So Tutti Rouge is my brand and as anyone can see this is my bra.
Why?
When I lean over and hold the Betty bra around my boobs just to test the compatibility it's obvious it's the right bra. Everything simply add up. And when I look at myself in the mirror I see my natural boob shape, the shallow regency cleavage and really tall full on top boobs, the color that matches my skintone perfectly and makes my bobs look like those movies made of the perfect Jane Austen novels. I feel at home.
So how does this bra accomplish that?
Both Tutti Rouge bras I've tried (Betty ...and Liliana) has the same type of cup shape; A really shallow outer section that collects a wide root perfectly and supports the lower outer quadrant and so reshapes the boobs to be pushed diagonally gently in towards the upper inner quadrant to create cleavage. Everything is pushed in and up and there held close to the chest. There bras obviously is there to create cleavage. Everything in the bra seems to be thought out to have just that effect. The wings are tall and the gores are low. The outer part of the cups are tall as well.
My boobs are semi soft or even soft and sagged and they hang naturally at my sides where my boobs appear fuller in the lower outer. But with just some support in the lower outer they are completely reshaped into full in the upper inner quadrant. Since this bra is so shallow everything is held in place. There is no spilling anywhere what so ever.
I've read a lot of times how bad pushup bras are for boobs and how terrible it is pushing boobs up and inwards, but for my semi soft boobs there is nothing better than that. The so called front and center "good pushups" are terrible for me since I am naturally east and west and cannot force my boobs front and center by pushing them inwards. Pushing them *inwards upwards* however really works and is the most comfortable thing for me.
My boobs are seriously minimized and still mega tall. I can wear high street clothing in this bra.
Compared to for example the Bravissimo Moulin Rose (AU24) in the same size the Betty is taller everywhere but in the gore and less deep and with narrower wires. It's just wide enough to collect my boobs at the sides and push them inwards where Moulin Rose instead have me gaping in the gore because my boobs lack support there.
Cups are very soft, lined with some cotton fabric I think. The band is very curved in the gore so no band is pushing on my stomach! This makes me able to wear this bra despite what is the only problem with it; the band is too tight. It's super mega tight. The wires are even stretched backwards. But! I need it just like that. I cannot have it any other way, it's simply how my boobs are naturally shaped and how much help I need to have them as close to my body as they are when I shape them with my own hands.
There is no distortion in the wires. There is no gore attacking me. I can even sit like a couch potato and this bra will still allow breathing since it doesn't prevent me breathing with my stomach.
I have no intention of wearing this bra as an everyday bra. I go braless as much as I can. This is a special occasions bra. But it's also a bra I like when I see it hanging on my door. It's so beautiful that I can hang it on my wall among my tuelle skirt lamp and pink and purple light strands. It fits me both in style, shape and colors. Oh and yes; I also own a regency dress.
Now; I'm well aware bras will fool me and be comfortable in the beginning and then start to trouble me. But this bra is so me no bra can possibly me more me than this.
I really want to try this bra - I tried the Liliana, but it sat too low and slid down, and the elastics in the band were so uncomfortable. I wonder how this compares. And I'm also worried about the strap placement. All straps cut at my arm, because my boobs sit high and my shoulders apparently are narrow, so all straps except for the panache sports bra are super painful. Like, the curvy kate thrill me is okay, except for mega painful straps...
*I won this bra in Bras And Body Image's giveaway. That in no way impacts my review.* My. Broken. Heart. Let me start off by saying that the Evelyn is possibly the most beautiful bra I've ever seen. I love the grey backdrop and the multi-colored umbrellas, which is a much more exciting alternative to the usual floral print! The pattern continues onto the straps, and the top of the cup is the most gorgeous lace. However, in terms of fit this bra was a massive failure for me. My boobs refuse to sit in the bottom of the cups, leading to an inch or two of space at the bottom ...and resulting dents as the fabric buckles. The center gore, for whatever reason, is quite painful and jabs into my sternum as the day goes on. The straps are so wide set that even adjusted as tightly as possible, they slip off my shoulders. The shape, while not awful, was not wow-worthy (although that may have been impacted by the wonky fit). The Evelyn is completely wrong for my body type. . . . But it's so PRETTY. I'm going to fight through the pokey center gore and shallow cups because I'm absolutely enchanted by the appearance of the bra. This bra however, would work better for someone a little less full-on-bottom which much broader shoulders. Maybe a lady with a larger band/smaller cup size would find more luck? Read more 127 more words
I don't know what to think about this bra. Without pads the cups cover almost my entire tissue but I still manage to quad. With the pads, the coverage is more bearable (I prefer minimum coverage) but the quad ding is worse, and I feel like the pads add size instead of shape. I'm very narrow rooted, and the cup is wide, so the pad basically mostly fills the bottom/side I can't fill anyway. Would probably be pretty awesome cleavage for someone who had wide roots. The cups are unpadded and so incredibly soft. Even though it's up in my armpits it's still comfortable and I'm considering keeping it lol. But I'd probably get better cleavage in a narrow wired bra, so maybe not.
Wires are almost stiffer than @Panache, which is already too stiff. Don't think I'll ever try another @Tutti Rouge. Top of the cup came back towards my chest so quickly that it created quadboob. Very uncomfortable!
This bra is one of the cutest ones from Tutti Rouge's first collection, but I was rightfully wary of it. Due to the seamed plunge cut, it is REALLY pointy. It looks more pointy on me because I'm full on top, but it will look pointy on pretty much everyone. A huge disappointment to me.
I now wish I had gotten this in a 30HH. Unlike every other Tutti Rouge bra I've tried, this one has a band that runs pretty standard (instead of small) and the same goes for the cups. I would love to try this bra in a 30HH, to see how much better it could be. Unfortunately I don't see them for sale in that size anymore as I waited too long to have this realization. The biggest problem with this bra though is that the straps barely adjust at all--only a short part of the strap in the back connects to the adjustor. So it is hard to tell if the fit would get less wrinkly if I could hoist the straps up, but I guess it doesn't matter since the band is definitely too big. So the review on my blog is a little outdated for this bra.
I am normally a 32H in Panache. Got this in a 32HH and it fits my smaller breast just fine with only a tiny bit of quad-boobing on the larger one. The way the padding is constructed and the way the lace lies at the top of the cup makes that almost unnoticable to anyone but me under even a thin t-shirt, though.
The design and color (lilac) is beautiful. The materials are soft, very comfortable and feel like they are well-made. The cups are definitely really shallow compared to any other bra from most brands that i have in this size range. I do end up having to ...scoop and swoop quite often throughout the day.
The thing that doesn't work for me with this bra is that the band, while having 3 rows of hooks in the back, doesn't feel very supportive. I feel like it keeps slipping downward in the front throughout the day. I like my bras to sit right up in the inframammary fold, and this one doesn't. Probably, that is because of the lack of immediate projection at the bottom of the cups. This results in increasing quadboob on my larger side throughout the day, and the need to scoop and swoop more often. I've tried tightening the band to the 2nd and 3rd hooks, but it only increases the quadboobing and doesn't help keep the bra lifted at all. Might have to try my luck with a 30J someday. Read more 136 more words
For my close-set, FOT, narrow-set boobs... this bra was a terrible fit.
I quadboobed in this one, even with the nice stretch lace at the top of the cup. The wires were also too wide so I had some empty space on the sides. It is also too separate for me with not enough room next to the gore, so it pushed my boobs away from each other, when they sit naturally very close.
The bra still gives a nice, rounded shape. It's also a bit of a hybrid, since it is a bit of a plunge balconnette. It really holds you in as well. If it were more suited to my shape, this is the kind of bra I would wear to work.
It is very well made and I really like the fit of the band. I am really hoping that Tutti Rouge brings out some more shapes in the future that would be more compatible with those with more projection and narrow roots.
This is my second TR bra. I have to say how beautiful it is! It's very frilly and girly. It's a beautiful deep garnet color. The band is extremely tight and only stretches 30". So I'm using an extender. The cups are not as shallow as the Sophia. I still get a small emptiness at the bottom. It gives a nice round, minimized profile.
It's so soft! I love how this bra feels. Unfortunately, I don't love how it fits. It quadboobs, and the wires are too wide on me, so going up to 32J would probably not work. The cup is kinda shallow all over. The gore height I adore, it's just high enough not to have anything spill, but low enough to wear with pretty much anything. The band is not very tight, so I recommend to take your usual size, or sizing down if you're between sizes. Size up in the cups though.
I really want to try this bra - I tried the Liliana, but it sat too low and slid down, and the elastics in the band were so uncomfortable. I wonder how this compares.
And I'm also worried about the strap placement. All straps cut at my arm, because my boobs sit high and my shoulders apparently are narrow, so all straps except for the panache sports bra are super painful. Like, the curvy kate thrill me is okay, except for mega painful straps...