The Lace Flower Gartini Set is a gorgeous piece of lingerie. Depending on your proportions however (well mine in this case, really) it doesn't make EVERYONE look good. Granted pieces of fabric are not magic, but my expectations were still not quite met: I took mine in a Large, knowing that depending on the bra model, my cup size ranges between 34-C and 34-D. While my breasts fit in the bra, the fact that the band was 2 inches smaller than the chart was a welcome difference. If you look at the live model image on the website, you can see that the cups are set pretty far apart. No problem for the modest size breasts, but sort of unattractive on larger sizes, real or fake.

As for the bottom, I do know that because the thong is attached, everything sits very low on the waist. This is illustrated again by the live model picture. The 3 rows of hooks in the back give you exactly one inch to play with in size, both on the bottom and top. At its most stretched the Large was 35 inches at the hip, which would make it a full 3 inches smaller than expected when consulting the size chart.

Mine came with pink ribbons for the bottom, like pictured on the mannequin. I had happened to cut off very similar ribbons in black (meant to hold two summer tops on hangers) that fit perfectly, so I got to try 3 easy looks to this set on my very first day: without ribbons, with the pink included, or with black as pictured on the live model photograph.

In the end though, I found it mildly annoying that the thong and garter are attached. It is not as sexy to take off the entire thing, as it is to take off only the thong in a hurry. Worse, if you choose to wear it under clothes and God forbid, you need to use the bathroom! This said, you could easily cut the thong out of this set (there are no cute details on the thong) and wear the set with other mesh bottoms.

The packaging says "Hand Wash Separately in Luke Warm Water, Drip Dry, Do not Bleach". I personally used a mesh bag in cold water, twice, and let it air dry with absolutely no deterioration.