I like these brands because they recognize that women have curves: Shebeest, Terry, Fox, Zoic. Sugoi sometimes. Voler's women's cut is pretty good.
If you just have to have a jersey with an elastic hem, have the elastic removed by shortening and re-hemming the jersey (by a professional or someone with professional skills and equipment -- which is not moi). I have found that a lot of jerseys with elastic are too long anyway (part of the whole problem) so shorter is better. Men's jerseys can end up looking very chic and tailored by doing this. Removing elastic without shortening will pretty much ruin the jersey due to the way it is sewn in. I have paid between $10-$15 for hemming which seems expensive, but is worth the professional result. I just factor it into the cost of the jersey -- therefore it better be on sale and a really, really cool jersey.
Beware the comments about pulling the jersey down over your bottom to keep it down -- try getting on your saddle on a technical spot on the trail one time with a too long jersey. It can get down right dangerous getting tangled up.
The other thing I hate is all the raglan-sleeves. Don't they realize that anyone with a large bust shouldn't go anywhere near raglan sleeves? I think bicycle jersey designers be required to have a little garment design training. It's a joke what they think we should wear.



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