The first time I ever tried a bralette bra. It's also the first one that comes anywhere near my current size (32J). I had to sister - size to 34HH because there are no 32 bands.

The bra is made of light slightly warm toned pink lace. The upper part of the cups is made of a stretchy lace with an elastic band at the edge.
The floral embroiderie on the upper cup part is repeated on the "bralette" part around the bra. There is a regular mesh bra band and then the lace over it. It looks like a long line bra. (I'm not sure what is ... the exact difference between longline or bralette bra? I thought bralettes are usually without wires while longlines just have a longer band. Will edit this once I know for sure.) The band is true to size in my opinion and closes with 5 row of hooks. I found this quite difficult to do up on my own. Since the band was a bit too big, I could do it up on the front and then move it around.

My issues:
The band was too big, it did not feel supportive at all. I usually can wear the sister size 32J in Elomi so I'm not sure if these cups came up a bit small. On the other side it was probably just a problem of my very full on top boobs vs. an elastic band at the edge of some stretchy lace. That does never go well. Also all of the Elomi bras I tried so far are quite closed at the top, so even despite the stretch it does not work for me.

I found the wires to be a good width for me there was no wrinkling or empty fabric on the sides but not enough room at the top and center. I probably need the wires of a HH- cup in this bra and the cup depth and room at the top of a JJ-cup. And a 32 band which they don't make…anyway I think that the bralette part would ride up during the day, roll together and dig in at the underbust. It already did when I was taking the photos and I only wore the bra for 5 mins. I think that could be annoying. Apart from that it's a very pretty bra but I think it's mostly for looks and not everyday wear.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2019 Flag this

I love the look and feel of this bra...if only it fit. It's terribly unfortunate that they don't make this longline version in a larger band/cup than 40H. It's a beautiful peachy pink. It's definitely sheer enough to see nipples, so if that works or doesn't work for you, now you know. I like the longline style of this bra, but the wires are a bit high on the sides for me, however, I have high roots, so, I'm not a great barometer for average root havers. It's also not deep enough in the cup for the amount of projection I have, but the cup isn't even the correct size, so the depth issue is only going to be exacerbated.

There wasn't space to include a custom measurement, but from the top of the gore to the bottom of the longline lace is 15cm/6" & from the top of the wing to the bottom of the longline lace is 18.5cm/7.25". These are the measurements for the size 40H.

Ballet Pink colorway

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Updated on Aug 05, 2023 Flag this

I love the look and feel of this bra...if only it fit. It's terribly unfortunate that they don't make this longline version in a larger band/cup than 40H. It's a beautiful peachy pink. It's definitely sheer enough to see nipples, so if that works or doesn't work for you, now you know. I like the longline style of this bra, but the wires are a bit high on the sides for me, however, I have high roots, so, I'm not a great barometer for average root havers.

There wasn't space to include a custom measurement, but from the top of the gore to the bottom of the longline lace is 16cm/6.125" & from the top of the wing to the bottom of the longline lace is 19cm/7.5". These are the measurements for the size 38HH.

Ballet Pink colorway

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Updated on Aug 03, 2023 Flag this

I love the look and feel of this bra...if only it fit. It's terribly unfortunate that they don't make this longline version in a larger band/cup than 40H. It's a beautiful peachy pink. It's definitely sheer enough to see nipples, so if that works or doesn't work for you, now you know. I like the longline style of this bra, but the wires are a bit high on the sides for me, however, I have high roots, so, I'm not a great barometer for average root havers.

There wasn't space to include a custom measurement, but from the top of the gore to the bottom of the longline lace is 15cm/6" & from the top of the wing to the bottom of the longline lace is 18cm/7.125". These are the measurements for the size 36HH.

Ballet Pink colorway

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Updated on Aug 03, 2023 Flag this

I love the look and feel of this bra...if only it fit. It's terribly unfortunate that they don't make this longline version in a larger band/cup than 40H. It's a beautiful peachy pink. It's definitely sheer enough to see nipples, so if that works or doesn't work for you, now you know. I like the longline style of this bra, but the wires are a bit high on the sides for me, however, I have high roots, so, I'm not a great barometer for average root havers.

There wasn't space to include a custom measurement, but from the top of the gore to the bottom of the longline lace is 15.5cm/6" & from the top of the wing to the bottom of the longline lace is 18cm/7.125". These are the measurements for the size 38H.

Ballet Pink colorway

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Updated on Aug 03, 2023 Flag this

Band at bottom of bralette too wide, actual bra band was ok. Overall an odd shape. Made my boobs a weird shape.

Updated on Aug 03, 2021 Flag this

Sorry I forgot to measure this before I sent it back to Nordstrom’s. I miss long line bras/bralette styles from when I was a bit smaller (and honestly probably in the wrong size). I was looking forward to trying this out, but Elomi just hates my shape. It is too big in the band, too tall on the sides, too separate at the gore, straps too wide... all the typical Elomi problems for me.

I went down in cup size at the recommendation of the folks at Breakout Bras. They said the wrinkling at the sides and wires showed that the cups were too big, so I figured ... it was worth a shot. Turns out it is just an overall shape disaster for me since the cup size down (and my adventures into going down to 34J in the (34J - Elomi » Matilda Plunge Bra (8900) and 34J - Elomi » Charley Plunge Bra (4380)) give me pretty serious quad boob.

It’s okay, though. I feel I have thoroughly exhausted all the Elomi styles that could even possibly work for me. So I guess this is it and I can stop trying Elomi.
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Updated on Apr 19, 2021 Flag this

This bra is so cute and sexy! It's the Charley with a loose longline cami piece extending from the band. I did have to size up from my usual cup size 38GG to 38H. Ideally, I probably would go up one more cup size and down to a 36 band. As-is the cup is ever so slightly too shallow at the top for my full-on-top breasts and too shallow at the wire, so there is wrinkling and the cami portion is quite loose, even with the 5 hooks hooked in a V (loosest at the top of the band and tightest at the bottom of the longline lace). This is a fun bra that fits okay but looks great under a sheer top.

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Updated on Jun 05, 2020 Flag this

The cup is too small and shallow. It gives me some significant quadboob at this size, even the stretchy lace, isn't enough to enclose the top of the breast.

Red colorway

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Updated on May 23, 2020 Flag this

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Added on Dec 17, 2019