Leftypanda

The good: The band fits wonderfully and for the first time in a long while or possibly ever, the wires are actually a fantastic fit. I've been having issues with wire width, and this was the first bra that encased my breasts properly. So the band and the wires fit fantastically.

The not so good. I fill out the lower 2/3-3/4 of the bra and then it gapes badly. I'm not sure if this is from shape issue and not having enough upper pole fullness or if it's from the fact any type of measurements I do seems grossly over estimates my size, and I'm actually much smaller than ... what I measure. Also the cups are really tall too, which is kind of a bummer; but this isn't something that surprises me since I am extremely petite.

I absolutely love the color and feel of the bra; it's so soft and comfortable! I am feeling confident that this brand as well as any other bra with similarly narrow cups is the way for me to go. I just need to pin my cup size down better!
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Updated on Jun 06, 2013 Flag this

Oh. My. Goodness.

This bra is AMAZING. The color in person is a deeper purple than what's in the stock image, but I think it's better.

The straps are almost a hair too wide, but I have really narrow shoulders; I think it's just an unfortunate side effect of being petite. However, the straps aren't sitting on any nerves that cause any kind of pain, which is fantastic. it's really comfortable, and the straps are very soft.

The left cup gapes slightly, but this is due to my left breast being smaller than my right breast, it fits well on the right side; I'm currently experiencing some VERY minor quadboobage, but ... I'm close to starting my period (as of Aug 6, 2013) so I'd imagine that the cup won't quad so much once my period ends. It's very slight and doesn't bother me at all. The gaping is not at all noticeable under a form fitting top. I am having to adjust myself by scooping and swooping, but I'm sure over time this will no longer be needed; I've been wearing bras that are too wide in the cups, and they have spread my breasts towards my armpits, so I have to retrain my breasts to go back where they belong. Since I'm close to starting my period, my right breast is pushing the cup off my chest a little bit, so the gore is floating by less than .3cm

The band is firm and gives great support, and the elastics are not digging in or cutting into my skin. I am getting a smooth profile on the sides and back. I am somewhat aware of the band, but at the same time, I can take in a strong deep breath and there's no change in terms of it cutting in uncomfortably.

The overall construction of the bra is fantastic, excellent finishing and doesn't itch or anything like that.

If I really had to nitpick, I would say the gore could maybe be about 1/2cm lower, but on the flip side, my breasts are really soft so I think if the gore was lower, I would get a very unattractive boob spill since my breasts are on the softer side due to pregnancy and breast feeding. Again though, I'm also extremely petite, the measurement from between my clavicle and to the level of my inframammary fold is only 19cm or 7inches.
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Updated on Aug 06, 2013 Flag this

Firstly, the band runs tighter than normal, so obviously go up a band and down a cup size. When I purchased this bra three weeks ago, it was snug, but not painfully so, and my breasts settled in fine. I've worn it a total of 4 times and washed it after the second wearing; washed in a front loader machine and laid out flat to dry.

It's now painfully tight. The length of the band is actually the longest of my bras, but it's the tightest which makes absolutely no sense to me. In addition, I've now got overflow in the front of the cups, and the armpit 'rolls' I've got are forcing the tops of the cup in front of my armpit to roll inwards, and the elastic and the fabric on the wings have warped. It appears the fabric has stretched, but the elastic has not.

On the plus side, the sides are high enough that it prevents a muffin top from forming on the band on the sides and back. But that's about it.

Updated on Nov 29, 2012 Flag this

The wire width is perfect, the band is perfect and the strap placement was great. The color is what I would consider a soft creamy ivory, although on their website, it's labeled as "szampan" which translates to champagne. I have an olive skintone and it complements my skin very well.

The straps can be considered as being only partially adjustable though, since the straps from the top of the cups have some lace that's sewn onto the straps; the length goes about 5 3/8" or 13.7cm. However if you're careful enough you can feed the lace through the slider, it's pretty flat.

The bra is unlined. Stitching and detailing are ... flawless, very well constructed.

Unfortunately, it does not fit me, the cups were much too roomy at the top. I have these inserts that according to water displacement adds about 89cc of tissue, which is slightly over half of a cup size (ie going from 30F to 30FF) and when I put them on, the cups still did not quite fill out all the way. I think if I were to get this bra again, I would have to go down a cup size. When I compare the measurements against the Comexim Green Velvet in 65H that I tried, the cup depth difference is only 0.1cm difference so I would say that this bra runs about a cup size too big.
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Updated on Aug 07, 2013 Flag this

The wire width is perfect, the band is perfect and the strap placement was great. The color is different than what's on the website, it's much more richer and darker. The straps are great too.

The bra is unlined. Stitching and detailing are flawless, very well constructed.

Unfortunately, it does not fit me, the cups were much too roomy at the top; very similar issue I had with the Comexim Laura in the same size; the cups are too deep, and they feel like in my case it runs a cup size too large. I adjusted the straps on both bras to the exact same length, and the ... gaping was very similar. I will say that if I tightened this bra up more than I did with the Laura, the cups appear to fit better, but I don't want to overstress the elastic that's sewn on the sides of the cups between the strap and wing of the bra. It also felt a little firmer than the Laura as well. I think I would have to size down in the cup in order to make this bra work, although I think the wires would end up being a touch too narrow if I did that.
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Updated on Aug 07, 2013 Flag this

When I first purchased the bra, the band fit was good, but since then has become loose. In addition I have serious breast tissue migration with over spillage on the band on the sides and back and I get the quad boob when I scoop and swoop. When I move my arms, I no longer get quad boob but instead I get armpit boob. In addition my other issue is that I have a short torso, so the cup is too tall, I realize I need to find and wear bras with shorter cups to reduce issues with the cup causing quad boob when I move my arms.

The one thing I did notice is that the hidden elastic on the bottom of the band has warped, in essence, it does not lie flat and wants to curl into a tube.

Updated on Nov 26, 2012 Flag this