I was really torn with this bra. It was one that I'd been really excited about finally getting. I loved the pale blue with yellow contrast details. After some deliberating, I opted to send it back.

About my boobs...shortish, narrow roots with soft and malleable pendulous tissue that are even to full on bottom and center full. I need depth and projection at the wire, but not necessarily the apex.


On to the bra...the band was very snug. I'm kind of not surprised because it's noted on Amazon that it runs small in this style and also because my Ellace also has a snug band for a 30. I'm ok with that though I would need an extender for a while. I'm not sure if a 32 would be better or too loose. It would probably have relaxed a bit more once a bit of wear and washing. All my pics are sans extender...just as I tried it on out of the package.

Like the Ellace, it seems like the band has a bit of uneven tension, where it's looser at the top than the bottom, which is great for v shaped chests (rib cages) but I'm guessing that I don't have one based on how it fits. If it was even, the upper part of band would flex the wires back enough to make the fabric taut. My lack of side tissue from being center full is not helping the side cup wrinkles. Normally I would not consider this a deal breaker. It's not visible under shirts.

Because I have soft tissue, I have a problem with tissue spilling over the seams when the fabrics change between the double mesh cups to lace. This causes what looks a bit like in cup quadding. I think that also the cup height (mesh portion) is a contributing factor to the problem. Again, not a huge issue, especially as this is something that I can expect from a lot of styles that are not vertical seams, same material on top of the cup as well as bottom, or molded cups. It's typically also not visible under most tops. So not super pretty but also not deal breaker.

The cups had a bit of gapping/wrinkling at the top, especially once the extender was added, even though it didn't really look like it did. Again, not a huge deal breaker because I have a bit of gapping with the Marcie.

The shape is great with the immediate depth and handled my pendulous projection. It was not too deep at the apex. I do love how soft and light it is. It's hard to believe that it's as supportive as it is.

What I think was the issue is that I felt that I preferred my Ellace and Marcie more than this one, and wanted to redirect the refund from this to another Marcie or Ellace, Cleo Mimi, or Ewa/Comexim. It really was a very hard decision to return because I really did love the powder blue and yellow accents, but I also felt that the bra was 1) a little bit too plain (even though the button is love) 2) didn't really do anything for me and 3) almost a little too cutesy or demure (not that I am really after sex appeal either, but the Ellace, for example, is just so classic looking, even in latte which is a nude...pics up but review is pending).

I figured that I could get a beige Marcie, though the new cornflower blue is really nice or find a nice nude or pastel that was better than the Florence. Looking at the pics as I uploaded them, especially the initial one, made me wonder if I made the right decision, but I know deep down it was not quite right.

Anyway, so I don't have the bra anymore and forgot to measure before sending back, but I wanted to have a memory of it here.

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Updated on May 02, 2018 Flag this

• Also like the light blue. This would definitely look good under something sheer and white. Now I understand what you mean by uneven band tension. I actually have a V-shaped ribcage which could be the reason why my 30F Ellace fells so comfortable where the upper elastic of some of my Panache and Cleo bras sometimes gets a little pinchy. But I get the same wrinking on the sides. So maybe uneven tension is not the whole story.

  BTW, Did you try to hook the band of your Ellace unevenly (have the upper clasp tighter then the bottom)?

• Interesting, aboobaccount. So maybe it is not completely a problem with the band tension. I have tried to side hook and it is difficult but also not terribly effective.

• And yes, it was a nice light colour. I've since gotten my Ellace in latte which is a brilliant shade of nude on me. I will find another light colour bra, maybe Marcie in beige or one of the other colours... that new cornflower blue is really nice but it's maybe a bit too dark? I'm still unsure about trying Kayla based on it's projection but I might. I think that I might going to hold off for the moment with new bras. Though I have one pending possibly.

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  I'm so jealous your gore tacks in this model. Beautiful color on you, too.

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