What a beauty. Ever since I first saw it I wanted it so bad. I finally ordered one from a swedish site with free shipping to try it out. It looks just like the pictures, it's absolutely gorgeous. The colors are perfect. The lace is so nice.

This is a side support type of bra. The entire cup is made of stretch lace lycra. yes, the whole cup is stretchy!!! It doesn't have any additional lining, it's just the lace. It's very soft and lovely, not too stretchy either so you'll still feel supported. The straps are soft too and wide, and for once, they don't feel too wide set for me.

I can confirm it does have 3x3 hooks in this size.

The band is very TTS. In my previous experience in ~2014 or something, at around 32FF size, I found Freya to be very stretchy. This one is very good size for me.


on to the negatives. The gore. It doesn't lay flat, it goes sideways or whatever, like it flips over on itself. I know Freya is known to have soft wires in bigger sizes so I assume it's because of this, as well as it's pretty wide. Also it has a bit of a flare to it at the top,

The wires are wide as expected. however I have much less wrinkling than I do in other bras, probably because of the side support style, so for me, it's not that big of a deal actually in this bra.

And finally, sadly and a common occurence for me, I get a fair bit of wrinkling in the bottom of the cup.

I think the biggest dealbreaker for this bra is the gore. If it would lay flat and not flip on it's side, I'd probably keep this (or rather, return this one and order it somewhere cheaper lol because swedish pricing is insane). But yeah. Damn. It's so so beautiful.

Earl Grey colorway

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• Boo! What do you think the issue with the gore may be? Buckling from weak wires + heavy breasts? Or too much material / too wide of a gore for more close-set/narrow boobs? Combination?

  I had different fit issues with this bra, but mine went back too. It *is* beautiful and it was really comfortable for me, though the wires were very wide for me as well. I would 100% pick this up second-hand later, but for full price I wanted much more uplift and rounding than this could my rather soft tissue. It encased my breast tissue beautifully in the 30J, but the elf slipper shape was too much for my sensibilities at that price point. Better luck next time!

• I have incredibly close set boobs but most bras I've tried with this high gore do actually sit flat, like, yeah they sit on my tissue sometimes but they don't flop around. I can't remember which one but I know one I tried in the past did this too, I think it was Panache Envy.

  I think it's mostly because the wires are so soft and has a weird flare. I'm not too sure. If it sat like, 2 cm lower I think it would have been better and might have worked.

  I'm not too fussed about the side shape for myself, it's not "too" pointy for myself but yeah. I might pick this up later if it goes on sale for like half price :P And then maybe try to adjust the gore or something. it's so pretty I can't even

• Excellent review alidieux , thank you!

  I first saw the Offbeat on Bravissimo and the backside view of the band intrigued me. It looks oh so soft yet seems to be structurally strong. Viewing the Offbeat on other sites made the band look weird in comparison. Besides being tts, is there anything else you can say about the band? Oh, and thanks for clarifying the number of hooks.

• It's pretty soft, silky material, kinda thick and feels sturdy, similar to Elomi Kim's silky cup material. The hooks have like super soft fabric on the inside, it's the softest out of all my bras lol.

  For the structure, do you mean like this kind of difference (elomi kim but most of my other bras have the same as Kim) https://i.imgur.com/aMDcIkt.jpg

  It has a different shape as well as the "strap" doesn't continue (or whatever to say) on the bra. it's just a normal seam.

• The band in your photo structurally does not look like the image on Bravissimo and is exactly like what I was seeing on other sites. I wonder how often that happens? Thanks for providing the comparison to the Elomi Kim, they are similar.

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