Very comfortable. Love the silky soft fabric on the band.

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A lacy everyday full-coverage bra that I like so much I bought it in several colors. (And yes, the darker colors run a smidge smaller than the pale pink.)

Some things to note: The entire upper center panel stretches, not just the edge, so if you have much fullness there, you might find this is a full-coverage bra you can wear. The lower panels do not stretch, so I get a softly rounded, natural shape. There is boning in the wings, but it's a flexible plastic and doesn't dig into me at all. The underwire has a small amount of flex in it, but is largely firm. I like that the gore does not come up as high as on Wacoal and Elomi full-coverage bras.

What would make this perfect? A side sling or panel of firmer material to bring my breasts more front and center. But this is a pretty, supportive bra at a good price point, so my wish is really more of a quibble.

Updated on May 15, 2016 Flag this

I really wanted this one to work for me, but I fear it's another loser.

The fabric is really nice, a light stretchy mesh, would be perfect in the summer. The whole top is stretchy, so it would definitely accommodate top fullness. The color is a nice pale pink, not close to my skin-tone but pretty and delicate. It has 3 hooks, and the straps are a nice distance apart, so it feels pretty supportive.Quality-wise, I'm guessing it's not the greatest, as there are defective stitches (see pic). Also the lace is easy to snag if you have a ring on, etc.

The wires are definitely too wide and ... tall for me, and I keep debating whether I should try to get a smaller cup size since I like it so much, but I think that this style is not so supportive with my FOB, splayed boobs. It doesn't seem like it would do much to bring them in toward the center, but would would probably just flatten them in a smaller size.

This is more of a question, but for some reason I don't understand why when I scoop up all of my tissue, the bra is up way too high on my bigger side, but not on my smaller side - there it is low it enough to be comfortable (notwithstanding the wide wire). This seems to be happening to me in several bras, and I don't know if it has to do with depth or what.
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This and the other one I bought in purple are my new favourite bras! I wore this one for the first time today, and the maiden voyage played out like a dream! https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" /> I was a tad worried that the high gore may rub/poke but so far so good. It was so comfortable, phew.

I love the fact that this bra is everything I hated in bras about 3 years ago (before I started finding my correct size and becoming really interested in lingerie). Its completely unpadded, lacy, pretty full coverage, somewhat sheer (I can see my nips through this colour) AND this ... one is also a fairly close skin-tone match for me.

I feel so much like a retro pin up in this it's amazing! It makes me think of Claudette who I love - I think the shape is very similar to Claudette Fishnet Scoop Neck Bra in that it's almost like a crop top style. I love the smooth clean lines of the straps and the neckline - it's a very basic utilitarian shape juxtaposed with a retro lacy layer over each cup. The design is really knock-out for me. I have never really liked a bra that's similar to my (fairly pale Caucasian) skin tone - but this one is somewhere between the Parfait By Affinitas Charlotte in Peach and Dusky Rose - think I'd call it blush. The actual name is Desert Flower - even this sounds sensuous and beguiling! Swoon.

I purchased it in a wonderful store in Chicago called G Boutique (I was there last week on holiday and did research before visiting so that I could try and snaffle some lingerie delights whilst there!) that I can't recommend highly enough. They don't have a huge selection of fuller bust items (a few Cleo , Panache , Parfait etc.) but what they do carry is very well chosen. The store is beautiful and has a large array of other lingerie/nightwear that is wholly drool-some, like Cosabella , Fleur't , Mimi Holliday , Maison Lejaby etc. I bought the purple bra and matching knickers (and a Parfait cupcake hipster knicker - soooo cute!) and had to go back on my last day to buy this colour way also as I couldn't stop thinking about it!
Now on the hunt for the matching knickers as the store didn't have any large ones in.

The shape is gives is beautifully rounded, very naturally so as there's a gentle but not huge amount of uplift. It still gives a more projected and rounded look under clothes than a lot of unpadded bras do on me (I'm looking at you Claudette Dessous ), a very satisfying side view I think.

Wires are gloriously wide. There is absolutely no cutting in or gaping on the top of the cups - not even on my smaller breast which often struggles to completely fill out some of my F cups and usually needs the strap adjusting quite a bit shorter than my other breast to compensate.

I think this is an excellent bra for full on bottom to even boobs. Unsure about how those with upper fullness would fair.

The purple seems to fit a bit more snuggly around band (although will see if that's reflected in measurements when I do them tomorrow) than this one but both are a good firm fit for me.
The band has two hooks but feels satisfyingly wide and supportive. There is nothing I don't like about this bra!

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