I love the lift of this bra, but somehow I don't fill out the top completely.

Updated on Jul 04, 2013 Flag this

Purchased this bra off of Braswap on reddit, and a pretty good choice for my first internet purchase. I only have a few issues with it that won't cause me to get rid of it - my breasts don't quite fill the top of the cup so it's a little bit wrinkled, and the lace along the top edge doesn't sit flush with the top of my breast. I believe that I'm more bottom-heavy, which causes these issues, but it doesn't affect the comfort so I'll probably hold on to this bra.

It doesn't poke me in the sides at all, and the center gore sits flush against my chest. I like how sheer it is, this is a very pretty bra!

Updated on Jun 07, 2013 Flag this

The bra is beautiful. Unfortunately, the fabric is scratchy and the cups are too small for me.

Updated on Jun 05, 2013 Flag this

Despite the fact that I marked off pretty much every fit issue possible, this bra is...actually really comfortable? One of the closest I've gotten to the Holy Grail "feels like I'm wearing nothing at all (nothing at all, nothing at all)" bra. I have no idea what pre-Bra Epiphany me would think if you told her that someday she'd forget she was wearing a bright fuchsia mesh bra with a big cyan bow in the cleavage.

The band is not very stretchy, which I like. It rides up a little on the loosest hooks, but I don't feel it sliding around my back all day, and I don't mind ... wearing it on the second set (not as much as I probably should, anyway) because it doesn't feel like it will stretch out that quickly. For reference, I measure 27.5" underbust and am pretty bony.

I can't tell if the cup size is wrong or if the shape is just not that compatible with my breasts. It's definitely quite pointy, which I don't mind, but the apex of the cup sits about 1-2 cm above my nipples, so things can get a little weird if I get cold. I fill the whole cup just fine, no wrinkling. I think that, on me, some of the pointiness also comes from the three-part construction, where the inside-center piece (the one with the embroidery) sits very flat when the cup is filled and squashes down my breast tissue in the center. I'm pretty full in the center so my ideal cup shape would be more rounded here, but this actually works well for minimizing cleavage under work tops that would be completely inappropriate if I wore, say, a Deco.

The mesh is comfortable and not at all scratchy, no complaints there. The fabric on the wire channels feels a little thinner than on some other bras, and the wires are definitely pokey if I bend over, both in the center (where it's poking breast tissue--ow) and on the sides (where it's poking ribs instead--still ow). I think this would work well if your breasts are full on the bottom with a lot of projection and a little less fullness in the center than I've got.
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Updated on Apr 28, 2013 Flag this

B. I love the sheerness of the bra, but plunges aren't the right style for me. Gore was really painful for me.

Updated on Apr 11, 2013 Flag this

If you like the Arabella but think the under band is too wide you should try Lyla.
It is a very comfortable bra with a good tight fit using the outer hook.
Cups are a bit too wide, but so far I have never found a cup that fits my breast width perfectly, and I found Freya bras to fit me the best.
Not my favorite color, but I love sheer bras and will definitely buy more due to the almost perfect fit.

Updated on Apr 05, 2013 Flag this

This is a beautiful bra, and fits me perfectly. The fabric is fairly stiff, but I'm hoping it will soften after washing. It does have a very upfront look, but this may lessen slightly after washing. I had the lyla in a 30f, but I found it to be too small and gave a pointy shape, but now that I have the correct size, the pointy-ness has gone.

Updated on Mar 03, 2013 Flag this

ARGH, FREYA! Why are your bands so unpredictable? I received Lyla from a fellow user and while the cups fit, it's just too loose in the band. I'm beginning to think that I should order any Freya in a 28 band because 30's are way too loose and ride up. I also get a little bit of quadboob when I adjust the straps (no adjustment = no lift).

Lyla is beautiful--the magenta color is gorgeous and it seems like a great summer bra (no padding so no boob-sweat!), but unfortunately, the band and I are not getting along, and the cups aren't quite my friends, either.

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Updated on Feb 26, 2013 Flag this

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I have had a frustrating experience with this bra. I tried on the 30G and it seemed like I just needed to go down a cup size. So I exchanged it for a 30FF aaannnd... the cup is too small. I have tissue escaping under the sides, slight quadboob, and a pointy shape. I wore this bra once and at the end of the day the wires had left noticeable red marks on my sternum. I'd never experienced a stabby gore before. Now I know what others are complaining about.

I'm thinking that I tried on the bras at bad points during my cycle and a 30G would actually ... fit at certain times. I would really like a 30G in the hazelnut color (the 30FF I have is amethyst, blech).

The upsides: The band is nice and firm with almost no stretch (when I measured the bra at its stretchiest I noticed that the elastic was barely moving, but the cups were distorting!) and maybe this is a factor of the too-small cups, but the straps don't cut into my armpits quite as badly as some other bras.
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Updated on Feb 23, 2013 Flag this

So this was one of the first bras I bought from the UK. It's the wrong size, but I was brand new to this and really didn't believe I wore a 30-band, so I was buying 32s.

The band on this is tight. The wires are very narrow, it's not a great bra for shallow/wide boobies. I have a Freya Nieve in 32F and the wires are wider on that, they fit me better, although the cup is too big and gaps at the top (I altered it slightly to fit better). But for this bra, I feel pinched and rubbed raw by the wires against my sternum and against the outside of my ribs. I like the bra a lot, but it doesn't fit my shape and it's not the right size anyway.

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Updated on Feb 17, 2013 Flag this