Only the sheer lace overlay clips down, leaving the nude contour cups in place. Without the lace, the cups look kind of like the cups of a nude strapless bra (since the cups themselves only connect to the straps at about armpit height)... but that means the real estate needed for actually NURSING is still covered up, which seems to kind of defeat the purpose of a nursing bra.

The contour cups can probably be folded down out of the way, but that wasn't a compromise I wanted, especially at this price. I returned it.