Decent Exposures makes bras for women's comfort and I've been wearing them for over 20 years. I just received this lavender cotton velour, haven't had a velour for nearly two decades. Velour is very supportive, comfortable, warm. It is supportive, but isn't designed to give a pin-up sillouette. Since each bra is custom made, delivery is about 3 weeks, but DE customer care contacted me to let me know they had this one in stock (I had just ordered an eggplant Decent Exposures Original Un-bra Scoop Back (110) and a lavender camibra).

This is not a fashionable lingerie style, so some may find the bra unattractive, but it is built for comfort and support. no bra can beat it!

Sizing: DE uses a customized sizing that may or may not agree with your US/UK size. For me, cup size tends to be in between the UK & US sizing. The good news is each bra is custom fit -- when you first order they provide guidance on how to get the best fit. You may need to return the bra for adjustments, but if you invest the time you will get a bra that really works for you. PLUS, if your body changes and they are able to do so, they will remake your bra for a modest fee. I bought my last DE bra in 2004 and it is still in great shape (just a little too small, sadly).

PROS: No underwires, no poke, no shoulder dig, wide elastic at the bottom anchors for support and doesn't pinch or dig, custom made, so you can get special extras (none on this floor model), but it does have a loose looper (the ring that makes the cups in front can be slid around to the back (see pics) for a uniboob style that is good for sport or for creating a camisole front. No hooks means no dig in the back. No tags means no tag poking in the sides. The velour is good for larger breasts, but DE has a variety of fabrics suited to different breasts and uses. My past experience is that this fabric doesn't stretch out too much over time.

CONS: only two problems. If you have mobility issues it could be hard to put it on, but then it may be easier than reaching around your back or slidng a tight band around your body. Second, this is not the bra for fashions that require a high bust profile as the darts and tailoring won't match and you may be unused to the look of more natural boobs in more amenable garments.

Lavender Cotton Velour, standard looper (loose, standard armhole colorway

Updated on Oct 25, 2014 Flag this

• I've been wearing Decent Exposure bras about a decade longer than you have! I have been trying to find a 'real bra' to get ready for job interviews.

  I havent had a velour one in a long time, either. I've been wearing lined lycra which also gives pretty good support (they put the inner lining of the fabric facing a different way so they dont stretch as much)

  I think I wear a 30G in Decent Exposures and I"m a 32J in most of the bras I'm trying on now

• Hi dbmamaz! Thanks for commenting. I love lined lycra and that is what I usually wear. I've ordered my first cami-bra and can't wait to get it and comment, as well as bras for my daughters (their trying out 30 E and F in DE sizing, they'll be adding their own bras to the database soon). Good luck finding a bra that fits for interviews.

  I favor Prima Donna Deauville as the most comfortable conventional bra I've had over the course of some years, and a couple of Fantasie styles worked for me in the past, but I'm not sure about now (Elodie and another that is now discontinued) but I'm just sizing out of those and not sure what I will do if i don't lose a little weight so I can stay in their range (oh yeah, and meet my goal to lose weight :D). If you haven't tried Prima Donna, you might, if the band size is small enough. That's the challenge. One my my daughters was wearing a 28GG for a little while. That was fun to try to find. :D

• I actually tried on the Deauville in a store and it fit ok, but i didnt like it nearly enough to justify the price.

  I tried on the Jana side support, and it was oddly comfortable and fit well - so despite being very ugly (to me), it seemed worth gettin. But i bought it on line because i had a credit. Oh, it also looked fine under a t-shirt.

  I had bought a Lois side support, which I also thought was really ugly, but I didnt like the fit well enough. Hopefully the Jana will still fit when I have it at home!

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