Bra Styles for Different Breast Shapes

Breast shape is a contributor to bra fit that is not often considered, but each breast shape fills out all bra styles differently.

Augmented

After a breast augmentation, one can wear nearly any bra style without worrying about a compromised shape.

Best bras for augmented breasts

• A bandeau is a type of soft, wrap-around, strapless bra that those with most other breast shapes feel uncomfortable wearing.
• An adhesive bra is perfect for strapless dresses to conceal nipples and give very slight support.
• A strapless bra works for tube tops.
• Going braless will work, as augmented breasts rarely droop.

Close-set

If a woman has close-set breasts, she is likely to have issues with gores being too wide and not sitting flat against her sternum.

Best bras for close-set breasts

• A bra with a very narrow or very low center gore will work well.

• You can narrow a center gore yourself by altering an existing bra.

Worst bras for close-set breasts

• Full-cup bras typically have wider center gores.

• Any bra with a wide center gore, regardless of cut, will not tack.

Full

Full breasts are round and equally full everywhere. A woman with full breasts may struggle with “quad-boob”, even when she has a bra that properly fits. Bras can cause spill-over in full breasted women by cutting into the breast tissue.

Best bras for full breasts

• A demi-cup bra is low cut to avoid quad-boob effect.

• A balconette bra has a square neckline that falls mid-breast.

• A full-cup bra covers the full breast and will avoid cutting across the fullest part.

• A bra with an elastic top can make the shape appear more streamlined.

Worst bras for full breasts

• A bra that cuts across the fullest part of the breast will create quad-boob.

Pear

Breasts are pear-shaped if they’re fuller on the bottom half, and if nipples are slightly pointing downward.

Best bras for pear-shaped breasts

• A molded-cup bra will shape and lift the breast.

• A padded bra can enhance breast size and reduce the appearance of sagging by making the breasts appear fuller.

• A padded t-shirt bra is soft and has full coverage, giving breasts a more firm appearance.

Worst bras for pear-shaped breasts

• A full-cup bra will not be filled out by one’s shape at the top, and it will gape.

• A balconette bra may not make breasts look as perky and attractive as desired, as they’re not super firm.

Pointed

Pointed breasts have a sloping shape at the top, as well as pointy nipples, so they need extra help in order to retain a rounded shape.

Best bras for pointed breasts

• A molded-cup, t-shirt bra will reduce nipple show and round out the shape.

• A padded bra can encourage a rounder shape.

• A padded, push-up bra pushes breasts up and together.

Worst bras for pointed breasts

• A plunge bra will simply make breasts fall forward and out of the bra.

Shallow

If a woman’s breast tissue is very spread out all over her chest, without having a lot of projection, she is shallow-shaped. This often occurs in smaller cup sizes from A-DD, but has also been observed in larger cup sizes as well. With this shape, one might not feel the need to wear a bra. Options differ depending on whether a woman wants to avoid nipple chafing or to appear larger.

Best bras for shallow breasts

• Shallow-shaped breasts need bras that are very open on top.

• Many padded and some unpadded half-cup bras work well.

• A padded bra can enhance size while looking natural.

• A bandeau has simple coverage to avoid nipple chafing.

• A shaped camisole works well to avoid both constriction and nipple chafing.

Worst bras for shallow breasts

• A push-up bra will make breasts look unnaturally enhanced, which may not be a look you want.

• Plunges often have a very closed rim that will cut in on many women with this shape.

• Unpadded, three-quarter cup bras with narrow wires and deep cups will fit poorly.

Wide-set

Wide-set breasts have a natural middle gap that is narrower at the top than the bottom.

Best bras for wide-set breasts

• A balconette bra will lift and round-out the shape of the breasts.

• A padded or unpadded plunge bra will bring the breasts to the center of the chest.

• A padded, molded-cup bra will fit one’s breasts into a specific shape.

• A push-up bra pushes breasts upward and together.

• A padded push-up bra will give breasts an ideal shape, as well as push them up and together.

Worst bras for wide-set breasts

• A bra that simply pushes one’s breasts together might look too “forced”.

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Follow My Curves: “Different Breast Shapes and Their Perfect Bras”