Bravissimo success & wire issues again
Recently I got the chance to buy a used 34L - Bravissimo » Floral Haze Bra (LN223) . I wanted to try this one (or another one of Bravissimos bras up to L-cup) for a long time, so I had to take the chance. I'm glad I did it! It's not that I have a closet full of bras that fit perfectly, rather the opposite, so I'm always looking for more options.
The Floral Haze is not perfect. I have issues with wires being much too wide (as I have with every bra ) and the gore does not tack, but it's very supportive, rather comfortable and gives a decent shape under a t-shirt. So I call it a win.
As for sizing, the band runs tight which is a plus for me as I usually wear a 32 band.
Bravissimo bras run often a bit small in the cups and have a tight top section, which does not work well on full on top boobs like mine. But since I sized up 2 cup sizes compared to my Panache size, the Floral Haze works quite well. The wires are too wide on me, but they hurt me less than Panache wires on the side since they are less sturdy and stiff.
So I really ask myself, if there is no option where the wires are not too wide, than rather get a bra with less sturdy wires that hurt less than a Panache bra (they have really the most rigid and stiff wires)?Also if the bra is supportive, does the gore have to tack? I cannot get any other gores than Panache to tack since all other wires are to weak and get pushed away by my boobs. I used to love Panache wires in the past, bras were so supportive but that was when the wires were in their correct position but the wider the wires the more they hurt. Oh and actually I expected the wires on a Bravissimo bra to be narrower than on my Panache Floris and Melody but they are about the same width. So it's not true that Bravissimo wires are especially narrow, at least not in the K+ cup sizes.
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The Floral Haze seems to have the widest wires that I've seen so far on their bras. The Cherry Blossom bra also has fairly wide wires.
I'd say their full cups have the narrowest wires but the least pleasing shape.
Bravissimo bras are all I buy now because they're so comfortable and supportive despite the wires (though honestly with a few exceptions I've found the wires all run a tad bit more narrow than Panache and definitely are more comfortable either way) but I buy all the balconettes in a 36K, and if there's an L cup in a balconette, I would buy a 32L (32KK in their full cups). It's just depressing on how pricy their bras are.
I tried two of their full cups in the past, Linear Rose and Fleur, and they were terrible. The top section is fighting my boobs shape in every way, it wants to flatten them like madness. I sized up 2-3 cups, can could get a decent look with 3 cups up but then had other issues. But that was when I was a 30J, now at 32kk I cannot size 2 cup sizes up.
So I will avoid their full cups but I'm interested in trying another of their balconettes. I rather have a supportive bra with too wide wires than a supportive bra that hurts with too wide wires.
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