Dagobra

I fell for the beautiful AW13 Tea Rose and Figleaves exclusive Peppermint colourways. They're both perfect, incredibly flattering on my skintone - Tea rose works great as a neutral and Peppermint is a gorgeous mint green colour (mints being mostly blue these days). However, that's where my love for the Tango ends. I tried it in a variety of sizes, at a time when I still had no idea how wire width affects fit, I didn't know much about shape either and I had yet to try a bra that truly fit, so I had nothing to compare it to. Looking back, the cups were too wide in ... every size, and the shape was always very pointy and east-west, with almost no depth at the wires and gore, where I need it. The style is also a full cup rather than a balconette, at least in the larger cups, meaning it cut into my FOT/tall root, even in several sizes up. The Tango is one of those models that I'm sure works wonders for women with small cups or a larger underbust, but in the large cup/small band range, there are a lot of problems due to poor scaling.

Starting at a GG cup, the straps are reinforced with padding, there's boning at the wings, and it has a three hook closure. In spite of the issues I had with the cups, I still felt like my breasts were comfortably anchored to my body, with no possibility of an accidental peek or boob escaping anywhere. It's like Panache have constructed a boob fortress to securely contain your breasts. No flimsy lace, no frilly doo-dahs, just your boobies and their fortress.
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Updated on Aug 20, 2014 Flag this

This is a style of bra that is, sadly, completely incompatible with my narrow, projected, centre heavy boobs. The band is the loosest of all 70-band Ewa bras I've tried, and slides around with wear. The cups are wide and shallow, leaving empty space at the bottom and sides, while my breasts push not only the gore, but also the wires, away from my chest. They also manage to fall out the top, and it's all a very sad/hilarous sight to see. Anyhow, when *I* am not the one wearing the bra, it's very pretty. The floral pattern looks like something Cleo could do (when they're not busy doing '80s rave multi-coloured leopard prints).

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Updated on Jul 14, 2014 Flag this

I got this because my 30G Marcie is slightly on the small side during times of the month when I'm fuller. Turns out, I don't need a full cup size bigger, as this is both too wide (30G is perfect) and there's some wrinkling at the top and sides. I find the underwires very bitey, probably because of their width. Still, it's an ok fit, and I've kept it as a laundry day/the previously mentioned fuller days problem/emergency kind of bra. I thought the pink colourway would look horrible on me (I have pale skin with reddish undertones which clashes easily with pinks), but it's actually pretty cute. It does show through white shirts, though.

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Updated on Dec 05, 2014 Flag this

Pink colourway - fits just like the Aquamarine and Yellow versions - they're all perfect on my narrow, projected, top/bottom-even but centre full breasts. The sheer mesh is light and airy, the pink colour doesn't clash with my skintone or hair colour (I'm on the pale skin with reddish hair end of the spectrum, so most pinks tend to make me look ill and green - no joke), the polka dots and bows are cutesy with a very young feel to it. I think Marcie is one of my favourite bras ever!

(As a side note, this particular colourway matches my Portal Companion Cube panties very, very well. This makes me happy.)

Updated on Feb 04, 2015 Flag this

I was on the hunt for a basic unlined "invisible" bra. I had some hope for the Enchanted, but it turned out not to be The One. First, cups are far too wide, wider than most other balcony plunge Freyas (but I suppose it would be considered average for a person with a root not as ridiculously narrow as mine). I found it lacking in immediate projection, and as so often in Freya bras, there was some cutting in at the top. I fit okay (not well) into the brand's sheer plunge line, but Enchanted missed that mark. Shame, because it would have been a good neutral (which is the only thing I desperately need right now. Gah!)

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Updated on Aug 21, 2014 Flag this

I love the Marcie. The sunflower yellow colour is amazing; it's not perfect on my skintone, but it still makes me happy every time I put it on. I like wearing it under a yellow sleeveless dress I've got, when it doesn't matter if the straps peek out. I also have a lot of yellow t-shirts, and it vanishes quite well under a matching colour. Sometimes the seams and textured polka dots show through lighter yellows and tight tops, though.

For me, it takes a bit of wiggling to get it to sit right. I need to scoop 'n swoop in all the right ways to get the gore ... to tack, cups to hold it all in, straps in the correct position, etc. I *just* fit into it - any more boob and I lose my perfect fit. I can wear it around my period but it's not ideal. Every other day, though, it's an A+ fit, once I get my boobs to sit well in the bra. The shape is typical Cleo, very round and uplifted. The upper cup is so open that the feared four-boob seems almost impossible. Often I hear that the Lucy is good for FOB breasts, Marcie for FOTs, and Lily for even fullness, but I find both the latter work well on my even boobs.

For sure, the Marcie is going to be one of my "old reliable" models, that I will be purchasing in multiple colourways, and it will always have a place in my brardrobe (and heart).
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Updated on Aug 01, 2014 Flag this

Gorgeous colour and lacey decoration, but sadly this bra is completely the wrong shape for me. My soft tissue spills out in the centre while not filling out the sides and apexes, which sit too high and out to the sides. The straps and band are both very firm.

Updated on Jul 24, 2014 Flag this

Unfortunately, this doesn't fit my shape at all. It's deep, but in the wrong place, doesn't give enough lift, while simultaneously cutting in at the top. I'm more evenly spread out and need a rounder shape whilst keeping the top very open to avoid quadboobing. If you're into a more "retro" (as in bullet boobs) shape, this is your bra.

The band is tight for a Freya, I find. The fabric is not as soft as other Freyas I've worn, and I get painful red marks and itches when I wear it.

I am in love with the teal 'peacock' colour with the cream polka dots and beautiful lace trim and the delicate little bow on the centre gore. I really wish it fit me better.

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Updated on Jun 04, 2014 Flag this

There's just enough room in the cup for my breasts. If I were only a little more FOT, I would have four boobs (which probably makes this a no-no that one week of the month when I'm fuller). Only extremely deep breaths and/or pushing my shoulders back as far as they go makes the seam cut in on top. The style is similar to Freya's unpadded plunges, but with a higher gore and a taller cup, which I'm guessing is what makes this bra not cut across my breasts like those Freyas do. It gives a similar shape, but more upfront and uplifted. The cups are wider than ... I like, but not shallow, and I'm glad to say this bra seems to work just fine.

The solid beige on the band, straps and base colour of the cups is a light vanilla toffee, which is a perfect skintone colour on me. I simply adore the palette of this bra; the soft browns and lilacs, with contrasting aqua and green lines in the pattern, and a darker brown for the embroidery on the upper cup. The look of this bra reminds me of the design on many shortbread biscuit tins or boxes of Scottish fudge, and I love anything that reminds me of things I can eat, especially cakes, biscuits and sweets. Because I love those things. C'mon, who doesn't?
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Updated on Nov 19, 2014 Flag this

As this bra doesn't fit me, I can't say much about it. I bought it thinking a UK G and a European G were the same, but alas, they are not. The cups are much too small.

The actual cups are padded, and covering them is a separate layer of stretch lace, to which the straps are attached. The straps and cups are too elastic and don't do anything for the uplift and shape of the breasts. However, the cups are narrow, which is a rarity, and the bra is very pretty. I'll be using this for "spare parts" only.

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Updated on Apr 27, 2014 Flag this