The band size of this bra is too big for me, so I wanted to point this out from the start. I usually wear a 36, but bought this bra because it was on sale (36H was not available). I won't make that mistake again, because Freya bands already tend to run big...
The cups on this bra seemed to fit just fine, but the gore still didn't tack. I'm wondering if this is an issue with the band not being tight enough, in contrast to the cups not fitting. I'm typically a 36H/36HH, so I believe a 38H should fit just fine in terms of cup volume. The ...wires do run a little wide for me, since I have narrow roots.
In typical Freya fashion, the straps on this bra are very comfortable and very sturdy. I do need to adjust the straps frequently.
The material on the bra is very comfortable and the pattern and colors are very beautiful! I find Freya to have some of the prettiest and most feminine patterns and this bra does not disappoint.
I think the bra would fit very well if I had gotten the right band size. Read more 85 more words
The Freya Arabella in 32FF (my normal Freya size) is my favorite "wear around the house bra." The wires are too wide for me, so they slip around a bit, and it doesn't give me perfect support for that reason. It is the most comfortable and supportive combination I have found. I can lounge around, feel supported, and not feel constricted by this bra. The only problem I find is that when I get cold my nipples rub and hurt on the mesh, so I can't wear this bra out on cold days.
This fits me perfectly, the fuller cup version I also have, but it gapes at the top. This half cup version encases me very well. I wish the straps weren't so wide as it limits my top choices, but it means the straps don't dig in. I find other brands centre wires dig in, where as these are fairly close together.
So comfortable for me! I'm more often a 38FF but I found this in a local store on clearance for a great price and its comfy enough and cute enough to ignore the slight quad boob on my bigger side - it fits my smaller side perfectly! Also have a little bit of wrinkling at the bottom of the cups, but its not visible through a shirt.
Comfort and appearance are the best features of this bra. The straps and the band are nice and wide, the material is soft, and it's just a beautiful bra. The cups were unfortunately too small for me--the top of the cups seemed to flatten and push the rest of my breast tissue out over the top, and the center gore did not lay flat on my sternum. I've heard that many Freya styles don't work well with full on top breasts, so this may be the issue. The band is also quite stretchy, so I would recommend ordering one band size down in this bra.
It's a bit difficult for me to be objective about this bra. I wore it for a while. I did appreciate the lower gore and cup design. However, I wore it before I learned about swooping and scooping. It seemed acceptable. The right cup would leave red marks on my breast from where it continually bit into the skin. Then I learned how to push my boobs into a bra, and my Phoebe became the worst fit ever. I had so much quadboob. No more Es for me.
Purchased this in my normal size 32H. Band feels firm but not too tight. Cup size is correct - no gaping or quad boob. Central gore lies flat. The bra itself is very supportive. However, I personally don't like the slightly pointy shape (in common with most Freya bras) this gives me - I prefer a more rounded shape - hence this bra just isn't for me.
I purchased this bra in my normal size 32H. I would say that the band is firm but not uncomfortably tight - the cups are the correct size - no gaping or quad boob on show. Whilst this bra offers great support, I personally don't like the slightly pointy shape (in common with most Freya bras) this gives me - I prefer a more rounded shape - hence this bra just isn't for me.
The stitching around the top edge of the cup makes this bra fit more like the Taylor than the regular deco as it is more closed on top so it doesn't gape as much. Otherwise the shape and fit are typical of deco variants. The fully-adjustable straps are long so that it can be worn as a racerback.
I love it. I'm a little quadraboobish in the photos from menstrual weight, but mostly this bra is pretty good. Maybe a cm or so too wide in the wires, but not bad. The band runs a little loose and the cup a little shallow. I went down and up respectively having read other reviews.
The band on this seems much longer than my 30E regular nude colored deco. The cups also seem to come up a tad bit higher and are more rounded, whereas the regular deco seems to be more flat. The tops of the cups don't quite lay flat on my chest, there's a gap between my chest and the bra. Moving to the tightest hook and tightening the straps seems to help a bit.
I bought this bra second hand from another user, but the band was still perfect and firm even though she had clearly used it quite a bit. I still use it on the loosest set of hooks after having it over a month so it's definitely made to last. I'd pay full price if I had to - Hatty just *works* with my boobs.
I do get some gaping at the top when I'm sitting down, but it's nothing too noticeable. My breasts are fairly even, so someone who has more fullness on top would probably not even have that issue. I believe I have an average root, and the wire width is just perfect on my larger boob. I don't quite fill the bottom of the cups perfectly, but it's hardly noticeable, and the wires are still very close to my inframammary fold.
The only issue I have is that the cups cut into my armpits on the side, but my boobs are high set anyway so that happens in almost all bras.
While this bra ended up being too big for me overall, I was really impressed by the length of the straps. I think this is the first bra I've found that I haven't had to loosen them as far as they'll go. The band was really loose on me combined with this cup size. Sizing down helped, although I had too many other shape-related issues with every size I tried in the Patsy. Being full on bottom rather than top as well as requiring narrower wires, I couldn't make it work for me.
This is the second Patsy I tried, after finding the 30 band to run extremely loose. I'm not FOT enough for this bra, as evidenced by gapping at the top of the cups, and by the fact that my nipples sit so high that one of them is slightly exposed. Wires are quite wide for me, resulting in wrinkling along the outsides and even a little into the bottom of the fabric. The gore pulls a little toward my larger breast, and overlaps the breast tissue (no surprise there, since I am very close-set, and this is an issue with all bras I've tried).
Without being able to fill out the top of the cups, the lace section ends up looking very bulky beneath clothing. If you can fill it out, it's a really attractive bra!
On my long and fruitless quest for a Patsy that fits, the 30D came the closest (I'm usually more of a 30DD/E). The wires were still too wide, but also slightly sitting on top of my breast tissue at the bottom toward the inside of the cups. There was some barely noticeable quad boob near the gore (I am slightly splayed with more tissue toward the enter of my chest). I am FOB, and gapping at the top of the cups was a trend for me in this bra. In this size, my larger breast looked perfect but I had a major nipple exposure issue with the smaller one. In general, my nipples are positioned way too high in this bra, and in this size, the one in question was high enough in the cup that it was half visible and pushing the fabric away from my breast. I can't imagine what would happen if I tried to wear this all day.
This isn't my usual size, and was definitely too small for me. I am also definitely not full on top.
I really wanted to make Patsy work for me so I ended up trying on a bunch of them. The conclusion: Shape incompatibility. I estimate my usual size to be somewhere between a 30DD and 30E, but tried the 28DD due to the large-running band size, wide wires, and the gapping I experienced in larger cup sizes. Oh the hilarity... who knew quad boob could start *below* the nipple? They weren't even covered after a proper scoop and swoop.
This seems to lift and support me well, but towards the end of the day my boobs seem to fall towards the center and almost out of the cups. However, the tops of the cups don't lay flat against my chest unless I really puff it out. The ridges from the tops of the cup are very obvious under tighter shirts. This effect seems to be lessened somewhat by moving to the tightest hook.
