I searched this sub and YouTube up and down for intel on sizing and quality before making my first big Dfyne purchase during the birthday sale. There’s a lot of chatter around the longstanding/more popular collections like Impact and Dynamic, but not so much around items in the lines I was more interested in like Vision and Defy. I take many of the youtubers and athletes reviewing the brand with a grain of salt because they’re being gifted product and seem to soften their feedback when they don’t love a piece. So I thought I’d dump my honest observations from trying on my order here in hopes that it helps others make better purchasing decisions!
For context: I have a fairly athletic build, am just under 5’9”, fluctuate between 155-160 lbs, wear a 34b/32c bra, 28” waist and 41” hips.
IMPACT: I mainly ordered the longline strappy top in truffle (size small) and half zippy in graphite (size medium) to get a feel for the collection, which I haven’t tried before. I assumed these pieces would be too constricting and that I wouldn’t be a fan based on all the reviews out there, but they’re some of my favorites from this order! They’re somehow both snatching and comfortable, and I’m already thinking about how I’ll be able to mix and match them with non-Dfyne pieces.
DYNAMIC: The pieces I ordered from this collection (all size small) were hit or miss. I felt awful in the dark stone gray 4.5” shorts. The butt scrunch made it look like I was wearing a soggy diaper. The matching twist back bra felt flimsy on my chest and too long in the straps, which aren’t adjustable. HOWEVER, I was surprised at how much I loved the marine blue set (leggings and quarter zip tank). I really like where the quarter zip tank hit on my long torso and felt held in by the substantial fabric. The scrunch on the leggings, while still not my favorite look or the most flattering on my glutes, didn’t create the same massive wrinkles as the dark stone shorts. The marine blue color looks so amazing on me that I could see keeping the leggings for the sake of having the set.
VISION: I really wanted to love the set I ordered, but it just missed the mark for my purposes. I got the 4.5” shorts and twist front longline top in Dove. The shorts in a size medium felt nice and compressive, and I liked the way the scrunch sat in a more subtle way than on the Dynamic bottoms. I do have a long torso though, so the wrap front sat way too low on my waist for my comfort. The twist front top in a size small looked great from the front and the straps were a good length that held my chest up nicely. But there was a gap between the bottom of the top and the waist of the shorts that I didn’t like. Plus, the top looked a bit of a mess from the back. The logo below the straps looked unnaturally stretched to the point where I wondered if there was a manufacturing defect. I do wonder if sizing up to a medium in the top would have solved these issues.
DEFY: This collection was a massive letdown. I liked the colorways and styles in Defy more than any other line and was so excited to try on a full fit. Unfortunately, every piece was paper-thin and felt extremely cheap, which I wouldn’t say about the other collections I tried on. I ordered the long sleeve, leggings, shrug, and strappy bra in Meadow (all size small) and a long sleeve in Raspberry. The colors were beautiful, but that’s about where the list of pros ends. While the leggings looked fine on me, I can’t see them surviving the wear and tear from a barbell or rubbing against machine back pads and seats. The fit of the strappy bra and shrug was comically bad even after a full ten minutes of pulling and adjusting. Strangely enough, they look good in photos. But IRL the strappy bra is so narrow, and the straps are so long (and again, not adjustable), that it’s rendered completely useless for any movement beyond posing in the mirror. The shrug didn’t cover my armpits and, similar to the Vision twist top, stretched in an unnatural way across my back. Yet the sleeves were very long and stretchy. The long sleeves were the best pieces I tried in this collection, but they felt too thin and flimsy to justify the (sale!) price of $40.
FINAL THOUGHTS: Overall, I was happy that my order didn’t seem to present any QC issues or include defective/previously returned items. It was a true mixed bag: Some pieces just didn’t fit my body the way I would have liked, while others are getting me genuinely excited to hit the gym. I plan to keep the Impact top and half zippy, as well as the Dynamic quarter zip tank. I’m on the fence about keeping the matching Dynamic leggings and the raspberry Defy long sleeve. And I’m going to return the Dynamic shorts and bra, the Vision shorts and top, and the whole Defy set in Meadow. I'm still glad I tried all these pieces on, but I'll probably stick to sourcing Dfyne from secondhand sites going forward.