Sigh, I wanted to love this bra. It is so gorgeous. The materials are soft and the lace overlay is smooth under clothing. Sadly, the fit is not quite right for me. The cup is just too wide for me and the wire is far too long on under the arm. I think this bra might work much better on someone a little taller and with a less petite build. The band is surprisingly firm and TTS.
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Updated on Dec 15, 2018 Flag this
corvidsandtea they are two separate layers that are stitched together only at the bottom of cup
This bra is a little too wide for me - a common issue.
Sapphire colorway
Updated on Jan 24, 2021 Flag this
This bra has a slightly too long band for me, so I had to start it on the second hook. Other than that, the wires are slightly too wide, but nothing that really affects the fit of this bra too much. It is very pretty and true to size, though fairly tall. Probably best for even to FOT boobs with average projection and a bit wider roots, though it fits this girl with average roots as well.
Updated on Feb 23, 2019 Flag this
TLDR, cute high apex styled bra with wide straps. Fits FoB/FoT and round shapes. Similar to Freya Soiree Lace unlined bra.
QUALITY: Great quality as usual from Freya, though there's some loose strings around. The hooks on the outermost row have started to detach from their sewn in positions though, which hasn't happened to any of my other bras ever - not even the ones i wear the most.
FIT: Straps slide off shoulders because they're too wide set for my narrow shoulders. I'm about 170cm/5.5" but I have a long build, so I can't use a clip to make the straps closer at the back - because ... the straps are tightened to near-loosest. The cups are similar to the Freya Soiree Lace bra and High Apex styles are a new favorite of mine, so the fit is pretty good to begin with. I don't feel like I'm falling out or spilling from anywhere. It looks nice when I wear it and it's OK+ comfortable, so overall a decent bra. As i mentioned, the straps are too wide set, so they fall off and do compromise fit. The wires can be a little uncomfortable sometimes, but their placement on my chest and in the bra structure don't really feel off or bad, normally.
DESIGN: Since I bought this bra, there's been new colors like pink and blue and I'd honestly prefer it over grey. The color is nice though, it's grey but like blue-grey instead of white-gray. The overall visual design is quite nice actually, i really like the 2 layers of fabric with patterned/lacy fabric overlaid the "standard" bra cup mesh fabric. The straps are wide and look nice, and might be more comfortable to some - my issue is they keep slipping down when wearing the bra, because they're placed too wide on the bra for my shoulders.
Like all the bras I have there's loops lining the edges of the straps and top/bottom of the bra. Cute, but isn't necessarily more comfortable. However there's 2 types of lacy decoration here along the band - there's bigger loops with many smaller loops inside of them. A very subtle detail that's actually quite nice.
The lacy fabric over the mesh is really nice! It's lacy and has little flowers in the lace, as well as the cup edge being lined with 2 different kinds of edge lace. The only downsides visually are the color (not a big downside thought), and the bow at the gore. The bow is flat and square. It doesn't suit the overall style of the bra in my opinion, but I'm also just more fond of satin ribbon bows because they're cuter.
Last but not least, thank you to Calluna for alerting me to this bra!
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Slate colorway
Updated on Aug 22, 2021 Flag this
Is the original one without alteration also suitable for shapes with more top fullness? In my sight many Freya bras are too shallow at top of the cups.
smjwzhan I'm not sure I understand - I haven't altered this bra. I wold absolutely say this suits full on top shapes, but it depends on your specific shape of course. It fits me pretty well and I have very round breasts - like FoT and FoB at the same time, the tissue is evenly distributed.
The third bra I've tried since using ABTF calculator and getting 30F. I'm FOB, center full, short-med height root, narrow root width, and projected. This was almost a fit, but the sides of the cups dug into my armpits and the gore was too wide and dug into my breast tissue. The wires sat well but there was a bit of strap-gap and some small gapping at the top of the cups, which could have been fixed with some elastic in the top cup. I think it's mostly a shape mismatch for me, so the journey continues.
WHITE colorway
Updated on Oct 10, 2021 Flag this
It's a pretty bra, but fits slightly different from my favorite - the High Apex expressions. The fabric is nice and the mesh on the inside is separate from the outer cup. Seems to fit more 'round' than the other.
navy colorway
Updated on Sep 13, 2021 Flag this
Bought this at a bra store that fitted me incorrectly. It's extremely cute but was unfortunately a cup size too small and the band felt really stretchy. The gore also dug into my sternum like basically every non-Polish bra I've tried.
Blossom colorway
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Updated on Jun 24, 2021 Flag this
Band runs a bit loose so it fit comfortably when I was more around a 30 band. Cups were too small, though, and the gore and wires dug into me.
Blossom colorway
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Updated on Jun 21, 2021 Flag this
Gore doesn't sit flush against my sternum, *one* wire does and the other is pushed on top of it so it sits sideways. This leads to slight wrinkling on the top of the cup that's stretched forwards. I think this means the cups fit (unlike when the gore doesn't even get close and stands fully out?) but the gore is too wide/cups too seperated for my close-set breasts. I've only ever had one bra sit properly there (Panache Clara) so I'm used to just accepting funny looking gores so long as it's not visible through clothes, but it is a shame.
Despite measuring above 36inch at tightest underbust measurement I wear a 36band in this bra decently comfortably.
Mesh a bit scratchy.
Updated on May 16, 2021 Flag this
This bra is a close fit. Color is pretty, so is the lace. The cup is made of two layers: mesh three panel underneath and lace over top. The lace is fairly flat but still shows texture through a thin sweater. Better projection in the bottom of the cup than many other (bottom full) recommended bras. Top cup edge measurement: 6", slightly elastic. I'm keeping this one.
This one is *not* reddit full-on-bottom recommended, or recommended by a user. I tried it on my own accord.
Sapphire colorway
Updated on Jan 13, 2021 Flag this
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Is the top lace a separate layer from the mesh, like the Soiree Lace? Or are they stitched together? Either way it looks so smooth!