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Bra fitting help » Underwires turning away from body?


Fauve » India Balcony Bra (0072) » 36GG 36:10

Issue resolved

I realized that the shape of this bra is not for me. I will shop half-cups from now on.

Original problem

I'm truly confused with this bra. I wear Freya bras in same size, and they fit me. With this bra, I fill the cups fine after scooping and jiggling, but when I move my arms, the problems start.

The bra has soft cups and I don't get enough support from them, more like my breasts just 'slope' into the cups. I tried one cup size smaller on this model but in that size the upper edge of the cup cut into the breast tissue, "cutting" the breast tissue in two.

The underwires come a bit too high in the front, but aren't really painful. The problem is that the underwires are being "pushed" away from my body (you can see it on one of the pictures) - the cup's fabric is resting on the breast crease underneath my brests, not the underwire itself. There seems to be some wrinkling on the bottom of the cup. When I lift my arms, even the top of the cup is wrinkled.

Otherwise I would think this bra has too big cup size, but I already tried one cup size down and it gave me the quadboob. I had similar problem with 36G Freya Lyla, which I had to give away. This bra's measurements aren't that much different compared to the Freya bras that fit me, yet this one doesn't.

The band feels snug and comfortable. The underwires seem to come bit too short on the sides, and some of the breast tissue is able to migrate from the cup back to the armpits.

My own guess is that I need longer underwires and shallower cups. What do you think?

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