I lost track of my UK size because I almost exclusively wear Polish now, but I guess I'm a 28FF. I've seen a lot of reviews recommending to size up in this bra so I got a 28G. My shape is projected, full on top and centre, with tall and narrow roots, soft and self-supporting tissue, and super close-set.

A few years ago I tried this bra and it was too big in the band and too small in the cups, causing gaps and painful wires under the armpit. I just got a bunch of cute summer tops and dresses so I decided to try again, as it is known as the most narrow and projected strapless bra.

The band is tight, but not a full size tight, with elastic gel strips. The cups are indeed narrow and projected, but a little closed on top. I agree with the advice to go up a cup. It's almost a perfect fit on my right (smaller) side, but I have these lumps on my left (bigger) side at the bottom and quad boobs at the top. I'm afraid a 28GG would be too big though. The gore is too wide but I'm not sure if I can successfully do the overlapping alteration on a padded bra.

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Updated on May 02, 2022 Flag this

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  Gosh, I tried to get this one to work too, and tried my normal size and the sister size up. Both seemed fine in the cup shape and size, but the hard wires kept digging in at the gore and I couldn't tolerate the pain. Did you have any issues with painful wires digging in with the size you tried?

• belleandblues Because of how close-set I am, most gores are painful unless they're overlapped. I did the alteration on this bra and the wires were still digging, so I put a tissue paper under the gore when I wore it out for a whole day. It was not very comfortable but tolerable. When I took it off there were bruises on the side where the top of the wire sat. :( I've got an extender on the way so hopefully that'll help. I've tried a 30 band and it was too loose for me.

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  Ouch, that's brave of you to try wearing it out, but it hurts to read about the bruising! Do you think this might work better if you replace the underwires with ones that are less rigid? Even when I was in the sister size with a more comfortable band, the wires were intolerable.

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