Below is a mostly-comprehensive list of Empreinte 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 in 2025, but includes discontinued and vintage styles (pre-2000s) for reference. 

Empreinte, a French luxury lingerie brand founded in 1946, specializes in high-end, supportive intimates for fuller busts (C-H cups), emphasizing elegant lace, seamless construction, and innovative deeper cups pioneered in the 1950s.

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.  

Empreinte bras are renowned for their deep, seamed cups that provide excellent forward projection and lift for fuller, projected shapes, often with side support panels for centering. Seamless and padded options like Cassiopee or Melody offer rounding and smoothing for shallower profiles. The brand focuses on fuller busts, categorizing by coverage (full-cup for projection, demi for versatility), but Empreinte's average-to-deep depth suits projected FOT/FOB best, while shallower wearers may need to size down a cup to prevent wrinkling. 

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. 

Empreinte wires are generally average to narrow, suiting narrow to average roots exceptionally well—ideal for close-set, projected tissue in sizes up to H. For wide roots, full-coverage styles like Agathe provide broader wires; plunges like Misia work for narrower fits with low gores. Reddit threads highlight that vintage styles (e.g., 1950s deeper cup innovations) have narrower wires for slimmer roots, while modern ones offer more adaptability but may dig on very wide roots.

How to Use This List

Identify Your Shape: Use A Bra That Fits resources or measure projection and root width. Empreinte recommends full-cup for projected/fuller busts and seamless for everyday smoothing via their site guides. 

Match Bra Style: For shallow breasts, prioritize seamless, padded, or demi bras (e.g., Cassiopee Seamless, Melody Plunge). For projected breasts, choose seamed full-cup or balconette (e.g., Irina, Nina). Vintage deeper cups suit projected FOT for retro lift but may overwhelm modern shallow roots.

Check Root Width: Ensure wire width aligns with your root—Empreinte’s narrow-average wires favor narrow to average roots, but full-cups work for wide.  

Note: Empreinte runs large in cups (size down 1 cup from UK) and snug in bands (size up 1 band if needed); EU sizing (65-105, C-H).

Additional Notes

Shape-Specific Collections: Empreinte’s Cassiopee and Fleur de Soie lines (e.g., 07151, 07220) excel for shallow breasts with average to wide roots, offering seamless molded cups for smoothing with comfort up to H. The Irina and Nina series (e.g., 07100, 07090) provide seamed balconette and full-cup options for projected shapes with narrow roots, centering FOT/FOB tissue with deep projection. Misia (07120) is a universal plunge for its low gore adapting to close-set narrow roots.

Some wearers critique Empreinte plunges (e.g., Eclat 07130) for wrinkling on highly projected FOT or being too narrow on wide-root FOB, causing side spillage. Conversely, seamless styles like Pure (07280) are lauded for shallow wide shapes but may gap on narrow projected due to moderate depth. Bands run snug (size up 1) but stretch minimally—opt for firm fit and rotate; cups run large (size down 1 from UK).

Wire Width: Empreinte bras typically have narrow to average wires, suiting narrow to average roots but challenging very wide ones (e.g., Sublime for broader fits). Vintage 1950s styles have slimmer wires, ideal for narrow roots but less forgiving on fuller modern figures. 

Discontinued & Vintage Styles: Favorites like Melody padded (07200) and Thalia (07050) remain popular for their deep, padded fits but vary in condition—check for reissues in core colors (black, nude, ivory). 1950s-1960s deeper cup bras offer projected lift but require vintage EU sizing conversion (e.g., 85C). Availability is limited as the brand evolves toward seamless modern essentials. 

Fit Variability: Cup depth increases with size (deeper in G/H). For projected shapes, sister size up in cup (e.g., 34F vs. 36E) if too shallow; for shallow, down to avoid gapping. Empreinte uses French EU sizing. Always scoop and swoop.