high enough to keep me in, the wire width is comfortable even if it is too wide... However there's some armpit sawing happening on me.
Covers more of my chest than I prefer, because the top panel isn't sheer. The cups are made of stretchy material, so they sit nicely on me but would be very forgiving of upper fullness - and therein lies the problem ...with the bra for me.
It gives me a sort of nothing shape: I'm held up, but the lift isn't spectacular, and I'm not brought particularly forward either.
All of which makes me think I could afford to size down in the cup on this one -- although I think then I'd lose the depth I need. I suspect this bra is designed for people who have firm tissue and lots of fullness. Would also work well for those who don't want to draw attention to the girls.
For me, it's going to be a bit of a workhorse/everyday bra for those days staying contained is more important than va-va-voom. Read more 111 more words
Probably surprised many wearers that this is a push-up bra since it didn't say that in the description - at least the one I saw didn't mention it. Being a push-up bra it gave me rounded and flattering shape. Actual push up bras are not really something I've found outside of mainstream matrix sizes. Anecdotally, I feel companies generally don't make push-up styles beyond D/DD cup. The closest thing I've personally come across are styles like the 30FF - Boux Avenue » Mollie Plunge Bra (i.e. normal padded bra with optional extra side padding for a push up/in effect) but they remove the extra padding for FF and G cups.
I found it a tad uncomfortable, but I don't believe the band was too tight. Edit: I found a band extender on this specific bra relieved the discomfort I'd been experiencing.
The straps are positioned really wide on me and kinda dug into my shoulders. I will update once I've worn for an extended amount of time to see if it's a deal breaker. The wire hurt against my ribs (not sternum) but maybe once the elastic loosens it'll be okay: for now I want to trial using a band extender since it still hurt when worn upside-down which leads me to believe the band is genuinely too tight.
I love the colour and appearance which is why I want to stick it out and try make it work.
Edit: tried with band extender but it didn't ease my pain much - I think I might have weirdly shaped or sensitive ribs lol.
This bra is so beautiful. The embroidery is gorgeous, and trying it on feels like wearing something decadent. However, this bra was not the right shape for me. The gores were too wide, and the cup was shaped for more gradual projection, which led to me spilling out from the center of the cups while still not filling the sides of the cups.
Wow, this bra is so pretty! It's very small, in both cup and band. I'd say it's more like a 28FF. If I could find this bra in a 32FF, I would definitely buy it.
This model is discontinued, I can't find it anywhere but in case you're thinking about buying this bra - don't do it. This bra was too big in cups for me, so I'd altered them. First of all, I really like its appearance. The combination of beige fabric and black lace is absolutely my aesthetic. Two little bows on the each strap are adorable. But lace on the cups is cheap and stretchy, so it's pilling like crazy, and it's a huge con! After a couple of wears it looks like I've been wearing it for years. Aside from that, bra feels soft, band and straps are wide. Cups are closed on top, and seem shallow.
This is my HG bra! It's comfortable, nude colored, and fits so well! It accommodates center full and fot well, the band is snug, and it's soft material.
The embroidery can be scratchy. The tops of the cups don't necessarily lay flat, as they are scalloped/embroidered. Otherwise, it fits perfectly! The gore is higher and wider than I'd like, but doesn't cause any issues.
This...didn't work well for me. I purchased the 30FF first, since that's the size I usually wear (even though I'm measured at a 28G, because my rib cage flares out a little which makes 28 bands very uncomfortable most of the time), and the cups felt big in some places and small in others. The cup felt too shallow, too open at the top, too tall, and too wide, extending way up into my armpit, but I seemed to have orange-in-a-glass syndrome otherwise. It _seemed_ like my breasts should have been able to fill the bottom of the cup, but they just...didn't. It was almost as if the ...cups kept slipping to a part where it was less shallow in order to accommodate my shape (even fullness, not much immediate projection, self-supporting, wide roots of average height, slightly shallow), which resulted in a big empty space in the cup that just sat against my IMF awkwardly.
For the sake of thoroughness I also purchased this one cup size down (30F - Pour Moi » St. Tropez Strapless Bra (7715) ) and it didn't fit either. The cups were waaaaay too small, even more shallow, and I had quadding at the top of the cups and just above the center gore, along with the weird cup-slippage issue, but at least with the smaller cup size, the cups didn't extend so far back or up. I'm going to label this one a shape mismatch, but I think it might work better for those who are a little fuller on top and more shallow than I am. Read more 157 more words
Pros: high under the arms, thick straps, pretty design, nice shape under clothes, 3 hooks, high wings Cons: rubs a bit under the arms, bottom of the cups are a tiny bit deep- slight gap (doesn't show), wide gore
This bra is lovely to look at - a bueautiful wine colour with some rusty-coloured embroidery. I'm finding it a tad less comfortable than my 30G - Flirtelle » Zara Balconette Bra (FL6601) that I tried for the first time yesterday. I think the band feels a tad too snug, but that could be b/c I'm slouching on the lounge, and it definitely digs in at the front of my arms where I have extra soft tissue. I have to say that I'm a bit disappointed with the profile shape - too pointy and not uplifted enough for my taste - but it isn't absolutely horrible, either. ...In fact, I'm beginning to think that part of the problems I'm finding with shape and lift are simply b/c my boobs are shallow so they don't fill out the apex of the cups nice and firmly like they do the rest of the cups. Anyway, I'm hoping this bra becomes a bit more comfy with wear (and not slouching). Oh, and it feels a little East-Westish, too.
For reference, I think my boobs are shallow, wide, close-set, full centrally and on bottom on narrow shoulders and a rounded narrow frame with plenty of fat over my rib cage. : ) ... I hope this helps! Read more 106 more words
Thanks for the review! I'm seeing this on sale everywhere for ridiculously cheap and was tempted to pick one up, but I've never tried a Pour Moi before so wasn't sure about the fit. Your description of the shape is exactly the opposite of what I look for in a bra, so I think I'll pass. Very helpful review!
No problem! I'm only just learning about bra fit, so I might change my mind down the line about things, but I have found other people's reviews really helpful generally speaking, esp. when they include what their own boobs are like, so I figure I'm just giving back to the pool of info. I've been taking from. Happy bra hunting! : )
For starters, the band seems to run a little big in this (not a full size, though.) Although to be more accurate, it's not that the band is very much too big (although I did find myself hooking it on the middle and tightest hook) but that it's not very stretchy - I would much prefer it measure waaay shorter unstretched and just stretch a lot.
The shape of this bra is absolutely wrong for me. It's pretty shallow and has quite wide underwires. I look as though I need to size up in it, but I think a G would gape, and instead I just need something with ...narrower underwires and more projection.
The material is nice, not too thick and comfortable (nothing like a moulded cup bra for keeping your boobs from noticing there's anything on them) and the upper edge doesn't show too badly through shirts like some moulded bras.
As far as full on top vs full on bottom style goes, I think it falls about in the middle - it would probably gape on someone very full on bottom, but it curves in enough that it would cut in on someone who's very full on top.
In shape, it's actually very much like a Victoria's Secret type moulded cup bra. The straps are not as wideset as in most unpadded bras in lines like Curvy Kate and Freya. I thought I would like this but it ended up bothering me due to armpit spillage (but the cup depth had a lot to do with that too.)
I would definitely recommend those bras for those who need wider underwires, though. Read more 163 more words
I got this bra in 30FF for a friend who normally wears bras in 30FF, with some in 28G and others in 32F. With this bra she had trouble closing it close it bc the band runs very tight and doesn't stretch much. The cup was also too closed for her, she is full on top while this bra is made for somebody who is the opposite.
This saddens me so much. :( I love how this bra looks and I've been wanting it for so long. I guess I'll find something else.