This Bra is a good inexpensive basic quality bra. It’s nice that it’s not made in China but still very affordable. Unfortunately this bra is too big and the straps are too far apart. The cups are too big for me the wires are too wide and the cups come up too high, for being quite wide the cups are not shallow either. I would guess that this is maybe two cups bigger than a UK 32G and more of a 32/70:11. The band is stretchy but feels true to size so I would recommend just sizing down one or two cup sizes if you are interested in this bra.
Bands are stretchy, you may need smaller band size. The lace fabrics on the top of the cups doesn't stretch. I'm FOB, center full, projected, narrow and soft tissue. I can't find fit bra so I decide altered my bra. The bra before altered is here; https://www.bratabase.com/bra/dixgg/
I have a little quad boob on my big side yet, but almost good. Gaia have closed top so I guess people with tall roots get quadding. If you cut the upper lining tape, maybe some models works well, like this.
This bra's measurements have been altered
Altered band,
altered narrow that wire and gore myself.
Single lace fabric that don't layered on cup, also don't stretch. I have quad boob in Gaia's 65E semi soft, so I tried one size bigger, but too big for me.
Dull green colour bra, has no side bones. The laces at the top of the cup is single, didn't layerd, didn't stretch. Slightly big cup, too wide wire for me.
This is slightly narrow and projected Gaia. It's very helpful in this range. Unfortunately, this is closed open top, so happen quad boob. Upper fabric is not stretch lace. If this has more tight band, I'll say love it a little more.
This is SS1 cut that have narrow wires and high centre gore, find hardly. Upper fabric is stretch lace, closed like another Gaia. I have very soft tissue so I like this cut.
Special thanks to MamaPagan for sending me this to try on! My shape: FOB, soft tissue, narrow roots/shoulders This bra technically fits me, but it's not a style I am comfortable wearing. I feel like I could spill out of the top at any minute. It's a padded 2 vertical seamed bra, with no top lace or horizontal top part of the cup. The gore ALMOST tacks, but not quite. The straps are rather wide, especially compared to other Gaia styles I have tried in this size. The straps are hooked to the front, so you could remove them if desired. The black lace over the beige cup is really pretty.
Special thanks to MamaPagan for sending me this to try on! My shape: projected, soft tissue, narrow shoulders and roots, FOB Fit: Strangely enough, this bra doesn't fit me as well as the other semi-padded Gaia bras I have. The lace at the top of the cup doesn't lay flat, and I'm too afraid to alter it myself; I don't want to ruin another bra! This bra is so cute. I love the black and white paisley print.
I really like the looks of this bra! It has tiny daisies in the pattern with wide white straps, black band, and red accent bows. Lovely! (Thank you Mandapandarawks for sending it to me!). The style is shallow and I think I'm caught between two cup sizes. While the smaller cup looks better, it doesn't want to stay in my IMF and the gore doesn't tack. However, the height is a good fit. Stretch lace is attached to the stiff padded cup. This seam shows through my shirts as a sharp ridge and I think it's because the gore is being pushed away from my sternum.
My shape: full on bottom, soft tissue, narrow shoulders/roots. (Special thanks to MamaPagan for sending me this to try out!) Appearance: Padded, 3-part cup with white stretch lace. The pattern is dark gray with tiny white daisies. The back strap, however, is black, which is ok, but doesn't really match the rest of the bra. I think it would have been better if it was dark gray or white. Anyways, I cannot comment on the fit, as it's too large in the cup for me.
My shape: full on bottom, soft tissue, narrow shoulders/roots. (Special thanks to MamaPagan for sending me this to try out!) Appearance: Padded 3 part cup with dark gray fabric and tiny white little daisies with red centers all over. The lace top of the cup is white and stretchy, and the fabric is silky soft. The back part of the band is black? which is weird because it totally doesn't match. I can't comment on the fit, as it's not my size, unfortunately.
My shape: full on bottom, soft tissue, narrow shoulders/roots. Special thanks to MamaPagan for sending me this bra (and many others!) to try on! Appearance and Fit: This bra is the same fabric as the Gina balconette. (You can see my review for that one here: https://www.bratabase.com/bra/diur2/) This fits differently, of course, as it's a different cut, but the straps and the wires are too wideset for me. The underwire pokes into my armpits: not painfully, but enough so that it's annoying. It's odd to me that this size of Gaia bras doesn't fit me, even though it's technically my "correct" bra size. The sister size, 65I, fits me so much better. The gore doesn't tack on the 70J, which leads me to believe there's not quite enough projection or depth in this cup. Plus, I always get gaping on bras that don't have the stretch lace tops. The band on this one feels a touch stretchy, but I really think it's because I'm so used to Ewa's tight bands.
My shape: full on bottom, soft tissue, narrow shoulders/roots. Special thanks to MamaPagan for sending me this bra (and many others!) to try on! Appearance and fit: This bra is a really cute, soft cotton bra with an interesting pattern that looks like eye charts from an optometrist's office. The straps are a wider, stretchy elastic, and are set pretty wide. (Though, since the bra is a couple cup sizes too big for me personally, that could account for the extra wideness of the strap placement.) The cups are three-piece construction, with a seam down the middle of the front of each cup. I can't really comment too much on fit, since it's too large for me. If this is close to your size, however, I think this would be a great bra. It's soft and cute and well-constructed.
Renee 605 in 65J I am adding this bra for data/informational purposes only. This Bra is not owned by me at the time of addition to the database.
The Renee is a semi soft bra with light foam lined bottom of cups and a very stretchy white lace on top. The pattern is a dark grey with little white daisies and red centers, both in cups and band. In comparison to the Maxi line Renee, which has a black band, the regular line Renee is prettier and more esthetically pleasing.
Renee in 65J was my first attempt at a Gaia bra. I had went up in cup ...from a UK 32G/30HH so I was in the market for new bras, and wasn’t familiar with Gaia or Polish bras, and logically went with what they listed as a UK 30J. When I ordered this one, I really thought it was dots not daisies. I didn’t mind the daisies, it was just surprising to see when it arrived as the stock photos on Amazon didn’t portray this.
The best thing about the Renee bra is the stretchy lace tops. They are super accommodating, far more than any UK bra I’ve ever tried in the past. This stretchy lace is great for asymmetry, as well as hormonal and weight fluctuations, plus softer breast tissue.
On this 65J, the band measured 23.5” to 30.5” at max stretch with 2 hooks and 3 rows of eye loops.
Cup Depth as measured by: 1 Hovering the cup between the knees, then placing the tape measure into the cups without any resistance. This measurement is: 11”
2 Placing the cup over the knee and stretching it similar to what a breast would, to the maximum resistance. This measurement is: 13”
I feel these two figures give you a general idea of the minimum and maximum depth that the cup can accommodate, just like the flat and stretched band measurements do with bands. Since Bratabase only has one cup field, I enter the larger of the two, as it’s this larger number that determines if a cup is going to fit me or not since I am on the max end of the cup scale, but do realize that some may need the lower number to determine fit for their needs, so I will always include both figures in the reviews for full disclosure.
My only real complaint (as not fitting isn’t a flaw of the bra just my sizing guess) would be the area of the bra that has the hooks is black, while no other part of the bra is. It looks a bit odd, with the cups and band being a dark grey.
I tried the Renee regular line in 65J, 65K, and 70J, as well as the Renee Maxi in 70K and 70L.
