As soon as I saw this bra on the EM website I was dying to have it (or to try any of her soft cup bras), but it wasn't in anything close to my size. Just last week it popped up on r/braswap in a 30F, and though by multiple different accounts (bratabase measurements, someone's suggested method for deciding your EM size) I needed a 30FF, I had to at least try it. At least for the HM bras, I will certainly need a 30FF. I've yet to get my hands on any of her other styles, but I kind of would really like to try the Pl ... Onyks.
Anyway! About the bra... this is the most feminine thing I own, I'm pretty certain. Typically that would mean I'd hate it, but this is really just too beautiful for me to feel that way. The cup is primarily black mesh with floral embroidery that somehow doesn't infuriate me like most flowery things do (I think it's the black on black - it just ends up looking very elegant). Below the embroidery it's pretty much entirely see-through, which makes me slightly uncomfortable, but nobody's seeing it besides me. An emerald green (one of my favorite kinds of green! I wish I could find an entire bra of this color) ribbon is woven into the fabric along the edges of the cup and along the front of the straps, which makes them only partially adjustable. This has caused issues for me in other bras, as I'm only 5'2 and some, but it's not a problem in this case. The wings are a double layer of mesh (the outside one polka-dotted), and the band feels quite tight. My tightest underbust measurement is somewhere between 27.5 and 28, and I feel most comfortable using an extender for this bra (either 1 or 2 columns extra). Unfortunately the top edge of the cup where the ribbon is doesn't lay flat, so it'll show up under thinner shirts, but that's okay.
The cups are definitely too small for my bigger side, and I'm even quadboobing a touch on my small side. However, since it's a true half cup and very open on top, if I shift my boobs a certain way I can mask the quadboobing on even my larger side. The wires, though... those are PERFECT. I'm loathe to go up a cup size because they fit exactly where they're supposed to, but maybe they won't get too much wider. Can't wait to try another EM bra :]
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