I have a new best-fitting bra!
I've been having trouble fitting into all my usual bras lately - since I started graduate school, I've experienced some weight gain and also had a breast shape change at about the same time. I used to be very FOB, but I'm now more evenly full - however, due to having up-to-collarbone-tall breast roots they act more like very FOT boobs. Due to tissue moving back out of my armpits since being properly fitted, I've also been progressively getting more narrow - now to the point of having pretty well everything, including my narrower Cleos, have wires that are too wide. ... Since moving up a cup and down a band (from 32H in everything to 30J/32HH where the band runs small) I've also been struggling with cups biting me under the arms as well as borderline-too-wide strap placement. Lots of my bras that used to fit OK are now also too shallow for me.
I worked out before the weight gain that 70J would probably be the best size for me in Ewa Michalak's S cut, but was trigger-shy about trying one - 70J and 32H is a big size difference, and I was worried I'd go to the trouble of ordering from Poland for a bra that turned out to be too big for me. This style almost swayed me when it came out - I love green lingerie, but I couldn't justify spending the money at the time. I finally decided to take the plunge when I saw this one listed, despite not being sure if I'd now be too big for it.
I was very pleasantly surprised! First of all, the stock photo of the Musisztomiec doesn't do it justice - the green against the white, as well as the decorative crinkling of the green satiny strips on the white straps, just looks so much more vibrant and luxurious in person.
Fit-wise - it's almost perfect! I don't quad in it at all, and the wires are exactly the right width for me. The cup height under my arms is comfortable. The straps aren't positioned too wide on me, although I think someone with significantly narrower shoulders than me might have issues - my shoulders are about average in width. I get a really nice rounded, uplifted shape in this but it's not too in-your-face - for comparison, a couple of the bras I don't wear under certain shirts because they give me a bit too much oomph are my CHP Gazeta in 70HH and my Freya Deco Honey in 32GG. The other thing to comment on is the centre gore - anyone who's read any of my other Bratabase reviews knows that in pretty well every bra I own, my extremely close-set breasts push the centre gore away. I am close set to the extent that above a certain height, it is literally impossible for any gore to tack on me without sitting on breast tissue - at the closest point I have less than a millimetre of space between them.
This gore - almost tacks! It's low enough to avoid the point of them getting closer together further up my chest, but still leans away by a couple of millimetres - that is, it 'soft tacks'. I'm not sure if Ewas typically have wires that are a bit softer than Panache/Cleo, or if it's just because I have firm tissue and a lot of centre fullness/immediate projection near my sternum. However, I consider this a very minor fit issue, since again this happens in pretty much every bra I own (the aforementioned Deco being a notable exception, but I definitely wouldn't want to do labwork and run up and down stairs in my Deco all day...). The bra still feels comfortable and supportive.
I've tried as much as I can to give a helpful description of how the S cut fits on someone with my breast shape in my size range. If anyone reading this is thinking of buying one and has any questions, feel free to message me! Measurements will be up shortly, when I can stand to take it off my body.
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