My best fitting bra so far! I own it in nude, red, and charcoal. No quadraboob or breast tissue escaping as back fat! The cups do gape a little when I'm sitting or laying down, but fit perfectly when standing. I'm paranoid that band rides up a little and wondering if I should go down to a 30FF. The band felt nice and firm in the store, but seems to have stretched quickly.
I probably should have tried this in a 30G, but that size wasn't available as soon as I needed it. This fits, but started out on the tightest hook right away. Has a nice shape, but not a lot of push up or cleavage despite being a plunge style.
Right out of the box, need to fasten it on the tightest hooks, and even then it's just barely tight enough. Definitely too small in the cups for me, I seem to be squishing out on all sides.
I love the look of this bra but it just doesn't fit. The wires don't really encase all of my breast tissue yet I can't fill the cup. I think the shape probably works great for more narrow breasts than mine. I love the material! Black with white polka dots and orchid lace? Yes please! Just needs a shallower wider cup! I really would love to find a Freya style that worked for me.
This bra is adorable. I just wish it fit me! It seems like it would give you a great shape if you had a lot of lobe to your breast. My boobs tend to be very spread across my chest so I need a wide underwire with a more shallow cup than Freya seems to do. The band is very stretchy on this bra and I would probably need to go down a band size for it to really be a good sturdy fit there. The straps are wide and soft, the covering on the underwires is very soft and plush. The lining is soft and conforming and the outer material is soft and smooth and works very well under smooth and fitted tops and dresses.
Very comfortable bra, and cute, too! Cups fit well, and band fits well on tightest hook. Profile view isn't extremely rounded, but I wouldn't call it pointy, either. View from the front is good, and not wide at all.
Straps are too far apart, which is an on-going problem I have with almost every bra due to my narrow rounded shoulders. A strap accessory on the back fixes this.
I also wanted to mention the little decorative fabric flowers that sit at the bottom of the strap, where it attaches to the cup. These little flowers show through some shirts, so even though they are cute, if I were ...going to keep the bra I would remove them.
I think a 28G would fit me slightly better, as the band would be tighter so I would be able to fasten it on the loosest hooks, whereas I have this 30FF fastened on the tightest hooks. This bra will be returned due to that fact, but I may pick up a 28G in the future as it is just soooo comfortable! https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /> Read more 77 more words
I got this one because when I went to exchange for a 28G, I found out that they were out of stock in that size and no more were being produced =(... I sat on it for a while, but eventually got the sister size since this bra is so darn pretty. I couldn't resist.
As far as fit goes, I'm experiencing a little spillover right now because of my cycle, but the cups should fit the other 3 weeks of the month. The band size is wearable on the tightest hook, but I'm probably going to end up shortening it a bit since I should ideally be wearing a 28 band. As I stated on the last review, the cups on the Ashlee seem a cup smaller than the regular Deco version.
This is a great "everyday" bra for me. It's a good standard color and it gives me good lift and support.
I'm beginning to find that Freya bras fit me a lot better than other brands. They seem to be uncomfortable the first wear or two (more so than others, like Panache) but I'm finding that I like how I look in clothes a lot better wearing them. Pollyanna is perfect for this for a wear to work bra.
I really like the pattern on this bra - the blues and reds combine nicely without coming across as too patriotic.
It still needs breaking in, but I could see this being a go-to for me under tops that permit it. Obviously with the pattern, I won't wear it under lighter colored clothing. Under some thinner knits the seam on the front of the cup shows as well, but that's not a deal breaker for me.
I have pretty bottom-heavy boobs, so I'm beginning to find that Freya bras give me a good shape under a lot of tops.
This is one of the tightest 30 bands I've ever tried! I can fasten it, but if I were going to wear the bra all day, I would use an extender to extend by one or two hooks.
The cups are too big on me, I'm thinking an FF would be a better fit. The center gore tacks nicely, and the band and underwires seem comfortable (though tight!). The seams on the cup appear fairly flat, and I think this could probably be worn with certain (not all) t-shirts. (But keep in mind there's no lining or padding, so there's no protection for show-through.)
This bra will be returned, but it shows enough promise that I think I'm going to try the FF.
Band length: 63.5cm Cup width: 14.5cm Cup depth: 25.6cm Wire length: 28.1cm Cup separation: 0.7cm Strap width: 1.9cm
This is the first time I've tried a "lightly padded" Freya. I own and love the Deco which is a thermally-molded, padded contour bra so it is thicker, and I take 1-size up from the unlined styles (Deco = 30G, unlined = 30FF, hence my id name).
The band fits well and the cup feels amazing in a G compared to the FF. I wanted to try 2 cup sizes to tell the difference. The half-cup style sits lower than a balcony, ...it is basically a demi bra. For this reason as well as the light padding I went with the larger G-cup because the girls sit more comfortable without fear of falling out. The shape is excellent, nice and rounded both parts: inside cup and tissue above. The center gore pulls away just a couple tenths of a centimeter but sits mostly flat when standing up proper and straight.
The colors are stunning and seem appropriate for year round. Color "Fruits" is floral shades of reds, browns & oranges with olive green trim. Some images online gave me hope the trim would be dark yellow but it's really a soft olive green which compliments the red tones very well.
Only concern is when I received it the inside of the cups were wrinkled beyond belief, I hope after a wash & air dry they might pop back into shape. Either way, the value of importing the bra by converting GBP£ into US$ was better than buying it domestically at a much higher price tag.
**Update: Happy to say after a thorough soak & wash with Forever New the cup wrinkling has mainly disappeared! Hurray!
Measured unstretched before wearing. Purchased late-February '11 from figleaves. Read more 197 more words
Originally got this bra in the SS11 color "Fruits" Feb 2011. Please see full fit review here: http://bra.pe/RIR/.
Tea Rose
Band length: 63.3cm Cup width: 15.3cm Cup depth: 27.2cm Wire length: 28.7cm Cup separation: 0.6cm Strap width: 1.8cm
Randomly found & ordered the AW10 color "Tea Rose" discounted online a year later. Ordered it because it is one of my favorite bras and because the price was really worthwhile.
Fit is identical though when I first tried it on my mind played a trick on me: I felt like the cups were cut a bit more plunging. Then I placed the other bra directly on top and they are exactly the same!! https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" />
Colors are *stunning* shades of burgundy, deep pink, greys and trimmed with intense pink lace and bows.
((Photos forthcoming...))
Measured unstretched before wearing. Purchased early-April '12.
Two years ago I bought you, and you were wonderful. Gorgeous, fresh, floral, summery, supportive, sexy, comfortable. I wore you all the time, and kept loving you.
Fast forward two years. I have now stopped wearing you regularly for more than a year, you stretched to be point of being uncomfortable and, I admit, my gaining a cup size didn't help. But why did your fabric become so scratchy? It now feels like cheap lace I would have bought at my local chinese retailer.
See my black Deco for a complete review - this one is the same cut, with a different pattern.
This is my third "Deco", bout only two months ago, in a bigger cup size (GG instead of G).
For some reason, the cup feels smaller than my old Decos, despite being bigger, probably because the band holds me tighter. It hasn't stretched a bit, and is 3cms shorter unstretched than my oldest one (2yrs old).
Other Decos are known to be great t-shirt bras because they're molded. Surprisingly, it's also true of Taylor, because the patterned fabric is smooth, and the velvet and lace ribbon are perfectly flat.
The design is beautiful. Even my regular-breasted high-street bra shopper friends envied me (first time ever it isn't the other way around! How I envy their delicate lace bras! But I digress), and for once, I even bought the matching thong. I simply adore this one!
This is my first Deco bra, in black. For future references and for comparison, it is almost 2 years old at the moment of this review, and I have worn it about once a week since I've bought it.
This is so far my favourite bra. Supportive, comfortable, long-lasting, and the cleavage it gives is fantastic (it might be too much for certain persons though). I love it so much I bought it in nude, and in jet (as Tayor, which is basically Deco with a pattern).
Like any other Freya, the band is loose, but reasonably stretchy (it is only 3cms shorter, at rest, than my Taylor, who is ...two months old). If you are between sizes, I recommend you go for the smaller band size: it's going to be tight for a few weeks/months, and then stretch, but in my experience if you go for the bigger size, it'll be too loose after just a few weeks. If need be, use a band extender.
However, I don't fill out the bottom of the cup - it happens with any padded bra on me, there is a little gap between my breast and the underwire, but a smaller size gives me a bulge at the top.
I am "short-breasted" (as a Bravissimo fitter put it), meaning underwires almost always poke me in the underarm area. With the Deco, not so much - there's definitely a red mark, but it's not painful.
Also, it's moulded, meaning you can wear it under tight-fitting clothes without your bra showing - especially true in nude, but the black one works wonder under dark clothes. Read more 158 more words
Bought a year ago, this used to fit (my size changed, again), and it stretched out too much to keep being comforable - it's only half a size too small in the cup, so I'd keep wearing it if it wasn't for the band.
It's cute but not as pretty as other Freya's for my taste, cream with orange and blue flowers. Also, it gives me a pointy shape (more than the Frankie, even though it's the same build). There's lace only at the very top of the cup, making it wearable under a tight t-shirt or a light top.
Classic Freya plunge design, the band is accordingly loose (I wear a 34 in tighter-band brands, but always a 32 in Freya), fit and comfort are very good. It stretched a bit (bra is a year and a half old, not worn very much these days).
The cups are a bit too wide and they would poke in the underarm area if it wasn't a plunge, but the support is was I need for everyday wear.
I own this one in black, and the coloured dots are lovely.
This is my second Deco bra, 1 year old at the moment.
For a complete review, see my Black Deco - it has everything I had to say.
This one, younger, hasn't stretched much yet (I wear it about once every two weeks), and at the end of a long day the band hurts a bit, but it's mostly okay.
The colour: it's a "nude", and usually it means "plain ugly". This one though, is as beautiful as a nude can get: a very light beige, but with more pink than yellow in it (as opposed to my Wonderbra strapless, which is definitely on the yellow side).
This bra was wayyy too big for me. That's my fault, though. I wear a 28g in the Freya Deco, and think that I need a 28ff. It's a really cute bra, though, and I can't wait to try my new size! The straps are really wide, and I love that. Also, the lace is very soft.
I have tried on this bra several times at home and do not feel comfortable enough to wear it outside as a strapless yet, even 4 months of owning it. The band feels a good fit but I think my skin wiggles too much around my ribcage and shifts it so the bra is pulled downward when worn without straps. It's a really strange feeling. Maybe I am just not ready for a strapless? Or, maybe this is not the correct one for me. For now I plan on wearing it as a cross-strap bra with racerbacks or certain dressy tops. I hope to try the Fantasie Ava Strapless next since my favorite molded bra is the regular Ava.
Nov 21st, 2011 Purchased late-November 2011 from Asos.
Is this the half cup padde version? or the balcony one? :)