The Best Bralette I've Ever Tried
The Best Bralette I've Ever Tried
I don't mean to sound dramatic, but this will change your life.
Shitters, you know it’s a good one when I interrupt my (very official) content calendar to bump something up in the schedule, but sometimes you find something so mind-blowing that it just cannot be made to wait (spoiler alert, you will almost certainly see this at or near the top of the next Most Wonderful Shit of the Year list—it is that good).
I can’t remember the last time I wore regular underwire bras. Maybe 2019? And in the words of Kamala Harris, we are not going back!!! I am 100% a bralette person, and if you’ve been here for a minute, you know I’ve loved Skims. But after I wore this for the very first time I knew that my Skims were getting booted from the top of my Abby Lee Miller-style pyramid.
I’m resisting the urge to just gush about this bralette in one 500+ word paragraph, but it’s difficult—to me it seems like this was engineered in lab to specifically address every single complaint people normally have about bras? In short, it’s fantastic, but in less short, these are the highlights:
The fabric. This “butter soft” bralette is very aptly named—the modal blend fabric is insanely comfortable on the skin, but it also doesn’t pill with wear or washes (something that tends to happen with other soft fabrics). It always sounds like people are lying when they say a bra “feels like you aren’t wearing one!” but this one will likely not bother even the pickiest of wearers. It doesn’t feel like NOTHING, but it is the most comfortable, supportive version of anything you could be wearing. There’s also no underwire, which of course is a prerequisite around here.
The fit. I can’t decide if this is the main selling point of this bra (there are too many to pick from), but the fit is a REVELATION. This lays flat and doesn’t dig into your skin or create unflattering bumps/rolls with the band. I find myself reaching for it specifically when I’m wearing something fitted because it has a smoothing effect under clothing and never shows lines or creases. The brand sells a few different bralettes in this fabric, but this particular one has a back closure and adjustable straps so you can customize the fit (and you don’t have to pull it on/off over your head like a sports bra). I took my usual size per the size chart and it was perfect!
The coverage. Sometimes you want to free the nipple, other times you want to do whatever the opposite of that is…! Bralettes are generally thinner than traditional bras and (in my personal experience, at least) can be bad at nipple coverage, but this one has soft molded cups that give you coverage and shaping without the annoying padded bra-effect, and, unlike most cups, they don’t move around inside the bra, come out during washes, and/or get folded up or lumpy after a few wears. For someone who always ends up fishing the removable cups out of other bras for those reasons, this is was HUGE.
I ordered a second color (toffee—on sale!), approximately two days after receiving the black, which is perhaps the ultimate vote of confidence!
Clearly, you can tell that I love this thing, but there are a couple caveats. 1) If you’re over a C cup, I’m not 100% sure if this version will work for you. Commando does make an alternative, though I can’t vouch for it myself, but I’m happy to share other alts or feedback from those of you who can! And 2) While this does beat out traditional bras in most every category, it’s not exactly sexy… like, at all. That doesn’t bug me for day-to-day wear, but just so you know what you’re getting into.
Other things I’m loving at the moment: UBeauty gave us a code! PRIYANKA20 gets new and existing customers 20% everything, which is huge! I’m using it to stock up on their Duo—this stuff in particular is a forever favorite. My current hyperfixation breakfast of the summer is one banana, one egg, and 1/4 cup of oats blended to make a pancake. Serve with salted butter, maple syrup, and a glass of this stuff, ofc. Are we all Pink Pony Girls now? Tried two delicious new NYC spots last week—the first was Son del North for burritos and later Quique Crudo for amazing Mexican seafood. Highly recommend both! I wouldn’t say I love it, but the way I’ve eaten up every morsel of this It Ends With Us saga… in the immortal words of Kris Jenner, this is a case for the FBI!!!!
The way I clicked that link instantly! Have you tried the Scoop bra by Knix? Seems similar but the Scoop wasn’t great for me at a DD.
Ooh I haven’t but looks very similar, ty for the rec! Do you have any favorites that do work for you?