I knew that Floris was unlikely to fit in my current sister size of 30DD as I've already tried Olivia and Thea, which are similar models for FOT shapes. However, since I still fit Olivia in 30D, I figured it was worth a try to see how Floris fit in a size down. Unfortunately, the only reason Olivia fits in this size is due to the stretch fabrication. Since Floris is made with completely rigid cups, the overall bra is too small all around.

The one thing I really liked is that the band is firm and TTS. It measures a bit on the small ... end for a 30, but feels nice and comfortable on me. The wings are made from firm stretch knit, and there's a fairly wide bottom edge elastic that runs throughout the entire band, including the cradle, for an extra secure feel. The printed cups are a silky thin fabric similar to Thea, many printed Freya styles, and printed Cleos like Kayla, Minnie, and Ellis. The bottom cup is completely lined with tricot for a supportive feel. The upper cup is embroidered printed mesh and is quite wide. The edge is scalloped and is simply trimmed to the embroidery shape, with no additional stitching or stabilizing elastic. Because of the amount of embroidery on the upper cup, it does not really have any stretch.

Being a size too small, it was just too small everywhere, from the wires to the cup depth. It didn't look horrible, but you could tell that the whole thing is not the right size. Unfortunately I am pretty sure sizing up to 30DD won't work, since I am not FOT enough to fill out the upper cup in this shape. Therefore, Floris and Thea are not for me, and I can only get away with this cut in the stretchy Olivia fabric in a size down.

Aesthetically, I think this style is a bit hit or miss on the prints. As much as I love florals, some of these are a bit too much like 80s upholstery for my tastes. This Floral Multi colorway is a white-based floral with classic English flowers like cabbage roses, violas, cornflowers, and clematis done is a semi-photoreal style, layered over a stylized woodblock print of blue flowers and indescribable motifs. I'm not sure why these two elements were combined, as I think the flowers would've been nice by themselves on a darker ground. Some people may also prefer the print to run throughout the bra, but only the cups are printed. The band and straps, which are diamond-textured picot-edged elastic, are all solid. The only trim is a small pink bow at the center gore.
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Floral Multi colorway

Updated on Jul 30, 2020 Flag this

I give up, the Floris is not for me! I'm usually a 30DD but since that size was not available I first bought a 32D Floris. First of all, the shape was nice, but the band was expectedly loose. The real problem was the cups were just not quite filling up; there was just too much empty space for me to be satisfied with the fit. I exchanged for a cup size down at 30D, but that was a disaster. The band on this one was extremely tight compared to all my other 30 bands, so I added an extender to make it ... a 32C. That more or less solved that problem, but the cups were awfully quadboobing, squeezing what it could into a super pointy bullet shape and the rest overflowing like a muffin top. When I measured the bra for Bratabase, the band came out at 22.5 inches!!! WTF, was there a mistake in the production? Silver lining for 26 and 28 band users, this would totally be great for y'all. I'm sad this was a bust for me, the Aurora colorway was absolutely the most gorgeous bra I've seen in ages.
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Aurora colorway

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Grey Mix colorway

Added on May 18, 2016