Wacoal Women's Underwire Sport Bra

Best sports bra I've ever had for a large breasted person. Listen to reviews... I bought 38I... could have used a J but not offered. The waist band is tight. My ribs are 37" and the 40 band is VERY snug, so don't go small on this. However, it provides great support. (I tried a 40" but it was too large.) The shoulder straps are also very snug. I put on longest length and is snug. I tried one and ended up buying 3. Been wearing them about a month and love them. I do wash in a lingerie bag and air dry. So far no problems. Very happy!

I LOVE this bra. It’s the only sports bra I’ve owned that actually separates the girls. I wear this brand for my everyday bras so I bought the same size, 40G, in this sports bra. It fits me perfectly. Snug. Supportive. Comfortable. The wire comes up high in the center and under the arms but it doesn’t bother me. I can exercise without bouncing around. Yay!

Great running bra. I’ve tried many. Wacoal has an unusual design. The underwire is on the outside of the bra. At first, I thought they had put the back hooks on backwards!

Not bad. Agree with others the band runs small compared to my other bras (I'd size up). The cups have no padding which is ok but shows more than I'd like. Biggest issues are that there are scratchy parts on the back of the band as well as near the underarms, so it's not very comfortable, plus the underwire goes really far up the middle which for me doesn't fit well. Removed the tags already (seemed fine at the time) so will wear it anyway.

This sports bra is outstanding. I am a 32H, which is an exceptionally difficult size to fit for a sports bra. Or any bra for that matter. I own 10 of these, not joking. They are worth every penny.- The sizing is exactly like a regular bra.- The exoskeleton type underwire seems strange, but they truly serve their purpose. You are totally supported. No slipping out the bottom and you are perfectly separated. No sweaty uni-boob.- Perfect lift. If only all my bras had such a beautiful silouette. In fact, I often wear this sports bra as a t-shirt bra. As other ladies here have mentioned, it lifts and shapes so nicely, you find yourself kind of living in this bra. And I wear the heck out of these when I'm menstral and my breasts hurt with every movement. It's then that I send a little prayer up to the bra gods to give the designer of this bra their place in the heavens!- The strange straps annoyed me at first. Then I realized that the reason this bra functions so beautifully is because it doesn't have the usual type of sliding adjustable straps. My lady bits would just pull those out of place during my workout. The hook keeps those straps exactly where you want them and they don't budge. I learned to take my time when I put it on to neatly tuck the ends under the straps (I use the shortest setting so I have the longest amount to tuck away) but once I tuck them under the strap they no longer trouble me. Someone left a review here that they hated the bra because of that. I think that reviewer missed the whole objective of the bra when they made that judgement call. Taking a minute to tuck your strap ends is a very small price to pay for a sports bra that functions so well.- I am finally able to engage in high impact workouts. The total full coverage, stay put straps, exoskeleton underwire, and sturdy construction all serve to prevent bounce. I have run a 5k, do bouncy spin cycling, and high impact plyometric workouts and am totally satisfied with this bras performance. Which is why I now own 10.- These bras breathe very well. I have done seriously sweaty activities in this bra and I have been very happy with its ability to handle the moisture and retain its excellent support. Really impressive!- Have I mentioned what this bra does for your figure?! It's akin to spanx for your breasts. Perfect perfect perfect shape, exceptional lift, perfect spacing, smoothing and firming. I literally get 2-3 inches height on my waistline, making me look slimmer! Woohoo! As other ladies here have mentioned, this sort of shaping when you have large breasts is like gold in your pocket.Advice:1. Wash in a mesh bag and line dry. That being said, I have washed and dried the piss out of several of these bras and they did pretty well. But the dryer does weaken the strength of the stretchy bits over time and will eventually result in a less supportive bra. The mesh bag serves to protect the underwire from going awry and the hook and eye closures from getting messed up. These bras are not delicate princesses, but to make them stay in great shape and enjoy a long and productive life in your wardrobe, it's worth the extra effort so buy a mesh bag with your bra if you don't have one already. It's worth the investment. They do dry very fast.2. Get the right fit. This bra only does its job well when you get it in the right fit. The underwire should be flush against your chest under your breast and especially between your breasts. The back should be very snug. The cup fabric should cover your entire breast all the way, no breast tissue out the sides or over the top. Especially if you do moderate to high impact workouts, you will want to get this fit right. But when you do, the heavens part and the angels sing!!

EDIT: technically, this is called an 'outerwire' bra. Picture nor description conveys that. In short, the underwire you see, is SEPARATE from the cups. The cups, are really a UNIBOOB sheath. That's why the center underwire won't lie properly against the breastbone. Original review follows below.==============Whoever designed this bra for the buxom, did it to torment them. Or, actually intended this bra be used as a twirling slingshot for cantaloupes, just like my siblings used to do with my bras, when I was in high school?Details follow, but the most important flaw is this: THEY MADE THE SEAMS SCRATCHY. Shoulda been common sense, that you don't put the seams and all that scratchy thread, on the side which will touch the skin. Nice quality fabric and sewing, so the fault is the design, not the manufacture. Candy apple red, maybe even fire-engine red.And the thing doesn't breathe. But is supposed to be a sport bra? Since it takes a good five minutes to put on, you do spend more calories; but once the bra is on, it's so hot you begin chafing right away.Bra cuts into armpits, even with band extenders; however, I inserted removable bra straps, to correct the TOO-SHORT-STRAP design. For there's only six inches of strap, and it won't stretch.Strap also has little segments to insert the strap rather than traditional adjustable straps; thankfully one can then insert removable bra straps (with hooks at BOTH ends; can't find them here in Amazon). This is the only way to 'redeem' bra usage. I did that, so can FINALLY wear the bra in some comfort.Underband beneath the underwire, still curls upward. They made the band wrong: you should create a STRAIGHT (not curved), thick and 1" to 1.5" deep felt elastic band BENEATH the underwire as an anchor. This type of banding is routine for non-underwire bras; they SHOULD do it routinely for underwire bras, as the underwire pulls the bra upward, so itself needs to be pulled DOWN. Wacoal fails to do this, so chafing results, or breast tissue falls beneath the wire. So again, design is bad, Wacoal allegedly-female designers are NOT empathetic with the needs of buxom women.Size is way off, too. I ordered my correct size after measuring and reading the Wacoal sizes; yet this bra is easily two sizes too small in the band and straps. Again, it's cut too high. The underwire is also way too high, with the result that you can't wear the bra except with turtleneck or high crewneck t-shirts. Rest of the bra is microfiber stretch, creating a UNIBOOB which forces the underwire to pouch out, so it cannot lay against your breastbone, due to the interior UNIBOOB lining.You can't tell all these design flaws until you actually try on the bra, given how it's wrapped in the package. So of course you can't return it, lest someone claim she got sick from your skin... oy vey.The right design, by contrast, would leave out that UNIBOOB lining, or at least make it more stretchy, so the wires can lay against the breastbone and separate, lift, as is the point of underwire bras. Additionally, they need to add a huge thick felt STRAIGHT elastic band BELOW the wire, since the band's job is to hold up your boobs (never use your straps to lift them).In short, a GOOD bra would be seamless-cup (and this one is), so would not have scratchy strap/band seams against the skin, would have long WIDE adjustable but non-stretch straps for ample adjustment, would have BREATHABLE material, and a thick STRAIGHT (not curved) supporting felt elastic band (a good inch or two wide) BELOW the underwire. This bra only has the seamless cup. So on every other count, it FAILS. Seriously, Wacoal needs to go back to bra school. They have no idea what works in a bra. That they have so many customers, means their customers are clueless, too. So I too was clueless when buying, but no more.The closest bra I've found to meet the above requirements (except it lacks underwire) is called 'reversible bra' and is sold by BCOutlet here in Amazon (see my review); it's cheap but good quality, washes well, dries quickly, with a molded cup and swimsuit slide closure, REMOVABLE straps (yay). But it needs the wire. That's a problem, I can easily correct.Pity Wacoal bra design, isn't so savvy.

The best sports bras out there for big breasted women! The quality is phenomenal. I’m on my third bra just ordered my 4th. I outgrew my first two going through menopause. They wash amazing! I don’t machine dry I just let it air dry.