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Zen Balcony Bra (1941)

SS2016 - Bra with a inner non-stretch three-piece cup and an outer stretch cup in two pieces. More...

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  1. 2
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    30E

    Fits

    This bra fits! It was a bit of a surprise, to be honest, because I haven't had a lot of luck with soft cup bras. I don't get any wrinkling or quadding! Yay! The cups are very projected and very closed at the top. I would probably get quadding if my breasts had more even fullness, but luckily it works well with my FOB breasts. I get a nice rounded shape from the bra, not at all pointy. My only criticism with the fit is that it really pulls my breasts away from each other, and it doesn't give a lot of lift. Still, the bra is very ... comfortable and I feel well supported.

    The construction of the bra wasn't quite as good as most Freya bras. The cup is made of two layers - a satiny fabric and a layer of soft mesh. The satin fabric is sewn in two parts, and the mesh layers has three parts. The two layers aren't sewn together, except at the edges. Because of that I got some weird bunching of the mesh the first time I put it on. The elastic around the armpits doesn't sit flat against my body - it almost looks like ruffles. It doesn't show through clothing, fortunately, but it is still odd. I found the band pretty true to size.

    I haven't decided if Zen is a keeper or not yet.

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    Vanilla colorway

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  2. 0
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    36G

    Didn't fit

    Ugh, not a good Freya style for me, and uncomfortable to wear. This bra has a lot of room in the sides of the cup below the strap, but I need room in the middle/ at the gore for my centre fullness. This bra cuts in at the middle, and the cups seem to splay my breasts. Also, the outer knit material feels soft and smooth, but the cup lining and band trim are a scratchy mesh which makes this bra feel uncomfortable to wear.

    Black colorway

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    36F

    Didn't fit

    This is a cute bra, its navy & pink slinky outside fabric is super soft. The inside is fully lined with a pale pink netting thats soft too.

    This is definitely smaller than the other 36F Freya I just bought by a full inch in the band length and you can see from photos its too small in the cup and the band is super tight.

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    32FF

    Fits

    First of all this bra is VERY comfortable with higher side wings than the typical Freya. I ordered this bra in my usual 32FF instead of sizing down to 32F like I usually need to for Freya bras. This full coverage bra had a few wrinkles at the bottom of the cups (I was told that means it doesn't project enough at the wire for me?) and VERY minor wrinkles at the top (might be perfect for someone with Even or slightly FoT). Other than that, the gore sits flat, straps are not so wide they slide down my sloped shoulders, wires and side wings are wide and high enough to enclose my side boob. Pity I didn't try this on in 32F - I have a feeling it would fit quite well.

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    Updated on Dec 08, 2016 Flag this


    • So glad you reviewed this and added photos. I have been eyeing this bra for ages. It looks like it gives a typical pointy profile as per Freya bras of this style. I read it has a three-part inner lining. Did you find this made any different as far as support? I'm more FoB so I suspect the top would wrinkle a lot on me; it looks rather tall.

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      I should say that I tried on this bra VERY early in my bra fitting adventure (like round 2) after discovering ABTF and wore it for all of a minute before taking it off so my "review" may not be very helpful or accurate. In general, cups with 3 sewn parts are more supportive than not. This one seemed to have "normal" support. I am also FoB and this bra wrinkled a lot less in my "regular" non-Freya size. It does come up pretty high (definitely full coverage) but maybe less of an issue of I had tried this on in my "Freya size". I ultimately decided to return it as it wasn't "love" and the fit could have been better. Couldn't bring myself to buy this one as my first bra in the correct size according to ABTF.

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    28DD

    Hasn't set fit

    Didn't write a review

    Added on Mar 23, 2017



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    30GG

    Hasn't set fit

    Didn't write a review

    This bra is not owned any more

    Added on Nov 03, 2016



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    30G

    Didn't fit

    Didn't write a review

    This bra is not owned any more

    Added on Feb 03, 2018



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    32G

    Hasn't set fit

    Didn't write a review

    white/biege colorway

    Added on Feb 19, 2018



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    30DD

    Didn't fit

    Didn't write a review

    Added on Mar 03, 2018



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    30F

    Hasn't set fit

    Didn't write a review

    Black colorway

    Added on Apr 15, 2019