Unearthed a few of these truly ancient relics from the depths of the closet (never unpacked thru several moves over the years). At least 1 fit perfectly as it came as it never made it to the 'time capsule', the rest I presume were abandoned as lost causes to eventually piece out for frankenbras at some point that never came.
Fit appears to be tall, shallow, unsupportive, gore hovers over sternum and sits on inner boobs. Basically exists as a glorified nipple shield.
Cup itself is extremely 'open' with a less distinct pyramid shape to it at the very middle of the cup. Telltale creases ... all over the bottom, and extending from the outer side to inner corner because there's little room in it for anyone who needs projection. The wires are both typical bare steel U shape, but also corkscrewed out from the pressure of breasts bowing the gore forward and the total lack of reinforcing wing on the side of the cup. Obviously the outer wire gouged inward at the ribs, cup flattened entire outer breast and compressed the deepest part of the cup upward into a tiny 4" wide by 8" deep bowl while the rest of the foam looks to have strained diagonally from lower outer to the upper cup attempting to hold the displaced breasts back IN. If I recall correctly this thing might have been dealing with very upper full breastfeeding boobs which likely were around a 34E (actually 26GG but lol we all know those didn't exist pre-2010)
Other than that, this bra seems to be in excellent condition for having moldered away forgotten in the dark forever. I'd expect VS quality of elastics to long since begin to break down and feel perpetually soapy/sticky. Mild pilling along bottom of gore, band elastic and closure, some separation along the decorative stretch lace.
Materials used are '76% Nylon, 24% Lycra' and include a very fine stretch knit lining over stretchy molded foam cups. The external stretch lace is always the same in this trove, and only stretches horizontally.
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