I may need this bra in a 32GG, but this one fits my smaller breast perfectly. My breasts feel weightless in this bra - I'm not in any pain! This bra is perfect!

Updated on Apr 27, 2015 Flag this

This is a very comfortable bra and although I am having to fasten on the tightest set of hooks, it fits fairly well. I do think that the cups are a bit odd. There is a mesh sling type support inside the cup on the outer bottom of the cup. It feels great support-wise. But I can see that indentation by looking at the cup in the mirror. It goes in where it is supported and then spills over in the rest of the breast. I have slight, very light quad boob, but it isn't noticeable and wouldn't really bother me. ... But there is wrinkling in the band under the arm right beside but behind the cup. And the bottom of the cup has some wrinkling in the fabric but I don't understand why because as I said the breast bulges out from the support sling and has a little quad boob. I can stretch the band tighter and the underarm wrinkling remains so maybe it is normal and not a fit issue? The underwire width is very comfortable and feels spot on. Gore is the first time a bra has ever fit as it is supposed to, and I can definitely tell the difference. I didn't know what I was missing. I don't know if the cup fit is right or not but it does look just a little "off." My husband loves this bra in shirts because he describes it as a very "natural" look.
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Baby Blue colorway

Updated on Nov 03, 2014 Flag this

This bra ALMOST fits... it seems to have the same problem that every other unlined bra has - I can't quite fill out the top. It's really close though, so it's probably great for shallow ladies who don't have splayed boobs like I do.

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Updated on Aug 03, 2014 Flag this

Decided to cut the tags and keep it for a while.
Wore it for an 8-hour actual physical work day.

WIRE: a little squishy, but comfy. Definitely has a squidgey squeak problem when I move a lot.
CUP: Not quite the immediate depth I need, as evidenced by the pull lines on the outer layer of fabric. When the bra shimmies down a smidge, the apex fits my apex better and the rest of the cup (top part) does, too. The cup is amazingly comfy, I assume because the fabric is (or is like) cotton. There is the usual gaping at the strap attachment point. Oddly, the elastic along the top ... quads a bit after I sc/swoop and the lace edge on the outside flares out. I think this bra expects my boobs to have a lot more upper projection, so the cup fit isn't right. It is acceptable for me right now.
STRAPS: Obviously way too wide-set, but does not cut into underarm like most bras. I know it doesn't fit right and when I put my arms forward, the gape on the outside upper portions of breasts is silly-huge, but at this point in the day it does not hurt me whatsoever, so I'm accepting it.
BAND: Slightly too big. Ever so slightly. I hooked the top hook 1 column in and it helped. I normally would wear it on the middle set (with the top hook on the inside set), but on a day like today when I'm moving a lot, the other setting was a better choice.

Aesthetics: I think it's pretty in a cotton lace sort of way. Not in a sexy way.
Overall: This was my first wear. I will keep this bra.

I really wish it came in a 34GG.

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SECOND WEARING: Not so sure about this side sling thing. It does weird things to my boobs when I raise my elbows over my head. The wires are a little too easily squidged wider than I need, too.

Maybe it's the wire being too wide that is causing the side/under sling thing to cut INTO my boobs instead of lying on their surfaces and supporting? So if the wire were in the correct spot on the outsides, the sling part would follow the angle of my boob instead of the angle of my ribcage?

Still. It's incredibly comfy for not really fitting correctly.

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After more wearings and a little weight loss:

I wear it, sometimes, but it's just not right for me. I have to wear it on the tightest hooks most of the time now and that moves the cups outward too much, making the wideset-strap issue more of a problem for me.

I am going to try to get this in a 34G to see if it solves my problems. This size I'll list now and keep as a backup for emergencies until it sells.
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Updated on Feb 08, 2014 Flag this

The cups have I guess what they call a sling on the outer lower part, which I think is there for support, but it's much tighter than the outer cup fabric. It's a separate piece of stiffer fabric, so it leaves a weird gap on the cup itself. The lace itself is gorgeous, but there seems to be some irregularities with the stitching where it attaches.

30H is US size. It is primarily labelled and sold as UK 30FF.

Updated on Feb 05, 2012 Flag this

I tried this bra in a store. It is beautiful and the gore is quite low, allowing some cleavage. On the other hand, the bra gives an east-west and conical breash shape. The cupr are small, this bra fits more like a Freya 30ff.

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Updated on May 11, 2019 Flag this

The only thing that works for me in this bra is the 30 band, which feels true to size. My estimated size here and on abrathatfits is 30DD/E.

The cup shape, material and style are not made for small, rather empty, soft breasts without any upper breast fullness to fill them out. This style definitely requires more projection than I have. The material feels like it would soften up nicely with a wash or two. The mesh cups are unpadded and have an additional inner side sling for support, but with such soft breast tissue, this only creates more awkwardness to the shape.

The gore of this bra made ... it completely unwearable for me (even if the cups fit right), The underwires dig into my sternum painfully (making me feel bruised)...more than any other bra I've ever tried on. Even cotton balls between my skin and the wires didn't make it tolerable.

Update: I pulled the wires so they are slightly wider, which took away the pain at the sternum.
Although this will never be a bra I can really wear, I have also realized it does something most bras I've worn in the past don't. It pulls in and supports the breast tissue (that tends to bulge) that is near my armpits.
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Deep Orchid colorway

Updated on Jan 04, 2016 Flag this

Again, this is a problem for me because the fabric is AMAZING. Silky soft and I am obsessed with the light blue color. Unfortunately, this bra doesn't work well with close set breasts with immediate projection. My boobs get kind of smushed to the side, causing quadding and wrinkling at the center base of the gore.

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Updated on Oct 11, 2015 Flag this

*Review from blue model included at bottom.
The band is too large, as on the blue version. I've worn the beige a few more times and now I can wear it on the loosest hook. Cups are too large and causing quite a bit of quad boob.

This bra did originally have a side support sling which I removed. The sling was really warping the shape of my soft breasts. The shape is somewhat better without it but still not ideal.

* Blue Review:The band is rather loose/stretchy. It felt stiff when I first tried to on, but after a few hours of wear I was able to comfortably ... move to the second hook (shown in the photo.) The cups are too small for me, based on the quad boob and the fact that I can't quite fill the entire bottom of the cup. I tried to wear it a few times and convince myself it was close enough, but it's just not working. Even with the bad fit this bra is very comfortable and the bra itself is pretty. Just not on my body.

I think this bra is just not right for my breasts, size issues aside. Even though the cups are small it actually feels like the cups are too baggy because of the lack of support and sagging that I'm getting. I'm also not fond of the shape this bra gives me. It's almost like the sides of the cup are a little too supportive* for my soft breasts and the shape is being warped. This bra would probably work better for someone with firmer breasts, and maybe someone fuller on top than I am.

I also have the beige model of this bra and it had side support slings in the cup. There are no slings in the blue model. I don't know if it was a design change or if the were removed by someone skilled enough to not leave evidence of removal. (Purchased from eBay, but it did come with tags and Parfait packaging, which I have since removed.)
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beige colorway

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Updated on May 16, 2015 Flag this

The band is rather loose/stretchy. It felt stiff when I first tried to on, but after a few hours of wear I was able to comfortably move to the second hook (shown in the photo.) The cups are too small for me, based on the quad boob and the fact that I can't quite fill the entire bottom of the cup. I tried to wear it a few times and convince myself it was close enough, but it's just not working. Even with the bad fit this bra is very comfortable and the bra itself is pretty. Just not on my body.

I think this bra is just not ... right for my breasts, size issues aside. Even though the cups are small it actually feels like the cups are too baggy because of the lack of support and sagging that I'm getting. I'm also not fond of the shape this bra gives me. It's almost like the sides of the cup are a little too supportive* for my soft breasts and the shape is being warped. This bra would probably work better for someone with firmer breasts, and maybe someone fuller on top than I am.

*I also have the beige model of this bra and it had side support slings in the cup. There are no slings in the blue model. I don't know if it was a design change or if the were removed by someone skilled enough to not leave evidence of removal. (Purchased from eBay, but it did come with tags and Parfait packaging, which I have since removed.)
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Blue colorway

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Updated on May 16, 2015 Flag this