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Wardrobe order!

I like this one. Morgan feels to me like a midpoint between Etta and Caitlyn. The band is a bit more TTS than I'm used to Elomi bras being, but felt okay. Wires felt perfect, gore is a good height, sides are a good height.

Didn't fit though. The elastic at the top of the lace cut in, and the gore didn't fully tack. Also, the seam where the side support sling connects to the main cup was cutting in big time. I also could have used a bit more depth in the bottom.

But the bra itself is very pretty - I love the pattern on the lace, and I really like that it's a beige bra with an interesting pattern. I will probably retry it up a size.

Toasted Almond colorway

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Updated on Aug 21, 2019 Flag this

I decided to try Mariella, as it's based on Morgan (I believe), but prettier. Also it was on sale cheaper.

The fit is similar to that of my 38HH Elomi Kim, but the wires are a bit narrower and there's better depth in the bottom. Band is nicely snug, gore tacks, no quadding. As with the Kim (and the 38H Morgan I tried before), there's some vertical in-cup quadding where the side support sling ends, but also like the Kim it's very minor and not visible under clothing.

Looks-wise, it's purple, which is my favorite color. I cannot decide if the pattern on the material is pale pink or beige, but it's pretty neat. I especially like the vertical stripes/ladders on the stretch lace portion - it has a lot of visual interest.

This is currently my best fitting bra.

Updated on Sep 16, 2019 Flag this

Holy stretchy band, Batman.

So, I love the pretty purple color this bra comes in. I love that I can wear my low-cut shirts again. But the very first thing I noticed is how stretchy the band is. I almost feel like I could have gotten away with ordering a 34HH instead of a 36H, it's that's stretchy. This gives me worries about how long the bra will last me, especially as I've been losing weight.

Beyond that: the lace on the cups does a good job at holding things in place, though it bothers me a bit that even that still covers SO MUCH of my breasts. I've ... become used to bras with such high gores that this one felt a bit weird at first, but today it feels fine. The straps are a bit wider than Elomi Caitlyn Underwire Side Support (8030) - one thing I love about that bra is that the straps don't feel like they're going to slide off my shoulders at any second, like my Panaches do (and I have wide shoulders), but Jocelyn's straps still aren't as wide as those bras, so it doesn't bother me much.

It is very, very comfy to wear (partly because of the super-stretchy band I'm sure), though I'm also starting to feel like my roots are probably not as wide as I had initially thought, or possibly that my breasts have changed some since I started wearing properly-fitting bras.

I do like this bra a lot though, and there is little in the way of plunges in this size range, so I'll take it. If the stretchy band causes it to wear out faster...well, I only paid $20 for it, so whatever.
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Iris colorway

Updated on Jan 06, 2015 Flag this

This bra is probably going to be my new favorite bra.

It is beautiful - the pattern on the cup, the lace edging both at the top of the cup and the bottom of the gore, and the deep purple color. It is comfortable - even without breaking it in yet I think it'll be more comfortable than my 36H - Elomi » Caitlyn Underwire Side Support (8030) , which is saying something. And it fits great on me.

There's just one thing that's bugging me - I bought it expecting to get a subtle, rounded shape (since that seems to be most common, looking at other ... owners on here and ABTF). When I first put it on and swooped-and-scooped, it gave me a more cakes-on-plates look, similar to how my 36HH - Cleo » Lucy (5851) looks. When I gave my breasts a few minutes to settle in, the effect is lessened and it becomes much more rounded, but my smaller breast retains more of the pointy look. None of my other bras really highlight the difference between my breasts like that, but it's also caused me to realize that my asymmetry is more shape-related than size (my 'smaller' breast has much less upper fullness than the larger).

So, basically, very little upper fullness may cause you to get a pointier shape than anticipated in this bra, but otherwise it's great and I want five more of them.
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Cassis colorway

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Updated on Dec 24, 2014 Flag this

I bought this because I've been recommended the Fantasie side support bras a few times..and it was also on sale. It's a miss, though.

Quick review:

Band was a bit snugger than I had expected; still a loose 36 though.

Cups are wide and kind of shallow. Gore didn't even come close to tacking. I'm actually not sure what shape this bra is really meant for. I got a weird upside-down 7 shape in it, the bottom managed to not have enough space while looking almost flatly horizontal (how?), I had in-cup quadding under the lace, and yet the lace still gapped. Very strange, I've never had a bra fit like this before.

The pattern is cute (I like the pale pink with grey-brown pinstripes), and the material is nice and soft; very lightweight while not being sheer. It would be a great summer bra...if it fit.

Ah well. Back it goes.

Pink colorway

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Updated on Jul 18, 2017 Flag this

I wanted to like this one. The color is pretty, the bra itself is covered in pretty lace...but it wasn't to be.

I can't even fasten it, for starters. It feels like it's much tighter than a 36 band should be. I can JUST barely get it to fasten if I flip it around so the fasteners are in front, but it feels far too tight, and I just can't get it while I've got the bra on.

The other big problem with it is that the wires are too narrow for me. I've been going back and forth if my roots were really as wide as I had thought, but putting this on made it really obvious that yes, I AM in fact that wide.

Makes me sad, because just holding the cups over my breasts, they seem okay, and they look good, but...it's not wearable for me.

Ah well. Back to amazon it goes.

Powder colorway

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Updated on Nov 07, 2014 Flag this

Last one of the Wardrobe order!

Lydia is absolutely based on the Etta frame. Super narrow wires for an Elomi bra, low gore, low sides, it even has a keyhole gore like Etta does. But it doesn't feel right to me. The gore doesn't completely tack and I've got some cutting in from the elastic on top, but it's not a huge amount? But it also feels...flat? Shallow? It reminds me a bit of how Carmen fit. It also, unlike Morgan and Etta, doesn't give me a very flattering shape, and is kind of flattened natural, I guess is the best way of putting it. And, as usual, need more depth at the bottom.

Band is very stretchy, which makes it very comfy. The elastic pattern is nice, and I really like the little charm on the gore. But overall I'd say this was the biggest disappointment of the four I tried.

Sahara colorway

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Updated on Aug 21, 2019 Flag this

Part 2 of my Wardrobe order.

The band feels better than the 38H Chi-Chi, but it still feels tight. Cups fit better, though I still don't get a good tack, and on this one my breasts are forcing the gore to overlap itself.

It's also a bra based on Jasmine, so I'm seeing some of the same issues that I do with that bra. Not enough depth at the bottom of the cup, and I'm also getting some bizarre in-cup quadding that I haven't had before.

Still a pretty bra, though.

Cappuccino colorway

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Updated on Aug 21, 2019 Flag this

This bra genuinely makes me sad, and that's because it doesn't fit.

The cup is SO tall. This causes it to not fit on me. This is basically the only thing that causes it to not fit on me. The band is nicely snug on me, the wires are neither too wide nor too narrow...but the damn cups are so high. The bra has almost a 5" gore, a 5" wing, and the top of the cup just goes in a straight line between the two.

Also, because of the incredibly tall cups and high gore/wing, the wires are very long and poke into my armpit. The straps ... are also too widely placed. It's a fairly shallow bra (and I'm bottom-heavy with a lot of projection), but that just causes it to give me a great cakes on a plate shape...IF you could see anything but an inch of excess fabric and padding.

In Panache/Cleo bras I normally wear 36HH; between Masquerade bands supposedly being tighter and the brand not going higher than an H cup, I sister-sized to 38H. I'm half-tempted to exchange it for a 38GG or 36H and see if that helps any, but I'm doubting that'll change the cup height as drastically as it'd need to be lowered to fit me without just causing my boobs to burst out the top.

You stupid, beautiful bra.
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Updated on Jan 10, 2015 Flag this

This was part of an Amazon Wardrobe order. I knew this was a long shot, but there's not much available in my size.

It's just too small. Band runs a bit tight and I could barely fasten it. Cups are too small and I had quadding, and the gore didn't tack. Wires felt like they were a good width and height, though.

Material is very soft, and it's a pretty bra.

Black colorway

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Updated on Aug 21, 2019 Flag this