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Candid Longline Bra (5044)

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This bra is discontinued.

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  1. 2
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    28FF

    Fits

    My shape: mid-height, front-facing, very close-set teardrop with tall shallow roots, max immediate projection, wide Nike swoosh roots with loads of side fullness, and very firm self-supporting tissue.

    This is one of two I bought on sale at Figleaves; the other is my 30FF - Freya » Candid Longline Bra (5044) . Both are likely to be returned because neither is quite right and I don't need to keep them hanging around if I'll never really wear them. The print is pretty enough and I like how colorful it is on the true-white background - off-whites always make me look muddled.

    First of all, the cups are padded ... with the same foam lining everyone knows and loves from the Patsy and other clones. The black mesh trim is not edging a separate cup panel and is only on the printed overlay. The fit is just a little off for me in tiny ways: for one, which will certainly make some ladies happy, there is a bit more center fullness than I need, likely caused by the inner vertical seam being closer to the gore than with the Patsy. It also closes a bit quickly there, like the seam has its own apex, and causes a slight pucker on me that is very much like the one I got from the 28G - Freya » Kiyoko Padded Half Cup Bra (1883) - this one is easier to see in the photos because it doesn't have a mesh overlay. There looks to be a teensy bit more projection along the outer seam than I need as well, which might be the intended apex for more east-west going Zaxes? but I certainly don't line up with it (thankfully, since cup seams and I are usually enemies, though these feel fine) and instead fall right in the center panel. It feels typically shallow at the wire, but I didn't wear it long enough for it to ride down. The top edge of the cup fits well enough, although I do quad a bit when I throw my shoulders back, and given where the wire sits on my outer tissue, I think the 28G would be better.

    The wires are too steeply curved, always a complaint for me but not usually a comfort or wearability problem. In this case it is, though, because they aren't wide enough otherwise and are sitting on tissue the whole way around. They are firmer than I'm used to, too, which might be a concern for some.

    The band is great! The 28 is perfect. I love longlines, even though the front edge always flips up when I lounge around or slouch. It only has 2 columns of 6 hooks, though, which is typical of Freya longlines. Hey, Freya! We want more hooks! Give us more hooks!

    The straps are gorgeous, by the way. Still too wide-set, they aren't as bad as some, and they're fully adjustable. Plus they're wider than usual, and they are a beautiful white sateen stripe edged with black seams and rows of white scalloped elastic. Teeny black satin ribbon bows are the accents, which are not too over-the-top and still cute.

    Back it goes! Maybe they'll have the 28G back in stock by now.

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      I adore this pattern and Utopia. Hope the 28G fits per :-) So cute!!

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    30FF

    Didn't fit

    My shape: mid-height, front-facing, very close-set teardrop with tall shallow roots, loads of depth at the lower wire, even more side fullness with wide rib-wrapping Nike-swoosh shaped side roots, and firm self-supporting tissue that apparently makes it look superficially like almost every bra fits at first glance!

    I got this bra along with the 28FF - Freya » Candid Longline Bra (5044) on sale from Figleaves. As I suspected, this one is also not quite right, and I'll have to go in search of a 28G instead to get as close to ideal as possible.

    The cups are better on me than the 28FF, which is as ... I suspected. They might look a tiny bit loose and wrinkly in the photos, but I think a 28 band would put the proper tension on the wires. This one also doesn't have the noticeable poof at the inner cup seam, although the extra inner-fullness is a bit more noticeable on my lack-of-it (but not the sort of noticeable that shows up under clothes!). Even though the longline style means that the size difference is visually unnoticeable, it could scooch down to push the wires out of my IMF by about 1/2 a cm in the time it took to finish the photos, making the shallowness at the base of the cup more obvious.

    My only real concern about the 28G is that the straps will likely be in the same place on the cups, and while they were too far out (typically for Freya half-cups) but tolerable on the 28FF, they are even farther out on this one and make the top edge of the cups buckle.

    Thank goodness for free returns!

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      Too bad it didn't quite work for you, it's adorable.

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    30E

    Didn't fit

    About me: dense, center full and close set, bottom full but with tall, gradually sloping roots, so functionally even in some respects, narrow and projected.

    I thought this bra would work! But after wearing it around the house for about an hour, my back and shoulders started to hurt (which doesn't happen when not wearing a bra or wearing one that fits well). The band is nice and snug and the cups fit decently well, but, at this size at least, the amount of projection at the gore wasn't enough for me. The bright colors really pop against the pure white background.

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    28F

    Didn't fit

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    Added on Oct 13, 2016



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    28E

    Didn't fit

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    Added on Mar 30, 2018