Bra description: Soft, feminine blush color with delicate white details (lace, bows, piping). Molded plunge, seamed cupe, with optional J-hook in back. Runs truer to size than most Freya bands (I had to use an extender). It looks like I managed to get a small pen mark on one cup at some point (not really sure how that happened).

I bought this bra under the delusion that I could make it work, even though the Deco and I are frenemies at best... needless to say, our relationship didn't last. Why you ask? Here's the summary:

Me: short rooted, center heavy, even/fob, projected
Deco: tall cups, plunge, shallow
Notice the opposite characteristics ... between us? Every time I put this bra on, I would fall out of the center while the top of the cups would gape. Attaching the J-hook in the back lessened the gaping, but didn't really fix my problems.

I got the Deco Vibe in a 28FF based on my previous experiences with Decos . 1) regular/old-style decos did the weird cup-edge-sticks-out-thing, 2) Decos in my size (30F/FF) would gape at the top while I fell out of the center (projected boobs tilt the moulded cup out to make room for themselves, causing the top to gape) 3) sizing down to a 30E in the Deco delight got rid of the gaping and caused lots of cleavage (the quadding was not noticeable under a shirt because it was all between the cups).

So as the band on my 30E Deco stretched out and my boobs grew a little, I decided a new deco was in order. A 28 band should solve the stretchy problem, right? and going up a cup size shouldn't be a problem because my boobs are bigger, right? Plus the blush will function as a nude! Win win win! NOPE. The band always felt a little too tight on me, so I needed an extender, and despite my larger boobs, I still got top of cup gaping. Maybe my boobs just got bigger in the center, which does nothing when sizing up in plunge like the deco (short roots, remember).

So in conclusion, this bra has been sitting in my drawer for ages. I've worn it a couple of times, but more often then not, when I want the racerback, I reach for the 30E more than the 28FF because I would have excessive cleavage and a slightly loose band than a too tight band, slightly too tall cups and the quad/gap effect. If you are projected and short rooted and get the same issues in the deco (quad/gap effect), I'd suggest doing the same thing I did and sizing down a cup or two to minimize the fit issues.

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What sorcery is this? A Deco that fits?!

I wrote off Freya's Deco plunge bra nearly 2 years ago when it was a total fail for me. My very soft tissue spilled out of the center right away if I moved or bent over. With short roots and high set breasts, the wires poked and the top edge of the cups rested in my armpits (cups were too tall). It also felt like I was wearing a straight jacket. The cups felt thick and the wires were torture. The Deco became my archetype of a bra that just would never work for me.

I even tried a few Deco bras ... at Nordstrom with two different fitters. They both had a tendency to tighten the straps far too much for comfort and I think that also distorted my view of a good fit.

I read reviews since then that suggested that new models of the Deco with the trim along the edge of the cup had an improved fit. I ignored those reviews because Deco would never work for my pudding boobs.

Fast forward 2 years and I just re-measured myself a couple of weeks ago. I've lost a bit of weight and gone down from 30G/GG to 28G. For some unknown reason, I ordered a Freya Deco Vibe that was on sale with free returns. I think it was the cheapest bra I could find in size 28G and figured even if it didn't work, I could test the volume of it.

Then the unthinkable happened. It fit! Seriously, this bra fits me like a glove. My tissue is contained above the gore by the binding along the top of the cup. The wires might be a tad wide, but they're not too tall. I actually don't mind a *slightly* wide cup and prefer it to a very narrow, projected one. The cup height is about 7", which works for me (surprisingly), but the strap edge comes up a little higher. That would be the only thing I would change because I get "strap gap" when I slouch. The gaping is really not that severe, though, and I just have to adjust the straps with a bit of precision and I get a beautiful silhouette. What I've also learned is that I don't need as high a gore as I thought. I have a short torso, anyway. I just need a bra that doesn't allow my inner fullness to spill out so easily.

I'm super excited by how smooth and uplifted my profile is with this bra. I once remarked that I wish Freya Decos would fit me, because I would just buy a bunch of them and never need another bra. I'm pretty close to doing that. Time will tell if the bra continues to fit beautifully with wear. Then my wallet will become sad.

Some negatives:

When testing it, I find that if I bend over completely to pick something up off the floor, I might have to readjust or my boobs wrinkle a little towards the center. I don't own a bra yet that doesn't do this, so it's not a deal breaker.

Now for the annoying part. The selling point for the Vibe is the racer-back conversion J-hook attachment. This could be a useful addition to my wardrobe, especially for the warmer weather. Unfortunately, I have to tighten the straps on this bra so much that the adjusters are on the front, which means that for normal wear, the J-hook is also at the front. It irritates my skin and you can see the hook part through some shirts. I also tend to wear a backpack when traveling and think that the J-hook would cause major problems with snagging. I will probably have to snip it off with wire cutters, which breaks my heart.



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Violet colorway

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The band in the Vibe is very firm it took a few weeks of regular use with an extender to get it to stretch enough to be comfortable without. Most Freya 30s are a pretty good fit and more likely to be a bit loose than tight. The cups might be just a bit smaller than some Decos but not small enough for me to size up.

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http://www.bratabase.com/blog/2014/nov/13/freya-deco-vibe-review-256/

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Too tall for me, could not fill out the top. Otherwise comfortable.

Black colorway

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I looooveeee a Deco. I really love that high, round shape they give, and they're so good for my full on top, squishy breast tissue. True, the Vibe has a firmer top of the cup than the regular Deco, which sometimes cuts my squishy tissue in a way that looks like just the slightest bit of quadding if I move a certain way or my tissue shifts a certain way with wear, but the softness of the regular Deco would sometimes leave my soft tissue going any which way it wanted (which was usually towards the center).

I actually got this particular bra a long time ago (approaching ... 4 years ago) when I was first getting into sizing myself for bras--I stopped wearing it because it was too big in the cups. I dug it out just recently because my boobs have grown, and it fits great now! All of my many, many 30G Decos are a bit too small now, but with some wiggling I still like to wear them.

The side wires are too wide for me, as is the case with every Freya bra I have, but I am not bothered by this. The side height is great for my short torso. I also really love Decos' thick straps; they're very comfortable and sturdy.

Overall, what I have to say is that when Decos are great, they're great, and if you have a shape like me and enjoy the same kind of breast profile I do, you're sure to like the Vibe (and Decos in general) too.

PS: sorry that some of my pictures are a little oddly angled or if I'm standing a little weird--I just moved (and will again in a few months) and my setup isn't the best yet
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The band in the Deco vibe (1704) seems to run very snug. If I go up a size the width of the cups are too wide I’ve noticed this in the 30G and 32G but I love the smooth line under clothes, and also very supportive. I tend to very slightly after wearing for a few hours to have a little boob trying to escape in the center but doesn’t create quad boob effect. I’m trying to find the right size/style since my weight loss. But for now this works!

Updated on Jun 01, 2018 Flag this

This is the second Deco Vibe I've owned; the previous was in 28F. I purchased this from Broad Lingerie in Toronto, ON and it was heavily discounted (to my advantage) because it had been sitting around for so long. I got the band altered shorter through the store and it was only a $10 alteration, so well worth it in my books. It stretches to an absolute perfect length for me to wear it comfortably on the loosest hooks, and the materials are super soft so it never feels like it's digging in.

I love this bra for the cleavage it gives and as a going-out bra, but ... I've realized as an everyday bra it just doesn't have enough immediate projection for me (which is surprising because I've never had that problem before). Because of the lack of immediate projection and overall shallow shape in general, it does feel like my boobs are locked down a little bit too much, and it feels like the wires shift down on my ribcage as the day or night goes on. But like I said, this bra is for cleavage first and foremost, so I am willing to forgive these other shortcomings.
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Blush colorway

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Updated on Apr 29, 2017 Flag this

Ive tried around 3 decos before and none of them was as good as this one. Beside small quadboobing and slightly too tight band is quite good. Its like another summer bra that gives nice cleavage - I dont get cleavage in most of my brashttps://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" /> - and the bands looks like it will stretch with time. I think im gonna keep it for now, but Im thinking to get in 30E and see which one looks better as probably will have slightly looser band and the cups may fit better!

watermelon colorway

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November 2015 Update: This bra is still full of lies. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_razz.gif" alt=":P" /> Now it's too small!! Who would have guessed?! Having bigger boobs didn't solve any problems, it just created new ones! I posted pictures of both regular straps and with the J-hook hooked in the back. (Again, I swear I took pictures originally, but apparently they never made it off my old phone and onto my profile.) When looking, the cups SEEM like they fit me. But that's because I wasn't moving. If I do move, the cups gap and my breasts explode into my armpits. The wires are still an inch ... too short, and this time I took a picture of me pointing to my breast root not being encompassed, and the gap that occurs in the side of the bra. So basically, as long as I stand up perfectly straight, but don't pull my shoulders back, and don't move, this bra fits. In reality, this bra is just basically resting over my boobs, and not actually encompassing them like a proper bra is supposed to. When I have the J-hook hooked, I do get some cleavage/shadowing between my breasts, but I get massive quadboob. And then there's the problem of the straps being extremely painful hooked.
Sadly, the Deco is just never going to work for me.

Original Review:
This bra is full of lies.
The wires are an entire INCH too short for the casing in the underarms, so this basically allows my breasts to escape into my armpits rather than pushing it forward into the sexy cleavage I see in so many images. Clearly this bra is for close-set boobs, definitely not wide-set boobs.
Secondly, while the cup depth makes it sound small, this doesn't take into consideration that it's a plunge bra, meaning that if the wires came up higher in the middle, the wire-to-wire width would be much wider and the cups much deeper.
I wanted to believe that this bra would fit. And it did... as long as I had the wonderful J-hook hooked in the back, the straps tightened to almost an uncomfortable level, and didn't move my arms. (Again, wire an inch lower than casing in underarms, so if I were to spread my arms or pull them back, my breast tissue would disappear from the middle front and be back in my armpits.) If I add thick push-up pads, they keep my breast tissue more in the middle than the bra does itself. I haven't had cleavage since pretty much never since I have such wide-set, shallow boobs (ok, I did once do the Jenna Marbles trick of wearing 2-3 bras and stuffing each one of them, and that worked, but uhhh, not proud of that https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_razz.gif" alt=":P" />) so I wanted this to be my "sexy date bra."
I am full-on-top, with my tissue spreading high on my chest, almost to my collar bone, so I didn't think the extreme open-ness of the bra would be a problem. Alas, the bra (like many other people have said) is too tall and so it sticks straight up past my breast tissue at the top. Only with the push-up inserts can I hike my breasts up high enough to meet the top edge of the cup.
I tried another similar deco in a 28DD, and ohhh my gosh it hurt, it felt 2-3 cup sizes smaller so it was sitting on my breast tissue all the way around and quadboobing at the same time as not filling the middle projection. Maybe this was such a large problem because they were different deco styles, but the store didn't have the Vibe to try in a 28DD so I guess I'll never know. I'm pretty sure this is completely wrong for my shape, though.
I believe that you need medium-to-wide width, deep projection, and medium-to-close-set breasts for this bra to work for you. Oh yeah, and very full-on-top. And like how everyone else says, the band is quite large before stretched, so you're better off if you are have a 28" or 29" ribcage, unlike my 27" ribcage.
On another note, the cup fabric is soooo smooth and soft! I had my mom touch it, and she had such dry fingers that she actually caused a small area to fluff, which was really depressing since it was brand new, haha. XD So don't rub up against anything, and don't let anything catch the nice fabric.
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Taupe colorway

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