So this bra is not as much of a sh*tshow as my new Comexim Clara. It's a cup size up from my secondhand 60J Scottie Half Cup that's now way too small in the cup. I asked for the straps to be moved inward and the gore to be overlapped, which they did. I think this fabric is so fun and cheery! I bought the matching Figi in size S, which fits my ~23.5" waist and ~37" hips fairly well but isn't as flattering as the matching bottoms for my Lilly.

When I first put this bra on, I was kind of mystified. The effect is much less dramatic in photos, but in person, it kind of looks like I'm wearing two different halves of the same bra. This type of bra really does not work well for my asymmetry; I get a little bit of quadding on my bigger side, gapping on my smaller side, and the gore twists so that only the part of it on my smaller side sits flat against my sternum, making the bow nearly invisible. Putting cookies in Comexim bras usually doesn't help me because the cookie just pushes the bra further away from my body instead of functioning to fill the cup more, worsening the problem. The cup wrinkles where it meets the strap, I think because of my lack of upper fullness, and there's also wrinkling at some other (kind of random) spots on the bra. This bra is wearable and very cute, but not particularly comfortable and the mediocre fit doesn't really flatter me.

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Updated on Jan 01, 2022 Flag this

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  I honestly think they hired someone new which did not know how to overlap the gore properly - I'm getting the twisty gore thing on both of the bras in my BF orders - 60L - Comexim » Basic Half Cup and 60K - Comexim » Clara Half Cup . I've never had this issue with Comexim before and I've ordered from them quite a few times. I tried taking apart and then re-overlapping the gore on the Basic and it got better. I'm thinking of sending Joanna an email about this, since looks like I'm not alone! Maybe they need some overlapping gore training for the new hire lol.

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  kate166 how strange! I actually had the same issue on my Comexim Paola and Lilly that I received several months ago. I would just request to have the gore lowered but who knows if they could do that or how it would affect the fit of the bra.

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  kate166 My 65K - Comexim » Topaz arrived this morning and the gore on that is also twisting, so you may be right.

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  moonshineforest VirtualPurple Joanna replied - "This could be happening because we are doing a very overlaping gore", and with more close-up pictures of the gore, she said "Just like I thought tunnel overlaps with tunnel." I don't really understand what she means, but I'm guessing the gore is too overlapped along the top & middle when it should only be overlapped at the very top?

  Regarding the lowered gore, I used to frequently order this alteration a few years ago (until my cup size got bigger that I need the higher gore for support), and I think it made the centre of the cup a little shallower.

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