Helena is a lovely day-to-day bra. Supportive, uplifting and quite comfortable, its design is pretty while understated. Under clothing, the bra provides a great, forward-facing shape.

That said, my breasts naturally sit very close together, and this bra doesn't deal very well with that; when wearing the bra, the underwires comes up quite high and wide in my cleavage, pressing down and into my breasts' soft tissue, leaving very unhappy red marks in their wake. Women with more space between their breasts, however, will not necessarily have this problem and may find this to be a perfect fit.

Updated on Jun 08, 2011 Flag this

Gives an excellent, rounded shape. The wires are a little too wide for me, and the band feels a little loose--its doesn't ride up, but feels more stable on the second set of hooks.

Edit 10/27/2012: Actually, after I shortened the straps an appropriate amount, the band felt stable on the loosest hook. One thing to note is that the straps only adjust halfway.

Edit: 1/4/2013: The band on this stretched out incredibly fast. I'm on the tightest hook now, an it's only been a little over two months. By contrast, the Fantasie Florence, which I bought at the same time and had the same initial maximum stretch, is still ok on the second set of hooks.

This bra is not owned any more

Updated on Jan 04, 2013 Flag this