This bra just gives me such a strange shape. I feel it has to do with the seam pattern and my breast shape. The 28DD is too small, and the 28E is a significant improvement but still just not right for me.
I got this bra (Panache Harmony, black, size 28E) after buying it in black in 28DD and then finding it to be too small in the cup. This size fits perfectly, along with my other Harmony bra in size 28DD in nude.
The only difference is that the 28E has slightly longer wires than the 28DD, but I had no problems with poking or excess fabric on the sides. There was no weird flattening along the bottom of the cups, or wrinkles along the sides, or quadboobing, so I'm happyhttps://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" />
I don't even consider myself shallow chested, but this bra had far too much projection and the top of the cup gave me quadboob. The band seemed loose as well but that might just be me getting used to tighter bands. Such a shame to not be able to wear it, the raspberry is such a pretty colour and I love the tall wing.
The cups were too small for me. Band size was good. Nice and firm. The cups made me really pointy and I spilled out the top of the bra. It cut in at odd places. I think I'd need a size bigger but I'm not sure I really like the shape it gives me. I prefer a more rounded look. The fabric was lovely though. Really nice embroidery and comfortable. Not scratchy. The gore came up very high which pinched me a bit but I think it's because I'm quite bony there!
As my breast size fluctuates quite a bit during the day and I wanted to see how a smaller size fit me. The 28F that fits me perfectly during the mornings and early afternoon seems way too large towards the evening: the cups wrinkle at the top and their seems to be empty fabric at the sides.
Bra description:
A handsome full-cup bra made out of black stretch lace partly underlined with a sheer, very smooth, non-stretch mesh. The whole appearance is quite delicate and subtly sheer. The 'side support slings' on the inside of the cups are made out the same smooth, sheer mesh material that is folded ...double so there's no rough, bumpy or overlocked edge touching the breasts.
Fit:
As said, the 28F fits me close to perfectly, but my breast size fluctuates and there are times I feel I'm nowhere near filling it out. At those times this 28E does seem to fit me better: the cups are filled (slight tendency to quadboob on my larger right side, though) and the wires encircle my breasts more closely. HOWEVER, there's a big big but: where the 28F gives me a lovely rounded shape even when I'm not filling it out completely, the shape this 28E gives me is ... well, 'retro' is probably the most positive way to describe the verging-on-duck-beak-pointiness. Also, my breasts really have to be completely 'deflated' for the centre gore to remain flat on my sternum and that just doesn't happen all too often.
Conclusion:
This bra clearly is too small for me and even though I might 'shrink' into it at some point it's going to be returned. The thing that amazes me most is the difference in shape the size makes: properly fitting / slightly too large = lovely and round almost fitting / slightly too small = pointy duck beaks. Read more 198 more words
I bought the Confetti when I knew very little about fit and was still trying to work out my basic size; my first impression was "the cups are just too shallow and wide", but in hindsight I probably could have done with trying a cup size smaller (28DD). It definitely runs shallow and wide relative to the Tango balconette, and it's a bit more open on top as well. In cup construction and overall shape, it's somewhat similar to the Cleo Lucy.
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