Starting Notes
Polish haul bra four of six! This is the black version of the Gaia Adeline. It has some differences than the beige colorway, which will be mentioned as I go along. There was a surprise about the black color, as the product photo shows black lace over a beige or taupe foam. I was hoping to compare it to the Gorteks Scarlet bra, which luckily did turn out as it was pictured, but this is just a solid black bra. I reached out to OtherEden, which is where I purchased my bra haul from, and the customer service agent reply to my email really quickly. I sent ... them screenshots of their product page and my bra in all forms of lighting, and asked if there had been a mix-up or if the wrong photos were online, and what could be done. Unfortunately, the product photo was wrong, so I couldn't exchange the bra for the color I was hoping for. As a solution, they were very generous and offered me a partial refund. I will definitely use it to buy another bra from them. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" />

Wires
From the time I first put it on, to the time I take the bra off, the wire width seems good, but the shape is not perfect. It follows the curve of my root from sternum to the bottom of my breast, and then it's too rounded on the side. Due to color and lighting, it's not as apparent as in my beige photos, but there is a wedge of empty fabric between my straight-line root shape and the super-curved wire shape. The wires are too tall in front, and they're a bit too separated from me as well. While I haven't worn this bra for a full day yet, I am predicting that it will do what the beige colorway did, and cause it to slide down throughout the day. - ***UPDATE*** - I've worn this bra for a full day, and yes, unfortunately it slid down. I added pictures, and you can see from my body marks the start vs where it ended up. I also included an image with dash marks showing the difference between underwire shape and root shape and it's more obvious by the end of the day.

Cup Shape
This bra also gathers my breasts out of my armpits, doesn't push them together, but does keep them separated and pushed forward. Instead of a torpedo shape though like the beige bra, it's more rounded! Luckily the sides are tall enough and underarm elastic tight enough that despite wide straps, I don't get any spill back into my armpits. And the upper cup is also either just the right shape or stretchy enough to not cut into my upper fullness! - ***UPDATE*** - The upper cup isn't absolutely perfect, but it's not obvious or bad. By the end of the day, the upper cup stretch lace slide done a tiiiny bit, it only gathered about an 1/8th of an inch overlap at the middle seam. Included a photo with the overlap circled. Easier to see in person, but you can still kind of see it in the photos.

Projection
It's quite projected in the middle, and immediate projection is excellent as well. It looks like it's almost a 90 degree angle with my body at the very bottom of the cup. I think it has just every so slightly more immediate projection than the beige colorway.

Band
WOW is it SMALL for a 65/30 band! Max stretch of 27.5 inches, which is my comfortable band measurement. It reminds me of when I first got my pink and black Boux Avenue Chloe plunge bra. BUT, of course, it is also just a spandex-like knit, not powermesh, SO it is STILL stretchier than the elastics on it, so it STILL creates a not-so-lovely three-tired back-bulge sandwich. I prefer the supportive feel of powermesh, and the more-smooth back it gives in comparison. This band will probably stretch with wear and body heat, and start creeping up where the firm strap elastics tug, but only time will tell. - ***UPDATE*** - After a full day of wear, despite being very tight, the elastic did definitely relax with body heat. It rode up a tiny bit where the straps pull on it, and I even made sure to loosen them to a point where they almost felt like they would fall off! Will need to add powermesh, or be ok with it sliding up during the day.

Straps
Short. Wide. We've heard this story before. Very nice and firm elastic, but that means it tugs on the stretchy band. From the photos, it looks like I'm able to tighten these a bit more, so I guess not QUITE as short as the beige colorway? Or they could just be over tightened for photos. I'll have to re-asses once I wear it for a full day.

Appearance
It's black lace on black foam. I like the pattern of the lace, but it's just a simple color. No obvious contrast between the shades of black, and like I said at the top, I was super excited thinking it would be black over beige. So to have just a solid black was kind of a let down. BUT, I wear mostly black, so I'm sure I'll grow to love it. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /> So far I like the appearance on my body much better than the beige colorway. Whether it be because there's a tiny bit less cup volume, or it really is a more rounded shape, this bra gives me both projection and roundness. I haven't worn it under clothing for a full day yet to re-assess the appearance. (Due to the color mix-up on their online product photos, I kept the tags on the bra just in case I could exchange it, and now I've been stuck inside since Friday due to surprise winter storms, so I haven't really had a reason to wear a bra for several days. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_razz.gif" alt=":P" />) - ***UPDATE*** - I really like the shape under clothing! I've added a couple of me in sweater. It's very rounded, which I like. From one angle, you can see the seam between the upper and lower cup, but otherwise, it looks pretty smooth. Unfortunately, the back isn't quite so smooth. Even under my thick sweater, I can see the wings causing bulges. I feel like if the bra was powermesh, it would be a bit smoother.

Comfort
Again, since I haven't had a full day to wear this bra yet, my opinion might change. Being as long stretched as my relaxed ribcage measurement is, this band might feel too tight. Then again, being the nasty stretchy spandex-like material, maybe it will relax throughout the day against my body heat as well. (I should do a before and after worn band measurement test!) The gore is still too tall and wide, so that will probably not feel good throughout the day. Will update after a full day's wear. - ***UPDATE*** - The band doesn't feel too tight, which is great, but the gore hurts. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" /> It's not that bad once it's slid down, but again, it digs in soooo much and huuuurts if I try to keep the bra pushed up. The rest of the bra feels fine, it's just the too-tall gore.

Summary
So far, I really like it, and I'm surprised it took me so long to finally have an all black bra. I wear mostly black and darker colors, and have dozens of black panties, so why don't I have bras to match?! The forward projected and rounded shape it gives me is nice. Will re-review and probably add more pictures once I've had it on for a whole day! - ***UPDATE*** - I do really like this bra, and it looks really good under clothing (from the front. The back I'll ignore for now haha, I probably won't wear under really drapy clothing). Other than the gore and the stretchy wings, I really like this bra! Will probably wear regularly.
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Czarny (black) colorway

Updated on Feb 15, 2019 Flag this

Starting Notes
Polish haul bra three of six to review!! Sorry they're so spaced out. Writing such extensive reviews makes me procrastinate, plus a bunch of power outages due to surprise weather, equals gaps in review time. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /> I bought this Gaia Adeline bra in both beige and black. I thought the black one was a different colorway, as they had the wrong product photo, but more on that later. They do fit a tiny bit differently, so I'll make some notes on that as I go along. This is the review for the beige colorway.

Wires
From the time I first put it on, ... to the time I take the bra off, the wire width seems good, but the shape is not perfect. It follows the curve of my root from sternum to the bottom of my breast, and then it's too rounded on the side. You can see the wedge of empty fabric; I added a photo with a red line showing where my root is in comparison to the wire shape. The wires are too tall in front, and they're a bit too separated from me as well. Unfortunately, these underwire problems cause the bra to slide down. I've had this happen to bras in the past; I think Cleo Marcie was one of them. The slant of my sternum just disagrees with the wire height and gore shape! Despite it sliding, I didn't quad by the end of the day. Throughout the day I felt the need to keep pushing my bra up, but then it would press on the sore spot on my sternum, so eventually I just gave up. It's more comfortable sitting not quite half an inch too low. Not having very heavy breasts, I didn't notice a lack of support from sitting lower. So either I'll just leave the bra as-is (it's an excellent "nude" bra for me to have around) or try to adjust the wire height at the gore.

Cup Shape
Not quite pointy, not quite rounded. It gathers my breasts out of my armpits, but doesn't push them together, but rather very forward and separated. Looking top down, I get an almost torpedo shape! Luckily the sides are tall enough and underarm elastic tight enough that despite wide straps, I don't get any spill back into my armpits. And the upper cup is also either just the right shape or stretchy enough to not cut into my upper fullness!

Projection
It's very projected in the middle, and immediate projection is excellent as well. From my photo of just the cup at side view, you can see the rounded shape. There's a tiny bit of space right above the underwire that looks kind of more flat off the body, but on my body it looks like it's almost a 90 degree angle with my body at the very bottom of the cup.

Band
It measure as very small max stretch for technically a 30 band, BUT the wings are a spandex-like knit, not powermesh. They feel stretchy and the wings stretch more than the band elastics, which creates dreaded bulges. I had a first set of photos, but they were more blurry, and I had it on the first set of hooks. I guess despite being tight, the stretchiness of the band made me want to wear it on the second set of hooks when I re-did the photos? It does look like it cuts into me more in the second set (the ones uploaded here). I will probably wear it regularly on the first set, but I took some photos of after wearing it for a day, and the band appears to be curving up directly below the straps in back. I can see this bra relaxing VERY quickly. Also, there's something weird going on with the bottom band elastic, like it was stretched too hard when sewing it along the curve of the cradle. Both underwires tack, quite hard in fact, and despite my rib flares, the elastic still curls up and away from me. You can see this in the photo of it lying flat a bit as well. I provided a photos for visuals.

Straps
Firm elastic. A bit wide-set, and I would consider them short as well. Being so wide, I feel like I have to tighten them a bit to prevent them from falling off my shoulders. This probably partially contributes to the bra riding up in back, and it creates angry red marks on my shoulders darker than usual.

Appearance
Alright, despite me being nit-picky about the fit so far, I find this bra so beautiful. But it's so simple, how, why?! The fact that the color matches me so well, and the subtle mesh lace is a light mauve over the beige, it's just SO visually appealing to me. None of the photos do it justice; the natural daylight makes it look too orangy, the front-facing camera photos washes it (and me) out, the photos with flash make it just a bit too pink... I'll have to experiment with lighting and a bit of color editing to try to get its true color photographed! Now as for wearing appearance, I like the extreme forwardness I see when I look down. But under clothes... meh? From my three-quarter view with my black tank top on, it's just kind of a straight line from my color bone down to the apex. It looks too upside-down 7 shaped (on no, that's my natural shape!!). I would actually rather lose just a tiny bit of that projection if it would round out my profile just a smidgen. Aaaand "back fat..." I just HATE the combo of firm elastic and stretchy wing fabric. Where bras normally fit smoothly, this combo creates the most unflattering bulges! D': And it gets worse throughout the day as the front goes down and back gets pulled up.

Comfort
I touched on this before, the gore is just TOO DAMN TALL. WHY ARE ALL THE GORES SO TALL?? Tall gore = my sternum wants to explode. Also, straps have to be too tight to feel like they won't fall off, so uncomfortable shoulders by the end of the day. Overall, by the time the bra has slid down and the band been pulled up a tiny bit in the back, it's not too bad. It's not killing me like the Gorsenia Miriam bra, but obviously it would be if it were to sit in the right place. So comfort is just "ok."

Summary
I like this bra. I don't love it, but I don't hate it either. Honestly, when I first put it on, I thought it would be my new holy grail bra. I was stunned at the projection I got! At first, it fits my shape so well, makes me super projected, and the color is pretty. BUT, by the end of the day, I just like it. That's all. The gore hurts me, it causes the bra to slide down, it's just an ok shape under clothing, the straps are a bit too wide, and the band isn't powermesh. WHERE'S MY POWERMESH?! It will stick around and be part of my ever growing rotation. And now it's here, for bra science. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_razz.gif" alt=":P" />
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Bezowy (beige) colorway

Updated on Feb 13, 2019 Flag this

Compared to my other Gaia bras, the wire on this one most narrowest.

Black colorway

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Updated on Jun 21, 2018 Flag this

As you can see the bra pushes my beast together far more close than I’m used to. It’s extremely soft but I overflow in the cups. The band with just two hooks doesn’t feel supportive enough.

36:7 80G

Overflowing cup

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Adeline Semi Soft (BS0547)

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FitterSweet

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