Dishearteningly Dear - All Undone Lottie Review in 28GG

Ever since I found out about All Undone I have fallen in love with their aesthetic. The sleek lines, bright colours and high quality materials have put them at the top of my wishlist for years. One thing held me back though - whenever the bras were reduced in price to within my budget, they were made nonreturnable. I did some research and found out that this is against the law in the UK (where the company is based), so I contacted them about it and they updated their policy. Great!

Unfortunately the Lottie is a major disappointment. I got it for £31.60 plus shipping from their sale, its usual price is a whopping £79!

Design:

I can't fault the design on paper, I love how this bra looks - the colours go together so well and I love the lack of extraneous embellishments. I like the gold metal hardware too.

Silk was a nice touch and I like the idea of using powernet (usually used for bra bands) as the decorative mesh on the cup, as that means the bra has some flexibility and the mesh is nice and soft to the touch.

Construction:

This is where it all begins to fall apart (though thankfully, not literally).  The bra is a three part, padded and seamed balconette with fully adjustable straps and three columns of two hooks.

And while I like how they have used square metal attachments for the straps (instead of rings), the front adjusting straps are a bit strange to me. I always adjust straps slightly differently so it makes my boobs look lopsided from the front!

The weirdest thing to me though is the band. Look at it! It's so.... flaccid. Why would they sew the band at this angle? For me it just pulls the bra down even further and feels... wrong.

Quality:

The bra isn't sewn that well - some of the seams are messy, the centre front panel is crumpled and won't lie flat no matter how I stretch the bottom elastic. Honestly, if this were a £30 bra, while I would be OK with the seams, I would still not be happy with  the gore, as its minimalist style was a main draw for me.

There are multiple loose threads on the bra too.

The way the bra arrived too was very dismaying. The bra was hastily folded together and put in some tissue paper, then posted in an unpadded plastic envelope. When the bra arrived, the cups were very crumpled. I wouldn't care too much if this were a sub-£30 bra but come on, £80?!

Fit:

Holy in cup quadboob, batman! (There's also no shortage of out of cup quadboob.) This bra fits terribly. The biggest problem with the cups is that they are too small, though they are also much too shallow for me.

The wires are super wide and sit very low on my body. You can also see how bad the quadding is at this angle. Sidenote: what's with all the wrinkly sewing?

You can see that the gore floats as well, just to add to the misery.

The straps are ridiculously widely placed in the back. If my shoulders were any narrower, they'd slip right off. The band's lack of stretch makes the bra uncomfortable to wear, and the downwards angle pulls down the whole bra.

And I don't know about you gals but I wear bras to lift up my boobs, not push them downwards.

I didn't feel like I was wearing a luxury bra, I felt like I was back in Asos Hell!

Bratabase Measurements:

Overall:

I wouldn't recommend this bra to anyone at full price. At £30 I would say it might work for short rooted, wide 28FFs who also want snug bands and don't want a huge amount of lift.

I honestly didn't know why this bra was so bad, but after taking a look at the tag

I think I know now.