I wouldn't normally post a bra adventure, but I would have loved some information before bra shopping in Japan, and it was definitely an adventure!

So this is my second Japanese bra and it is from a shop called Aimerfeel. I have never found a bra with narrow enough wires and straps for me before. This comes very close to being perfect! The wires are very narrow, and the straps are as close set as I've found, although they are still too wide on me and dug in a bit at first but have softened after washing. Because of this, this bra doesn't gape on me nearly as much ... as the Ewa Michalak bras I usually wear. This bra also gives me really great cleavage, which I haven't been able to get from a bra since I grew out of Victoria's secret https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" />

There is a lot of option in Japanese bras in my size (H65 = 30G) which surprised me, I spent about 4 hours trying on bras at the seven bra shops I found within the station complex in Sapporo! Some of the bras I tried were even too narrow! Most Japanese bras I find quite ugly, with large applique flowers, ribbons and ruching (but my Japanese friends think Western bras are ugly, so hey). They also have a very pointy shape, which is improved if you add pads to them (which I guess is how they are designed to be worn, most bras have cookie pockets), but they are still pointy. There were a couple bras that fit me but had such a strange pointy shape that I didn't buy them (although they were comfy!). This bra is pointy, which isn't ideal, but it's not as pointy as most others I tried and it's so comfy I don't care.

This bra doesn't provide a huge amount of support, but does provide enough, and it feels soo comfortable. It doesn't feel like my boobs are being pushed to the sides like in my other bras, instead it feels like they are held in front where they should be, which is nice! The quality of the bra is not great, the lace on the edges is already starting to fray a bit, but I have washed it in the machine in a laundry bag and our machine here doesn't have a delicate cycle so I think it's holding up pretty well considering - I've also probably worn and washed it every second day. Also, it was very cheap, costing 3,400 yen with panties included, so I'd say the quality is about as good as I would expect for the price. This bra also has fairly thick padding and pockets to add cookies (which is perfect for me as I have one boob a whole size bigger than the other!)

All in all, my Japanese bra shopping trip was a success! I've since ordered more of the same bra online as I like it so much, plus some others to try which weren't successful that I will be reviewing and posting on the listings page in the next few days.

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My shape: center-set, mid-height, forward-facing teardrop (aka ski jump without the jump, just a straight slope) with tall full-but-shallow upper roots, functionally even vertical fullness, low apex, very side-full wide roots with shallow tissue extending all the way back to the shoulder blade, lots of immediate projection underneath but little-to-moderate overall projection, and very firm tissue that doesn't play nicely when pushed into other shapes and will push right back

I received this bra from another user and while it is pre-owned, I think it is in great shape! I'm not sure how much the band has stretched from previous use, but it fits me nicely on the second ... set of hooks, and it is certainly still gorgeous. The pink mesh overlay is beautiful and the two-layer illusion is hands down my favorite style, even though they're harder to disguise under clothes and we never get them here in the US (or even the rest of the West, really). The black lace is a lovely contrast, and the little filigree pendant at the center bow is unique and so different from the standard "diamante" accent, while still familiar and classy. The only thing I might wish different is the pink is a little duller and less clear or "true" (like baby or bubblegum pink), but it is actually closer to my skin tone this way, and I still think it's beautiful.

The band is a little narrow and feels a bit stretchy, but is in no way uncomfortable. On the loosest hook it feels like there's not quite enough tension to keep my breast tissue inside the cups, but on the second it is fine. 3 hooks per column!

The wires are too narrow, but I've mentioned before that there are a range of widths that work for me because of the shallow trail of underarm tissue I have, and I'm rarely bothered by wires that rest on it. In this case, it follows the edge of most of the fullness, and the wing is tall enough to keep everything from shifting around.

The cup construction is definitely different! It's a side-sling style, but it only has one additional seam, the horizontal one from a standard T-seam 3-panel balconette cup, making it a 3-part cup. I get a slightly pointy shape from it, but it's not unnatural or unattractive. It definitely keeps everything front and center! I get some pretty good center cleavage from this, as much as I ever do, anyway, and I think if you are center-full this is definitely a spill-out-the-middle style. There is a cookie pocket for extra push-up oomf, if you want it, and the whole cup is slightly padded, although I'd say more like how Freyas are "padded" and less like a molded padded t-shirt bra.

It stays in my IMF! That's definitely rare. I don't think the immediate projection is quite enough, but in this case it translates into lift and cleavage.

I am in love with the gore. Before my bravangelism, I wore plunges exclusively, and while I don't miss much about the lack of support and shape mismatch, I do miss those gores. I suspect I have a touch of natural symmastia, which means that any gore presses on tissue and hurts, and this one is low enough that it ends before my tissue meets. If it were taller, I'm not sure it wouldn't float, but as it is, it's great! Plus, there's at least 1.5 cm of space in the channel if you need to shift the wires around.

The straps are narrow, and while other ladies might have a problem with that, my firm tissue is very self-supporting so I usually don't. I think they're quite soft and comfy, and although the pink mesh overlay attaches quite high up, I haven't had any issues with it showing so far.

Ok, now how do I get more of these without bankrupting myself on shipping? I am addicted! More more more!
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Band fits like a 30, if not, 28 at smallest. Does have good stretch, but also flexes right back, so this is good. They say Japanese bras tend to run a couple cup-sizes smaller to the equivalent from western brands. But, I would say this 65H, which= 30FF (UK), approximately seems to equal of that cup-size. The only thing is the wires are quite narrowly set & whilst panache’s wires are a bit too wide for me, these cups are too narrow. Instead, the cups are very projected in shape and possibly more projected than many bras in this size. My UK bra sizing would actually be a ... 30F, but because I am wide-rooted, evenly-rounded, yet on the shallow side, I estimate my size in Aimerfeel to be a 65F. This 65H has never been worn, but tried on several times. The band was on the tighter side the first couple of times I had tried on the bra, as a teen. The bra has been tried on every now and then, over the years, just to see how it would fit after a sufficient amount of time had passed. Now, I am 21, and as I have not grown to fit this bra after all, I will surely be selling it. The band is now less tight, but fits more like a true 30 band, in my opinion. Could probably just fit a 28, too, but I cannot be 100% sure as I do not own any TTS 28-band bras.

The straps are removable, and if the bra was the right size for me, despite the cups being a little too narrow for my width, they would fit comfortably and snuggly, in my opinion. The cups are firmly padded despite this being a moulded bra, and are sturdy yet soft at the same time. If you are narrow-chested and projected, this would be a great bra for you. The quality, support and additional versatility of the strapless option (and tan/skin ish colour!) makes it an all-rounding win.

I had rated the Comfort as, "Good" as I have yet to try it in my size- I had bought the bra knowing of its UK-size equivalent, but not truly knowing my own size, yet.
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Plain, Tan/Dark Beige colorway

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Shocking Pink colorway

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PROS:
Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous bra!! Definitely feels like something a lolita (the fashion sub-culture, not the book) would wear.

Firm supportive band.

Detachable straps are always a plus for me.

All the insane amount of padding is removable.

Despite all its lace and ruffles and excessive fabric, it's actually not super noticeable under thin clothes.

CONS:
Because I'm sure this bra was engineered to be worn with the padding, I find the shape of it without padding to be very weird... Lots of uplift and mega projected, but a really unflattering pointy retro look. Because of this I normally only wear it under layered or loose tops.

Although the measurements I took for it make it seem like it's actually quite wide in the cups, in actuality this bra is very narrow. A little too narrow for me to be honest.

Updated on May 02, 2015 Flag this

This is a molded and heavily padded push up bra. The color is on the lighter side of beige. There are no embellishments at all. The straps are removable, but the pads are not.

The band fits like a tight 30 (or loose 28). There are side boning-ish but they are not rigid.

The gore is low, and there are no wire channels so to speak. The wires are embedded into the mold, it seems. Very comfortable, there is no digging in at all, which is a surprise considering how much trouble I usually have with other bras with low gores. The cups seems to run slightly small. If you're ... in between sizes, you should probably go with a bigger size. I can get a teeny-tiny bit of quadboob from time to time but not enough to go up a cup. The bra creates a round and uplifted shape under shirts.

Overall, very comfy and does its job really well. The size ranges 65-75 B-E, 80 B-D, and the price is relatively low (~$30 including shipping from Japan to US, the bra itself is about $20).

Update: I've had this bra for couple months now and I have to say the band stretched out very quickly. I don't think it is necessary to size up in the band.
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Beige colorway

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Updated on Apr 28, 2015 Flag this

Aimerfeel lists this particular size as H65 (bust 93cm, band 65cm). I probably should have gone with a G65 but this was bought off Rakuten without trying. The interesting thing about Japanese brands is that after a certain cup size they tend to increase the projection much more than the wire width, which is awesome for me since I really don't need wide wires. Even Freya wires are a tad on the wide side for my particular size (UK 30E which isn't huge).

Aimerfeel is a brand that is more for flashy, cute looks than function, so the material can be cheap so you have to be careful when you hook the bra.

Updated on Nov 12, 2013 Flag this

im pretty so-so on this bra. it's definitely a keeper, and by definition, it fits... but its made to create cleavage and i think i'd only wear it under a low neck shirt when i wanna look sexy haha. otherwise love it, it's super beautiful and comfortable (and cheap), it's not the bra, it's me! haha

Sax blue colorway

Updated on Nov 23, 2023 Flag this

Absolutely beautiful design. The cups run shallow and wide. Despite not being too small for me, this bra manages to push my breasts together and create cleavage. The sides do come up pretty high and unfortunately do dig into my armpits.

Mint colorway

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Too small for a UK 28E even though their other bra fit me perfectly. I guess their L shaped underwires fit much differently. I doubt this would have enough projection for me even if I got it a few sizes up.

It has very thick padding maybe double or triple of my freya molded bra. Might contribute to it.

Not very visually projected, with a narrow wire like most Japanese bras

BL-Black colorway

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It's pretty easy to buy this bra from the english version of Aimerfeel's website. It seems like in older posts about japanese bras that this is decently new. It is flat rate shipping of $15 to the U.S, but I got free shipping on 1 order from signing up for their mailing list / abandoning your cart after putting your email in.

This bra is really lovely. It seems to be pretty projected compared to my other bras, and keeps my boobs at the front. It gives a nice, kinda pointy shape. If I add some padding in the available slot, it rounds it out a little bit. This is the first bra that I've had that gives me the look I want and doesn't squish my boobs down. The narrow underwire matches my narrow root almost perfectly.

It seems like every bra with the J/L shaped wire on Aimerfeel's website has the same cup design, just from looking at the inside of the bra.
The quality is not the greatest, the lace is already fraying a little.

PI13-Pink-Offwhite colorway

Updated on Jul 29, 2023 Flag this

Molded and seamless plunge bra.
- As the band is quite stretchy, it's just snug when I use the last hooks.
- The outer top edge of the cups and straps irritate the skin.
- The wires are soft and stuck in the mold smoothly. So I barely feel uncomfortable though they cut breast tissues a bit.
- I think this bra is a tiny bit small for me. Wearable, not bad but technically not the best fit. I want to give it a try to 65E.

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I was bought this when I was visit japan.
6 month ago before,
I was measured 32dd(70e).
This bra can do scoop and swoop well
side bones are higher than other bra line.
It makes bust prettier.
It had also pads help push up,
If don't need that can take off pads.
I wearing this take off mini pads.
I think this brand can find my size better than Victoria's secret,
but its quality in not good bra matreials not good.
When I was wraring this feels rough.
If you have sensitive skin I don't recommend this brand.

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Updated on Sep 05, 2018 Flag this

This is beautiful. You can put off the ribbon then it will be more simpl design and good for skiny clothes. Also because the band is shorter than othet brand in this size so it's good when I wear summer clothes. And i think band size is different from bratabase. I usually wear 30 in UK bra. So 70 is equal to 30 i suppose.

Updated on Jul 31, 2016 Flag this

This is awful. The cup is caved over after just wearing three or four times. And he lace is so itchy. And cup is so small so can't cover my nipple sometimes.

Updated on Jul 31, 2016 Flag this

This bra gives AMAZING cleavage. It's not the most comfortable, but considering how much work it has to do, it's pretty comfortable.

Updated on Oct 10, 2015 Flag this

I live this bra, but I don't.

**This is going to be a lengthy post You can find the bra here, and the panties

https://themusingsofrenzilla.wordpress.com/2015/08/23/aimerfeel-houndstooth-b...

Black/white houndstooth colorway

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This is comfortable.

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I'm not sure what this bra's model name actually is, but it's the same cut as the Cho-Mori Super Push Up, just in a different fabric. On the product page, Google translate calls it "mutually flower" which might be intended as "maturely flower"? Not sure.

Does this bra fit me well? No.... Do I care? Not really.

I had to sister size up two sizes for this one. The band, which feels fairly stretchy, definitely is larger than I would like and rides up straight away. I don't know if it's a tight band for a 30, but it's not quite small enough for my roughly 26" ribcage unless I ... fasten it on the tightest hook. It's wearable like that, though. The straps are convertible. I don't think it'd work strapless for me, though I'm not bothered by that.

The molded cups have a lot of heavy push up padding in the bottom, and gradually decrease, with the padding ending maybe 1" away from the top edge of the cup. They seem to be a little too much on the shallow side for me, I'm guessing? The apex of my breast kind of pushes the cup away, so that it gaps around the edges a little. Like holding up a barely curved plate to an orange. So I assume that's a too shallow cup problem. It's not the same kind of gapping I normally have issues with at the tops of cups, and isn't noticeable. The gore doesn't tack, probably due to the combination of too-large band and the shape of the cups. Without the gore tacking, my normally farther apart breasts get crammed together underneath and the skin creases there.

So, lots of fit issues. However! I have never had cleavage like this. Never. At best, I've gotten very, very subtle versions of the 'cakes on a plate' cleavage, but still not much of that. This gives me that classic smushed together cleavage that I haven't seen on myself. It's kind of great. I wouldn't wear it all the time, but it's nice to have the option. The wires have so much padding around them that I don't feel any discomfort no matter where they sit. They're just like cushy pillows shuffling my boobs around. The construction is basically as if someone vacuum formed a soft shell around some pads and wires. Even with the shifting that occurs because of the band's looseness, I still get a nice pushup effect and shape under clothes (so I don't really feel the need to wear it on the tightest hook).

If you have a small band and a small cup and are having trouble getting cleavage, I recommend giving this one a shot. And if you're shallower, you may even get a better "proper" fit. Aimerfeel makes the same basic bra in different styles and colors - just look on the product page for the illustration showing the padding at the bottom of the cup and you'll likely have the right one. I've seen them go on sale for pretty cheap, and even full price they're under $20.

The quality isn't the greatest, but it is a very inexpensive bra. Overall, it's worth it for me. The entire front of the bra is seamless, which can be very helpful sometimes. There's some very flexible boning on the sides, less stiff than in some of my other bras. I have the blue floral, and it's a lovely print, big periwinkle blooms on ivory. It looks like watercolor. It has the same scalloped edging as the plain cut, which I like.

I'm going to be trying this cut of bra in a 30C next, to see if the cup works any better, so I'll update this review then.
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Blue floral colorway

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