If you wear a band above a 40, most sports bra ranges quietly end before your size begins. A glamorise sports bra starts from the opposite direction. Glamorise has designed bras for curvy women in New York since 1921, and its sports line is built for the sizes the rest of the market treats as an afterthought: sports styles that reach a 50 band and, in the widest line, a J cup. This guide reads the range line by line, with each line’s size reach printed from brand sources, because with this brand the grid is the story.
One warning before the table. Glamorise listing titles are unreliable, and the same bra sells under different names at different retailers. The No-Bounce Camisole Elite you will see carded elsewhere as an “Elite Performance Wirefree” is style 1067 whatever the title says. Shop this brand by style number, never by title. Every line below carries its number.
The Glamorise sports bra range at a glance
The current sports collection on Glamorise holds seven lines, and they split into three jobs: camisole containment, adjustable control, and wirefree comfort, with one front zip for easy on and off. The reaches below come from the brand’s own fit and support guides, and where the brand’s pages disagree, we print the disagreement.
| Line (style) | Job | Size reach (brand sources) |
|---|---|---|
| No-Bounce Camisole (1066) | Mesh camisole containment, wirefree | Bands 34 to 50, cups C to J |
| No-Bounce Camisole Elite (1067) | The camisole with reinforced cups | Bands 34 to 46, cups to H |
| Custom Control (1166) | Adjustable front panel, wirefree | Bands 32 to 46, cups B to I |
| MagicLift Seamless Sports (1006) | Seamless wirefree, the soft option | Bands 34 to 50, cups B to J |
| High Impact Underwire (9066) | The wired high impact bra | Bands 32 to 46, cups to H |
| No-Sweat Mesh (1068) | Ventilated wirefree for hot workouts | Wide band grid, mesh build |
| Zip Up Front-Closure (9266) | Front zip, easy on and off | Front closure sports fit |
Two honest footnotes to that table. The brand’s own guides do not agree on the MagicLift Seamless Sports ceiling: one Glamorise guide prints cups B to J for the line, another prints a top cup of I across the same 34 to 50 bands. And the High Impact Underwire’s starting cup is B in one brand guide and C in another. Order from the size grid on the listing in front of you, not from any summary, including this one. For the full method behind reading a range by its ceilings, our Elomi bras and Panache bras guides use the same approach on the two UK brands.
The two design systems: MagicLift and WonderWire
Almost every Glamorise bra runs on one of two design systems, and which one you are buying matters more than the marketing name on the line.
MagicLift is the wirefree system. Inside each cup sits a cushioned support band that crosses under and over the bust, lifting and separating without a wire, as Glamorise describes its own design and retailer spec sheets for the family repeat. The Custom Control sports bra carries the same idea in its copy: a cushioned band that lifts, shapes and supports without a wire. It is why the brand’s wirefree sports bras hold a shape instead of flattening you into a single shelf.
WonderWire is the wired system, and it exists to answer the usual objection to underwires. The wire sits inside a padded channel with an extra layer of cushioning, so the wire shapes the cup without ever pressing directly against the body. The brand calls the result no poke support, and the design runs from the High Impact Underwire sports bra through the front closure everyday bras below.
Who a Glamorise sports bra suits, and who it does not
This range suits you if you wear a band from the mid 30s to a 50, if cup sized sports bras in your size keep turning out to be alpha sized crops with a hopeful label, or if you want a wirefree sports bra that separates rather than compresses. It also suits anyone whose support need changes by activity, because the Custom Control design lets you dial the front panel up or down instead of owning two bras. How that dial maps to real activities is covered in our guide to sports bra impact levels.
It suits you less if you wear a band under a 32, if you want a racerback or a low cut gym top silhouette, or if your size sits above a J cup in the sports lines. The sports range tops out lower than the everyday range: the MagicLift Original everyday bra runs to a 56 band on the brand’s own product page, a reach no Glamorise sports line matches. Readers at the very top of the size range are exactly who our guide to the biggest bra size was written for, and the No-Bounce Camisole 1066 is carded there.
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Glamorise Custom Control WonderWire Sports Bra 9167: the adjustable panel, with a wire
The Custom Control idea is the cleverest thing in this range: a front panel layered over the cups that you loosen or tighten at the shoulder clasps, so the same bra walks the dog on its loosest setting and survives a circuit class on its tightest. The wirefree Custom Control 1166 is the version most readers will meet first, and Bare Necessities carries its full size grid. Style 9167 is the family’s underwire member, sold as the Custom Control WonderWire at Belk, pairing the adjustable panel with a cushioned WonderWire for readers who want separation as well as control. Do not confuse it with the older Adjustable Support underwire, style 9166: one digit apart, a different bra.
Pros
- Adjustable front panel sets the control level per activity, one bra for low and high impact days
- WonderWire padded channel gives separation without wire poke
- A genuinely fresh style: this number is carded nowhere else on the site
Cons
- The style’s own published size grid could not be captured from brand or retailer pages, so check the sold grid on the listing before ordering
- One digit away from style 9166 in every search box, so verify the number at checkout
- Stock looks thinner than the wirefree sibling’s, with marketplace sellers carrying much of it
| Key Specs | Detail |
|---|---|
| Support | High, adjustable via the front panel |
| Size range | Not confirmed for this style; confirm the sold grid at the listing |
| Closure | Back hook and eye |
| Construction | WonderWire underwire, double layer cups, adjustable compression front panel |
| Adjustability | Front panel at the shoulder clasps; padded adjustable straps |
Glamorise High Impact Cami WonderWire Sports Bra 9160: the wired camisole
The camisole is this brand’s signature sports silhouette, and style 9160 is its wired, high impact form: an open air mesh camisole across the upper bust for containment, over WonderWire cups, in moisture wicking fabric with adjustable padded straps, designed in the brand’s New York studio per the listing copy carried by Glamorise. It answers the reader who likes what the wirefree No-Bounce Camisole 1066 does at the neckline but wants a wire doing the lifting underneath. Verified listing sizes run into the H cups in the upper 30s bands, where camisole containment earns its keep.
Pros
- Mesh camisole contains the upper bust, the zone a standard scoop neck leaves free to move
- WonderWire cups lift and separate instead of compressing
- Adjustable padded straps, a detail the wirefree camisole line keeps simpler
Cons
- No capturable published size grid for this style, so the listing grid is the only authority
- The camisole layer reads more covered up than a standard sports bra under low cut tops
- Easy to confuse with the wirefree 1066 and 1067 camisoles; buy on the number
| Key Specs | Detail |
|---|---|
| Support | High impact (brand rating) |
| Size range | Not confirmed; verified listing sizes reach the H cups |
| Closure | Not confirmed |
| Construction | WonderWire underwire, open air mesh camisole overlay, moisture wicking knit |
| Adjustability | Padded adjustable straps |
Glamorise WonderWire Front-Closure Bra 1245: the everyday crossover, labelled honestly
Style 1245 is not a sports bra, and this guide will not pretend otherwise. It is the brand’s front closure everyday bra, carded here for one stated reason: the sports line’s own front zip, style 9266, is already carded elsewhere on this site, and a front closure you can buy fresh today beats a repeated card. What you get is the same WonderWire system in a front snap closure bra with lace topped cups and side bust control, in a 67% polyamide, 26% polyester, 7% elastane fabric, sold across a wide grid at Target. For low impact days, travel days and anyone who cannot comfortably reach a back closure, it does the job the sports range leaves open.
Pros
- Front snap closure: on and off without reaching behind, the mobility friendly option
- WonderWire cushioning and wide cushioned straps, the brand’s comfort system intact
- The widest grid of the three picks here, bands 34 to 50
Cons
- An everyday bra, not a sports bra: support is medium, and it is not a workout pick
- Lace topped cups can texture through thin tees
- Hand wash only, per the listing care instructions
| Key Specs | Detail |
|---|---|
| Support | Medium (everyday bra, retailer rating) |
| Size range | Bands 34 to 50, cups B to G |
| Closure | Front snap closure |
| Construction | WonderWire padded underwire, lace topped cups, side bust control panels |
| Adjustability | Wide cushioned straps, back adjustable |
Common questions about Glamorise sports bras
Is a Glamorise sports bra sized in US or UK sizing? US sizing. Glamorise is a New York brand and its grids are printed in US bands and US cup letters, which is one less conversion than the UK brands in our sibling guides require. The cup letters still deserve care at the top of the grid, where US and UK letters drift apart.
Which Glamorise sports line reaches the biggest sizes? On the brand’s own guides, the No-Bounce Camisole 1066 and the MagicLift Seamless Sports 1006 share the widest sports reach, bands 34 to 50, with the camisole printed to a J cup. The everyday MagicLift Original goes further, to a 56 band, but it is not a sports bra.
What is the difference between styles 9166 and 9167? A digit, and a different bra. Style 9166 is the older Adjustable Support underwire, sized to a 46G in retailer copy. Style 9167 is the Custom Control WonderWire, the underwire member of the current Custom Control family (wirefree version: 1166). Retailers mix these two up; the style number on the garment label is the authority.
Why does this guide card an everyday bra? Because the fresh sports styles are a short list once the famous lines are set aside, and we would rather label an everyday bra honestly than repeat a card or dress one up as something it is not. The reasoning is printed in the module itself.
The bottom line
A glamorise sports bra is the specialist option for the sizes the mainstream sports market underserves: real cup and band grids to a 50 band, a wirefree system that separates instead of squashing, a wired system built to answer the poke objection, and one design, Custom Control, that adjusts to the day instead of demanding a second bra. Read the range by its style numbers, order from the grid on the listing in front of you, and a century of fitting curvy women does the rest.
