Cake Lingerie is a maternity underwear brand notable for offering UNDERWIRE nursing bras that can at least attempt to support a full, more pendulous bust.
Since its launch, Cake has simplified its aesthetic, defaulting to plainer colors and styles reminiscent of sports/athleisure/bralette bras.
Now, the vast majority of Polish bra brands offers beautiful, underwired nursing bras as part of their core collections.
Because the Poles understand that boobs may need support + functionality + non-frumpy style, bless their hearts!
So I'd recommend Polish offerings as a first choice, provided you can tolerate narrower, FIRM UNDERWIRES while pregnant/nursing.
Where Cake Lingerie and Hotmilk come in is offering nylon/plastic FlexiWires ... - SOFT UNDERWIRES - which are less supportive but more comfortable for sensitive nursing parents as well as lounging or sleeping.
Besides being softer and therefore wider-spread, FlexiWires also CREAK but I do think FlexiWires are a useful option to have on the bra market.
The 3 hook row by 6 column band closure means that the band can accomodate a 1.5-2 band size increase which accomodates weight fluctuations and functionally extends the Cake Lingerie's band range.
I bought 18DD - Cake Lingerie » Honeycomb Macaroon Bra (20-1020-73) to try out a FlexiWire bra in a sophisticated gold ochre colorway with intersting Moroccan burn-out macrame lace. The macrame lace is resilient to pilling but is more textured than regular lace and will not lie particularly flat.
AU 18DD = 40DD or 40:5 and the cups fit best now that I've lost about 1/2 cup size and am between 38:7/40:6 to 38:6/40:5
The band is a stretchy TTS 40 adjustable to tight 44 and is currently 1 size too big for me.
The wires spread wide and sit on top of tissue (orange in a glass) and the gore doesn't tack which is always the case for FlexiWires.
The FlexiWire side boning seems unnecessary.
Fairly light wear and washing really show on the inner cotton lining and the strap lace has pilled so this model is best as one of the bras in your rotation rather than a workhorse lounging or nursing bra.
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Updated on Oct 18, 2022 Flag this