This is yet another beautiful bra from Ultimo but how I just wish I had a store nearby to try them on before ordering.
I have the Spy bra in a 32 band and it feels perfect, so I ordered the Lulu in the same band size. I am now wondering how too bands can be so different. I can not close the Lulu while still breathing. It's unbelievable tight. I have to use an extender, and that on the loosest hook. It's really weird.
I ordered in a G cup, like the Spy, which I think was a got fit. But the Lulu seems way bigger in the cup. ... This makes the center gore not lay flat against my sternum. My boobs fall a little towards the center, thus lifting the gore, though not by much. I also think the outer edges of the cups comes uo to high towards my armpit.
Besides from the size problem it's a really beautifil bra. The cups are padded, perhaps a little stiff, like the Spy. They are black on the inside and have a champagne colored satin front overlayed with black lace, folded in three wedges at the bottom. There's a small charm on the top of the gore and a small whole below it with view to bare skin. At the bottom of the band is edged with the satin all the way around except for the closure, the rest of the back band is black. The front part of the straps, which are halfway adjustable, are coved with the champagne colored satin, the back part of the straps is black elastic.
I couldn't be bothered to return it for a FF, which is actually ridiculous, since I now own (and wear) yet another not really well fitting bra. I'm wondering if I could loosen the lace covering at the edge of the cups and sow a small wedge in the cups. Don't know if it would show, but it might be worth it. And I haven't given up on Ultimo. I really like their designs.
Update after 10 months
I haven't worn this a lot. It's still rather tight but I can wear it without the extender now. I've thought for while that the straps was too close to my armpits. I get chafing wearing it. Today I moved the straps inward one strap width, 1.5cm, and what a difference! No chafing and the gaping went away. 10 minuts work and it's like getting a new bra. The cups are shaped like a strapless bra with the straps pinned on, so the alteration is completely unnoticeable.
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