Review: Knix Luxe V-neck bra

As Knix was founded via Kickstarter, I hoped their bras might actually be a true innovation and a more workable option than the Cake Sugar Candy wirefree bra. 
Spoiler: yeahhhh, not so much. 

The idea: a seamless wirefree bra that fits like a second skin.  
The construction: one continuous piece of very thin, laser-cut microfiber with semi-molded cups. You can see all the styles here: Knix

 

Beauty

Very sleek; very, very plain. 

 Comfort & Fit

Fabric. Paper thin -not especially soft- sheet of microfiber that is surprisingly non-stretchy.

Cups.  Very underwhelming capacity. The fabric doesn't have enough stretch to conform to different shapes, and the way the cup is molded really flattens the top of the boob into an unfortunate downward sloping shape. This shape is kryptonite to full-on-tops and gives a far worse shape than going braless. That makes them suitable for only one shape: (completely, totally) full-on-bottom. And not especially flattering on that shape, since the cup does not round the boobs upward.

Dear-mother-of-god. FOT kryptonite.

Band.  Here comes more bad news. It is incredibly rare for me to complain about the sides or band being too low. But....

 ....this is insanely low. (Also, here is my upper boob trying -and almost succeeding- in defeating the awful top-flattening shape of the molded cups.)

The band (& all of the bra, which is a single piece) is extremely thin. This does not result in the intended greater comfort, since the fabric just sits oddly on the body, threatening to roll up or shift sideways, rather than conforming as a softer, thicker, more stretchy fabric would.

Straps.  While nice and wide, they are a very thin fabric, and so have no cushiony feel to them. Also, they have mega-stretch. While this would have been welcome in the cups, it is disastrous in the straps, negating all support. Particularly when combined with the crazy-low sides & thin band.

Who Might the Knix bra work for?

Though the sizes are 1-8 (supposedly going up to a 42DDD) I really can't see this being a viable option for anything above a C-cup, and definitely not for any but the most full-on-bottom shape. 

I tried an 8, which sister-sizes to a 40G (US) which is normally plenty big enough in the cup for me. While the band was true to size, the cups run very, very small. Because a good 1/3 of the cup capacity is basically wasted with that flat ski-slope upper cup, sizing up won't really help much unless you are completely FOB. 

Price: $55   Size: 8

Lone bright spot:  the company has great customer service. I completed their online return form and was told my card would be credited, and to just keep the bra and pass it along to someone who could use it. Nice. Now, I just need to figure out who that might be. I know exactly one person who is a B-cup...