I love this bra, but I must have gained weight and no longer fit as well as I did. It's a pretty bra, and this design fits me better than almost any other bra type: open at the top, low center gore, straps widely set nearly all the way at the outermost part of my pectorals, and the lower wing. I also like that there is a thin foam lining that prevents nippage.

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After feeling a bit sorry to let this style go at my first try (30D - Betsey Johnson Intimates » Eyelet Lace Demi Bra (723325),
I found another one in my size for cheap and decided to give it another go. As I remembered, it's super comfy. The band is so stretchy! The cups fit well and produce that nice mounded-hills look I like under buttoned blouses. Still not good for under tight t-shirts -- the lace shows through. The pink bows look okay enough in a picture, I guess, but on my actual body they left me feeling like Little ... Bo Peep. So I cut them off, and I like the look much better.

For about three months this was my favorite regular-wear bra. Then, to my horror, I saw that the elastic in the mesh at the sides of the bra has started to decay -- little pale dots of elastic thread are starting to appear all over the black mesh, like an evil and slightly sticky dust. I still like the fit and shape of the bra, but it's very disappointing to see the material breaking down so soon. By contrast, I have a couple of Natori @Feathers that have seen heavy use over the last five years, and although the colors have faded a little they show nothing like this kind of structural failure.
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Updated on Jul 18, 2017 Flag this

Background first:
I have wide set, shallow, slightly splayed boobs; tall roots but soft and deflated, so my braless shape is full on bottom. The left side is about half a size larger than the right, but it's also more deflated and concave on top when unsupported.

First reactions: this bra is sooo comfy! The band is soft and super stretchy, as other reviewers have mentioned. I am impressed at how well the cups fit me. All my usual failure points check out: the wires are wide enough, the cups are shallow and open enough, the line at the top of the cups is nice ... and smooth on both sides. The overall silhouette is pretty good, a nice mounded-hills look with no quadboob. And it's very comfortable. Did I mention the band? How stretchy it is? Super stretchy! On a strapless this would never do, but for everyday wear I think this bra would feel great.

My quibbles are comparatively minor. The silhouette is flatter than ideal for me -- this bra minimizes what little forward projection I have. Also, the Suzy Snow colorway looks great on screen, but in real life the bow decorations are much more intense than I had expected, more of a bright coral than a mild pink. This would also not be a bra for under tight t-shirts: the seams and lace texture show through. Those aren't problems with the bra per se, just ways it doesn't match my tastes.
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Updated on Jul 10, 2016 Flag this

This bra was actually quite comfortable, but the underwires are too wide on the sides. Because i don't totally fill out the bra on the sides, the side wrinkle up. The side wrinkling isn't noticeable under a shirt, but it seems to make me look flatter.

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Updated on May 31, 2016 Flag this

This bra is a clone of the Retro Glamour, the Starlet Lace Balconette, the Hottie Dottie, and the Budding Lace bras. It is a nice bra, might be slightly small for me.

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First impressions:
This is really comfortable!
This just might fit!
Wow, they weren't kidding when they said the band is very stretchy.

Of course, it got more complicated from there. I love the detail of the split strap near the cup. I think it's adorable and downplays my annoyingly prominent tail of spence. I feel like this bra is really cute, in a sweet sort of way.

When I first put it on, I get quadboob, but as I wear it, this settles down. Since the shallow cups are very lightly padded, they give some shape and I don't have the kind of issues with my soft boobs that I get ... with unlined. I find that a little poking and tucking (very minimal) helps the fit look right for me. Cups are pretty soft and a bit stretchy, so they're rather forgiving but also not as supportive as some other bras. The wires are flexible and fit well under my arm and around my boobs, but I could probably use a higher gore.
The gore is actually quite comfortable and sits flush against me. If I lie on my side, I do spill out of the cups, but not as bad as I did with the padded pushups in a too-big band that I used to wear!

Being so shallow, as expected it doesn't give much forward projection, but it does give me a nice rounded shape, for the most part. From the side, my breasts look quite small, with and without clothing on....but I suppose that's because they are. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" />

After wearing this for several hours, I have noticed a few things. Probably because the band is so stretchy, eventually my boobs settle way down. I start getting a little quadding towards the gore and a bit more gaping in the cup-meets-strap area. Also....this band is so scratchy in the back...it is driving me crazy. I am really sensitive to fabrics, so this isn't all that shocking, except that it is so opposite of my first reaction about how comfortable this bra is. (It still is....in everyplace but the back strap.) I am going to wash it and see if it softens up a little bit.

It's also worth noting that the vertical seams will show some under thin, soft fabric shirts. The top of the diagonal seam is a little weird. It almost appears that the one I got is irregular. The lace kind of bunches up there, as if it wasn't trimmed enough after the bra was assembled. (I trimmed it slightly and it is a little better, but still not resolved.) On one cup, this makes the lace flip out in that area. The light padding is sewn to the lace mostly just along the underwire and in a couple of places along the top of the cup.....the end of the diagonal seam being one of the points of stitching.

Overall impression: This is a cute bra and is good for shallow, wide, relatively wide set roots. For now, I am keeping it, because this is one of the best fits I've found and it's actually wearable. I am surprised at the quality though...I would expect more from Betsey Johnson (although I have never tried their bras before, they do make a lot of high quality products. Or, at least, I thought so from their price tags!) There is actually a very cheap feel to the construction. The very stretchy band and straps make it obvious that this is not going to hold up for very long. The way the lining and lace is and is not stitched together, and the awkward tops of the diagonal seam, also make me feel the quality is questionable. I definitely would not pay full price for this, but the $14 I spent on eBay was worth it.
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Updated on Jan 07, 2016 Flag this

This bra does not work for me at all. My breasts are too wide to fill the bottom of the cup so there is unfilled space. Some of my breast tissue spills out of the sides. It's a shame, because this bra is very cute.

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Updated on Aug 08, 2015 Flag this

Well, it's too bad this one didn't work—it's very pretty and comfortable, though the band seems very stretchy to me and that's not my cup of tea. There's obvious orange-in-a-glass syndrome as well as a little bulging at the top of the cups. There's also the strange too-small-on-one-side thing, but as the bra is obviously not for me I'm not going to fret about it this time.

Again, too bad this is not available in, say, 28E—it's really comfy yet so pretty!

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Updated on Apr 12, 2015 Flag this

I have shallow breasts with a wide root and this is the best fit I have ever had in a bra. I've had it for almost 2 years now and I only just had to shift to the second hook, it is very high quality and lasts for a while without stretching out.

Updated on Feb 22, 2015 Flag this

I was a little disappointed that this bra doesn't come in a 28 band, but I heard that it was good for wide rooted, shallow boobs, so I decided to try it. Overall, I'm quite happy with it.

The band feels looser than my usual size, but it's definitely wearable. I actually like the looser fit, because the band and the underwires don't dig in. The cups fit pretty well – no quadboob, and I fill out the bottom just fine. My only complaint is that it the front seams in the cups can show through clothing.

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