Bra fitting help » Calling all experts! What do you think of this Braologie fit?
Braologie » Foundation Bra (the Lacie) » 36J 36:13
Issue resolved
Returned the bra, as, unfortunately, the style just doesn't suit my body.
Original problem
First off, I want to mention the GREAT customer service provided by Tallia. Both times, she has emailed the day after I received the bra to ensure I had received it and to ask about the fit. Unfortunately, I think the second try, though MUCH closer, isn't quite a bullseye either. There are some issues (mentioned below) and it isn't all that comfortable, even after only 10 minutes. What do you experts think of the fit?
Here is what I responded to Tallia about the fit:
It actually fits in the cups, I think, but I do have some problems with it. When I received the recommendation and made the order, I was expecting a full coverage bra. I believe now that what you have sent me both times is the Lacie and not the full coverage. It certainly doesn't cover fully. It appears to enclose all of the breast tissue it was designed to, but I have very soft breast tissue and the deep plunge line creates a visible bra line under clothing where the breast tissue that isn't within the bra cup bubbles out further than where the bra is, if that makes sense. Not a quadboob per se, but almost. Or maybe it is just a tad too small. This is without the removable pads. It is more pronounced with the pads in. The bra does feel more supportive with the pads in, likely due to the additional boning in them.
At first, I felt the bra was comfortable enough that I could use it for around the house and wouldn't worry about the line at the edge of the cup being visible through clothing. However, after wearing for about 10 minutes, I noticed it was becoming quite uncomfortable. The band does not seem to be doing most of the supporting. The straps are holding a lot of weight and cut into the front of my shoulders/arms. When I loosen the straps, the cups simply droop forward, negating any lift the bra is providing.
The width of the band seems to hit at just the wrong spot. Perhaps I am not wearing it at the right level? It seems to push the back fat down into a large roll below the band rather than smoothing anything out. It also seems to have a ripple on the side of the band as well, the boning curves in just above the bottom of the band and then curves back out where the elastic is. This inward curve is quite uncomfortable. Maybe I'm not putting it on right? Is there a trick? Is it designed to be worn higher or lower than I have it?
I'm attaching pictures, though I don't think the bra line I'm talking about looks quite as obvious in the pictures as it does 6 inches away, looking down. Can you see what the bra guru thinks and get back to me?
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helpfulBand - Did you try the band with an extender? If it can be looser and not ride up I think it would binimize the fluff.
Also, you might try scooping the roll under the band? Not wearing the bra lower, but scoop the tissue up higher?The cups - I really think it's not much the gore thing as it is the lack of center pull straps. Can you try pulling the cup up with your fingers 2 inches from the strap position? what happens? If you quad boob then the cup is too small. If you don't then it's leakage from the low gore - which would be better again with different strap placement.
I agree with your asessment of the straps taking a lot of weight and I do think you are wearing the lacie. I really love the shape though. I think it's superior to ewas.
Updated on April 29, 2013 Flag this
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Yes, I think you would need wires about an inch from where the side support ends and side support moved even an inch forward. The gore should be more narrow.
My boobs too end infront of my armpits, but even though the wire on my braologie are wider then I need, because of the side support I don't have any problwms with it.
So I think the wire width issn't the main problem here. The main problem is the cups are too small and straps too far apart.
So apart from te more narrow gore, and the wires, I think you need two cups up and center pull straps.As for the measurments, they are very missleading. This kind of cup construction will distribute the boob tissue more vertically on the torso so it will seem that, going by numbers, the cup depth is too small but the cup will actually fit.
But yes, this is too small in the cup..
And I still think the shape is superb :) -
Oh forgot to mention.. Day two of wear the bra fits even better. It almost feels like it has accommodated to my shape better overnight. So maybe give it some wear?
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helpfulI had similar issues with the band on mine - it pushed fat down into a huge roll, and it felt like the band wasn't supportive, the straps were doing all the work.
It looks like you've gotten a lot closer to a good fit than I did overall, though.
Updated on April 29, 2013 Flag this
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Yes, the fit isn't that far off. Just feel like there's not enough support. Had I known they were going to send a Lacie, I wouldn't have bothered with the second try. But, from the email from Tallia, the full coverage, which they initially recommended and I ordered, would not provide the support I need, so they sent a Lacie. I don't recall being notified of this, however. The Lacie doesn't work because the cup is just TOO LOW right where it counts... where I spill out into the center.
More tinkering - I put the 80JJ - Ewa Michalak » Pl Toffik (151) and the 36J - Braologie » Posture Contour Bra Lacie on at the same time. One on top of the other, then switched the other on top. The wires on the Lacie are more narrow than the Ewa. I'm guessing because the Ewa wires distort with the tighter band, which the Lacie does not have. I guess that's why the Lacie cup with a smaller depth actually fits - because 2 inches of depth are lost under my arms in the Ewa. The problem arises from the Lacie cup construction. The Lacie is about an inch higher where the straps attach, but about an inch lower right at the point where the breasts are spilling out, about 2 inches from the center gore.
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helpfulI think the cup shape is very wrong for your boobs, and I think part of the problem is their philosophy on floating center gores. It does give you a nice shape under clothing, though.
Did you swoop and scoop everything?
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I have a question. I never saw anything on their site about floating center gores. Do they just not care about it?
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Yes, it's wrong for me. And I was hesitant to order, but they assured me that the single-seam cup would be fine because they have a different philosophy on bra construction and support. Unfortunately, my breasts do not share the same philosophy.
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helpfulMy thoughts, although I'm no expert: a taller, slightly wider cup, not necessarily with more volume. Maybe a three-or four-piece construction. On you, a back band that is half an inch narrower could help the back fat, or maybe more structure in the band material so it doesn't roll?
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I agree about wider cups, but only in the center, not in the wires. The fabric of the cup needs to cover more tissue in order to work for my breast shape/structure. Right where my breasts spill out, there is no coverage. My breasts are exhibitionists and like to peek out whenever possible. :-O
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I tried the extender. The band itself stretches to 41 inches. My underbust measures just under 37" now. With the extender there was NO band support. I felt like I was wearing a boned and padded cami with a shelf bra. The entire band slid around my torso when when I reached for something. Without it, it felt like there was minimal band support. I think the cups are still too small because pulling the cup up makes the quadboob worse, not better. Breast perimeter 16.3, cup depth 13. I also think the cups are too wide. Cup width is 7.5, which on a 36J is narrower than most. I asked them to make sure they didn't use a wider wire, as it was already too wide on the first bra, which they did. However, my breast tissue starts about where my arm ends on the sides. Every bra I've tried, even the supposedly very narrow ones, goes an inch or more past the root of my breast on the side. I'm wondering if getting a "tall" wire for a smaller cup would result in the wire length I need without the width. Which would entail making my own bras, of course... not my forte.
After much tinkering with extenders, pads, scooping, swooping, etc., I think a lot of the problems are the bra simply being too wide for me. Wires too wide, so some of the needed cup space is under my arms, straps dig into the front of my shoulders. A center gore alteration would probably help, but I think I'd need more than 1/4 inch to make a difference and I don't really want to alter a bra that I can return. :-/
I have yet to understand why fitting guidelines state the wire should point to the center under your arm. Am I the only woman whose breasts are on the FRONT of her torso?