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65H - Gorsenia » Unknown Model

This is a beautiful bra. I got a chance to measure and check out someone's recent purchase for this 30H Gorsenia Bra. When looking it up it looks to be the " Aspen Black Lace Padded Underwired Balcony Bra " by Gorsenia (K-492) which is not on here yet. The buyer thought this was a maternity/nursing bra but I am ... not sure if it is. This bra is too large in the cup for me at my current size and measurments but this is still an impressive beautiful comfortable bra.
The Padding of the bra is thin, it actually suprised me how light the padding was but its doesn't feel cheap. The pink cups have three parts separated by two seams. There is a layer of black mesh that goes over the entire exterior making the look almost grey in color with a decorative pattern between the two seams. The wings and band are made out of a sturdy fine mesh. It feels like it could be scratchy on the skin but I didn't notice that when trying it on. There's a little jewl at the gore and two bows where the bra straps hook on. The bra ends can be removed and I assume this bra could be worn multiple ways. There is no push up but there are cookie pockets, no cookies were included with it though. The cloth that contains the pocket is not connected to the bra at the top comes back quite a bit and I am not sure what the purpose of this is? The gore is a bit taller than my personal preference but It feels like it allows for inner projection and seems like it is open enough to accommodate overall and some upperfullness but a little hard to tell with it being too big.
I am happy I got to try on and check out this bra, I have been curious about the brand Gorsenia. The bras light but very well made and I think it's lovely. I love black Lacey bras and also like bras that are pink like the inner cups so this is ideal look wise for me. I Hope I get an oppertunity to own one myself one day, I will be returning this to my family member though.
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Aspen Black Lace colorway

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75D - Simone Perele » Andora Minimizer Bra (131382)

Nude colorway or "Peau rose". This is a comfortable bra with straps! I prefer strapless or J-hook. This is supposed to be a minimizer but I would just call it a moulded bra (not lined). I like it because the firm cups holds/lifts the breasts so there is very little weight carried on my shoulders. The shape of the cups ... are rounded and projected but slightly flat on top like a ski slope. I don't have upper fullness so it suits me well. I would recommend a look at the Perele webshop to see how it fits on a model (simone-perele.com). The lower cup slightly hangs over the underwire on me and this can also be seen on one of the models. I would not tighten the straps for added lift because it would be uncomfortable. I just like the general improvement it gives with a lifted and rounded shape. I did belive it was a little large on me but it fits better with a quick scoop and swoop.

I have also added measurements for the blue 75D (runs large) and the grey 70D (too small and is for sale).

STRETCHED BAND 77 CM. Someone added a HUGE measurement on 75E so this affects the numbers on my bra.
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38B - Wingslove » Unknown Model

Never ordered a bra off Amazon, but with my surprise it’s a fantastic bra, gives great cleavage and fits and feels amazing against my skin

Black colorway

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Where do you buy camisoles that have an inner lining?

Not expecting it to be an exact size but just a bit of support for lounging at home. Just an inner lining with a garter something like a sports bra attached to the camisole but not really a sports bra.

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Jun 07, 2022

My bra feels good today, George At Asda

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32F - Pour Moi » Amour Underwired Non Padded Bra (1502)

Stretched Band 32.5
Band Length 24.5
Stretch ratio 1.3
Cup width 6.15
Cup depth 10.2 (10.25 on right, 10.5 on left)
Depth ratio 1.7
Wire length 11.0
Cup height 7.0
Cup separation 0.9
Gore height 3.0
Wing height 3.5
Strap width 0.7
Strap length 14.2 (14 on right, 14.5 on left )
Hooks 2


This is for the 'Accent' version which far as I can ... tell is the exact same bra as regular Amour, but with a color variation (peach beige under black powernet & lace). This one is between sizes as each half is a different size. So maybe a 32F-32FF hybrid.

Quality.
Immaculate stitching, the softest smooth duoplex lining ever, materials are all sleek yet durable/long lasting, this feels like a great workhorse bra. The outer layer or shell, is made from materials which all have a good amount of supportive stretch to them. The lining has the opposite of stretch, it's very stable and I can't get any mechanical ease from diagonal stress on the fabric. All the elastics the band is lined with, and the strap are pretty sturdy. I don't see them wearing out for a long time! The wires are springy, prone to stretching back too far if the band is too tight. They also squeak at the gore. Gore would be better overlapped as the dense materials feel bulky here despite being thin and tightly sewn. It's not the tallest center, and miraculously not stabby or twiddly.

The left cup and strap are half inch larger than those on the right. This isn't ideal as my left breast is higher set and my right prefers more space, Amour is pulled askew and intermittent fidgeting occurs.

Shape.
Somewhere between Panache & Freya. Constricting around the root, but somehow way too wide. Wings real short, wire very low. My tall dense roots get no support on sides, just a bulky feeling that they are in the way of the cup. The inner panel of the cup is a little more than an inch narrower, than the outside, allowing breasts to maintain a forward facing direction rather than being pulled apart from each other, east-west.
Hrm. The wires are stupidly large. In this size technically should match the #44 underwires that fit me. There is enough coverage from the short wires and wider shape, yet the cup itself lacks depth and kind of elongates to a conical, tall center than must either be pinched down, or it flips up flat.
Stupid scaling aside, is this because of too-big wires, or the kind of flat patterning in the lines of most of the cup? Regardless, the depth is soon all used up on my wide/full, immediately deep, curved across apex shape. This makes the middle of the cup flatten out very hard over the center of my breasts, then pushes volume out into the sides.

There is not lovely lifted round busom effect, but something like a busted can of biscuits. Large nasty fat roll on outside, sad flappy skin wrinkles at the gore, inner breast actually bulges right over the top of the wires & becomes uniboob. I take it off, my breasts return to their normally round, high set, perky look. What the devil?

I can see those who have a wider base, and longer projection at very center having issues with getting enough room for center fullness. The curviest part of this bra is by the gore. It seems like Amour is designed to shove any/all sideboob into the inner cup, but this doesn't work when you have more density or fullness, it fights with the style and both causes the top to dig in, and the lower cup to be driven down the ribcage. The sides of Amour are especially stoic about tolerating a breast, they seem happier to see them steamrolled out of existence.

Verdict.
The beauty of getting a half-and-half bra is being able to see how 2 sizes fit, for the price of one. I know that sizing up, or down would not make this style work out.
But maybe Amour is ok for any of the following: Soft, deflated, shallow, somewhat full on bottom, short root, extra wide, (even more than me? WHO out here is rocking a breast base wider than mine?) It does breathe so it's nice for warm weather, but Amour isn't wicking and can feel muggy. I prefer it in the cold, where it does a decent job of masking persistent nips.
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32D - Curvy Kate » Victory Balcony (9001)

WHY IS THE GORE NEARLY AN INCH TALLER THAN THE WING???

in the most specific measurements at seam it's a bit over half inch but realistically, this thing is sooo effed.

Despite band being about 6" loose on me, cups tilt cattywompus sideways from tall gore to insanely short wing. the ultra round center of cup fits like a ... dream and everything else binds in around this crazy ball pocket like it's clowntown.

itchy rough mesh. top band/s bind in on even upper root. sort of a dusty salmon beige mesh under deep grey pinstripes says I'ma make it work, somehow.

have you heard though? amazingly round lower cup shape.

the actual roundest thing I've ever seen for boob holsters.

yet, entire bottom cup collapses and caves terribly on the sides.

cups super Super SUPER duper close together. to an obscene degree. to no fault of the gore which is moderately narrow but not so much as one might need for it's height.

victory is also weirdly closed off on top. so for short breasts except in larger sizes in which case, victory is for super huge tall roots the bigger the cup gets.

a pattern that only a freshman design student could love.

the rest of us sitting here with pitchforks and torches, because the inconsistency in shape this scaling creates is idiotic.

For something that was touted as being the most weirdly immediate projection/round/shallow bra, my very tall-wide-Round and FOB/even breasts are so lost how we got here.
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Jun 04, 2022

Dilemma of living in a small town where retail stores only carry bra sizes up to D : No access to size DD and above.
Comes to the rescue : Online shopping. The downside : international shipping. Parcel takes forever to arrive or never arrive at all (aka lost) due to lousy courier service. In an occasion where the parcel got seized by customs and we had to make a trip to get it makes the whole experience uncomfortable.

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80HH - Comexim » Elise

I usually wear a size 34E-34F, but sized up to a 36/80 based on reviews. I definitely need a 34/75 in Comexim as the 36/80 is loose even when fastened on the tightest row. The cups seem to run smaller than the basic plunge that I ordered along with this one. This one ALMOST fits, so I’m exchanging it for a 34G(BoB sizing).

Creamy Peach colorway

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42C - Lilyette » Ultimate Smoothing Minimizer (LYO444)

Comfortable. Lace pretty and not scratchy. Works as a minimizer should.

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