Guide to Bali Bra Styles, Sizing and Fit

Below is a mostly-comprehensive list of Bali bras, including their style names and style numbers, with notations on whether each is suitable for shallow or projected breasts and wide or narrow roots. The list prioritizes bras currently available, but discontinued styles are included for reference, as Bali has a history of discontinuing popular comfort-focused designs.

Notes on Fit and Breast Shape

Shallow vs. Projected: Shallow breasts have less forward projection and a wider base, needing wider, less deep cups to avoid gaping or empty space at the top. Projected breasts extend farther out, requiring deeper cups with immediate projection at the wire. Bali bras are predominantly molded, seamless, or wireless with shallow cup shapes, making them ideal for shallow profiles that benefit from smoothing and light lift, but often too shallow for projected shapes, leading to quad-boob, compression, or overflow.

Wide vs. Narrow Roots: Wide roots span a broader chest area, needing wider wires for comfort and to prevent digging into breast tissue; narrow roots are more compact, needing narrower wires to ensure the gore tacks fully. Bali wires are generally average to wide, suiting wide roots well but often too broad on narrow roots, causing gaping or poor centering.

How to Use This List

Identify Your Shape: Use Bali’s Fit Finder on their website or r/ABraThatFits resources to confirm if you’re shallow or projected and your root width.

Match Bra Style: For shallow breasts, prioritize molded, seamless, or wireless bras (e.g., One Smooth U, Comfort Revolution). For projected breasts, choose full-coverage or minimizers if available (options limited; consider sister sizing up for depth).

Check Root Width: Ensure wire width aligns with your root—Bali’s average-to-wide wires favor wide roots, but wireless like Passion for Comfort work for average to narrow.

Additional Notes

Shape-Specific Collections: Bali’s One Smooth U line (e.g., 3820, 3835) excels for shallow breasts with wide roots, offering seamless molding for smooth, minimized profiles under clothing. Wireless styles like Comfort Revolution (3463) and Passion for Comfort (3300, discontinued) provide the most forgiving fits for softer, shallow tissue. For projected shapes, minimizers like 3385 offer slightly deeper cups, but unlined options are scarce—most are molded and shallow.

Some wearers critique Bali molded bras (e.g., 3562, 3820) for exacerbating issues on projected FOT breasts, causing overflow or pointy shapes. Wireless and full-coverage like 2321 are good for wide roots and pendulous shallow shapes but can gap on narrow or highly projected profiles due to average depth. Bands often run snug (small), requiring extenders; cups are generous (big) compared to UK sizing.

Wire Width: Bali bras typically have average to wide wires, suiting wide roots but challenging very narrow ones (e.g., plunges like 3830 for closer fits). 

Discontinued Styles: Favorites like Passion for Comfort (3385, 3300) and Strapless (3370) popular for their comfort but vary in availability.

Fit Variability: Cup depth and wire width vary by size (e.g., smaller cups shallower). For projected shapes, sister size up in cup (e.g., 34D vs. 36C) if too shallow; for shallow, down a cup to avoid gapping. Bali uses traditional +4/+5 sizing—trust ABTF calculator for accuracy. Always scoop and swoop.

List of Bali Bras