About this Bra
A wireless, lace, true longline. Often used in TV/film set in the 1960s for a retro pointy look.

Purchasing:
* Paid $40 on Amazon with free Prime shipping & returns (not Amazon Wardrobe)
* Available in black, white, and brown only.
* Followed advice from other reviews to size up in the band and down in the cup.

Band:
* Stretch lace under cups and between wing boning and hooks. Non-stretch lace between cup and wing boning.
* Extra wide elastic at bottom of the band (1 7/8", 4.8 cm).
* Elastic at top of band (usual width).
* A true longline (will provide waist shaping).
* Wing support: boning (total of ... 4 pieces: at outside edge of each cup and each wing)
* Continuous band - band straight under wires.
* Back close with 3 columns of hooks.

Straps:
** smooth satin, do NOT stretch
* soft (don't stand up on their own)
** front adjust
* partial adjust (fixed portion is in the back)
* leotard back (yes, a leotard back on a longline)
* CENTER PULL

Cups:
* 2-seam (3-piece) full cups
** no underwire, but looks like it does because has an empty channel
* Boning extends where the outside of wire would sit.
* All pieces constructed of non-stretch lace and lined with two layers of a non-stretch, semi-opaque mesh.
* Between the two layers of mesh is a thin, smooth layer of fiber-fill (like the stuffing in stuffed animals).
* Soft cups. (Fiber fill provides modesty only, no shaping.)
* Inner, top edge of cup has firm seaming. Outer, top edge of cup is elastic (that continues to top of band).

Fit

About me: petite with wide horizontal oval, slightly conical breasts
* average projection
* wide-set (3 fingers width of space between breasts)
* very wide roots (extend past the mid-axillary line)
* even horizontal fullness (just barely outer full)
* short root height, average vertical placement
* mix of firm & soft tissue (front molds to shape of bra, sides push wimpy wires away)
* conical shape (but will squish to round)
* full on top (2/4 shape, not even or very full) - BUT functionally even to FOB due to short roots and soft tissue
* petite (5'3") so have narrow frame
* front (anterior) rib flares

Band:
* Tricky: Couldn't clip behind my back. Could clip in front, but then couldn't turn around. Was able to hook (off my body) and pull over my head -- with some difficulty (I think I pulled a muscle).
* Once on: Stays in place with wear BUT top of band too loose to provide any support.
* wings too short, boobs escape
* smooths rib flares
* attractive and comfortable waist shaping

Gore: Floats, but wireless, so not a problem. Height & width fine.

Straps:
* not too far apart
* don't adjust short enough
* don't bother my tail of Spence

Cups:
* Edge of cup boning (not a curved wire but boning straight down to band) sits on axillary breast. Breast pushes boning away from body (not strong enough).
* Too shallow, quad boob.
* Enough projection at wire.
* Too small to provide much shaping.

Assessment & Plan:
* Crazy sexy, but poor fit for everyday wear. (For bedroom-only wear, the 34D was a more attractive "fit.")
* Makes my rib flare and waist look awesome. Does nothing for my breasts (in this size).
* Cup fit would be better for FOT and/or very projected boobs.
* Agree with online advice to size up in band and down in cup.
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