Bra fitting help » Wide wires, wrinkling in bottom of cup
Panache » Andorra Full Cup Bra (5675) » 32HH 32:12
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I'm okay with the way this looks from the front other than I'd like more lift up and toward the middle. It seems to me the wires are too wide (There's a good inch and a half between the edge of my boob and the wire.), and I'm getting some wrinkling at the outer bottom edges of the cup once I've scooped everything in.
I have really soft, floppy tissue and so it needs to be put exactly where I want it to go, plus I quadboob in pretty much anything that doesn't stretch at the top, puddle up in anything that's too stiff at the top, and ooze out of anything that doesn't have any fabric at the top. I feel a little saggy and wide in this bra, probably because of the extra space in the cup.
I've tried a bunch of Panache models in sizes from 32F to 32HH, so I'm starting to think they're just not the brand for me. I've got recs for Fantasie 4-part bras from an adventure I posted. Should that be my next route? If so, what size? I'm open to general suggestions/thoughts/ideas. I just want a bra that holds everything in and makes me look lifted without the wire reaching halfway around my back and letting everything flop to the sides.
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helpfulTo me it looks like your wearing your bra too low, but that could be merely a shape issue? You could definitely benefit from narrower wires, and I think maybe even from a smaller size. You've tried this in 32H?My main worry about Fantasie is that might have wires that are too short on the sides.
Updated on October 31, 2013 Flag this
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Definitely a shape issue. It sounds like you have similar breasts to June from Braless in Brasil but with more top volume? Fantasie works like a charm on her. If Freya weren't so bad in upper sizes, I'd recommend some of their more open on top styles like the Piper.
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Ooh! Ooh! I just looked quickly at her blog and she does look similar. I'll definitely read more in the morning. Is her Bratabase name the same?
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I think her bratabase handle is cantfindthesize .
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helpfulHave you tried the Andorra in a smaller cup? I ask because it has a lot of vertical depth, lots of room near the top especially, so it looks to me like you could wear a cup smaller. That would solve the too-wide wires and the extra wrinkling. I strongly suggest trying it in 32H (if this band fits) and see how you like that. I expect you will get a more uplifted and hugged shape.
Updated on November 1, 2013 Flag this
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helpfulOk, yes, it seems like we have a lot of similar fit issues. Definitely try Fantasie! Specifically the Tina or Yvonne if you can get your hands on them and you can see my review here: http://www.bralessinbrasil.com/2012/12/fantasie-yvonne-in-30h.html If you're going for a sheer cup bra it's the best to go to for narrow, deep, soft breasts.
If you're ok with padded Ewa Michalak S bras or CHPs are the way to go- PL's/HMs/SMs avoid. But you just really need to make sure to get the right size otherwise you'll get the same spillage. I believe when I could wear a 30H in Fantasie I was about a 30JJ in Ewa Michalak.
Oh, and avoid Panache like the plague. I've tried them SO MANY TIMES and every time I just get let down. At some point you just have to admit defeat.
Updated on November 1, 2013 Flag this
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Your reviews of the EM bras definitely have me itching to try them - they look so great. I think I need to nail down my size a little better before I try a bra I essentially can't return though. Or maybe I should just wade in, try them, and sell what doesn't work.
I'm going to try to figure out my Fantasie size, so your conversion between the two is super-helpful. Since my problem with the Panache is the shape of the cup, I can't tell if the size is okay and the shape is the entire problem, or if it's a little of both. No way to know but try at this point, I think!
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Have you tried any Fantasie bras so far? I had a moulded bra long time a go. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FANTASIE-SMOOTHING-NUDE-MOULDED-BRA-4510-ALL-SIZES-/110713926671?pt=UK_Women_s_Lingerie&var=&hash=item19c710740f it gave me weird gapping on the upper inner corners of the cups.
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helpfulI got some of the same fit issues as you...recently realized I probably don't need as wide of wires as I thought,though wide ones don't really bother me comfort wise.
Hmmm...I *think* maybe Ewa Michalak or Comexim would be good to look at,especially for narrow wires.Not so sure how it does with softer tissue,but mine is pretty soft and floppy and I'm going to try a few Ewa bras soon.Ewa is releasing lots of new fall/winter stuff and a few of the models have stretch lace at the top.Updated on October 31, 2013 Flag this
My boobs seem to be attached kind of far down. So the wire is in the fold right under my breast for probably the inner half of the cup, but then once it gets to about the area with the wrinkling, my boob starts to curve upward but the wire continues to curve back more before it starts up. I don't know if that makes sense. Although, looking back at these photos, it does look like the whole operation is a bit lower than it feels like it usually is when I first put a bra on, and the wrinkling starts pretty close in to the center. Maybe I scooped too thoroughly, hehe. And I generally have the problem with bras that they seem to get pushed down over time regardless of how tight or loose the band is (The tightness of the band just controls whether or not the back rides up in tandem.), so I've been trying recently to be really sure that they're up high when I put them on. I can throw this one back on and try to get it situated more appropriately if that would help.
I have tried it in a 32H. I definitely think I need a smaller size, but when I size down in this bra, I get a progressively wider, down-and-out look because the wire doesn't shrink as quickly as the cup seems to be shrinking, so everything gets pushed out because that's where the space is, and my nipple ends up kind of angled down and out. My tissue fit into the cup technically, I think, but not a good look. I have a 32G that I just tried it in, and the wire is actually great, but the cup is definitely too small. I think that my boobs are really pretty small around (up and down and side to side on my torso), but are long (dangling down away from my torso).