Most Supportive and Least Supportive Bras
We get a lot of questions about our bras’ support level. From the most lifted, round, centered, contained,
locked ’n loaded… to the least. As with a lot of bra-things, the answer is more an art than a science.
We asked two fitting models to try on Understance bras and rank them by support level.
Model 1: Toni – Size: 40G
Model 2: Ellie – Size: 36DDD
The two models are not very different in size – only 3 absolute cup sizes apart (36DDD -> 38DDD -> 40DDD -> 40G). So why did they come up with such different rankings? One of the bras, Sierra FlexWire™ Balconette, is the most supportive bra on Toni’s list, and the least supportive on Ellie’s list.
The answer is a bra has to fit you well to be supportive. Toni and Ellie have very different breast shapes. There isn’t one bra that could possibly fit them both well.
Toni’s shape: very short roots, wide roots, medium projection. The feature of her breast shape that stands out the most is short roots.
Toni’s breasts when supported, side view
Average breasts when supported, side view
“X-ray” view of Toni in the Quinn FlexWire™ Full Coverage Bra
Full coverage bras don’t work for her. There are empty pockets at the top and bottom of the cups (seen from the shadow under the mesh panels and wrinkles above the wire). The wire is hovering below her breasts, not giving her much lift.
Now let’s look at Ellie (36DDD) in the same bra:
