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Jul 23, 2019
Yesterday I tried on all of my current "best" fitting bras and compared them to each other in fit and everything. (32J/JJ and sister sizes)
So my "best" bras are:
Too wide wires, need very tight bands, cups gaping, not much lift, straps hurt, cut in on sides and shoulders, wires hurt:
30JJ Panache Floris, 30K/34J Ariza most other Panache that I tried in the past like Jasmine or Envy.
Wires moderatly wide, cups very tall, straps can cut in a bit on the arms, very supportive, deep cups, can wear my "usual" band size of 32:
32JJ Bravissimo Lacey, Dina, Lulu
32J Elomi Tori
Narrow wires, cups not as tall as on Bravissimo, straps can cut in, supportive, deep cups, usual band size:
70K SF glad.
I only wear Tori, the 3 Bravissimo and 70K SF.
In my recent adventure I found out why my 70K - Ewa Michalak » Sf Gładzioch Beż (849) gives me so much upper boob jiggle and that no other of my "best" fitting bras does that. It turned out that the 70K is just a lot less tall in cup height compared to all other bras even the 75K - Ewa Michalak » Sf Gładzioch Beż (849) is a lot taller.
My Bravissimo bras also have a deep projected cup shape, the wires are a bit less wide than on Panache but wider than on EM bras. Why are they so much more supportive? The cups are really tall. Especially the lower section of the cups, when I put on a Bravissimo bra, it does something even before I do my straps up. With the Panche Floris, the bra does nothing with the cups / wires, and all lift is done by the shoulder straps!
I used to be really into Panache, you will see in my profile I tried a ton of their bras, but I hardly ever was happy with one. There were some that were favorites for a few weeks until I couldn't stand the pain they gave me anymore or some that just were "ok or wearable" because I had nothing else. I have to accept it. Ariza was the best and I barely get a decent fit in it these days. My 30K is gaping on top and the band feels big but everyone would call me out if I tried a 28K. I know, no one cares about Ariza anymore, but I feel sad that I cannot get a decent fit in it. The bra saved me years ago when every other bra failed me.
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I wonder how you would do in a Samanta A922? I am wearing one today and they have narrow wires that are very deep and u-shaped and the cups are the highest of any bra I own...hmmm
Panache seems to have a pattern of designing bras with absolutely torturous wires; if they're not from the moment you put the bra on, mercilessly becoming one with your flesh as though the fabric channel the wire is in has bits of glass in it, it will get there quickly (how much time it takes varies from individual to individual)! I have one of the Jasmine, Envy, Idina styles, and a couple of colorways in Andorra - though I have a fairly high level of pain tolerance, I can only take so much before I have to rip the bra off and fling it across the room with an overwhelming urge to hiss "GET IT AWAY FROM ME".
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