The Best Bras for Teardrop (Bottom-Heavy) Breasts

If most of your fullness sits in the lower half and the top feels softer or emptier, you're "teardrop" or bottom-heavy — one of the most common shapes there is. The tell-tale sign: full-coverage cups wrinkle or gape at the top, no matter what size you try. That's not a sizing failure. It's your cup shape fighting your breast shape.

Why full-coverage cups fail you

A tall, closed, full-coverage cup is built expecting fullness across the whole breast, top included. If your volume sits low, there's nothing up top to fill that upper section — so it collapses into wrinkles or stands away in a gap. You can have exactly the right volume and still get this; it's shape, not size. (It's the most common cause of cups gaping at the top.)

What works instead

  • Balconettes and demis — their lower, straighter top edge meets your tissue where it actually is, instead of leaving a void above it.
  • Plunges — angle volume inward and downward, flattering a bottom-heavy shape.
  • Molded t-shirt bras — the pre-formed cup smooths and fills the upper area for you under fitted tops.
  • Stretch-lace upper edges — adapt to your shape rather than imposing a rigid tall top.

The instinct when a cup gapes at the top is to size down. Don't — not if the bottom of the cup fills fine. Sizing down a bottom-heavy shape just pinches the part that was working. Change the cup shape (go lower-cut), not the cup size.

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What is teardrop or bottom-heavy breast shape?

It means most of your volume sits in the lower half of the breast, with less fullness up top. It's one of the most common shapes. The giveaway is that full-coverage cups wrinkle or gape at the top, because there's no upper tissue to fill them.

Why do my bra cups gape at the top?

Often because you're bottom-heavy and the cup is a tall, full-coverage shape expecting upper fullness you don't have. The volume can be exactly right and the top still gapes. The fix is a lower-cut cup, not a smaller size.

What bras are best for bottom-heavy breasts?

Lower-cut styles that contour your shape instead of leaving a void up top: balconettes, demi cups, and plunges, plus molded t-shirt bras for a smooth line. Stretch-lace upper edges also help, because they adapt to your shape rather than imposing a tall closed top.