Waterytart

Pros: looks good when I'm not wearing it. Gives a nice, rounded shape - no pointy boobs here.

Cons: center of underwires go into my chest. Too long for me. The first time I wore this bra, I got stabbed on the right side as well, right under my armpit. It continued to hurt until I figured out I could bend the wire a tiny bit and have it not stab me. This bra is not forgiving if you don't fill out the cups at the top. Something about the shape of the cups is also off for me. My nipples don't go to the center of the cup ... where it looks like they should go. If I pull out the cup a little bit, I can see empty space underneath larger boob and more empty space underneath smaller boob. The center gore also kind of curves outward at the bottom, for lack of a better description. When I noticed this, I thought I might be able to alter the bra to make it fit better by taking it in in the center and removing the "extra" in the middle. No go.

Probably should be wearing a smaller cup size given how much space there was, but I'm pretty sure they don't make this in a 28C. Off to ebay it goes.
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Updated on Jul 24, 2012 Flag this

I'd been eyeing this bra for ages on ebay. When it popped up on sale on bravissimo, I went for it. The pattern is nice and the fabric is lightweight, not itchy. It feels like it would be good in hot weather.

It doesn't fit me. I think part of it is that the straps are too wide set for my shoulders. When I pull them in, it makes the front of the cups gape out awkwardly. When I pull the straps out to the side (where they're falling off my shoulders) the gape mostly disappears. There's empty fabric at the sides and along the front of the ... cup. There's no wire poking me anywhere. The underwire does rest on the edge of my larger breast but it's not uncomfortable, at least not in the few minutes I've worn the bra.

Pulling the bra in various directions makes the shape of the cup show more clearly. It seems like a nice, rounded shape that would probably be complimentary on someone with the right fit. I wish it fit me because it really is lovely, but there are too many fit issues to make it worth keeping/altering.
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Nice back on this. It's a little bit more decorative. Only one hook though - not a problem for me, but I can see how someone with a bigger chest might not like it. The straps were a little resistant to being shortened, so they might be okay at staying the same length over time.

First time wearing this I thought I was wearing the wrong band size. It felt way too tight. Going by measurements, it's the tightest one I own. After wearing it a little bit it feels more comfortable, but it's still tight.

The cups have a sort of vertical wrinkle to them, from the strap ... attachment down to the nipple. Tightening the straps only made this wrinkle worse. Lengthening them made the cup start to gape away from my chest.

The shape is a little pointy for me. The straps also fit a little wide. I always feel like I'm pulling them up.

Overall I'd say it feels both too big and too small at the same time. I'm starting to spill over on my bigger side, but the cups gape open when I slouch over.

Also, despite the description, this is not a padded bra. There is absolutely nothing in there to pad it out. Feels like a soft cup to me.
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Updated on Jul 24, 2012 Flag this

This would probably be a comfortable bra if it fit me right. The cups are soft and stretchy. The straps are narrow and fully adjustable, with a narrow one column hook closure in the back. Not a bra to wear if you're looking for nipple coverage.

Bought it, tried it on, realized it didn't fit, and stuck it in my drawer for the last year and a half. It still has its tags on and has never been worn for more than five minutes.

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Updated on Jan 06, 2013 Flag this

It's a nice gray, with almost purple tones. Black lace along the gore and the front of the cups, with a not ostentatious blingy thing in the center. Subtle animal print (leopard?). The straps in the front of the bra are of the same material as the cups and so do not adjust fully. The straps in the back are the same grayish color. When let out completely, the straps measure just slightly over 17 inches. At their shortest, just over 13 inches. They're a little bit wide-set and I do have to pull them up over my shoulders fairly often.

This bra fits me pretty well. When I ... first got it I wasn't too sure about it, as the cups and my boobs didn't quite seem to work right together. On the loosest hook, my breasts did not fill out the cup properly - there was empty space in the cup, and the pointy part of the bra and my nipple did not line up.

When I started wearing it on the second hook, this seemed to fix the cup problem.

I like the look this gives me. It's a little bit pointy but not outrageously so. It also gives a nice projection. There's no poking from the underwires in any place and the front rests comfortably flat (or would, if I didn't have a little dip in my ribcage).

That said, I took a good look in the mirror before writing this review and realized that the band is probably too big. I wear it on the second hook, but tried it out on the third, and that ended up feeling more secure. The band still rises up in the back even on the tightest hook. In the long run I should probably end up altering this bra to be tighter, but I have a feeling that the cups will be too small if I do that. I'll keep it as is for now.
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Updated on Nov 28, 2012 Flag this

Pretty good fit. The colors are nice and bright. I like that it has a molded cup.

The cups are a little bit small. On larger boob, there's definitely some spillover, especially if I scoop myself in to pull any side boob in. Sometimes there's a little bit of spillover on smaller boob, but not much. This bra originally poked me on my right side at the end of the underwire, but has since stopped without any modification on my part. The center gore does not rest flat; I can easily stick my pinky finger in the space. I have three in this style: petrol/magenta, plum/coral, and hawaiian blue/pink. The petrol and the plum fit me very similarly, but the hawaiian blue definitely has a smaller cup. As they are all labeled as being the same size (28D), I'm not sure why one of them would fit smaller than the rest.

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Updated on Jul 24, 2012 Flag this

Bought this one back when I was figuring out my size. I went from a 32A to a 30B, thinking that was the right size. The cups have space for about half my breast. Wearing this brings me the closest I have ever come to literally falling out of a bra.

Cute print, has the option of wearing as a racerback, but overall way too small. One hook closure in the back. Small bump pad in the bottom of the cup.

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Updated on Jan 06, 2013 Flag this

I've tried on this bra three times now, and each time it fits me differently. I guess this is normal, but it makes it difficult to decide if I want to keep it or not.

First try gave me a weird shape on larger boob. It cut in on the top of the cup? It looked super awkward. Second try fit better. It wasn't perfect, but it didn't have as much of the awkwardness of the first try. This third try gives me the best look so far. There doesn't seem to be any cutting in on my larger side. The smaller side is still too large (was for ... all three tries) and it looks kind of empty on that side.

The band is a bit loose and would need to be taken in to fit best. But I don't know what that would do to the cups and how they fit me, and I know this bra doesn't look good when the cups are too small.

I'm also not entirely convinced on the overall shape given by this bra. It's kind of pointy and not in a way that's flattering, at least to my eyes.

Overall, the bra is comfortable. The cups are just fabric with some mesh on the inside and lace along the edge. The straps are fully adjustable. I picked the teal color, which is just lovely.
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