I bought this bra along with a 40L Bravissimo Annie during the lockdown. Bravissimo recently extended the size range of the Satine which went up to a J cup previously. Comparing the two by placing the 40L Annie inside the 40K Satine was hilarious, the Satine wires were 2-3 inches wider than the 40L Annie. If I did not know the bra sizes and simply eyeballed them before trying them on, I would have said the 40L was going to be way too small and the 40K way too big. Of course, I would have been wrong as the Satine was much shallower than the Annie. I will ... not say it's a design flaw though because I am generally between a 38L & 40L, at least when it comes to the Alana.
During my first wear, I was unable to fill the bottom of the cups and was quadding over the top. On my second wear the next day, i came closer to filling the bottom but was still quadding, which is pretty much what happens with my other 40K's and is the reason why I don't own many of this size. If I had not ordered the Annie at the same time, I would not have described this Satine as too wide and too shallow but the comparison I did leads me to this opinion.
I do love the color of this bra, which is described as nude on the bra label but as champagne on the website.
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Updated on Feb 06, 2021 Flag this
I wore this Satine yesterday for the first time in close to a year. The biggest reason for wearing it was for protection from the bitter cold so I likely still would not have worn it if things were warmer out there. Another reason for wearing my Satine was seeing Bravissimo now offering this in a Teal colorway, it looks absolutely gorgeous!
As before, I still could not fill the bottom or sides of the cups and was quadding on top and the sides but, at least I was warm! Before taking this bra off at the end of the day though, I checked to see if my boobs had settled into the cups and thankfully they had. There was a lot less of all of the negatives described above.
When I put the bra on, I realized that I do like the straps as they were strong and seemed thicker than average. When I took the bra off, I realized there was significantly more soreness in my shoulders than normal and now that I think about it, I may have ignored the shoulder pain throughout the day. The straps, while seeming stronger than average, was maybe carrying more of the weight than many of my other bras. My boobs seemed to gravitate towards the center than usual, perhaps because of this plunge design and this may have led to the straps carrying more of the weight.