I got this bra from A Sophisticated Pair after exchanging a couple other bras that didn't work for me, she didn't have any other sizes of the previous 2 bras I tried so I decided to try Lady Grey. I wasn't crazy about Lady Grey from photos I had seen online, but it arrived and it is beautiful.
The band on Lady Grey does run small, and I had read that it did, but Erica didn't have any Lady Greys in a 32F so I decided I might as well try the 30FF. The band does run tight, but fits fine with an extender. ...The cups are a perfect fit on me. I feel like this is probably as close to a custom fit bra I could get.
I got a matching thong, A Sophisticated Pait had a Lady Grey thong on in their final sale section in a small. She held it for me until I could see if the Lady Grey bra would fit. Since the bra fit great I had to get the thong, although I was quite worried that the thong would be too small. I usually order medium in Comexim panties, and since the band on Lady Grey runs small I thought for sure these would be on the small side. The small does actually fit quite well, they are a bit higher rise, but I can position to not be as high and the backside at least at the top is a bit more like a rio style than a a regular thong. I am quite happy with them though and they go great with the bra, although I almost think they would pair better with the halcup Lady Grey with the trim at the top of the cup.
Update: I love this bra because it fits great, but somehow the pattern shows through a lot of my shirts. I mostly wear fitted knit shirts and t-shirts. The other day I was wearing a red t-shirt and apparently it is super thin fabric, because when I caught a glimpse in the mirror while in a restroom I noticed you could see the pattern of the bra.
I love this bra, it is such a beautiful print. It does look like it fits you perfectly. So glad you have had success in finding a great fitting and lovely bra.
So cute! But for some reason my brain kept seeing the word "Bacon" instead of "Balcon" smh lol
I previously had this bra in a 32E that I ordered from Sophisticated Pair, it was an in stock item and was unaltered. It had always been a bit problematic (but I loved it), and it got to the point I didn't enjoy wearing it despite loving the bra. I couldn't do without this bra so I reordered it recently, this time direct from Comexim in a cup volume larger with alterations that made it the Sophisticate Balconette. I had to add it as a 30FF in order to put it in as an Anna Pardal, but it is actually tagged a 65H.
This fits me ...much better than the 32E (70F), I get no bubbling in this. The band is a bit small (but feels stretchy), and I do need an extender, but my experience with the larger band made me decide on sizing down, while the 32/70 was smallish and a decent fit at first it quickly became a bit loose. I hadn't really worn it much either and had usually used an extender to cut down on bubbling even though with an extender it was too big.
I did a full review and comparison of altered and unaltered Comexim plunges on my blog. Read more 102 more words
So this bra runs small in the band like Anna and others have said. I wasn't aware that the cups run small as well. So this is to small and I will be emailing Anna about exchanging it. Aside from the fact it's to small its a beautiful bra and I'll probably be ordering again (other then the replacement) soon.
Out of curiosity: what happens if you bend the wires narrower? The cups definitely look too closed off for you, I think you might actually prefer to not have reduced cups in AP. I'm not sure if going up a cup will solve your problem, but I'm sure Anna will know!
Emailed Anna so well see what she suggests. I'll try sending the wires later and see if it helps any. Feel like everytime I figure out what style or cut I need my boobs change and I'm back to the start LOL
Are your measurements the same as when you posted your fit checks last? I looked back at them, and I do see gaping at the gore. The cup looks slightly tall to me, but this one does look too closed off for you. Were those pictures post-scoop and swoop as well? In these photos, it almost looks to me like you may have tall roots and maybe less center-fullness than Comexim expects? As lcl0706 said, you're unlikely to get great cleavage in well-fitting Comexim plunge. Some of their styles give more than others, but I find that an awful lot of them give a fairly minimized look. I believe AP's bras have a lower cut in our size range than Comexim's to start with though. I think you may want to do a fit check and link to your various fit checks. There's definitely something funny going on!
Ugh had a long thing typed up and realized I couldn't remember my perimeter measurements... Yeah I need to redo measurements LOL. In the 60HH pics all were post S&S. The only picture that wasn't post S&S was on the Hibiscus to show the change before S&S and after and I noted that on the picture its self. I agree I'm having issues with Comexim bra fits. 60H reduced fit great for a month then my boobs grew and I was squished and quadboobing. 60HH felt to tall and to small at the same time. I tried folding down the top as if it were reduced and my boobs were trying to spill out. I assume this is from pressure from my hand holding the top down. Now my AP 30FF is so closed and cuts so bad its on the edge of comical to me. Like how much spillage can I have. Did you look at my Ewa as well?!? I've obviously grow some all pictures were without cookie pads. I'll add new measurements and do a fit check with all Comexim and the Ewa to hopefully get to the bottom of this.
To me it looks like you have the perfect shape for Ewa's CHP bra. Lots of immediate projection and tall roots. It shouldn't cut in on you anywhere because it's super full on top. Both your Ewa and Comexim's look like they're too closed for you. It does look like you've gained volume (and you've been pretty steadily gaining volume). Comexim has been a tough fit for me lately too. If you try them again, I recommend trying their bras with stretch lace at the top (Mystic, Emmanuelle). For AP, I would suggest trying unreduced cups (and seeing what Anna can do for you, maybe a half cup?).
I don't know which CHP you're getting, but I will warn you in advance the Onyx and Lilia are not your typical CH cut bra. They have a satin edging that closes the cup off a little more than usual for the EM half cup shape.
If I'm right its the CH Onyx (LOL) that you sold/swapped with Amandafire... Haha guess we'll see how well it fits...
Yes it was mine lol. I suspect it will be too small and too closed off on top for you. But that is absolutely the exception to the CH rule, trust me. If it's too closed, try another one. I wondered if that's the one you got and that's why I wanted to give you a heads up ahead of time!
LOL yeah thanks for the heads up. I'm excited and nervous because it seems like I've had more misses then hits lately. I honestly excepted this one to be to big for some reason so it being to small and closed off really caught me off guard.
PetiteCollegiate I was torn between the Emmeanuelle and Veronique when I was ordering before so when I have the money I'll definitely try it. Half cup might work but are APs wires wide on the half cup like Comexim?
(OT funny every time I put cup it tries to auto correct to CHP... Lol maybe it's a sign I need more CHP style cups)
If it makes you feel better, I didn't realize AP's cups ran ~1 cup small either, when I ordered.
I would imagine you could ask for narrower wires. I don't know though honestly, I haven't seen any reviews of her half-cups. I tried the single seam HC from Comexim and found it the same width as the plunge, just with less cup. Anna will know!
Thanks imabratinfluence I do feel better. PetiteCollegiate yeah hopefully she can figure something out because I seem to keep adding inches but still need narrow wires and my options are rather limited.
All APs I have tried have run smaller than my typical Comexim size. When I wore a 65M Comexim, a 30J AP was smaller and shorter in the cup. I wear a 60O Comexim now and my 28K AP is still much tighter. I'm not sure if that's the same experience for everyone. Reducing the cups/lowering the gore does take away some depth too. I'm not sure a Comexim half cup would be much better though. In my experience they've been much more shallow in my usual size, I'd need to size up at least a cup or more to get the projection I need. I also find them much much more closed on top than the EM CHP. Is this just the regular plunge reduced or?
gogobee This is the Sophisticated cut. That's my worry with the half cup as well is it being to shallow and as you move up cups wires widden and the half cup already has wider wires then the plunge.
I love the colors of this bra, it is a perfect match to my fair skintone. Unfortunately, the band is far to small for me, I have many other Comexims with 65 bands and I usually need a bit of an extender at first, but don't usually like going up to a 70 since I almost feel like I could start off on the middle hooks. I guess for this bra I should have went up (2 band sizes even), the band only stretches to about 26.5 inches before wires start to distort, I could understand if it were 28/29 but 26.5 is ridiculously small (I ...have emailed Comexim and am waiting to hear back).
I got the straps moved in 3cm on this one, I usually only do 2cm, but was curious about how it would fit with a bit more. I'm not sure if the straps being moved in more caused this or if it's something wrong with the bra, but at the top of the sides there is some puckering? (not exactly sure how to describe it). Other than that the bra fits pretty well, the ribbon might be a bit more closed off than my Irish Coffee, but it's not an issue, the weird puckering or whatever is happening to the side of the cup is a bigger issue as it is a bit irritating and rubs my armpit. I just had a chance to get photos today, so I am going to email Comexim back with some pictures to show the issue along with pictures of other 3HC's in the same size or sister size that don't do this.
Update, I think I figured out the puckering issue. When I wear the band tighter (still on an extender) the puckering decreases, but then I get some slight quadding.
Milk and honey is one of my favorites, too. Lovely!! If a cup is too wide, I experience the pucker near the strap, also. And, the 3HCs I've tried without the "straps moved in" alteration, pucker significantly less. ...
I was thinking it might be caused by the strap alteration since I did request 3cm instead of 2cm (or maybe my others didn't get the requested alteration) a bit more than usual. However the cup also measures narrower than other 3HC's but seems like it has more fabric than is needed for the cup width, maybe if I bend the wires out a bit it will decrease the puckering.
Good luck! Hope yiu find a simple solution :-) :-)
I bought this from A Sophisticated Pair, unfotunately this didn't work out well for me. The band runs on the small side for a 30 which isn't a big deal, my main issue is the cups were too tall. The wires also seemed to be a bit too wide for me. I am returning this bra and have a Caramel Latte Nuance Plunge reserved for me in 32F, hopefully the reduced cups will make the Caramel Latte work for me. I'm normally a 65G/H in Comexim with 65H fitting best with 2cm reduced cups and 65G being close to to being too small.
So beautiful on you!!!