I've read many reviews that say that this bra is better suited to those with wide-set breasts, and they weren't wrong, but it wasn't so bad for my close-set breasts due to the padding in the cups.

The material on this thing is weird. The band isn't very elastic, for all that it doesn't stretch much. It's a little on the tight side for a 30, which is fine for me, but reviews say that it stretches out quickly. I can see this happening. Although it appeared to hook fine on the second hook, it didn't feel at all supportive. The tightest hook might have been more supportive, but I had already decided not to keep it at that point and didn't want to stretch out the band too much.

The cups themselves are quite shallow, due to the padding in the cups. The padding is located on the bottom-outside portions of the cup, which worked great for me, since that's where I have the least fullness. However, the top/inner edges of the cup curved in a little too sharply for my shape, and I had the tiniest bit of quadboob. I found that the cups fit better when worn as a racerback/halter top. The cups no longer cut in then. That's not the way I like to wear bras though, so it wasn't much of a solution.

The gore didn't quite tack either. The top part of the gore floated just a tad, and wasn't really fixed when the bra was worn as a halter top. I think this may be due to a combination of close-set breasts with a slightly-too-shallow cup. Possible going up a cup would have solved the fit issues in the cups, but it wouldn't have solved the other problems I had with this bra.

I didn't realize why the colorways had two descriptions (xx/xx) until I received mine, when I was faced with unexpected leopard print. Turns out the first color is for the front and the second color is for the back. This feels super obvious in hindsight. I really don't like leopard print, even if it's not something I'll see when wearing it. I'll still know it's there.

The straps on the bra are completely removable for racerback or halter top conversion. It's not a suitable bra for strapless wear though. It's fully adjustable and was quite pretty, as it had a bit of a shine to it.

If I had encountered this bra earlier in my ABTF journey, I probably would have kept it, as I have other bras that fit similarly. But I have bras that fit, and now I'm pickier about fit because I can, and I no longer like molded bras very much. Perhaps if I come across it with a better price and colorway, I'll consider it again.

Dewberry/Animal colorway

This bra is not owned any more

Updated on Dec 11, 2015 Flag this

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