Essentially a strapless, molded version of the "smoothing underwire balcony bra" @4530 which I love (see my review of a 30E size). Sizing notes: This band is tighter and these cups smaller than in the 4520. The 30E 4520 has a band too big for me, while this 4530 band is fine. The 4520 30E cups are a good fit, maybe a bit too small, while I had to go up to an F in this 4530 style. I suspect both of these are due to the strapless/multiway nature of this bra. It has a high center rise and is very covering, though doesn't come as high on ... the outside front of the bust as a "full coverage" bra would - it still works with some lower square necks. Support when strapless is not where near what a strapped bra provides, and I haven't yet worn it with the straps. I'm likely to wear it with the straps in a racerback / rear cross version soon, perhaps I will update the review.

If you like the other Fantasie smoothing/basic models, this is likely the strapless/multiway bra for you. Just be sure to adjust band and cup size!
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Updated on May 25, 2011 Flag this

This shape is all wrong for me. The cup wrinkles on the bottom where my breasts doesn't fill it, but then the top of the cuo cuts into my breast. The wires dig into my sternum terribly. Just all around bad.

Updated on Sep 15, 2015 Flag this

This is huge, for an F cup. The band is nice, I feel it will be too big after a while because I can fasten it on the smallest hook. I'm really in between a 28 and 30 band it seems, depending on the brand. But it gaps at the top on both breasts, where the cups are just clearly too big. And the center gore is very high on me, it pokes into my sternum and gets painful very quickly - and that's not something I'm sure a smaller cup size can fix. If it fit properly, this would be a very supportive (if somewhat ugly) strapless bra.

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Updated on Aug 03, 2015 Flag this

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I have tall roots and this is the first strapless I've tried that doesn't give me the dreaded cut-off quadboob effect. The cups run deep--I'm usually a 30FF but the cup depth fits great. However, the cups are a bit too narrow for me. I usually like a 5.8-6in width, but this is only 5.5. Because it's too narrow, the bra tends to slip down and not sit well on my inframammary fold.

The band is very firm, with extra silicone grip on the band to keep the bra from slipping around. I also love that there are several attachment points for the hooks.

The bra itself is very full coverage with a mega high gore. The wires sit a bit on my breast tissue because I have close-set breasts, but it's not uncomfortable. It's just... meh. I can feel it, but it doesn't bother me too much throughout the day.

Overall this is an excellent bra, but it's just a touch too narrow for me.

Updated on Oct 08, 2014 Flag this

It's very, very full coverage on me, encasing the entire breast. Wire sits below IMF even though band is comfortably snug. Grippy silicone trim on band added to the full coverage style helps this to feel very secure. The fabric is plain and thick enough to make me not worry about nipple show-through; however, the fullness of the coverage makes me question how wearable this is with most dress styles, especially given my petite proportions elsewhere. Compared to the Fantasie Rebecca (2024) in a 30F, which fits me perfectly, for this style (4530) the band is similarly snug, the cups are very slightly larger, and the wires are much wider on me.

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