There was a review on Figleaves that said you needed to be boneless to get this on and I thought she was exaggerating, she really wasn't! I tried from the bottom up first, made it about two inches above my knees. Ok, top down then. Awkwardly got both my shoulders in and then got stuck with the whole thing crunched up under my armpits and above my breasts.
Looking back, this would have been a logical stopping point, but I forged onward. Once I was able to wedge my breasts, one by one, past the fabric and wires, I was able to get it all into ... place. And it looked BEAUTIFUL!!!
The center panel has a double layer that makes it more opaque, a great solution piece for semi-sheer blouses. The crotch has a cotton gusset with a bra band hook enclosure towards the front, so it is adjustable in length. The panty is not quite full coverage, but the way it is constructed, with the fabric folded on itself instead of seamed, leaves absolutely no panty line. The fabric of the body has very little stretch, it is a very similar but finer version of the mesh fabric that makes up the cup panels of Freyas mesh bras like Untamed. The bra is not floating, like in the slip, but instead and intrinsic part of the construction.
The fit of the bra seem pretty much spot on to the regular Ooh La La, and to Freyas other mesh models. I have been teetering between a 32E and 32F and picked the larger size for this and regretted it. The straps are much wider on the F , as are the wires, which I remembered about the regular bra after this arrived.
The black one is going back, but even after all of the hocus pocus of getting the dang thing on and off, I am really considering reordering it in the blush color. It really is that pretty. If I do reorder, I will sister-size to a 34DD and wear it on the tight hooks to try to get some more breathing room in the body portion to get it on and off. This won't be an all day item for me and I won't need all day support.
Other measurements: there is no defined gore length, so gore measurement was taken at the end of the decorative embellishments. Body front from center to crotch 17.5", body back from base of top ("v") to end of gusset attachment 19.5", hips of body at widest point 14.5", waist of body at narrowest point 10.25". Please bear in mind that I took these measurements flat and the rear does have countouring seams that this will not account for, so this is just a rough guide.
TL;DR: Very pretty, very hard to get on.
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Updated on Mar 23, 2014 Flag this