womens Cotton Front-closure Leisure-sleep Comfort Bra

So, I bought this same bra in the same size but in a different color. See the photo for a comparison of the two. The gray bra was a full two inches narrow around and half an inch shorter from top to bottom. Supposedly the same size! (36 F/G/H). The label on the gray one also says 36 F/G/H but it is obviously much smaller. So I have to return this one. The purple one fit great, but sadly I will not be buying any more of these because I can't be sure I will get something that is the size it says it is.

This is it. This is the one. I have been sleeping in my older bras, when they aren't quite good enough to wear out anymore, for more years than I care to admit. Always seeking a new, brand new, never worn, certainly not worn out, sleep bra, in store upon store, year after year, I have tried nearly every bra under $100 in the last five years and had honestly given up. Every bra I tried for this purpose was too uncomfortable, too tight, too stretchy, too floppy, too droopy. And then, by sheer accident, in reading a review of a comfort wire-free bra for daywear I was considering (and am now wearing to rave reviews each and every day, well, rave review from the same two people) this bra popped up as a similar item.Here's what you need to know:The Leading Lady Women's Leisure/Sleep Bra is a cotton/spandex blend, 90% cotton to be clear. As a result, this bra does not irritate the skin in the least. I have a latex allergy and this bra does not bother be, at all. Because it is cotton, it is soft, like baby clothing in the 1980s when baby clothing was all cotton and didn't have sequins or feathers. SOFT.The bra is front closure for ease of use but, more importantly, for exceptional comfort on the back. The style on the back is more like a sports bra/crop top, with fabric really covering a section of your back, and the classic U-shape back for comfort.The front closure lays flat between the breasts. No, I am not kidding. It actually stays put. After wearing it for a while around the house, cleaning and the like, it pulled away only a few millimeters at the top, due to chest motion when I was leaning over. The breasts remained SEPARATED, yes, separated, all day long when I wore it due to fatigue and every night, all night long, when I wear it to sleep. It is designed with a soft cotton, five hook front closure that lays flat between stretch cotton cups that expand only enough to allow breasts to relax but not enough for them to droop. (Of course, as it wears out, you'll need to get a new one if it starts to droop but that is true of all bras.)This bra keeps them high but not as high as a balconette, deco, or plunge push up bra. It is the height I typically see with a good day-time, wire-free, support bra but not quite what you get from an extra support bra (that has all that extra fabric under them to push them up).The coverage is full, front to side and to top, again, for sleeping, so they don't fall out the center/top with side sleeping. When I wake up, they are, for lack of a better phrase, right where I left them and there is no more pain in my underarm from wearing a too-tight sports bra to keep them in place during the night.The side support is just right. It keeps them from ending up in my armpits when I sleep on my sides but doesn't restrict motion so much as to make them ache in the morning and I don't end up sleeping on them.The straps are comfort straps, a soft fabric style elastic instead of that horrid rubber-string style you get in socks and some bras nowadays, lines not the center but, rather, each edge of the strap the ranges from an inch to and inch and a half in width. The center of each strap is the same cotton as the cups and back. this stretch non-elastic style elastic (sorry I don't have a better word for it) is sewn on with a very soft, non -irritating stitch done in cotton thread.The back of the front closure hook set-ups is done in a felt-like cotton so you don't feel that apparatus at all through the fabric. Perfectly comfortable and different from any front-closure leisure I have tried. I can usually feel the hooks on this type of bra but not on this company's and not even after hours of wear.The shape you will achieve, if you wear it around the house, is a natural, more rounded shape as, again, the cups just expand like those spandex bras you see on TV. The difference is that the bras on TV curl around the base band where this bra does not and the ones on TV are pullover (impossible to get on) or back hook and so tight you practically loose your mind trying to get them on. I didn't like the support of the Genie or Ahh bra (yes, I tried them both) or the Dr. Rey or Dr. Ray collection. This bra supports me enough to be comfortable and not too bound.The last thing you need to know is that it is a cotton/spandex fabric LEISURE, which means it is not a molded cup or lined cup bra. This is not for modesty because it is designed for people to sleep in or to wear for comfort due to surgery, nursing, pregnancy, menstruation tenderness, and the like. It is designed to let the skin on the chest breathe, not be covered so tightly and fully that the skin sweats and oils. As a result, if you select to wear it out, you can't wear a thin t-shirt over it unless you are accepting of the show through you will get due to temperature change. If you are concerned with showage, wear a thicker shirt or wear a different bra to work or for errands.For the record, I am a 36 DD in US sizing, 36 E in UK and I buy this in both a 36 C D DD and a 38 C D DD for the following reason: The band is accurate when stretched but to sleep, the true size is binding. I use the 38 to sleep and I like it but I have been told by a friend (who is now using this) that she went up two sizes in band because she likes it loose. Be warned, if you go up two sizes, the closure doesn't lay as flat. If you go up one size in band, it still lays flat. If you use your correct band size, the only consequence is that, if you turn over, you will feel you are wearing a bra, a constricted feeling we are all familiar with. If you go up one size, like 32 to 34 and so on, you will feel "freer", again, not very many good ways to convey that idea but I'm hoping you get the point. This bra is comfortable enough for me, in one band size up but same cup size, that I can wear it and feel well. I am actually starting to think I may finally be making peace with the bulk I inherited on my chest which is tough to appreciate when you wear bad bras as I have, unfortunately, more than I care to admit.Good luck with your bra search.Mine is over.

I bought this bra to wear after open heart surgery. I needed something that was comfortable and had an open front.I have to say this bra fits kind of weird. First off it does not have adjustable straps, and being a bigger girl (im 6' tall with a long torso) it fits really, really snug. Secondly, the front closure is very uncomfortable. When I wear it I have to leave the bottom three hooks undone otherwise it digs deep into my diaphragm. The cup size also seems a bit small, and i havent even washed it yet (im asduming it will shrinj when washed).It is a very comfortable fabric, and if i leave the three bottom hooks undone it does seem comfortable but snug.

I ordered the Heather Grey in size 36 F/G/H, and The entire bra is tiny. The tag says 36 F/G/H but there is no way the sizing is correct. Everything about this bra is small. The circumference is not a size 36. The straps are short and not adjustable, which makes the arm holes small. I noticed there are other customer reviews that have had the same problem, specifically with the Heather Grey bra... Maybe this color is defective? The material is soft though and if the sizing was accurate, I imagine this bra would've been comfortable, but unfortunately that's not the case. I am returning this bra for a refund. I do not recommend this bra as the sizing is not accurate at all.

I am disabled & have neurological pain & weakness. Sleep bras are my daily bras because I am bedbound and lying down the majority of the time. Standard bras with underwire are very painful and I struggle to fasten them. I have purchased several sleep bras in an almost identical model from another company and absolutely love them. They are comfortable and fairly easy to put on, making my life much easier. However, they are difficult to find and fairly expensive, thus I was very excited to find a similar, well-rated bra on Amazon for a cheaper price. I read the reviews to figure out sizing and sized up just in case based on the comments that it ran small. In the other sleep bras I own I wear a 36 C/D/DD. I purchased the 38 C/D/DD.Upon receiving the bra I was shocked. It looked like it was sized for a child. I hoped that the material had a lot of stretch so I tried it on. I could barely pull it closed, and once I did it was unbearably tight setting off my nerve pain. I decided to wear it to see if it would stretch and only made it 1/2 a day. When I removed it my skin was angrily red and creased by the seams I checked the tag to confirm the size and model number. I looked for a way to adjust the straps to try to make it looser and was dismayed to see that I was stuck with it as is. I tried to wear it a few more times but finally gave up. The struggle and pain caused by fastening it and wearing it are not worth it, not to mention it just isn't big enough to support my breasts. I bought it to make my difficult and painful life easier and struggling to find the proper size online isn't worth the hassle to me. I'm going back to my slightly more expensive sleep bras and returning this one ASAP.