There are uncomfortable bras and then there are actually painful bras. This bra is everything. It's the most uncomfortable agonizing bra ever. I have a leopard print, and it's cute, this is the only positive thing about it. Nothing in this bra is flexible, the band seems stretchable but only in your hands and everything changes when you put the bra on. It feels like straps are made of a rope, and truly they are NOT made out of a flexible elastic material, not entirely. As you can see from the picture, only part of the strap (on the back) is elastic, 2/3 of it that goes in front and over the shoulders is smooth but very unbending, and doesn't stretch. This bra is so painful to wear. I am saving it up until I am no longer alive. It restricts every movement. I can not even breathe while wearing it. The straps dig into my shoulders, the band and wire dig into my ribs. I have deep red lines on my skin after wearing it for a few hours. Even though it's heavily padded (feels like wearing sand bags), it doesn't lift for long, and leaves a huge empty space on top (I did get right size, I tried 4 different band and cup sizes, they were too small or too big), it actually pushes breasts down not up. I need to adjust and lift them up every 2 minutes, and all day long. It's impossible to raise arms, the straps do not stretch even a bit and the bra just goes up with your arms and the breasts fall out from underneath the cup. I mean they fall no matter what even if you are standing still and just carefully breathing trying to mind your own business. I don't know who ever came up with this torturous idea, it's worse than a corset. No wonder women opt for a surgery! F!!