I ordered this bra (cinnamon/almond colourway) because it looked like a thing of beauty, and on that score it doesn't disappoint in the slightest!
The upper lace is incredibly soft, I almost can't feel it against my skin at all, and the lower part of the cup is made of a fabric with the most amazingly luxurious feel, outside and in.
Since there're no 30 bands, I ordered the 32F because I'd read the bands run firm enough to make it worth the risk. I wouldn't say the band on this runs firm though: it runs short, definitely, but it's quite stretchy. On the loosest hook the band feels ... a little too loose for my preference, but the gore tacks and it doesn't feel like it's going to ride up, so I guess it's just a matter of how quickly the band stretches out on me. Hopefully not too fast!
Unfortunately, I get a bit of a pointed shape with this one. I think it's partly because 32F is a sister size up for me, and partly to do with the cup construction: the straps can only really lift the outer section of the cup, and the low gore height and soft upper lace section means there's no lift at the gore. Would be fine for those with firm tissue, but my soft tissue needs a little more wrangling in that region. So while I feel I get a forward shape, it's not as perky as I'd like.
I'd say the cups run pretty true to size. The upper lace section is stretch lace, so it would be very forgiving on upper fullness. In fact, to get a rounded shape in this bra I suspect you need FOT breasts. And/or a firmer band: when I experimented with pressing the wires more firmly against my ribs to simulate a tighter band, I got a much better shape.
The underwires are very soft and flexible, some of the least firm wires I've ever encountered.
The soft lace and the low gore aren't enough to really hold on to/support my soft tissue inner fullness, so for those who like to feel they're not going to fall out of their bra and have inner upper fullness this one won't make a great everyday bra option.
It is breathtakingly pretty though!
*Edit: After another trial wear, I decided the band was too loose for me and that was the reason for the shape being off. To get the right band tension I needed to go straight to the tightest hooks. When I contacted the vendor about a return, they told me FA have recently starting making 30 bands (only in the cinnamon colour way at this stage), so it looks like they'll be expanding their range. I'm definitely going to be on the lookout for any 30 FA's from here on out.
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Updated on May 27, 2014 Flag this