As a die-hard underwire bra fan, I only bought this because it was so darned pretty, and all the other underwire bras I had tried didn't fit right. I'm so glad I did. It's just beautiful, extremely comfortable, well made, and I still get plenty of definition on my shape (no monoboob here!)
This is a very beautiful bra but I would describe it more as lined than padded. I was looking for a padded nursing bra to hide nipple show-through and breast pads so unfortunately I had to return this as it was not thick enough to prevent show-through.
Very pretty though it does run a little small overall. The cups do not drop down nearly enough - baby would have difficulty nursing and cup would have gotten milk all over it (b/c newborns aren't yet neat nursers!). I returned it.
this bra comes a little smaller than the size indicated (cup, straps, everything). i still do like it because it lifts me up. i will see how it holds up in comparison to the elle macpherson bra's i've had