Bought this for picky teenager. It's a petite-framed, fuller coverage bralette made from 2 layers of super soft, medium weight fine knit cotton. The straps are 15" long but these are in 2 parts, the first half on the front is 7" long and has soft lace trim sewn onto it, in the back is a .65" wide lingerie satin strap with a j-hook so the bralette can convert to racerback. Sneaaaky, I didn't know that it could do this.Very nice surprise as it's a hard to find feature in a bra.
All the seams are expertly bound with the same quality of elastic sandwiched ...inside, with double row of zigzag stitching pressing them neatly down. The underband is some kind of 1" wide elastic encased completely by the facing cotton knit. Both the top and bottom of the cotton casing are stitched securely to prevent the band from rubbing or the elastic from wearing through it. I'm impressed by all the thoughtful touches that went into designing this wireless bra!
No bubbling, rippling or weird unevenness when the bralette is at rest, or being stretched anywhere. Dalis doesn't bind in, wow. Somebody got heard or paid to figure this one out. Yeah, we're still kinda salty about the lack of consistency of elastic ease among the textile choices of curvy kate, freya, and panache/cleo styles.
The cup has a central vertical dart which is stitched to the inner layer with a miniscule 1/16" straight seamline, that has some stretch to avoid inducing in-cup quadding. This lower cup dart seam is 4" long, so if one has a shorter than average bottom cup depth (length from inframammary fold to nips) the cup might have pointiness above the fullest part of a breast. I did get the cup dart seam to stretch to just under 5" so Dalis should be ok for moderately projected, evenly full shapes. The gore and wing height are pretty good coverage, however some of this is the lace trimming. It's a forgiving edging to smooth things out but not a really supportive material in itself. I find this gives me a more subtle 'side muffin' silhouette since my boobs grow fullest from the underarm and side area so usually tend to squish out of a bra there. YMMV I wouldn't classify it spanx levels of control, but the streamling it does is, is not nothing either.
I'm thinking hard about things to kvetch about here. I think that the pattern could have a little more gathering from where the bottom of the cup darts begin to give the lower inner cup more space, and lower inner breast somewhere to be. Since it's easy to get squished in a bralette, especially one that's cut a little taller like this one.
Honestly we're both impressed, and really hope that more colourways and prints come out in Dalis. Read more 382 more words
I labelled this band as stretched to 30", it can stretch to probably about 33". Though doing so results in significant distortion of the wires. The cup depth can stretch to about 11.5". I believe this bra has been discontinued as I can no longer find it on Amazon nor Parfaits other retailers or their own website. Parfait seems to do this quite a bit. They put out many bras and most are discontinued rather quickly. They seem to excel the most in the padded/molded bra category. Providing the publix with decently projected padded bras. The gore is confusing to me. And it seems this is a hit or miss with ...many of their bras. All of their bras start out with quite a nicely narrow gore. But then they either stay fairly narrow (as with most their padded bras) or they get super wide at the bottom of the gore. THIS bra gets SUPER wide towards the middle and bottom of the gore. Alas, the material feels really nice. The cups are great. I think most women could get down with this style of cup. There is an outer layer of matte satin with a stretchy tulle lining. Top third is fishnet style mesh lined with the same tulle. The band is kind of strange. The gore and cup wings are made of a fishnet style mesh back with a stretchy tulle. Which I believe is what causes the ridiculous width/stretchiness of the gore. There is plastic boning in the wing seams and then the rest of the band is made of the same fishnet style mesh but instead of being backed with the tulle, it is backed with power mesh. Then there is about half inch of elastic sewn to the bottom making this a fully banded bra. There is also an interesting strip of plastic/rubber/silicone zig-zag stitched sewn to the outer edge of the cup. I imagine this is supposed to help the edge of the cup stay tacked down to prevent gaping without using a strip of elastic which would generally cause digging/quading. The construction quality is great. I think taking a piece of non-stretch fabric and sewing it to the gore would do absolute wonders for this bra. See my review here: http://bra.pe/X3lY/ for the story of me bravangalizing a friend and why I have bras in this size. Besides the gore issue, it seems to fit her pretty damn well. Her favorite of the three I got her so far is the Cleo Hettie ,also in 30GG. I imagine she will eventually end up in more of a 28HH/30H or even 28J/30HH as she has about a 13" h.perimeter and obviously prefers a firmer band. Read more 341 more words
I usually wear a 30G UK or so. The cups fit ok, but the band was far too small. Not sure if I like the look of the bra in real life so not sure if I'm going to return or exchange it, but if I were to get the same bra in a different size, I would get a 32G.
The gore is too wide, and the bra is almost cut like a plunge, so it quads up pretty significantly. The 4 hooks also makes it hard to fasten. That said, it's a really comfortable bra, and I'll probably wear it on smaller days.
Me: Narrow roots, narrow shoulders, evenly round, lots of immediate projection, slightly FoB, splayed, left-heavey by more than a cup size, 31" underbust, but prefer tight band with extender. Panache, Freya size 30GG
This is a beauriful, very well made bra for smaller band size/larger cup size. The cups have two layers of mesh/lace, effective side support that does not cut into excellent immediate projection, but are a hair too wide for my narrow roots. Straps are fantastically wide and 4 hooks! the back almost feels like a Longine. very comfortable side boning. Decently low gore and balconnette like coverage - very good ...for a full cup! The straps, (sigh), are too wide.
*Ladies with lots of center fullness may find a little cutting, (there is a hair of quading on the inside of my larger side as seen in angle shot, but I am average center fullness). But, there is good room for FoT - see photo - a full three fingers of available space but no gaping or wrinkling on average upper fullness.
I think I will probably keep it, in spite of width of cup and straps. Read more 90 more words
The Parfait Charlotte in floral shimmer seems to be entirely different to the original - I own the Icy Blue in a 28H and Floral Shimmer in a 30GG, so should be very similar in cup shape and volume, but they are very different. I don't get the digging in at the top of the cup that I get in the old version and it's more uplifted shape. The cup sizes do seem to be quite a bit bigger in the new update, especially in smaller sizes. You can see more in the review on our blog which also compares the same bra in a 30D.
I'm so glad you inputted the measurements for this bra here! It would be really awesome if you and Charley continued to input all the data for your guy's bras (even the not fitting ones!)! Support the community!
Loved this bra! Definitely runs a cup or two small, depending on how firm your tissue is. I was about a 30G when it fit, and I have fairly soft tissue. Enough lift for my decently projected and soft self.
The color is wonderful and bold, and it did not fade during the first several washes like I was afraid it would. Haven't worn it much, so not sure how long that will last, but for something this red, it's impressive.
The band is very tight. I had a hard time getting it off. Still, it sits comfortably because of how wide it is. 4 hooks per column! Loved how sturdy the Charlotte is, and the seams weren't that bad through thicker t-shirts.
I'm so glad you inputted the measurements for this bra here! It would be really awesome if you and Charley continued to input all the data for your guy's bras (even the not fitting ones!)! Support the community!