This can hardly be called a balconette. I was warned that the "balconettes are good for shallow breasts" advice only really applied to smaller cup sizes, but I was not prepared for its cups to actually be deeper and narrower than other bras in its size. That's, like, the exact opposite of the reason one buys balconettes, isn't it? As a consequence of this, the underwire doesn't at all sit right (even when I feel like I've scooped all my side boob into the cup, the outer underwire is still floating), the gore never quite rests properly, and I look ridiculous with these enormous-looking cups that are essentially ... resting on air. As if to add insult to injury, the top of the cups actually cut into my breasts if I bend forward at all, despite not even coming close to filling their extremely round depths. I don't know to what extent it's related, but the straps are also way too wide-set; I'm assigned male at birth and my shoulders can barely catch them. Really, this whole bra just feels like it's measured wrong in all the right places. Even the band doesn't actually stretch to a 40 (though this one is fine for me because I'm between a 38 and a 40).
Rating this bra is pretty difficult. It seems well-made, but also poorly-measured? The fabric is extremely comfortable, but literally everything else about it isn't. The bra looks really pretty and cute in a vacuum or on a model, but looks absolutely terrible on me. I'm just gonna split the difference as best I can. I'm really disappointed with this, and at this price (I paid like $60), I'm terrified to try another full-bust sized balconette after this one.
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