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I've been looking for a wire free bra for some time now to wear for an upcoming trip. I tried a few and they had all the typical wire free bra problems: not enough lift, uniboob,sideboob, etc. I'd just about resigned myself to wearing a wired bra and getting a friendly patdown from the TSA but this one kept cropping up in my Amazon search results. It didn't get good reviews and a few people really hated it. But, it was $35 and Prime shipping, so I figured what the heck, just one more return if it's awful.
But it's not awful! I like ... it! Yay! So glad I took those reviews with a grain of salt. After all, Wacoal does make pretty good bras.
For a wire free bra it has decent cup separation and an unexpected amount of lift. The shape is just slightly east-west but the bra does a good job of corralling side boob. I didn't get the uniboob and downward 7 shape like I got from the 36F - Amoena » Isadora Non-wired Bra (43232) that I almost kept. The band is firm and supportive with a 3 hook closure. The cups are 4 part with a double layer side support panel. The bottom and side support are a non-stretchy satin on the inside. The upper cups are non-stretchy mesh in a very light grayish pink. The outside of the side support panel is covered with the same stretchy swiss dot pattern mesh as the back. The rest of the cup has black lace overlay. The inside of the front band is lined with the same non-stretchy mesh as the upper cups and there are very thin, extremely flexible side stays. The bottom elastic is very wide which contributes to the smoothing effect and supportive feel of the band. Straps are non-stretch and fully adjustable.
It's definitely full coverage but the wings are no higher than any of my Panache underwired balconnets so there's no armpit discomfort at all. The fabrics don't feel scratchy to me although I'm not particularly sensitive to that, and I'm sure they'll soften after washing.
The only disadvantage to this bra for a lot of folks is that cups stop at a US H and they're kind of wide. The straps are not real wide-set though, so it may be possible to sister-size up and alter the band to fit.
One Amazon reviewer said the support of this fell apart in a short time. I'll update with how it wears for me. In the meantime I would say that if you can get a size that works for you at a good price this is one to try.
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Updated on Nov 16, 2016 Flag this
Thanks for your review: I'll try it, too. :-) Wacoal has so impressed me with their wireless bras. And, a few of their wired bras are incredible, also.