I was so hoping, despite all my rational knowledge/guesstimate to the contrary, that this bra would work perfectly...

In terms of volume, it's technically a fit, but there's a shape incompatability going on which makes for a few quirks. The wires are a comfortable width for me (I'd heard that Bravissimo bras ran narrower than Cleo, but perhaps that's not true in my size range).

Depth should be perfect, but the bra actually looks too deep on. This is because the top edge of the cup is extremely unforgiving, and seems cut for a FOB-only shape, whereas I'm quite even top and bottom. As a result I get some cutting-in along the top edge and a sort of upside-down orange-in-a-glass effect of not being able to fit all my breast into the cup. Soft tissue means I can swoop and scoop assiduously and it sits okay after that, but it still cuts in a little.

Additionally, the bra's apex expects wider-set breasts than I have. As a result of all this, I can get a bit of an elf-shoe shape. Swooping and scooping away from the gore adjusts everything as it should be and so gives a more rounded shape.

The gore, as always, is too wide. It tacks, or at least one of the wires does; the other floats because there's simply no room for it. Story of my life. However, the cup does seem to have plenty of immediate projection along the height of the gore to cope with my inner fullness admirably, which is a rare thing indeed.

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Updated on Aug 18, 2014 Flag this

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