First, this is a beautiful, high-quality bra. It almost fits me, but for the price, I want perfection.
After trying several Prima Donna bras, I can confidently say: Their unlined, full-cup bras run very large. Size down by a cup size or two! The cups are almost perfect, but a little too closed off at the top for my tallish-roots. Good projection. The straps are set at a really appropriate distance for the band size (not surprisingly wide set like so many bras in small band sizes).
The almost-perfect fit of this bra has given me confidence to try their Twist line, which I’m hoping is actually perfect. I emailed them and they recommended 30E in that line, so fingers crossed that it works.
Prima Donna bras are just a tad bigger than the same-sized Prima Donna Twist bras, I've discovered. The band is slightly longer, so I'm wearing the bra at its tightest hook from the get-go. The bottom cup is made up of somewhat stretchy silk and the top of the cup is of stretchy mesh lace with expensive embroidery. The cups provides a fuller coverage than the Prima Donna Twist of the same-size. The cup is a bit deeper too, so I wear it with a full breast nipple cover that is far thinner than your usual cutlet or even push-up insert. That addition rounds out my profile nicely. I do wish the center gore was a bit narrower. However, all in all, this is a high-quality bra that will provide support all day.
The Deauville Balcony Bra is very well-made. In terms of fit, it's a bra I reserve for my heavier days just before and early in my period. Even then, I have a little room left up on top on the right and a little wrinkling on the left, my smaller breast. I am wearing the bra on its middle hook. The straps, although adjusted snugly for me, still have room to go. That said, because I've adjusted the straps snugly, the sides do cut a bit into my underarm fat, in part also because the cups are set just a tad apart for me. The center gore is just a tad wider, so I imagine the cups would fit better were the gore narrowed a bit.
