A brassiere comprising: a chest band configured to encircle and lay against a wearer's ribcage, a portion of the chest band including a pair of concavities , each concavity in the pair of concavities configured to be located below one of a wearer's breasts when the brassiere is worn; a pair of curved support members attached to the chest band along the pair of concavities , respectively; and a pair of breast cups , each breast cup being situated within a respective concavity in the pair of concavities, and each breast cup comprising an inner liner , an outer liner , and a foam pad sandwiched between the inner and outer liners; wherein at least one of the inner and outer liners of each breast cup is attached to the chest band along the respective concavity ; wherein the foam pad of each breast cup is not attached to the chest band , other than by way of the at least one of the inner and outer liners ; and wherein the chest band comprises an inner layer configured to touch a wearer's skin, an outer layer configured to face outwardly from the wearer, and an intermediate layer sandwiched between the inner and outer layers ; characterized in that a lower region of the inner liner of each breast cup extends past a lower edge of the foam pad and a lower edge of the outer liner of each breast cup , and a lower portion of the lower region of the inner liner of each breast cup is overlapped with the chest band ; an upper portion of the lower region of the inner liner of each breast cup that extends past the lower edges of the foam pad and the outer liner is not overlapped with the chest band ; and between the lower portion of the lower region of the inner liner and the lower edge of the foam pad , only the upper portion of the lower region of the inner liner connects the breast cups to the chest band on an inner face of the brassiere . a chest band configured to encircle and lay against a wearer's ribcage, a portion of the chest band including a pair of concavities , each concavity in the pair of concavities configured to be located below one of a wearer's breasts when the brassiere is worn; a pair of curved support members attached to the chest band along the pair of concavities , respectively; and a pair of breast cups , each breast cup being situated within a respective concavity in the pair of concavities, and each breast cup comprising an inner liner , an outer liner , and a foam pad sandwiched between the inner and outer liners; wherein at least one of the inner and outer liners of each breast cup is attached to the chest band along the respective concavity ; wherein the foam pad of each breast cup is not attached to the chest band , other than by way of the at least one of the inner and outer liners ; and wherein the chest band comprises an inner layer configured to touch a wearer's skin, an outer layer configured to face outwardly from the wearer, and an intermediate layer sandwiched between the inner and outer layers ; characterized in that a lower region of the inner liner of each breast cup extends past a lower edge of the foam pad and a lower edge of the outer liner of each breast cup , and a lower portion of the lower region of the inner liner of each breast cup is overlapped with the chest band ; an upper portion of the lower region of the inner liner of each breast cup that extends past the lower edges of the foam pad and the outer liner is not overlapped with the chest band ; and between the lower portion of the lower region of the inner liner and the lower edge of the foam pad , only the upper portion of the lower region of the inner liner connects the breast cups to the chest band on an inner face of the brassiere . <EOS>