Guide to Fantasie Bra Styles, Sizing and Fit

Below is a mostly-comprehensive list of Fantasie 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 some discontinued styles are included for reference.

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. Fantasie’s side support and full cup styles often provide excellent forward projection, while molded and padded options like balconettes help create rounded fullness for shallower shapes.

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. Fantasie bras generally feature wide to average wires, making them ideal for wide roots but potentially too broad for very narrow ones.

How to Use This List

Identify Your Shape: Use Fantasie’s Breast Shape guide on their website or other resources to confirm if you’re shallow or projected and your root width.

Match Bra Style: For shallow breasts, prioritize padded, molded, or balconette bras (e.g., Smoothing Seamless Balcony, Rebecca). For projected breasts, choose unlined, seamed, or side-support bras (e.g., Illusion, Fusion).

Check Root Width: Ensure wire width aligns with your root—Fantasie’s wide wires suit average to wide roots best.

Additional Notes

Shape-Specific Collections: Fantasie’s side support line (e.g., Illusion FL2982, Reflect FL6001) excels for projected breasts with wide roots, providing forward projection and preventing side spillage. For shallow shapes, molded styles like Smoothing Seamless Balcony (4520) and Rebecca (4530) create even, rounded profiles without overwhelming the tissue.

Some wearers critique Fantasie’s full cup bras (e.g., Fusion 6011) for feeling too shallow on highly projected breasts, leading to compression or wrinkling. Balconettes and plunges (e.g., Memoir, Estelle) are great for lift on shallow shapes but may gap on narrow roots due to average-to-wide wires.

Wire Width: Fantasie bras typically have wide wires, suiting average to wide roots but challenging very narrow ones (e.g., Rebecca or Estelle for closer fits).

Discontinued Styles: Icons like Olivia and Florence are great for their versatile fits but becoming scarce.

Fit Variability: Cup depth and wire width vary by size (e.g., smaller cups may feel narrower). For projected shapes, sister size up (e.g., 32G vs. 34FF) if too shallow; for shallow, down a cup to avoid gapping. Always scoop and swoop for optimal fit.

List of Fantasie Bras