This was a really disappointing purchase for many reasons. I'm giving the bra itself a neutral (3-star) review because some of the problems were due to the international seller, and that shouldn't reflect badly on the product itself. First problem: I purchased from Clara-Olivia. They are based in England. As others have noted, this a potential problem for returns/exchanges. I didn't anticipate a problem, as I already own the bra, and was ordering a replacement for a size that I owned. Clara-Olivia tried to "translate" the size into "American" sizes, and sent a bra with the correct band, but the cup was a size too large. This confused me, because my order form very clearly stated the correct size, but the bra I received had a larger cup. I contacted Clara-Olivia and they very kindly offered to send a replacement, and told me to not worry about returning the bra. The second bra that they sent had a cup size SMALLER than the one I ordered! At this point, honestly, I gave up (real life got in the way, and I didn't have time to chase down international bra suppliers!). The great disappointment here was that I knew exactly what size I needed. I was ordering based on a bra that I already owned, in the exact same style! And, yet, I couldn't seem to get the seller to send me a bra that had a label with the size I was requested. This is crazy to me, and I'm now only purchasing bras online from stores with a local presence for returns (Nordstroms, Kohls, for example). As I said, that is really an issue with the seller, and I'm NOT deleting stars from the bra review for that. I only mention it to caution others, because, for some reason, there is no longer an option for me to review the seller (why Amazon?!). I don't know why that option has disappeared! The bra itself seems like something has changed. The last one I purchased was several years ago, and the new one seems to be patterned differently. I found that, because of weight gain, I needed a "bra extended" to get the bra on (which ironically actually made the larger cup size fit pretty well). But, when I put it on, I was a bit... surprised. My previous iteration of this bra fit well, was comfortable, kept everything in place while I exercised, and created a fairly normal looking silhouette. The current version makes me look very... *pointed*. Extremely pointed. In a rather unflattering way. I'm not sure if the pattern changed, or if Freya just sized up the pattern in a bad way (since this is a larger size than I wore previously), but it's really kind of obnoxious looking. So, I spent about $50 for two bras that don't fit, and when I find a way to make one fit, are pretty unflattering. And, because the seller is overseas, there's no easy way to return. I guess I've learned my lesson. Hope this helps someone else avoid the same mistakes and disappointment.
