I wanted to love this bra. The scarlet is a gorgeous (and often elusive) shade of red that is perfect for my skin tone, I'm still a bit iffy on the leopard part, and the construction on this bra dominates in quality over the other bras using this base (the Elegance and Tempt Me).

Pros:
The construction quality (though possibly a fluke on this one bra) is impeccable--and I'm a seamstress, so I'm pretty picky about that sort of thing.
Very comfortable*
Pushup for those of us who aren't B cups (and I need it cuz my boobs HATE each other)!
Has 3 hooks (in GG+)
Low center gore for us petite and prominent ... sternum types (I'm both).
Note: The center gore on this bra is not only low, but it's really close together (the underwire channeling is actually touching), so if you have close-set boobs, you might really like this one.

Cons:
* Earlier I said it was comfortable, and this is true...to an extent. If you are of the narrow shoulder, narrow chest variety (if I measure from armpit to armpit across my chest I'm just a smidge under 12" wide--that's 30cm for you metric gals) you will HATE this bra. The straps will start under your armpit and will try to twist out of it--it's hard to describe, but you'll know it if you have it. Other than that, the bra is comfortable.

The band isn't as stretchy as others of this base (Tempt Me/Elegance). Don't plan to buy a band a couple of sizes smaller than normal (like you might in other Showgirl bras) or you might get a nasty surprise.

I had some of that "orange in a glass" thing with this bra. I'm not sure what causes that, and didn't really understand it until I bought this round of bras, but all of them using this base and in this size did it. I would have happily ignored it if the straps weren't so darned uncomfortable though.
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