Lace bra and panty set - bra and panty set discontinued by Coquette - review by Jul!a

The packaging with this one made me chuckle a little bit. The bra and thong come on a hanger inside of a ridiculously large and loud plastic bag. There's a cardboard tag safety pinned onto the set, but there are also tags in both the thong and the bra, however the one in the bra is the only one that gives you any real information. This set is 100% Polyester except for the trim, and should be hand washed and hung to dry. I'd feel ok with it in a lingerie bag on a delicate setting, but do so at your own risk.

This set comes in a few sizes, and I got the small. To the current sizing chart on Eden, Coquette says that I should be a size 4-6, with a B cup, a 34-36" bust, 26-28" waist, and 36-38" hips. Coquette's new sizing chart also agrees with that fortunately. Personally I'm about 5'2, I weigh about 120, around my bust measures 32" and underneath measures about 28 1/2". I've got about a 29" waist and measure about 34" around the top of my hips and 38" around my butt and wear a good solid B cup. Everything here fit really well with some to spare.

In this set you get two pieces; the bra and the thong. The bra is set up very similar to any standard bra, but it is a lower quality than an everyday bra would be. It's more of a demi cup than a full cup. It's also very stretchy and doesn't offer oodles of support. If you have smaller or perkier breasts this probably won't be a big deal, but if you need a lot of support you'll have a hard time with it. The band runs about 22" unstretched and stretches to about 37" at which point I'd recommend buying the next size up. The band is about 1 1/2" tall and much like your regular ol' bra has three adjustable sets of hook and eyes stacked two tall. The cups and band are both the same lace, and the cups do feature underwire support. Something that's a bit off about the underwire here is that it's pretty flimsy, most noticeable if you put the bra on backwards and upside down and try to flip it right side up with just the straps. They'll bend outwards and be a pain unless you just flip them up by grabbing on to them. The straps are also adjustable, and are sewn into the cups rather than the side of the cups.

The thong is pretty skimpy, but still pretty cute. It's made of the same lace as the bra, and is just as see through and just as stretchy. When laid flat it's about 11 1/2" across and stretches up to about 21" across, at which point I would again suggest just ordering the next size up. It's more of a traditional thong and not your typical T-back style. The front narrows from about 4" across down to about 3/4" through your crotch. It also has the signature Coquette bow on the waistband, but it's removable if you decide that you don't like having it there.

This is definitely not a set you should be wearing all day. There's no crotch liner in the tiny thong, so any discharge would go right through to your outerwear unless you wore other underwear over it, and the bra isn't going to offer enough support to be comfortable for extended periods of time. I found the lace to be pretty soft, although I can see where it may get itchy if you're wearing it for a long time. The lace is see through, but still does a good job of obscuring details. If you have a large tattoo or something like that, you'll be able to see that it's there, but not necessarily what it is.

Here are a few pictures of the thong and how the bra fits on me:

I put off wearing this one for a long time because I honestly didn't think I was going to like it. I know, if I didn't think I was going to like it then why did I buy it? Still being honest? I can't remember. There was a sale, I bought a lot of lingerie and other random items, and I've slowly been working my way through them all. I was really glad I did decide to wear it finally. A lot of lingerie I like but wouldn't care if I lost, and this set is one that I do plan to keep wearing.