About me:
• Height: 5'2" / 158 cm
• Narrow, close-set, center full, functionally FOB/short roots, immediate projection, annoying tail of spence
• Mild pectus excavatum (bottom of my sternum curves inward) with rib flare
• Typical fit challenges for my shape and body type are wires that are too long or too wide, not enough immediate projection, cups that are too tall and wide, wings that are too tall, straps that are set too wide.
• I have a connective tissue disorder and find that a tighter, firmer fit works best for me
About the bra:
• The cups aren't padded but are lined with thicker fabric. I have ... prominent nipples that like to let the world know I am freezing cold 24/7 so I appreciated the coverage this bra provided without the added bulk of thick, foam padding.
• The fabric is soft and flexible enough to the touch but firm enough to hold everything in, provide lift, stability, and a rounded shape.
• The wires were a bit too long and wide for my shape so it felt like the bra was trying to push my boobs down and to the sides. I'm not sure how to word this but the wires were about 1/4" too short for the fabric on the outside of the cups near the wing/side panel. This made the fabric feel even more irritating to my skin in the tail of spence area.
• I had heard that Freya half cups were a good choice for those of us who struggle with cups being too tall (seems to be a fairly common issue with smaller band/larger cup sizes). The cups on this bra were still just a bit too tall for me. If the too tall cups were the only fit issue I would have definitely kept this bra. The fit was really close in this respect. I had empty space in the bottom of the cups because they didn't have enough projection for my shape. I couldn't keep the bra in my IMF; it would slide down immediately after scooping and swooping. The cups were too wide so I wasn't filling out the sides of the bra either. My breast tissue stops well ahead of my armpits and these cups/wires were wrapping around my torso and digging into the sides of my ribs and armpit area. The tops of the cups cut into the very top of my breast tissue resulting in some minor quadding. The wires at the gore sat on breast tissue (I am close-set and center full) and I need more projection at the gore or a very low, close-set gore with more projection than this bra provided.
• The straps were too wide set for me. I would say the straps are long -- I had to tighten them all the way to get them to fit, but I am also pretty short at 5'2".
• The longline band bunched and folded up on me. I do have some unique issues that could be contributing to this like mild pectus excavatum and rib flare. I prefer a 28 band on Freyas but ordered this one in a 30 because I'd read that black bras are usually tighter. I'm not sure if a 28 band would prevent the issues I was having with the longer fabric in the band bunching and folding up.
• I have a lot of issues with gores being too wide, too tall, and too firm. They are almost always somewhat painful to extremely painful for me. I know my close-set, center full shape with pectus excavatum and a rib flare immediately below my IMF makes this a particularly challenging fit issue to overcome.
• I could easily wear the band on the tightest hooks but going down a band size would put me in a 28G and the larger cups don't scale well on my particular shape and size.
I really, really wanted to keep this bra but decided against it despite it probably being the best fit I have found so far in my search for a bra that fits. Having tried many different styles of Freya bras in sizes 28FF, 28G, 28GG, 30F, 30FF, 30G, 32E, 32F, and 32FF I have yet to find one that is "perfect." I basically need the cup height, cup depth, wire length, wire width and wing height of an F cup with the projection of a GG cup.....thus my search continues.
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Updated on Jul 23, 2019 Flag this
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This is a classic Freya shape so you should be able to get colorful ones. Just search for Freya padded longline and you’ll find plenty of good stuff.