I decided to try this bra and another Gossard style based on my positive experience with the Retrolution Staylo, my first ever perfectly fitting bra. Before receiving the Felicity, I was under the impression that it was a moulded cup style (based on the image shown on the Brastop website). On receiving it I realised that it is actually cut very similarly to the Superboost Plunge styles, with a 3-part fibrefill cup construction. The closed-in shape created by the upper panel of the cup was not something I anticipated would work for me, which was disappointing since I live in New Zealand and returning the bra was not ... an option! When I first tried it on my fears seemed to be confirmed - the edge of the cups cut in slightly (though not as badly as anticipated) and my breasts weren't quite filling out the ends of the cups. Fortunately my stubbornness compelled me to try and make it work, and I found that with several adjustments, the fit was near perfect. My initial problems with the Felicity were almost entirely down to inadequate swooping-and-scooping. As soon as I put the bra on properly (leaning over and letting my breasts fall into the cups) most of the fit issues were resolved. I also found that moving the straps inwards slightly on my shoulders helped to open out the upper inner part of the cup.
Now that I'm wearing it correctly, I find that there's still up to half a centimetre of empty space at the end of each cup (it varies day to day), but the stiffness of the fibrefill material means that this doesn't show. The edges of the cups no longer cut in noticeably. The band is perfectly supportive on the loosest hook. My breast tissue is well-contained, and although I get a tiny bit of armpit-boob, I think that's more to do with my shape than the bra itself. The bottom of the cup has a reasonable amount of immediate projection, which is good for me since I am only moderately shallow, a bit pointy, and very slightly bottom-heavy.
The shape given by the bra seemed very strange to me at first, but I'm beginning to like it. It's very much a lift-and-separate bra, unlike the pushed-upwards-and-inwards shape I tend to favour. In this bra the upper inner surface of my boobs becomes a long, straight slope rather than a curved hill shape, if that makes sense. The overall shape is quite pointed, almost retro, and coaxes my breasts into a much more projected shape than I can achieve in most moulded cups. I quite like this look under blouses and retro dresses. As is standard with Gossard, the detail of the bra itself is also totally gorgeous - the colours are unique but well-matched and very flattering on my pale skin, and the crystal button embellishments add awesomeness without being excessive.
For anyone over a D cup, it's important to note that this bra doesn't fit me nearly as well without the removable inserts (which I believe only come with sub-DD cups). I don't have a lot of outer fullness to my breasts and I find that even though they're quite small, the inserts help to tip the bra cups forward enough to open out the top edges slightly. For this reason I would advise caution to shallow ladies who fall outside of the removable-padding size range. I suspect this style would be best suited to people with teardrop-shaped breasts, and best avoided by anyone with very shallow or very full-on-top breasts.
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