I really wish this bra fit me. Like the other EM bras, it is well-made, with a firm band (that has just enough stretch), supportive cups, and nicely covered underwires that don't seem to be going anywhere. The four sets of hooks is great for those who anticipate fluctuations, and the gore is SO narrow! I love narrow, high gores, and this delivers.

The outside of the cups is covered with a slick, satiny fabric that gives it a more expensive feel, as opposed to the strange cups of the HP Nina. I like the lace edging, and the decorations on the straps, which don't impact the strap adjustment as much as I feared. The inside of the cups is a smooth, gentle cotton. My boobs often find every single bra itchy, so this is just what I wanted from my new bras.

The dark tan color shows against my pale skin, and is too dark to wear under a white shirt. The lace and seams *barely* show with my thin, clingy fabric. Someone with a darker skin tone would do just fine.

However, when ordering these bras, I overshot my sizing. So the 55 cm band is a little too small for my 65 cm chest. (The 65G Nina is much too big in the band, and a little too small in the cup.) This is fine with an extender. But the cups are a half size too big for one boob, and a full size too big for the other. The cut of the bra means that my boobs feel like they are swimming! (In my 55HH HP Koktajl, the bra pulls my breasts towards my chest, so this is less of a deal.)

My boobs are bottom-heavy, not full on top at all, and losing their firmness. I suspect that if I were more full on the top or had a firmer tissue, the too-big cups would be less of an issue. After all, I am too big for the next cup size down.

This bra is not owned any more

Updated on Mar 28, 2012 Flag this

• I'm considering special ordering 55/60 bands from Ewa. How did you find the whole process? I'm looking at maybe a 55HH/J or a 60H/HH. Any insight you have would be wonderful!

• You do have to email them directly in order to make the special order, and it does take a full 14 days to make the bras. Barring a few translation errors (once they canceled my order because they thought I requested a cancellation), ordering has been smooth.

  I'm selling the Toffik, if you're interested. I just haven't gotten around to taking pictures because my camera eats batteries.

• Wow, thanks for the fast reply! I'm definitely interested when you are ready to sell. I'm not 100% sure it will work, but I'd love to give it a try!
  Thanks for the info on special ordering. :)

• Whoops, I didn't realize I had already said something in my review about selling. I didn't mean to sound pushy.

  Another thing I noticed about EM bras, that I articulated on a thirty-twod.livejournal.com post:
  The HP style holds you more in and together, similar to the Deco but with a higher gore. CH holds your boobs up and out. This means that if you're rounding your bra size down, you are more likely to get quadraboob with an HP than with a CH style. My 55HH HP Koktajl only feels a little too big, whereas this and the other 55HH CH bra (Cielus) definitely need pads! I don't know if this means that HP styles run smaller, or what. So that's something to keep in mind while choosing a bra. I'll PM you about the sale.

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