Since before I started my Instagram account I have been a follower of lingerie; and I had seen hundreds of pictures of beautiful girls wearing beautiful lingerie from this company but apart from the lingerie they all had one thing in common: they were extremely toned and slender.
As someone who would never describe herself as toned or slender, my ribs already felt crushed, especially after reading a few reviews about the lingerie not being true to size and being manufactured smaller than advertised.
But whatever, I’d put off spoiling myself by buying a set from them for long enough. Time to order some and see how they are first hand!
BOOM! I’m an extravagant person so I got it gift wrapped to myself. I deserve it. I hadn’t seen how the gift wrapping was done online so I was curious: it comes in a classy, strong black box that you could reuse – none of this cardboard rubbish! It had a wee white ribbon – it’s elastic so you can wrap it all back up to look just as perfect without worrying about bow tying skills.
As this was my first package from them I’m not sure what the difference is from regular wrapping to gift wrapping. I assume only the box is different and they’re wrapped in tissue and that protective plastic wrap anyway; you can enlighten me on that if you’d like!
Sizing: so I’m a 14 on the hips, and a 30HH on the chest. I’m already used to sister sizing the crap out of my bras and decided on a 34E for the white bra, large pants and a medium in the red bra.
In all the photos I had seen of the models in the bras with underwires, they hadn’t looked like they fitted at all so I wasn’t holding out much hope honestly. (The underwire is meant to be flat across the sternum and go round to your armpit but all the pictures is seen, the underwire wasn’t flat against anything)
I bit the bullet. It turned out my fears of getting a sore back and squashed ribs were lies. LIESSSS! This bra was very soft! Soft in texture and soft in stretch. It clung to my ribs just the right amount. Comfy standing, comfy sitting. It was witch craft
I wandered about, did some cleaning, did some laundry, ran up and down the stairs and the ladies stayed in their assigned seats! It was a miracle. Bending over to touch my toes posed a bit of risk but they held! I am very very happy with my bra. I think this set would be great and comfortable to wear through the day although ideally I’d be able to buy it in my size!
My fears were ridiculous and I was wrong
The pants were comfortable too! I felt they cut in a little at the hips and may have been a bit smaller than standard sizes however I could wear them quite comfortably without issue.
My red triangle set was another success story – much like the white pants I felt they cut in a bit at the hips but the elastic is very stretchy and didn’t feel like it was straining or I was wearing the complete wrong size. I am curious about how going up a size would fit me.
The red triangle bra was very comfortable also, very soft material, the same type of elastic: enough of a stretch to be comfortable but not stretchy enough that is didn’t support you. Due to the style of the bra and lack of underwire, the stair running and toe touching weren’t as successful as they had been with the first bra but for just lounging. It was great, comfortable and cute!
As I had only really seen this set on smaller chested girls I wasn’t sure how visible the underband would be; with my Calvin Klein sets the underband always tucks underneath which is annoying but alas I think unavoidable for us bigger busted gals (unsure if that’s an issue for all boobs – comment and let me know!), as you can see from the photo it is tucking away already.
Overall I would rate this small haul an 8/10
Loses points for:
-Needing to tweak the sizing
Impresses with:
-Good quality, well made
-Comfortable
-Pretty
-Value for money
Grass 'n' titties 