Flora is sold out in this colour in most sizes but Bravissimo customer service confirmed there will be new colours this year. It is based on the shape of Bravissimo Zara Bralette (LN605) but made with stronger materials and thicker lace overlay.
I have both bras, I mainly use my Zara for sleeping / lounging and love it. But it has it's flaws, the band is feeling loose and rides up and with time my boobs push it down at the front, there is also a lot of weight on the straps. So enter in Flora and OMG it is so much better! It's an improved stronger ... Zara with added layers inside and stronger lace outside for extra support. In Flora my band stays put and my boobs are help up properly by the cups. It is like a lace top with boob support. I was shocked at how well it supports my boobs! If I wear it under a top no one would guess that I don't wear a wired bra! The shape is uplifted and round as you can see in my T-shirt pics.

The fit: So I had to go for the 34HH/J as my regular Bravissimo size 32JJ-K is not available. It does so far not cause much problems. The band feels tight and supportive. The cups could be a bit bigger but they hold in my boobs well and I get no center overspill. They keep my boobs close to chest. There is some slight side overspill under my arms but that doesn't bother me much in a wireless bra and it was expected. I think I use a bit of the band as cup therefore the band feels tighter than it is. I mean I was actually shocked at how large the band is when I measured it, but it makes sense in this case.

I tested the bra at home I think at most I wore it for 3-4 hours in the evening and it held up very well over that time! I'm not sure if I could wear it a full day instead of a wired bra. And here we come to the downsides of this bra: The straps and the weight that is on them. First straps are non adjustable. it is just okay for me but anyone who is taller or has a longer torso / low set boobs would struggle. (I'm 169cm , 5''6 ) Second as my boobs are quite big and there is no wire to help carry the weight there is maybe a 50% division of weigh between band and straps. Note in well fitting bra it should be 80% carried by band. I think that the boobs are closed to chest in this bra helps some with the weight. I think you should only size up as much as your need, if it's too big in cups you loose support. It's kinda like a non wired sports bra but more pretty and fancy and you can get seperation at the center because of it's shape. For me it isn't possible to get much seperation as I said the cups are on the smaller side for me.

Anyway I really recommend this Bralette for larger sizes too and if you are not too tall / don't need very long straps! I hope Bravissimo will continue to make it and will expand the size range up to JJ/K cups too. It is really well made and supportive and the bestBralette I tried so far.
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Updated on Feb 14, 2021 Flag this

This bra is just gorgeous. I'm an over-the-top, love-all-the-bright-colors-and-jewel-tones, yay-bring-on-the-lace kinda girl. The color is a beautiful, rich Christmas red, that is a bit deeper and richer than the pics of the bra by itself. The cut of this is almost a clone of the 30HH-J - Bravissimo » Zara Bralette (LN605). Fitwise, though, I found it much stronger and more capable of handling larger boobs than Zara proved to be. (My shapes: full on top, center-full, close-set, tall & somewhat wide roots, narrow shoulders) here's how they compared:

Objective:
The crochet lace is much thicker and sturdier, which means the band is firmer - ... wore it on the loosest hook, instead of going straight to the tightest as I did w Zara - and the cups don't stretch out nearly as much as with the Zara. There is a very soft lining inside the cups so there's no itching or direct contact w the lace. The straps are smallest near the cup, but get close to 2"+ in the back. The band goes from 1.5"-3 near the gore, narrows under the cups, and increases to 3" from the sides to the hooks. Hooks are 4x4.

Subjective:
The Zara almost immediately took a dive down my chest, the flimsy band and stretchy cups wilting under the weight of my boobs, pulling the straps downwards as my poor boobs plummeted over the band and made a beeline for my bellybutton. Okay, I'm exaggerating a bit. Still. Not so in the Flora. I only wore it maybe 15-20 minutes, but I didn't notice the same southern migration. The straps stayed on the tops of my shoulders where they belong and the cups held my boobs up well, aided by a firmer band which fit pretty tts.

Downsides: since the cups were stronger they couldn't stretch to contain my breast tissue as well, so the cups felt smaller than the Zara's. Comfort was pretty good, but since it's wireless I got a lot more tension on the straps than I would with a regular wired bra. The band and cups were very comfortable, though.

Overall, I liked this bra better than the Zara. Since I could wear it on the loosest hook, I'll be wild and try the 32HH-J in hopes of getting more room in the cups without losing too much support from the band. Realistically, I think I'd need a 30JJ-K - but we'll see!
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Red colorway

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Updated on Nov 03, 2020 Flag this

My second Flora. Had to have the blue. The color really is beautiful. This one is tighter in the band than my red one. I thought it might just be that it's newer, but measurements show that the band really is a bit shorter. Aside from the tighter band, it's the same great fit and support as the red.

blue colorway

Updated on Jan 20, 2022 Flag this

This is the most supportive wireless bra I've tried. It's very similar in shape and fit to the Bravissimo Zara, but of the two, Flora is firmer and more secure. The cups are dual sized, possibly leaning more toward the smaller end of the size range. I'm between a HH and a J myself, and I find that at certain times of the month, my larger side will be slightly pushed out of the cup when I've had it on for a while. The structure creates a bit of separation between the cups, but nothing like a wired bra. My breasts are on the squishier side and will ... drift toward the center as I move around while wearing it. It's enough of a dip between the cups that I do have two distinct breasts under a shirt. There is a side support panel that pushes everything toward the front a bit as well. The whole cup, including the side support panel, is made of a couple layers of stretch mesh with a stretch lace layer on top. It's surprisingly supportive, giving me as much lift as some wired bras and holding everything stable enough for light exercise.

The band is true to size, unlike the Zara. It's made of the same layered mesh/lace as the cups and extends about two inches below the cup. It does tend to roll up in the front, but not in a way that I find uncomfortable. The straps vary in width from a little over an inch at the narrowest point to almost 3 inches in the back. They aren't adjustable, which is one of the main downsides of the bra. I'm short and they feel a bit tight on me sometimes. I'm not sure how much of the pressure on my shoulders is just from the tightness of the straps and how much is the straps doing some of the support work to make up for the lack of wires. If not for the tight straps, I'd probably buy several of these and wear them every day.

In terms of appearance, the red color is beautiful and the shape is attractive. I'm not that big on flowers, so I'm indifferent on the lace itself. It does come up fairly high, and the seams are visible under clothes, so it won't work under every outfit.
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red colorway

Updated on Apr 28, 2021 Flag this

Worst. bra. ever.

This thing is awful.

The straps are so short it feels like you're wearing a 50kg chain pulling your shoulders down. I couldn't even stand up straight in this. I am not that tall, 175cm. But I feel like the straps on this is so short I don't see how it would fit anyone above 160cm comfortably lol.

The "cups" are not really what I expected from a 36HH-J, they fit kinda like my Fantasie bralette that's a 36H. So, should be bigger.

The band.. it's not even a band. There is NO elastic holding the band in, it's just the lace . So even on the ... tightest hooks, this band was super flimsy and wasn't holding anything in or up. Like, it's completely useless. They've for some reason made this bralette into a boob hat where your shoulders take all the weight.

It's meant to be a longline type of bralette too but the band part that's "long" just rolls into itself and doesn't stay put at all, try to pull it down, immediately goes back up.

I did size up to 36HH/J because I wanted a not too tight one, like I have their non padded sleep bra in 34JJ which was pretty tight, but this one the band is huge. if it had any sort of support in the band it might work okay but to get any support from this one I'd have to size down to 32 I think. yikes!


The only cute thing about it is the design and the color. Like it looks hella cute from the front but nah, this ain't it. This is officially the worst "bra/bralette" ever made.

Maybe if you are really short and about a size 30DD this will work for you lol.
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Updated on Dec 09, 2020 Flag this

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Okay, this bra is just gorgeous. I'm an over-the-top, love-all-the-bright-colors-and-jewel-tones, yay-bring-on-the-lace kinda girl. The color is a beautiful, rich Christmas red, that is a bit deeper and richer than the pics of the bra by itself. The cut of this is almost a clone of the 30HH-J - Bravissimo » Zara Bralette (LN605). Fitwise, though, I found it much stronger and more capable of handling larger boobs than Zara proved to be. (My shapes: full on top, center-full, close-set, tall & somewhat wide roots, narrow shoulders) here's how they compared:

The crochet lace is much thicker and sturdier, which means the band is firmer - ... wore it on the loosest hook, instead of going straight to the tightest as I did w Zara - and the cups don't stretch out nearly as much as with the Zara. There is a very soft lining inside the cups so there's no itching or direct contact w the lace.

The Zara almost immediately took a dive down my chest, the flimsy band and stretchy cups wilting under the weight of my boobs, pulling the straps downwards as my poor boobs plummeted over the band and made a beeline for my bellybutton. Okay, I'm exaggerating a bit. Still. Not so in the Flora. I only wore it maybe 15-20 minutes, but I didn't notice the same southern migration. The straps stayed on the tops of my shoulders where they belong and the cups held my boobs up well, aided by a firmer band which fit pretty tts. The straps are .75" near the cups & 2"+ near the band in the back. The band goes from 1.5"? near the gore, narrows under the cups, and increases to 3' from the wings to the hooks. Hooks are 4x4

Downsides: since the cups were stronger they couldn't stretch to contain my breast tissue as well, so the cups felt smaller than the Zara's. Comfort was pretty good, but since it's wireless I got a lot more tension on the straps than I would with a regular wired bra. The band and cups were very comfortable, though.

Overall, I liked this bra better than the Zara. Since I could wear it on the loosest hook, I'll be wild and try the 32HH-J in hopes of getting more room in the cups without losing too much support from the band. Realistically, I think I'd need a 30JJ-K - but we'll see!
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Red colorway

Updated on Nov 08, 2020 Flag this

The best wireless bra ever. If I could give award then this will be the winner!

Updated on Sep 20, 2022 Flag this

The straps cut into the shoulders. The fabric hanging off the band rolls up. I don't enjoy the boobs being smooshed up together, its gonna get super sweaty.

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Updated on Nov 15, 2020 Flag this

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