I have this in Cornflower Blue and hands down, it is one of the prettiest bras I've ever seen! Despite having a bad experience with Freya with the Deco, I decided I needed this in my life. It was love at first sight for me and I managed to get it at a good price too - £20.
This was also the first longline bra that I've owned despite trying another on in a shop. Now I'll go ahead and say it straight away - longline bras are probably not a great choice for my body shape but I love them so much that I wanted to try ... one. They're super cute haha. As I have quite a bit of flab, the band does flip up when I sit down, but this is unnoticeable under clothing and is probably mostly to do with my body shape, though I do think Freya could have added some boning into the wings to help avoid this as I have heard plenty of smaller ladies say they have had the same issue too.
I was pleasantly surprised when it arrived as my bra, size 36G, has three rows of hooks and eyes when I was expecting only two from the reviews here. Maybe this is just on larger band sizes? As others have mentioned, the band is very firm and if this will bother you I suggest your larger 'sister size'. It's fine for me though (I like the feeling of added support) and I'm sure it'll stretch out and become a little less tight in a few weeks as I anticipate myself wearing this a lot! I love the powermesh back - gives a fabulous smooth shape under clothes. There are 6 hooks which I imagine could be fiddly for some but they don't really bother me.
The cups are fairly shallow which could be an issue for those of you with more voluminous, full breasts, but suit my pendulous, full on top breasts fine. I get no quadboob or gapping. The top is open enough for FOT boobs. The lace doesn't sit totally flat, but from what I've heard if it does then you're wearing the wrong size anyway. It gives subtle cleavage and the most gorgeous uplifted round look under clothes. I ADORE the shape this gives me! However, a minor niggle is that the underwire does sit slightly below my breast tissue, but this may just be the style of the bra.It definitely doesn't bother me enough to return the bra or not wear it. The gore comes up pretty high, which suits me best as I have soft breast tissue that has a tendency of spilling out of lower gores such as plunges.
The straps, unlike some of Freya's other longlines, are the standard thick Freya straps which aren't popular with some ladies but they suit me just fine. They are fully adjustable, I found I had to make them slightly shorter as I'm quite petite. The little bow detail on the strap (also on the gore) is super cute.
I would definitely recommend this bra!
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