C.O.
No a bra is not a bra is a bra....
VS bras have "lift" that many bras don't have. Some are made with spandex and cotton...they have a wide variety, colors and styles...I LOVE LOVE LOVE their Bio-fit line...I'm a 38DD and love the support and LIFT I get with that line.
Some bras are what the "old timers" used to say an "over the shoulder boulder holder" - wide elastic straps that cut into the shoulders, cups that made breasts more like torpedoes...
Wait until they go on sale and buy them then. If you wash them properly - they last for years...