Cups-- wide & shallow; sides of the bra run high, but don't irritate me
Band runs small, like 2 sizes.
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Updated on Jul 20, 2016 Flag this
Cup size looks really tooooosmall, but I'm guessing it's like VS is for me, if you size up in the cup it just gets wider and wider and one cup covers half way around my size before I stop quadding.
I wonder if you could go up a few cup sizes, open up one edge of the underwire channeling, take out the too-wide wires, and replace the underwires with the width that fits you? I wonder if it would make the cup more narrow and projected, or if it would just completely screw with the molded fabric shape... Hmmm...
I think there are limits to what you can do with molded cups. But this is a very new brand. Hopefully they will survive the first few seasons and go on to refine their cup shapes and designs!
Slava-Zone I think that might work to an extent, but as wendybien said there's only so much you can do to a molded cup. Seeing as how when I bent the wires it made the bottom more shallow, idk of swiping the wires would work too well.
@wendybien I was surprised this was so comfortable as well. I have a Goddard strapless that basically has the same issues and I ripped it off as soon as I got home (after 4 hours) because it was so uncomfortable
Prettyncharmeuse Yeah, I figured it would only work so far. Hmm maybe I'll go get a cheap molded bra from Target or Macys or something, and experiment myself!! :)
I usually wear 30DD/28E. I have fairly even breasts with average-wide roots and tallish roots where the tissue thins out over a larger slope on top.
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I thought this was a molded cup bra, but it is actually just a seamless bra and the cups are a stretch fabric.
It honestly fits alright, but I am not interested in keeping it since it is neither molded nor seamed. I much prefer the support and feel of a seamed bra if it isn't molded, and obviously this doesn't match my skin tone (it was on sale when I was placing other orders so I gave it a try).
The shape/height of the ... cups works well with my tall roots, and I like the wing height on the sides.
If you want more of a wired "comfort" bra that's seamless under shirts, but prefer the feel and fit of unlined bras, I would give this a try. Only notable con in this way is that I feel the nipple show is worse than in traditional seamed bras.
The fabric is a nice microfiber-y fabric.
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caramel colorway
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I was looking for a nude tshirt bra so I bought this one from Asos but sadly it runs small and its too shallow for me.
The band measures 27.5" so it should be a 28. The band fits me fine (27" underbust) though.So if you are a true 30 then definitely size up.
cafe au lait colorway
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Updated on Feb 15, 2017 Flag this
This bra was just too small. It seems like a very nice T Shirt bra, and i suspect it would give me a nice silhouette, if it fit.
Cafe Au Lait colorway
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Updated on May 31, 2016 Flag this
Oh very interesting, I saw some NS bras in Nordstrom Rack the other day I think (?) and really wondered about the fit, shape etc. They weren't even close to my size range so all I could do was grope them a bit lol. Very striking that this one ran SO small in the band, that is like straight up +4 vintage band sizing. I'm impressed that they manage to make a comfy bra despite the band issues, the super shallow base and the overall somewhat hard-to-fit shallowness at the center.